Hair Loss - THE OFFICIAL POLL: Is donor density the same after strip harvesting?

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THE OFFICIAL POLL: Is donor density the same after strip harvesting? (Hair Transplant)

posted by readyfreddy, 07.06.2008, 20:54

ť Hangin is right.
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ť The total number of grafts on your head didn't get bigger, and your skull
ť didn't get smaller. But after the surgery, there are a greater number of
ť grafts in the recipient area.
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ť Something had to give.
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ť
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ť The scalp is being stretched over your whole head a little tighter. That
ť means the hair in the donor area is being slightly thinned out when the
ť smoke clears.
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ť And the back of the neck's hairline & the forehead hairline are probably
ť being pulled a little bit closer together too. But this is not a
ť free-lunch gain. In terms of your neck hairline moving upwards in back,
ť you also could have just raided that area with FUE too for the same
ť results. And as for your forehead skin moving backwards, well, that's just
ť enlarging the bald recipient area that you have to cover with HTs later!
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ť HTs don't create new hair, they don't shrink the skull, and they increase
ť the total area that the existing hairs are expected to cover. Simple
ť mathematics demands a decrease in density.

Even CIT voted yes, obviously it is a loaded question in order to promote Cole's fue.

No doubt about it, the density can be the same after strip. Most virgin scalps have enough laxity in the scalp, the loss in density (if any) will be minimal when the strip scar is sutured up. There is no excess skin left behind. No loss in density.

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THE OFFICIAL POLL: Is donor density the same after strip harvesting? - CIT, 05.06.2008, 19:52 (Hair Transplant)
- THE OFFICIAL POLL: Is donor density the same after strip harvesting? - benji, 05.06.2008, 22:18
- the density decreases - HanginInThere, 07.06.2008, 06:45
  - the density decreases - nwone, 07.06.2008, 09:47
- do you tell this to your patients - HanginInThere, 07.06.2008, 10:32
- donor density is never the same after FUT or FUE - bverotti, 07.06.2008, 14:01
- THE OFFICIAL POLL: Is donor density the same after strip harvesting? - therapy, 07.06.2008, 14:26
  - THE OFFICIAL POLL: Is donor density the same after strip harvesting? - HanginInThere, 07.06.2008, 19:34
    - THE OFFICIAL POLL: Is donor density the same after strip harvesting? - cal, 07.06.2008, 19:59
      - THE OFFICIAL POLL: Is donor density the same after strip harvesting? - readyfreddy, 07.06.2008, 20:54
        pure BS - HanginInThere, 07.06.2008, 21:14
        pure BS - cal, 08.06.2008, 01:26
        pure BS - HanginInThere, 08.06.2008, 01:34
        pure BS - readyfreddy, 09.06.2008, 00:00
        apparently you are outnumbered - HanginInThere, 09.06.2008, 02:16
        " I vote that density is decreased after any harvesting" - CIT, 09.06.2008, 09:15
- THE OFFICIAL POLL: donor density is DECREASED - CIT, 08.06.2008, 04:54
  - THE OFFICIAL POLL: donor density is DECREASED - nwone, 08.06.2008, 14:35
- THE OFFICIAL POLL: Is donor density the same after strip harvesting? - baldbaby, 08.06.2008, 22:35
  - THE OFFICIAL POLL: Is donor density the same after strip harvesting? - HanginInThere, 08.06.2008, 22:39
    - THE OFFICIAL POLL: Is donor density the same after strip harvesting? - scarred1, 10.06.2008, 04:02
      - lets compare it to a football field - HanginInThere, 10.06.2008, 06:54
        lets compare it to a football field - bigmac, 10.06.2008, 16:44
        lets compare it to a football field - scarred1, 10.06.2008, 19:32
  - Density = Follicular units/donor Area - CIT, 09.06.2008, 17:26
    - Density = Follicular units/donor Area - bigmac, 09.06.2008, 18:31
      - Is a blade capable of making an incision in your donor without destroying an FU? - CIT, 09.06.2008, 19:40
        Is a blade capable of making an incision in your donor without destroying an FU? - HanginInThere, 09.06.2008, 23:11
        Is a blade capable of making an incision in your donor without destroying an FU? - bigmac, 10.06.2008, 03:01
        Is a blade capable of making an incision in your donor without destroying an FU? - bigmac, 10.06.2008, 03:15
        Is a blade capable of making an incision in your donor without destroying an FU? - jotronic, 10.06.2008, 20:00
        Let's make an incision in your donor without destroying an FU? - CIT, 10.06.2008, 20:36
        Strip is a DONOR AREA SCALP REDUCTION - benji, 10.06.2008, 22:48
        Is a blade capable of making an incision in your donor without destroying an FU? - bigmac, 11.06.2008, 15:18
        Is a blade capable of making an incision in your donor without destroying an FU? - Jtelecom, 11.06.2008, 17:46
        War on HT method - mwinston, 11.06.2008, 18:11
        War on HT method - bigmac, 12.06.2008, 02:53
        Documentation - CIT, 12.06.2008, 19:38
        Documentation - bigmac, 13.06.2008, 05:25
        Official poll: Here are the numbers up close and personal - CIT, 13.06.2008, 18:05
        take a look up close - round 2 - CIT, 13.06.2008, 23:35
        Is a blade capable of making an incision in your donor without destroying an FU? - jotronic, 13.06.2008, 21:25
        Is a blade capable of making an incision in your donor without destroying an FU? - Jtelecom, 13.06.2008, 22:45
        Is a blade capable of making an incision in your donor without destroying an FU? - jotronic, 13.06.2008, 23:39
        Is a blade capable of making an incision in your donor without destroying an FU? - Jtelecom, 14.06.2008, 00:04
        Clarification has been made. Thanks CIT, JT,and jotronic - mwinston, 14.06.2008, 14:06
        Is a blade capable of making an incision in your donor without destroying an FU? - therapy, 14.06.2008, 14:36
        Decreased donor area surface - CIT, 19.06.2008, 22:21
        Decreased donor area surface - bigmac, 20.06.2008, 11:30