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Gloria C., 44Client InfoHair loss for women can be especially difficult; it usally shows up exactly where it's nearly impossible to hide.“Women usually retain their hairline on both sides but they develop a weak spot right on the top, behind their hairline, where you can look right through and see their scalp,” says Samson CEO and Founder Bill McCullough. Restoring women's hair is trickier because women tend to have more residual hair in the thinning area — they don't go completely bald, like men. So there's greater incidence of shock loss of existing hair, McCullough says. That's why, females — and young men who also have a lot residual hair — in the care of an inexperienced hair transplant practice actually could end up with no gain. An overly-aggressive procedure could wipe out as many existing follicles as the ones it transplants. That's why Samson chose an incremental strategy for Gloria C., a 44-year-old homemaker from Valencia, California. It began with transplanting a modest 1,398 grafts at Gloria's first procedure in August, 2006. Another 1,130 grafts were transplanted in March, 2007. The target area was carefully chosen because of a female's proclivity to lose existing hair, often permanently, due to surgery-induced stress. In fact, Samson knew that Gloria's hair loss was spreading beyond the center of her scalp, McCullough explains, but “we chose to concentrate only on the narrow center area with the most severe loss and avoid other [thinning] areas to minimize shock loss. “Plus, hair in the center is worth more than hair on the sides because it covers more. “The area was so narrow that we couldn't have packed-in that many grafts in just one procedure anyway,” he adds. “She understands that she might be back here in five years [as her hair loss spreads] but I think avoiding transplanting preemptively is better," to avoid shock loss. “Look, if someone said, ‘I never want to come in again for another procedure,' we could do it [by transplanting many more grafts in a single procedure], but I would tell them the expense would be twice as much and that they should prepare for shock loss. “It's a strategy and every client has to have a unique one. Every strategy involves what the hair loss is today, what it is likely to be in the future, the density of the donor supply and the patient's desires, as well as the degree of potential loss because of shock loss.” “Women usually retain their hairline but they develop a weak spot right on the top, behind their hairline, where you can look right through and see their scalp,” McCullough says. BeforeClick on any of the following picture sets to view and zoom.8 MonthsEight months after the first procedure and immediately before the second procedure:18 MonthsEighteen months after the first procedure and 11 months after the second procedure. Gloria now has many more hair styling options now that she has front hair back.VideosThis Client does not have videos in there profile. Normally a video player will load in this window on other profiles. |