FUT in combination with BHT performed by Dr. Feriduni – 8706 FU in multiple sessions

[Dr. Feriduni]

Follicular Unit Transplantation in combination with Body Hair Transplantation performed on a Caucasian male with:

- White scalp hair
- NW VII Class N
- Scalp donor density of 45-55 FU/cm2
- Punch grafts and scar tissue in the scalp donor area as a result of a previous hair transplantation ex domo (in 1978)
- Depleted scalp donor area
- Torso Donor Index 8 or above
Treatment plan:

- Follicular Unit Strip Transplantation with 1000-1500 FU (Oktober 2001)
- Follicular Unit Strip Transplantation with 800-1000 FU (Oktober 2002)
- BHT test with ca. 50 FU (August 2008)
- Body Hair Transplantation with ca. 500 FU (January 2009)
- Body Hair Transplantation with ca. 500 FU (February 2009)
- Follicular Unit Strip Transplantation in combination with BHT (Oktober 2009)
- Body Hair Transplantation in multiple sessions with each session ca. 500 FU (January 2010-April 2011)


Dr. B. Feriduni.

 

[anand]

Nice improvement. Do you plan to use any beard hair for him?

 

[cristian]

anand wrote:

Nice improvement. Do you plan to use any beard hair for him?

To anand:

Thank you for the compliment on the doctor's work!

It's not necessary in this patient's case to use beard hair because he still has plenty of donor body hair available (minimum 3000-4000).



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Medical & Patient Service Manager at the Dr. Feriduni Hair Clinic

All opinions expressed on this forum are my own, all medical specifications will be discussed with Dr. Feriduni before posting. Feel free to ask me any questions.

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[musclehair]

Very interesting post.
Although for 8000 grafts doesnt seem to be a super great result?... density achived looks to me a bit low for that amount of grafts.

A very positive point is that pics shown in this case are really honest.

I would like to ask a couple of questions:
What is the estimated percentage of sucessful growth with BHT in this case?, and why Dr Feriduni prefers taking Bht from body instead of Bht from beard?.

Many thanks for showing us this Bht case, interesting for many with limited donnor area.
Probably the result doesnt look stunning but honest and realistic to the start point and the technique used due to donnor limitations.

Dr Feriduni is always an example of ethics and good work.

Once again, thanks a million and all the best to the patient.

 

[cristian]

musclehair wrote:

Very interesting post.
Although for 8000 grafts doesnt seem to be a super great result?... density achived looks to me a bit low for that amount of grafts.

A very positive point is that pics shown in this case are really honest.

I would like to ask a couple of questions:
What is the estimated percentage of sucessful growth with BHT in this case?, and why Dr Feriduni prefers taking Bht from body instead of Bht from beard?.

Many thanks for showing us this Bht case, interesting for many with limited donnor area.
Probably the result doesnt look stunning but honest and realistic to the start point and the technique used due to donnor limitations.

Dr Feriduni is always an example of ethics and good work.

Once again, thanks a million and all the best to the patient.

To musclehair:

My apologies for the late reply.

You will find Dr. Feriduni's answers to your questions underneath:

What is the estimated percentage of sucessful growth with BHT in this case?

- The estimated growth percentage is 80 %.

In general, Dr. Feriduni performs a little BHT test with 100 FU prior to a BHT to see if the hairs will grow succesfully.

N.B: Many body hairs are necessary to provide the same amount of coverage in comparison to scalp hairs. As you can see on the pictures there are much more body hairs that find themselves in the resting phase compared to scalp hairs.

why does Dr Feriduni prefer to take Bht from body instead of Bht from beard?

- Due to micro-scarring (little white dots that shrink to 0.5mm after surgery) it is not really advisable to use beard hair as donor hair. When you would shave your beard (clean-shaven), white dots might be visible to the naked eye which Dr. Feriduni prefers to avoid.

Best regards,



Cristian Marraffa

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Medical & Patient Service Manager at the Dr. Feriduni Hair Clinic

All opinions expressed on this forum are my own, all medical specifications will be discussed with Dr. Feriduni before posting. Feel free to ask me any questions.

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[musclehair]

Thanks for the answer and explanations.

The estimated 80% of growth seems to be quite acceptable even when many of them will be in resting phase.

But what worries me more is that micro scarring of 0.5mm in the face if BHT is extracted from beard.
There is a bit of controversy here because there are some others -also very sucessful surgeons- who use Beard and most of their patiences claim not to have any visible scarring in the face. May be their tools are thinner?, their technique is different?, or may be the result will depend on personal characteristics of skin and capacity to heal... as usual in medicine: many times we cant forecast results because we are always facing the unknown personal characteristics of the patience.

Anyhow, your Dr seems to work on the safe side trying to avoid negative surprises as face scarring could be, which looks good.
On the other hand, beard hair seems to have a higher percentage of sucessful growth?, somewhere i read that possible causes could be: proximity of head, more similar to head hair than body hair and higher strenght of beard hair...

I would like to read the opinion of Sl, Topcat and some others with experience in this field.

Your Dr and also these others mentioned in this post are a good example of being top on in their discipline and their well done job, continue improvement, investigation and research give hope to me and many others whose limited donnor meant no chance of repair few years ago.

This case and the other of a NW 7 shown also in this section of the forum by another great Dr are good examples of real improvements in hair transplantation.

From here, thanks a million to you, Topcat, Sl...and of course to their great surgeons. All the best for this 2012 and keep bringing us hair and light.