Janna,
The combination of a HT (FUT OR FUE) + SMP has so far been mostly discussed online in the context of SMP concealing the scarring after the HT.
This combination is exactly what I was thinking myself to do, but was not sure if technically it would work. Seeing the pics and hearing this case seems promising for my scenario as well.
I am an approximately NW 3, with minimal (easily concealed) loss at the crown, and, as my name applies, I have a receded hairline. I have concealed this well though for years through clever haircutting and products (including a tiny bit of dermatch). I have a faux hawk ish style by keeping my rear hairs a bit longer than the fronts and then brushing forward.
Anyways, when I get a HT, I want to do so without people knowing that I have the amount of hairloss I have. I was thinking I could get 1 HT at the temples only and comb my hair forward like a casesar/george clooney style, but that if I have shock loss at the front that might look too thin and wispy.
So what do you think of, as this patient has done, shaving my head, getting SMP, and then getting an FUE... would having the SMP before the HT help give the illusion of hair even after shockloss? What about, if an incision is made at a pigment point, and then the hairs fall out after 3-4 weeks at that point how will that area look? Would the incision 'mess up' the pigmented dot?
I hope this post is not confusing.... it might help if you could please share a photo of the same patient AFTER his transplanted hairs have fallen out.