I had 5500 FUE grafts. Patients often ask ‘Will this hair grow back’? (photo)

The FUE removes hair from the back of the head so it can’t regrow back. The amount of hair that can be removed is limited. If too much hair is removed as in this person, the back of the head becomes thin and see-through as a result of the depleted donor area. The number of FUEs that can be removed, depends upon many factors, most importantly the original donor density which must be measured by the surgeon before recommending FUE graft numbers. If too many grafts are removed from the donor area, balding in the back of the head as shown here in this photo, occurs. The initial problem before the hair transplant process begins is that most patients want more hair moved and surgeons are motivated by the money they get for taking out more FUE grafts. so without good planning, the donor area if often over-harvested producing balding in the donor area as shown in this photo. I can state, with almost certainty, that 5500 grafts would produce donor over-harvesting is 98% of the population as the original donor density in 98% of the population will not support this number of grafts (see here: https://ift.tt/2J3Pin4)