Doctors,
I love the site and am a big fan but I’ve recently seen something troubling regarding a famous patient of yours. I admit to watching that Jon and Kate Plus 8 show (my wife liked it) and I saw the episode of Jon getting the hair transplant. I’ve been losing hair for years and I was intrigued, so I researched it and I came across your work and found this site.After seeing your posts about Jon Gosselin’s great looking hair transplant I was almost considering a flight to LA but now I see this new photo of Jon and I’m quite nervous about it. So my question is, why does Jon Gosselin’s hair look like crap now after his hair transplant? Was it a problem with the transplant or just nature taking its course?
We actually addressed Jon Gosselin’s hair loss back in December, but I’ll give it another try. If you follow this site, you should be well aware that my overriding point is that hair loss is progressive with no cure, and although medication might slow the loss down, it won’t stop it forever. A hair transplant procedure is an option, but it does not bring back the hairs you lost. Hair transplants work by rearranging your small area of permanent hair (from the back of your scalp) to a big area where you are balding. With any sense of logic it is clear that you can never have full original hair density.
We rearranged Jon’s hair to the front to give him a non-balding frame to his face. He was well aware that he would continue to lose his original (non-transplanted) hair and that he may need further hair transplant surgery. He was advised at that time to take Propecia to slow this process down. Keep in mind that the hairs we transplanted are still there (even in harsh direct sun light), but the natural progression did occur. Here’s a side-by-side of the pre-surgical hairline (the area that was transplanted is circled) with the “faux-hawk” style in the photo you sent:
I have no clue if Jon took Propecia, used minoxidil, or just let nature take its course… but it appears that he’s not done much to treat his hair loss beyond the televised hair transplant. I agree that his hair doesn’t look as good as it did even last year, but in the end, Jon will continue to lose his hair in the areas where we didn’t transplant any grafts. It is not my place to critique his choice in hairstyles or force him to come in for a follow-up with me. If he elects to have another session of transplants to extend the work further back in the areas where he is clearly losing more hair, that is his choice to make.
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How many grafts were done?
What a crappy result!
2087 grafts. More details here:http://www.newhair.com/feature/jon-kate/
The transplant was a success but as I mentioned, hair loss is progressive. Take a look at Jon’s hair just last year —http://www.baldingblog.com/2009/06/05/jon-gosselins-hair-transplant-looks-awesome/
Hey doctorThe before and after pics of a person recieving around 2000 grafts on your website shows much better results than that above. Are those pictures on the website honest? (as in the haven\’t been altered to look better) I ask this because if 2000 grafts get you the results as above, then i definitely will be changing my mind on getting a procedure
As his HT doctor shouldn’t you have warned him to get more transplants or at least go on propecia? Just wondering whether you did or not – shouldn’t his miniturization test and long term plan forseen this?
So I actually think the graphs that are there look good. My gut feeling is that he didn’t get enough and that if he had got 4000 graphs instead that he’d be looking pretty good tight now.
Ciao,Dan
Wow Jon’s hair is really not looking good! All that child support stress seems to literally be getting to his head! This is really good hair loss information though, I enjoyed this post.
Apparently, this hair transplant patient wasn’t really advised with a “master plan” in place
Folks,Did you read the post or just look at the photos and decide to comment? Jon was provided with a Master Plan and told to take Propecia. We can’t be there by a patient’s side each morning to make sure he’s taking his Propecia. Styling his hair differently will likely give him a fuller look than the photo shown and I’d be curious to see other recent paparazzi photos of Jon that show this type of hair loss. It also appears that the hair is wet, which will give those with thin hair a more visible scalp. This is one photo that was sent to us and I don’t even know the original source or context of it.
All photos we publish are honest. If there was something to hide, do you think we would’ve published this post to begin with? We’re not hiding things.
Use this as an example of why you should stick with Propecia after a hair transplant to prevent further progression of the genetic hair loss, and why some patients may ultimately need another procedure. Jon was fully informed of all of this prior to his surgery.