FUT w/ Dr. Ron Shapiro

[Laserhead]

Thanks guys for the comments.

I would say half the patients researching like getting as much surgery details as possible while the other half aren't bothered about it. When you start seeing results from many clinics, you'll like getting details.

Put me in the category of who gives a you know what I just want to like what I see in the mirror.

[NateDog]

This is somewhat an older thread but also one must put things into context

It appears you get great results if you have a bit of native hair left. My concern and always has been is we are all different with different donors and densities and hair texture contrast

For alot of younger guys its very hard to determine what will happen in the future and I wonder how many have great results now but in ten years if they progress through the norwood scale how many will be greatly scarred (mentally aswell as physically) from this procedure. Therefore expectation is paramount based on the individual and his or her genetic history

I know this was posted showing what is possible but I do also think alot of guys with great insecurities go into surgery without true realisations that they do not have this guys hair or family history of not being over a NW4 (assumption). Everyone therefore needs to go in for a personal consult and to see real life results based on their types of hair type if possible. I am of Chinese origin so looking at Jotronic is hardly a good comparrison for me for what is possible.

If you have hair that you manage to hold onto for a long time and a norwood 4 then transplants can get you great results. If you keep progressing even on medication after your transplant you could be in a whole lot of trouble... I know the importance to preserve donor for later procedures but if you go into the high norwood scales there will not be enough donor (unless you have huge density) to cover your balding crown and what not... And remembering that even though you had 6000 donor left over time as we age this naturally can deplete so you may have 6000 when you are 30 but when you hit 40 you might have 5000 left

I am not trying to be a downer I am trying to put things into real perspective here and I do not believe alot of younger patients fully understand worse case scenarios... How many times have I heard people say they are pinning their hopes on Histogen.... Dangerous

If I progress to a norwood 6 I do not have 10k in grafts to spread over my head that is a huge issue

[Dr. Robert J. Dorin]

what a change! i think people tend to over emphasize the use of single hair grafts - this is always critical in creating the hairline edge but keeping the two's and three's in tact is important in optimizing yield and it can really lend itself to density which is on display in the case..nice presentation Janna*