Dr. Kaan Pekiner 4601 grafts FUE (of which 889 BHT from beard)

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS AND TREATMENTS FOLLOWED:
The patient, of Italian nationality, presented with norwood grade 6 baldness. He did not follow any treatment before the surgery. The operation took place on March 28, 29, 30 and 31, 2017.

GOALS OF THE SURGERY:
The patient wanted to reconstruct the high hairline, front and mid area, leaving the vertex uncovered in this session. To give density to the mid area and to safeguard the donor nuchal, grafts from the beard were also used. Single grafts from the donor nuchal were used mainly for the front hairline while grafts extracted from the beard were used for the mid areas.

SURGERY DATA:
Extractions, incisions and grafts personally performed by Dr. Kaan using manual FUE technique.
Grafts extracted from the nuchal donor: 3712 (470 single, 1326 double, 1916 multiple)
Grafts extracted from the beard: 889
Total grafts 4601

Treated area: about 90 cm2
Graft density (grafts per cm2): between 50 and 55 in the hairline, scaled towards the rear

PRE

SURGERY

Update at one month sent by the patient

Detail of the donor beard at one month post surgery

Donor update at 1 month, photos sent by patient

Update at 2 months after sent by the patient.
Shed most of the grafts as predicted.

At 3 months. Recently started regrowth, donor beard details after 889 withdrawals.

Update from patient at three and a half months. First regrowth started.

Update at 4 and a half months

UPDATE AT FIVE AND A HALF MONTHS

UPDATE AT SIX AND A HALF MONTHS

The patient returned 8 months later for the second intervention session aimed at reconstructing the crown.
Here is the table of the second intervention.

This is the video shot in the clinic showing the results of the first surgery 8 months later.

Extraction marks of 889 grafts from the beard at 8 months:

ONE YEAR LATER