topccat29
29 year HT veteran
I wanted to share something from my own life experience and hopefully this will help those considering a hair transplant. It is intended for the prospective patient and if it is helpful great.
When I was around 15 I worked repairing and setting up heavy manufacturing equipment after school. Part of the work required mixing ink. The hardest inks to mix were the very light inks. Even a small amount of old ink in a hose could throw the whole color off. What I learned after throwing dozens of batches away was that when a mixture required 99 parts white and maybe only one part red that you are infinitely better off adding only ¼ of one part red and see how it looks. You can always add more but once you add too much it becomes a huge undertaking as everything needs to be pulled apart including hoses, pans, and pumps. This is why you often see some of the better doctors preferring to do less. Because doing more later is always easier than having to reverse the process.
BTW kudos to repair doctors. I would always mutter under my breath if I followed someone s work that was half assed. It became a huge chore for me to not only have to start from scratch but to reverse all the work that simply didn t make sense.
Hair transplantation kind of works the same way it s also why those with minimal hair loss fue can be the better choice as the doctor can cherry pick hairs that are thinner in caliber and lighter in color to achieve a hairline that looks natural as opposed to dark thick hairs coming from the occipital zone which often catches the eye of an observer as being off. Even with extensive hair loss sometimes using hairs from the occipital zone only does not look right ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦it always looks a little off in some individuals.
Additionally if the wrong hairs are used on one s first procedure even though it becomes a much bigger undertaking it is sometimes better to remove much of it and start from scratch just like that example with the ink ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦.otherwise you are just spinning your wheels and end up in the same place.
Below is an example of a Pantone chart. The hair on one s head is much like a unique finger print. The hairs for the hairline should be those that are taken from the upper left hand corner of the chart and gradually move towards the bottom right hand corner of the chart. It has to have a natural flow where the gradient goes from lighter and thinner to darker and thicker. Unfortunately we often see examples out there where doctors don t seem to understand this most basic concept.
It s also another reason why hair dot tattooing often looks bizarre. It s all the same color hence comments from the general public such as shoe polish
When I was around 15 I worked repairing and setting up heavy manufacturing equipment after school. Part of the work required mixing ink. The hardest inks to mix were the very light inks. Even a small amount of old ink in a hose could throw the whole color off. What I learned after throwing dozens of batches away was that when a mixture required 99 parts white and maybe only one part red that you are infinitely better off adding only ¼ of one part red and see how it looks. You can always add more but once you add too much it becomes a huge undertaking as everything needs to be pulled apart including hoses, pans, and pumps. This is why you often see some of the better doctors preferring to do less. Because doing more later is always easier than having to reverse the process.
BTW kudos to repair doctors. I would always mutter under my breath if I followed someone s work that was half assed. It became a huge chore for me to not only have to start from scratch but to reverse all the work that simply didn t make sense.
Hair transplantation kind of works the same way it s also why those with minimal hair loss fue can be the better choice as the doctor can cherry pick hairs that are thinner in caliber and lighter in color to achieve a hairline that looks natural as opposed to dark thick hairs coming from the occipital zone which often catches the eye of an observer as being off. Even with extensive hair loss sometimes using hairs from the occipital zone only does not look right ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦it always looks a little off in some individuals.
Additionally if the wrong hairs are used on one s first procedure even though it becomes a much bigger undertaking it is sometimes better to remove much of it and start from scratch just like that example with the ink ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦.otherwise you are just spinning your wheels and end up in the same place.
Below is an example of a Pantone chart. The hair on one s head is much like a unique finger print. The hairs for the hairline should be those that are taken from the upper left hand corner of the chart and gradually move towards the bottom right hand corner of the chart. It has to have a natural flow where the gradient goes from lighter and thinner to darker and thicker. Unfortunately we often see examples out there where doctors don t seem to understand this most basic concept.
It s also another reason why hair dot tattooing often looks bizarre. It s all the same color hence comments from the general public such as shoe polish
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