This nice fellow was in with a significant family history of hairloss and a brother who had had minigrafts down the street. Going for the patient is a profuse supply of thick dense donor hair and a stretchier scalp that I expected....to the point of which I think we could have gotten 3500 with a tension free closure. Problem is that you don't know how stretchy that scalp REALLY is until the strip is out, and asians have a higher incidence of scar problems...further shown in his brother. Going against this patient is the typical color mismatch between white skin and very dark hairs which aren't really amenable to wavy hairstyles.
So after a couple of consultations we proceeded with 2700 grafts with dense placement along the hairline. He did a very good job of staying clean and his scar looks typical. He'll be back at Thanksgiving for a scar check.
Dr. Lindsey McLean VA
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