Check out dr. Rahal's results:
http://www.hairrestorationnetwork.com/eve/167825-dr-rahal-results-collection.html
http://www.hairrestorationnetwork.com/eve/167825-dr-rahal-results-collection.html
Thats true but I already was a Norwood 7 so I couldnt slip down much furtherThey can do front and crown in the same operation, patients usually have a second procedure to add more density. Some patients just leave the crown bald because they have a large area to cover at the front with limited donor hair and the crown is less cosmetically important than front area.
You have also to be aware that hair loss is progressive and you may need to save some donor hair to cover future bald spots behind the transplanted area
But the before/after pictures dont lie.I have been reading this forum, I recommend to check the sub-forum results posted by patients instead of the sub forum results posted by clinics. The results posted by patients are more real than the ones posted by clinics for marketing purpose
That's exactly right. I tried to tell her how silly her claims were but she was convinced because one of her "doctors" sold her on it.Seriously? If there was a legit "cure" out there, I can assure you that whoever makes it would have bought 50% of the TV spots available out there. It would be bigger than Viagra!
Okay, I see what you're saying now. Yes that is true, but that also varies from person to person. If you have light blonde hair and white skin its much less noticable then on somebody who has black hair and white skin.I'm not saying that hair transplants don't work, it improve your appearance , I mean going from not having any hair at all to have a good coverage and a new hairline/frame, but there is no way it gives you a thick teenager hair as you see in the pictures posted by clinics. There will be still some see-through especially under strong light
Here's a case of someone who you absolutely couldnt tell he's thinning or had a HT. Even under strong light.I'm not saying that hair transplants don't work, it improve your appearance , I mean going from not having any hair at all to have a good coverage and a new hairline/frame, but there is no way it gives you a thick teenager hair as you see in the pictures posted by clinics. There will be still some see-through especially under strong light
Nope, you're wrong and here's why. I made the same assumption you did a few years ago until somebody explained things to me:I don't trust pics/videos posted by clinics , the ones posted by patients are more accurate .. With 5000 grafts it's impossible to cover such large area with high density.
Let's do the maths: 5000 grafts give an average of 10,000 hairs ( a graft consists of 1 , 2 or 3 hairs) . A teenager has 100, 000 hairs in average. A norwood 6 lost 50% of his hair ( 50, 000 hairs)
So you need to cover that area with 50,000 hairs but you have only 10,000 hairs. So the maximum density you can achieve with 5000 grafts is only 20% of your original density
You're right in that only so much donor hair can cover a bald head. But thats only if you're extracting the same amount of density hairs per square centimeter (hairs per sq/cm). There's something called "Density illusion". What that means a regular person will have around 200 hairs per square centimeter (or something like that). But you only need half that amount to create "Density illusion".The front , mid-scalp and crown area ( affected by NW6 hair loss) covers more than 50% of your total area that was covered when you were teenager.so you need more than 50, 000 hairs to get a teenager density. How are you going to achieve this with only 5000 grafts/10, 000 hairs ? That's why the clinics posting after pictures of Norwood 6 getting back all of his teenager hair are cheating
West, do you see anything wrong with this HT??The front , mid-scalp and crown area ( affected by NW6 hair loss) covers more than 50% of your total area that was covered when you were teenager.so you need more than 50, 000 hairs to get a teenager density. How are you going to achieve this with only 5000 grafts/10, 000 hairs ? That's why the clinics posting after pictures of Norwood 6 getting back all of his teenager hair are cheating