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  • empirical
    Junior Member
    • Apr 2010
    • 5

    post op image variability

    Could someone explain why in some immediate post op images of a case where around 3000+ grafts often appear to have irregular and inconsistent graft distribution in the recipient area with almost no grafts in some areas.
    In concept if 100cm/sq were transplanted with 3600 grafts then it surely would appear to have roughly 1 graft incision per mm/2 (36g/cm/sq) in all directions as placing a typical 0.7 - 0.9 mm untrimmed fue graft would take up a space which could not be much smaller than its own area. ie placing a single graft at a higher density than 1graft/mm/sq must be a near physical impossibility.
    Surely we would see a regular pattern over the 100cm/sq admittedly with slightly more weighting toward the hairline, but not excessively so.
  • 35YrsAfter
    Doctor Representative
    • Aug 2012
    • 1418

    #2
    Originally posted by empirical
    Could someone explain why in some immediate post op images of a case where around 3000+ grafts often appear to have irregular and inconsistent graft distribution in the recipient area with almost no grafts in some areas.
    In concept if 100cm/sq were transplanted with 3600 grafts then it surely would appear to have roughly 1 graft incision per mm/2 (36g/cm/sq) in all directions as placing a typical 0.7 - 0.9 mm untrimmed fue graft would take up a space which could not be much smaller than its own area. ie placing a single graft at a higher density than 1graft/mm/sq must be a near physical impossibility.
    Surely we would see a regular pattern over the 100cm/sq admittedly with slightly more weighting toward the hairline, but not excessively so.
    Could you post the example photo or reference the URL so we can have a look?

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    • gillenator
      Senior Member
      • Dec 2008
      • 1415

      #3
      Can you restate your question in terms of density as measured in FU per cm2...?
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