The patient had lost his donor hair supply after multiple antiquated scalp surgeries, which had still left him bald along with many disfiguring scars. His surgeries included multiple scalp reductions, strip, and punch hair transplants, with the creation of unnatural plugs in the frontal scalp and hairline. The patient had ridging and pitting result from these "pluggy" transplants, and his temples and half of his head were devoid of hair from the progression of hair loss and excessive scalp reduction. The crown had been deformed to form a slot with abnormally angled hair fanning out from it. Before seeing Dr. Umar, the patient had also undergone a double flap procedure to correct the poorly angled hair on the back of his head. However, having run out of traditional head donor hair, he was left incomplete with no hair transplant repair options, and was referred to Dr. Umar with the prospect of having BHT. Dr. Umar carried out the repair using about 15,000 chest, stomach, and shoulder hair grafts, 6000 beard hair grafts, and only about 1000 head hair grafts. The procedure was completed in 3 major sessions at 6 monthly intervals. The result of Dr. Umar's repair shown in this video was recorded at 6 months after the last repair session. Even though more improvement and healing was to ensue within the next 9 to 12 months, the patient stated that he had already "gotten his smile back," and that his life was transformed and filled with more fulfillment and confidence. |