We would like to present below a case of a patient with a Norwood IV stage. You can find below the details of the surgery.
Case 32
Patient Details
Norwood: Norwood IV
Surgical Plan: Hairline reconstruction, density increase in the frontal, fronto-temporal area and crown. The surgery was performed in two consecutive days with 4 sessions of extraction and implantation (2 sessions on the first day and 2 sessions on the 2nd day). 1952 grafts were implanted in the hairline and frontal and 2065 were implanted in the upper vertex and crown.
Patient´s age: 29 years old.
The patient was advised to start using finasteride and minoxidil 10 months before the surgery.
Hair Thickness: 47 microns in the parietal areas and 51 microns in the occipital area.
Hair Type: caucasian, dark hair, thin hair
Number of Grafts Implanted: 4017
0.8mm manual and micromotor punch were used for the extraction
Grafts Breakdown
1s: 380
2s: 1821
3s: 1536
4s: 269
5s: 11
Overall hair/graft ratio: 2,43
