HDC Hair Clinic – 7608 FUE Grafts in 3 sessions

[Alex1]

Hello Everybody,

Below we would like to present a very interesting case.

The patient before consulting HDC Hair Clinic had one unsuccessful Strip procedure from a clinic in Greece, with minimum result and a visible scar.
We suggested maximum FUE harvesting of his donor area, in stages, in order to avoid overharvesting and a possible depletion of the donor.

FUE Overharvesting is something that we have noticed happening more frequently.
Some doctors or clinics, offer FUE procedures of 4000 €“ 5000 grafts in one session. This increases substantially the risk of donor depletion and FUE scarring and many times not allowing any additional FUE procedures.

In HDC we believe that a successful Hair Transplant safeguards the donor and gives state of the Art cosmetic result for the recipient area. This is why more patients contact us for advice regarding the correct strategy of how to achieve coverage, with appropriate donor management.

So for the case we present below, we have divided the FUE extraction in 3 sessions as follows:

1[sup]st[/sup] HT 20, 21-03-14 for 2940 FUE

2[sup]nd[/sup] HT 13, 14-10-14 for 2446 FUE

3[sup]rd[/sup] HT on 22, 23-04-15 for 2222 FUE

I am presenting result photos up to the second HT.
I have also included photos of his last 3[sup]rd[/sup] FUE as this was performed in just over a month ago.
The result of the 3[sup]rd[/sup] FUE will be presented also in this thread as it comes out in a few months.

Please share your thoughts

Regards
Alex





BEFORE 1[sup]st[/sup] FUE





IMMEDIATELY AFTER 1[sup]ST[/sup] FUE




7 MONTH PROGRESS OF 1[sup]ST[/sup] FUE



DONOR AREA AT 7 MONTH PROGRESS OF 1[sup]ST[/sup] FUE



IMMEDIATELY AFTER 2[sup]ND [/sup]FUE






RESULT AFTER 2[sup]ND[/sup] FUE






IMMEDIATELY AFTER 3[sup]RD[/sup] FUE JUST OVER A MONTH AGO

 

[Remzi]

Hello Alex. It looks as though Dr Maras has saved this patient with his Fue transplants. Is he tapped out now for Fue?[highlight= rgb(245, 245, 255);]
[/highlight][highlight= rgb(245, 245, 255);]Would he be able to have another strip transplant cutting out the old scar?[/highlight]

 

[Alex1]

Hello
Remzi,





When
you consult a patient with a poor Strip result, you never know what could be
below the Strip scar. By harvesting then a second Strip, you run the risk of
ending up with the same or even worst scar. Additionally we have seen patients
with multiple Strips that their FUE donor was affected as well and especially
below the Strip scars, due to excessive tension of the skin when closing the wound
(Strip). Below you can see an example of affected FUE donor after multiple
Strips.





Ultimately
this patient has achieved full coverage over three FUE sessions and it only now
remains, a small session to disguise his Strip scar either with scalp FUE or
BHFUE if he so wishes.





Regards


Alex

 

[Alex1]

Hello Everybody,


We have created a two minute video presenting this patients case and evolution.

Regards

Alex.



[flash=425,344]http://www.youtube.com/v/n4tQpHjdepg&hl=en&fs=1[/flash]

 

[bullitnut]

Excellent video, this patient has come such a long way...awesome work ¬b`