Hair transplant surgery to repair old pluggy look on this Asian patient
Hair Transplant Sessions: 2
Grafts Implanted: 3341
Total Hairs Transplanted: 6993
Baldness Class: 3A
Hair Transplant Repair Work
Surgical Procedure: Follicular Unit Transplant (FUT/Strip)
A 46 years Asian male presented to DHT Clinic, Bangkok with the concerns of unnatural big punch plug hair transplant done 13 years back from another surgeon in his country. He also has traction alopecia over both fronto-temporal regions from wearing the traditional turban. Patient has Grade B, wavy black hair with brown oily skin, average scalp laxity. Total area of recipient site measured was 70 cm2. The patient requested for small session because of budget problem and not to remove the existing big punches for the corrective surgery.
Two hair transplant sessions were performed at an interval of one and half years. A total of 3341 Follicular unit grafts bearing 6993 hair was transplanted. The details are 1 hair FU: 542, 2 hair FU: 1408, 3 hair FU: 1491grafts.
The postoperative iews were recorded and shows significantly improvement with natural coverage of the frontotemporal regions and complete camouflage and softening of big punch plugs with the dense microfollicular unit grafting done in the hair transplant sessions.
One year after, the third session was also performed with another 1488 FU grafts bearing 2771 hairs but we didn’t have record as the patient fail to follow for evaluation.
A total of 4829 Follicular unit grafts bearing 8763 hair was transplanted in three sessions. The details are 1 hair FU: 835, 2 hair FU: 2520, 3 hair FU: 1576 grafts.
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Hair transplant before and after repair photos
Hair transplant surgery with 3341 grafts to repair an old plug style previous transplant shown from the front, displaying before and after photos.
Hair transplant surgery using 3341 grafts to repair an old plug style transplant shown from the top, displaying preoperative and postoperative pictures.
Hair transplant surgery using 3341 grafts to repair an old plug style transplant viewed from a tilt down angle, viewing preoperative and postoperative images.