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I'm not trying to stir up the debate again, since it has been beaten to death. I'm just trying to understand how, if he is getting 1hair for 1hair, the hair to graft ratio is so low in the recipient area. Is this because they are not able to transplant anything higher than 2 hair grafts? Like they are not able to move 3 hair grafts?
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No, that's not a valid conclusion. They just seem to transplant mainly single hair grafts. That doesn't necessarily have to mean that they just split grafts. We'll just have to wait until gc83uk is going to document his procedure, september this year. That will finally yield the data we're still looking for.Comment
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The reason I make that conclusion is because I don't understand why a doctor would choose to only transplant single hair follicles when they can transplant multiple hair grafts, it doesn't make sense to me because multi-hair grafts= better/more hair. Maybe there is something I don't know about like you said needle size. I'm not trying to take digs at your or anyone else's procedure or Dr. Gho, I'm just trying to understand the logic behind moving less hair to the recipient area when you are capable of moving more.Comment
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Oh, that's a topic I like so much ...
Anyway, let's try together to define "more"; for example:
Did you notice that baldies very of mention (after having a consultation with a normal hair transplant doctor) and say "They told me that most of my FU's (follicular units) in my donor area are just singles."
Generally speaking, the multi-FU story and/or the "more hair for your buck"-story, has always been nothing more than an overhyped story among HT clinics to fool layman. And even those patients who have indeed lots of multis in their donor area ...
1) most of these multis are not even suitable for harvestation (follicles too far apart) - not even with normal FUE.
2) multis are rather prone to become singles (again, because as a fetus, you start with SINGLES which just divide over time/after birth and become finally "FUs") anyhow over time (due to aging aka "senescent alopecia" etc);
By the way ...
1) Who has more follicles within his scalp? Daddy or junior?
Both around the same amount of follicles?
2) When in a natural way the head in general, as well as the SCALP size increases over time - where do the additional follicles/hairs come from to fill up the step-by-step increased scalp area?
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Everything you wrote here is pretty much false. Sure there are people with a low hair/fu ratio, but most people have more doubles/triple hairs than they do singles. I had a previous transplant and I had 578 singles, 1926 doubles, and 836 triples giving me a graft to hair ratio of 2.08 hairs/graft.
They claim the average hair/fu ratio is around 2.5 hairs/fu, however I believe it is closer to 2 hairs/fu. If what you are saying that "most of my fu's in my donor area are just singles" was true than the hair/fu ratio would be very close to 1 hair/fu, which is what it seems to be with Dr. Gho's work. Which means he is primarily moving single hairs. So again I wonder why he is transplanting only singles if he can transplant multi hair fu's, since you cannot argue that more hairs gives more coverage.
I'm not trying to argue, I'm just trying to understand why you would choose to transplant only singles if you could transplant doubles and triples that's all, so please don't take a rude or condescending tone like you usually do. If there is something I'm missing like the needles he uses are too small and he takes that trade off of moving less hair to ensure no scarring then I can understand that.Comment
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That's right - you had.
Maybe guys HAD such ratios before having their 1st hair transplant. That means, how many doubles and triples will Dr. Gho now find in your donor area for harvestation?
Strip? Oh, and who says that you indeed had so much REAL 2-hair FU's or so much REAL 3-hair FU's in your donor area??
Let me guess - your strip doctor ...who simply made them on his chopping board to 2- and 3-hair grafts.
If you don't understand what I mean - watch that video ...
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I know because I saw the grafts under the microscope, and the results I have achieved would not have been possible with all single hairs.
How does removing a strip of scalp magically transform the remaining multi hair fu's to singles? The graft ratio was from the strip removed, not my entire head. If Dr. Gho examines my head he will find the same ratio as my strip throughout the rest of my donor.
I'm confused are you disputing the fact that hair naturally grows in 1,2,3,4 hair groupings and saying the only way to transplant multi hair fu's is to combine singles?Comment
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'In human scalp, the majority of the hair emerges as
2-hair follicular units. The second most common unit
is the 3-hair unit. Only in individuals with very low
hair density (with severe male pattern baldness) are
the 1-hair units more abundant than the 3-hair units.'Comment
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Where are you getting all this bullshit ? Do a search for people who posted their graft breakdown. You'll see 95% of the times that they transplanted more doubles than singles. Except of course at HASCI, pretty much the only clinic who doesn't even give a graft breakdown. And now we know why ...Comment
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