I was on another hair loss forum a few months ago and a non coalition doctor said that hair transplantation could give a Norwood 4 hair like Jonny Depp in this picture:
http://www.filmpeek.net/images...s-best-hollywoo1.jpg

Some other forum members then replied that JD had already had a ht, showing such pictures as these (though in his blog Dr Rassman said it is more likely due to harsh lighting):

http://www.johnnydepp-zone.com...partment/nocolor.php
http://www.johnnydepp-zone.com...partment/nocolor.php
http://www.johnnydepp-zone.com...partment/nocolor.php
http://www.johnnydepp-zone.com/deppartment/toddny.php
http://media.photobucket.com/i...s0rz/awe_prem011.jpg
http://www3.pictures.zimbio.com/mp/IMDHfFxtww-l.jpg
http://www.orato.com/files/mai.../johnny-depp-x01.jpg
http://www.blog.menshaircareti...7/11/060616_depp.jpg
http://z.about.com/d/menshair/1/0/n/2/-/-/07.jpg
http://latimesblogs.latimes.co...gna_15205014_600.jpg
http://nutritionresearchcenter...8/07/johnny_depp.jpg
http://www.johnnydepp-zone.com...partment/swpress.php
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ZZ-C...PP+GOSSIP+MOVIES.jpg
http://buzznet-00.vo.llnwd.net...p-oscars-2008-12.jpg


Personally I believe he has had no work done, putting it rather down to harsh lighting and skin tone/ hair colour juxtaposition in only a few photos, while in the majority it looks like a full head of hair with no scalp shinning through. My question is would it be possible to get hair like Jonny Depp using hair transplantation and if yes under what circumstances (e.g: Norwood Stage, density of grafts, hair cailbre, etc)? Cheers

Yeah I reckon you could get a Johnny Depp hairline, his hairline isnt that great anyway.

Of course depneds on your density.

If you used enough grafts, you could get that hair as a NW4.....the only problem is if you bald further, you might not have enough to cover the 5,6 and 7 areas.

Thats why its important to have your NW6/7 area measured.....and your donor density measured by a qualified doc.

I totally agree with Ronald that scalp geometry is definitely an issue. To obtain the Deppesque look I also think you would need to be below a Norwood 4, or if over that have a NicNitro sort of donor supply. And it probably goes without saying that it would need to be dense packed.

a NW4 having hair and thickness like JD with a HT?
HAHAH be serious

Thanks for your reply but look at shuffle, evolution and spex. I know they are the exception and only shuffle was above a Norwood four but there are also others. There is even a male model I know of who had his hairline restored and it has stood up well in that industry, though he had dense packing and was low on the Norwood scale. Ok lets do the maths; if the "average" Norwood four with 100 cm2 of balding area to cover went to a top clinic and had 6000-7000 grafts removed by strip and another 1500-2000 by fue that would give a density of 75-90 grafts per cm2. The natural density of some people is less than this! So personally I think a density of only 65 grafts per cm2 is needed to achieve a Deppesque look. Also have a look at the photos his hair appears naturally thin. Cheers

Julius,
If you use up all your available donor on a NW 4 pattern, then what do you do in a couple of years when you are a NW 5, then NW 6? It's a bad idea to get too agressive.

I totally agree with you there, though a bald crown in the case of further progression may be a choice many actors and what not are willing to take. Cheers