Wayne Rooney Hair transplant

[Follicle Death Row]

I'm pretty new too all of this, having only been looking at HT's seriously for the past few months but it amazes me how much coverage they seem to get from one source usually around the side and back of the head if its a FUE option. It just doesn't add up too me. Do you think they take hairs from other parts of the body?

Well they don't replace the hairs one for one. Let's say you have an area around your head in the donor zone of approximately 33cm x 8cm (for a NW6, NW7 will be smaller). That will give you 264cm2 of donor area for FUE. The density at the back will be higher than the density at the sides so let's say 75 FU/cm2 average. That works out at 19,800 FU in the donor area. Call it 20,000. Now I reckon you can safely take 30% of that by FUE without donor thinning or the moth eaten look. That gives you 6,000 to move to the top of your head. Some people say you can move 50%. If that's the case you can have 10,000FU. A norwood 6 may have to cover 240cm2 of bald scalp. Native pre MPB density is about 90FU/cm2. So a norwood 6 will lose 21600 FU. For arguments sake we'll say you can extract 40% (8,000). 8000 spread over 240cm2 gives an average density of 33.33FU/cm2. Ignore the crown at put those 8,000 in 140cm2. That gives 57 FU/cm2. You need 45 FU/cm2 and above to avoid the see through thin look. Of course hair colour, shaft diameter, and curliness are factors but it's still by and large a numbers game. An ever expanding canvas and a limited amount of paint and all that.

I happen to currently think ignoring the crown and spunking the 8,000 on the other 140cm2 and buzzing down to a one might be a better option than stripping out for 9,000 and having a thin appearance all over. I say that because the first option could really give someone a nice not too high dense highline and the crown might hold up for years. Something else might come along, Aderans or Histogen too. With the strip you could never go down to a one if you didn't like the grown out thin results. Admittedly you could probably never shave off completely with FUE either.

[Jimmyrblue]

I'm pretty new too all of this, having only been looking at HT's seriously for the past few months but it amazes me how much coverage they seem to get from one source usually around the side and back of the head if its a FUE option. It just doesn't add up too me. Do you think they take hairs from other parts of the body?

[Follicle Death Row]

Sorry, havent been following this story closely, which clinic did he go too?

Harley Street Hair Clinic. FUE only there. No idea who the doc is. They say a norwood 7 only needs 6300ish (according to their graft calculator). Yeah right. How convenient too because that's the borderline max you can extract by FUE alone over a lifetime. Surprised he went there. Could have popped over to Dr. Feriduni in Belgium.

[Jimmyrblue]

Sorry, havent been following this story closely, which clinic did he go too?

[Follicle Death Row]

That's the procedure that the clinic do. Unless he had a special strip surgeon and team brought in.

[Jimmyrblue]

How do you know for sure?

[Follicle Death Row]

Yes it's FUE.

[Jimmyrblue]

Maybe?

I have no idea, I would guess If he ever wanted to wear his hair very short again it probably is. but this is just me guessing, He seems to want to be open and honest about it so i dont see why he wouldn't tell all at some point wait and see.

[CVAZBAR]

Was this FUE?

[Jimmyrblue]

could this be a big deal??

This could seriously change everything!!!

If this turns out to be true and we see Rooney scampering around the pitch scoring with a head covered with thick hair how many people will follow in his footsteps?? The flood gates could open, think about it!! How may 20 something balding footie fans will think ‘well if he can do it and get away with it why not me?’

I know that there have been some crazy figures thrown around, some saying it cost him 20 or 30 grand, but I can tell you now you can get a decent HT for about 6 or 7 grand. A guy in his 20’s could get a loan and afford that! Instead of the new car you get on credit how about a new hair line that could last you a life time??

I know we’ve had other famous people come out of the HT closet, but they have tended to be older and less in the spot light. Rooney is smack bang right in the spot light every week!! He’s a young English idol that kids and young men lookup too!!

Once the nay-Sayers and spiteful voices die down what will be left will be bloke that lets face it looks better and probably feels better as well. Possibly a defining moment that could change how people think about HT.

[Ćelo]

Good for Rooney. I just saw the article myself. Looks good so far, and we know he needed A LOT of follicles transplanted as he lost most of his hair. I am still stunned with the numbers, though. 30000 GBP = almost $50,000. That's a lot of money...bad news for us 'commoners'

[mattj]

Here's a pic of post-op Rooney.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1394807/Wayne-Rooney-tweets-picture-head-undergoing-30-000-hair-transplant.html

It's definitely going to be interesting to see how his growth timeline fits with training and the upcoming season. Yikes, for the first time ever I might actually tune into some games.

[UK_]

which clinic did rooney go to?

and i don't know many clinics that charge 250.000 per session...also, today you can pay transplants on a monthly bases, because most people don't have 50.000 euro (for example) to give away at once.

No, thats his salary, he earns £250,000 a week.

I think he paid close to £40k for the transplant according to some twitter messages and he went to the Harley Clinic in London, a place loads of rich greedy ugly dickheads go - I think the clinic specialises in nose jobs hence the location (**** off PC brigade).

[Dutch_Dude]

which clinic did rooney go to?

and i don't know many clinics that charge 250.000 per session...also, today you can pay transplants on a monthly bases, because most people don't have 50.000 euro (for example) to give away at once.

[Follicle Death Row]

Ryan Giggs has had a transplant?

Probably not. He has supposedly been trying finasteride, minoxidil and LLLT for awhile. His hair definitely improved for a bit but I think he's back on the downward slope again.