Hello Dr. Rassman!
Thank you for answering my last two questions.
This is a quick one and I’m interested to see what pictures you post along with your answer.If I get a hair transplant that resembles Tom Hanks in The Da Vinci Code (due to a below average donor density, for instance) could I potentially move my hair line to Tom Hanks in Big if and when hair multipication becomes possible?
More broadly, what is your advice for someone considering a less than juvenille hair line look?
If that is what someone desires can it be created in advance of total hair loss?
I have had many people pick out a celebrity and say that they want to look like this one or that one. Sometimes I make an effort to do just that if:
- The hair transplant option is part of a Master Plan that makes sense and looks appropriate.
- The patient understands the process.
- The goals are realistic with regard to hair supply and demand, and the characteristics of the hair itself.
The isolation of the frontal hairline in the treatment of the balding or thinning process may be appropriate in some people. There is a bonding between doctor and patient here that must be taken into account. If I met with you and bonded and believed that your goals were realistic, I am sure that we could develop a plan that makes sense to both of us. I have had patients get a mature hairline (playing conservative initially) and then move it down to their more youthful childhood hairline in another hair transplant procedure. I would rather do it that way then create a hairline that was too low which (because of its permanent nature) is there for life. If Tom Hanks wanted the hairline he had when he was young in the movie ‘Big’, he could get it moved down with little difficulty. For people who are not balding, I have replaced the youthful hairline to prevent the maturing hairline from appearing, but I have done this mostly for actors or male models whose career depends upon this youthful look.
Please just look at the NHI patient photo gallery and focus upon the variations of the hairlines. I could produce a Count Dracula type of hair line with a very wild widow’s peak, but I wouldn’t do that unless the Count himself asked for it.
