Mahi - 5625 grafts in 1 session / 8 month update

Patient particulars
Patient nickname - Mahi
5625 FUHT grafts in 1 session.
Trichophytic closure performed.

5 month update and video available at
http://www.hairsite.com/hair-loss/board_entry-id-31981.html

At 8 months

Before pictures

Dear forum readers,
I have often wondered how patients from distant parts of the world can assess the true extent of improvement, after hair transplants, in our patients.
Not everyone has the time or the resources to go meet the patients in person.

I decided to put the results to extreme test.

Our patient Mahi, graciously, agreed to feature in the video shoot.
We decided to videoshoot Mahi in different day to day situations - in office, in market, in car…

Then we took it a step further. We videotaped Mahi’s haircut and styling.

For this purpose, the celebrity hair stylist Jawed Habib, acted as the unbiased reviewer as well as stylist.

For those who do not know about Jawed Habib, here’s a link
http://www.jawedhabib.co.in/jawedhabib.htm

Regards,
Dr. A

Pictures

In M Block Market, G.K. (Part 2), New Delhi. Time - 2pm, August 2008

Inside Jawed Habib’s Hair saloon (bright lights overhead)

A thorough washing and shampoo

After the shampoo, into the chair

Hair cut by Jawed Habib



Buzzing the sides and back


Advise about hair styling from Habib

Out in broad daylight 3pm , New Delhi, August 2008

Video to follow

Very nice Dr A
How many more grafts would you say this client has available…

» Very nice Dr A
» How many more grafts would you say this client has available…

Dear Hangininthere,
Mahi has another 3000 grafts available from the scalp donor areas and 3000 from the beard donor areas, should he require them.

Regards,
Dr. A

Thank you very much Dr. Avind. I once commented that it is difficult for us to assess the quality of some of your HTs due to patient styling choices. These pics are extremely helpful and highlight another excellent result from your clinic

» Thank you very much Dr. Avind. I once commented that it is difficult for us
» to assess the quality of some of your HTs due to patient styling choices.
» These pics are extremely helpful and highlight another excellent result
» from your clinic

no question Dr A does outstanding work
but his comment that the patient basically has almost run out of scalp donor. 3000 grafts left. and is crown is rapidly thinning, means that in about 5 yrs the crown will be gone and no way can he replace it with 3000 grafts,

it seems that the big dilemma is not docs who do quality work but the future lack of donor hair to chase the ever balding scalp

» » Thank you very much Dr. Avind. I once commented that it is difficult for
» us
» » to assess the quality of some of your HTs due to patient styling
» choices.
» » These pics are extremely helpful and highlight another excellent result
» » from your clinic
»
» no question Dr A does outstanding work
» but his comment that the patient basically has almost run out of scalp
» donor. 3000 grafts left. and is crown is rapidly thinning, means that in
» about 5 yrs the crown will be gone and no way can he replace it with 3000
» grafts,
»
» it seems that the big dilemma is not docs who do quality work but the
» future lack of donor hair to chase the ever balding scalp

aint that the truth.

» » Thank you very much Dr. Avind. I once commented that it is difficult for
» us
» » to assess the quality of some of your HTs due to patient styling
» choices.
» » These pics are extremely helpful and highlight another excellent result
» » from your clinic
»
» no question Dr A does outstanding work
» but his comment that the patient basically has almost run out of scalp
» donor. 3000 grafts left. and is crown is rapidly thinning, means that in
» about 5 yrs the crown will be gone and no way can he replace it with 3000
» grafts,
»
» it seems that the big dilemma is not docs who do quality work but the
» future lack of donor hair to chase the ever balding scalp

6000 grafts is good enough to cover the crown area. Didnt that other patient, GM I think cover his crown using 2500 beard hair grafts? Mahi’s present crown looks better then GM’s pre HT crown.

Hairstyle makes a big diff in appearance.
Very nice result.

» »
» » it seems that the big dilemma is not docs who do quality work but the
» » future lack of donor hair to chase the ever balding scalp
»
» 6000 grafts is good enough to cover the crown area. Didnt that other
» patient, GM I think cover his crown using 2500 beard hair grafts? Mahi’s
» present crown looks better then GM’s pre HT crown.
»
» Hairstyle makes a big diff in appearance.
» Very nice result.

That’s true too. Hangins point is that as we move to type VI, does HT finally offer a sollution. If it does then how many rounds. People lke hanging have been very negative about HT for type VI. Is it time for them to accept that it is now do-able???

» » »
» » » it seems that the big dilemma is not docs who do quality work but the
» » » future lack of donor hair to chase the ever balding scalp
» »
» » 6000 grafts is good enough to cover the crown area. Didnt that other
» » patient, GM I think cover his crown using 2500 beard hair grafts?
» Mahi’s
» » present crown looks better then GM’s pre HT crown.
» »
» » Hairstyle makes a big diff in appearance.
» » Very nice result.
»
» That’s true too. Hangins point is that as we move to type VI, does HT
» finally offer a sollution. If it does then how many rounds. People lke
» hanging have been very negative about HT for type VI. Is it time for them
» to accept that it is now do-able???

doable with body hair assuming you have 100,000 dollars hanging around
but even with an extra several thousand body hair grafts, if you really head towards NW7 you will regret having ever gotten a transplant, since you will have a bald ring around the thickly transplanted top, with no way to fix it

»
» doable with body hair assuming you have 100,000 dollars hanging around
» but even with an extra several thousand body hair grafts, if you really
» head towards NW7 you will regret having ever gotten a transplant, since you
» will have a bald ring around the thickly transplanted top, with no way to
» fix it

Dear Hanginginthere,
I understand your concerns. Incomplete hair restorations will be the bane of future hair transplants.

However, the current level of techniques enable suitable patients to have >10,000 donor graft reserve. That includes beard and scalp donor areas.
I have not included the robust body hair while calculating these reserves.

Key word being suitable patients.
There will be those that will not qualify for such ambitious approaches. I know of people who have minimal/no beard hair. Obviously, they do not qualify.
The doctor and the patient will have to see where they stand in terms of donor availability before they start the hair transplant journey.


As for Mahi, he is scheduled for another HT for the crown area in near future.

In conclusion, thorough patient and HT physician education is vital to proper planning of hair transplants.
Regards,
Dr. A

Dear forum readers,
Modern hair transplants are increasingly about more hair and less illusion.
Therefore, we decided to up the ante.

The shampoo test is an informal term for subjecting the hair transplant to everyday extreme conditions.

Shampoo and thorough documented head shower with the patient outside the clinic’s controllable conditions.

Video, bright overhead lights, vigorous shampoo and witness galore.

We decided to showcase one of our results of hair transplant.

I hope other good doctors will follow suit with similar documentation of their patient results.

You can view the first video of a series at

Your suggestions on further improvements are welcome.

Regards,
Dr. A

Dear readers,

We now present Mahi’s video recording while undergoing a haircut and styling by the famous celebrity hairstylist Jawed Habib.

The video is uploaded at the following link

» Dear readers,
»
» We now present Mahi’s video recording while undergoing a haircut and
» styling by the famous celebrity hairstylist Jawed Habib.
»
» The video is uploaded at the following link
»
» Centre For Hair Restoration: Mahi's Haircut by Habib

That is a very nice way to present the result. Dr. Arvind is not only the best doctor, his clinic has taken presenting results to the next level.

Love the shampoo test.

Dear forum readers,
Owing to the large size of the video files, we have uploaded them in parts on our blog.

You may view the next part of the video at

http://hairtransplantcentre.blogspot.com/2008/08/mahis-haircut-by-habib-part-2.html

Regards,
Dr. A

This link to our blog shows two videos.

1st is the blogger level resolution.
The 2nd has better resolution.

We would like your feedback on the videos.

For those who do not want to navigate to other links for the video, here’s the video embedded in the forum, click PLAY button to view.

haircut-habib.wmv

I am sure he is a very famous celebrity stylist in India, but what has it got to do with hair transplant???

btw the vid takes forever to load.

» I am sure he is a very famous celebrity stylist in India, but what has it
» got to do with hair transplant???
»
» btw the vid takes forever to load.

It is a huge file, about 68 MB.

You don’t need to wait for the buffering to complete before you start watching the video. You can click the PLAY button after the first 20 seconds(approx 15-20% buffered).