Restoring Temporal Points Through Hair Transplantation

This question, which was answered by Coalition Surgeon Dr. Cam Simmons, was asked by a member of our Hair Restoration Social Community and Discussion Forums:

Is the reason why most people don’t have their temple points addressed by [tag]hair restoration[/tag] surgery because it’s the hardest area to make “natural looking?” I have yet to see good, not great, but good temple point work done. Today’s [tag]hair transplant[/tag] doctors have mastered the best techniques on the top of the head. Hopefully they will start spending more time on the sides.

You are right. Temporal points are one of the more challenging areas to transplant. The angle and direction of the hair are critical. The very flat angles required means we can’t put the grafts as close together as we could on the top. The transplanted hair is directed away from the incision so the bases of the [tag]follicular unit[/tag] grafts near the incisions are visible whereas, in the front, you see the tips of the hairs first. Even if you brush the frontal hair back, you see the bend in the hair and not the base.

Larger grafts can stand out like a sore thumb in the temples so we will not get as much density when we are using 1s and 2s. I think most hair transplant doctors would rather achieve the look of thinning, natural-looking temporal points than having denser, less natural-looking temporal points. Subtle temporal points can make a difference even if they aren’t dense.

Temporal points are still the icing on the cake for most patients. Usually we have to focus on the cake first.

Hopefully, you will consider this “good, not great, but good” temporal point transplantation: Dr. Cam Simmons – a Norwood 3V Man – Part 2. 2295 grafts for a better frame

Dr. Cam Simmons

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David – aka TakingThePlunge
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