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Decreased density and donor surface area after strip (Hair Transplant)

posted by CIT , 07.05.2008, 16:03
(edited by CIT on 07.05.2008, 16:09)

ť ť ť as a clinic who does strip or at least i think you do
ť ť ť can you set these guys straight who say, density in the donor area is
ť ť the
ť ť ť same, after a strip, because you simply cut out the area and stich
ť the
ť ť ends
ť ť ť together
ť ť ť
ť ť ť i say this is physically impossible...........unless you are only
ť ť counting
ť ť ť hair in the surrounding area, and the scar stretches an equal amount
ť ť that
ť ť ť you cut out, so now the donor density is the same, and there is a
ť huge
ť ť scar
ť ť ť with zero density
ť ť
ť ť I was the one who said that. It is possible if the strip is done right,
ť ť have you seen some of Hasson/Wong pictures? There is practically no
ť gaps
ť ť in the donor and no loss of density since the two ends are stitched
ť ť together.
ť ť
ť ť
ť [image]
ť
ť to the naked eye it might appear no density loss but this is physically
ť impossible
ť
ť you cannot remove 20 percent of the hair in an area of skull, and retain
ť the ddensity in that area
ť physically impossible
ť
ť this also coincides with the theory that you have to lose 50 percent of
ť the density in an area before hair loss becomes noticeable
ť
ť so if you did lose lets say 20 percent of the density in the donor area
ť afterwards you would not be able to detect it with the naked eye, but it
ť would still be less

A small percentage of correctly performed strips will actually produce a pencil thin scar. The rest of them would still need FUE into the scar just so they could hopefully buzz come close to a 3 guard. Strip doesn't allow patients to wear a short hair style or come close to a #1 guard hair cut.

The actual donor density is not the same after any harvesting. You must focus on the entire donor area and not just the location above and below the strip harvest. Density is multiplied by the size of the donor area to yeild the total donor resource. The patient will have stretching over the entire scalp but more so at the site of the strip harvest.

What is this patient's density and what resource can be harvested from strip?
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