Tyler came from Canada to see me in Istanbul. He wanted to restore his hairline and the area behind it, but his crown bothered him too. We agreed on 4,500 grafts for the hairline and midscalp, leaving the crown untreated. During the consultation, he asked about adding another 500 grafts. I understood why he wanted to do as much as he could in one trip.
My concern was what those extra grafts would cost him in donor hair. Once we move a graft from the back or sides of the head, we have one fewer there to work with later. If Tyler’s own hair thins behind the area we restored, that may be where he most wants coverage in a few years. I didn’t think the improvement I could offer him with another 500 grafts that day justified using more of his donor hair. If he ever considers another procedure, I’d want to examine him again and hear what matters to him then.
Tyler has been open about still wishing we could have treated his crown. He also told journalist Andrew Seale that my willingness to say no made him trust me more. You can read his account of that conversation in Seale’s feature for the Canadian magazine The Walrus. The hairline we drew together and the progress photos Tyler shared are in Tyler’s full story.
For those of you who left the crown for later, did it still bother you as much once the front grew in?
Dr. Mehmet Demircioglu
Diamond Hair Clinic, Istanbul, Turkey
Hair Transplant Consultation
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