ASMED Crown Case: 2,000 Reported, 2,002 in Breakdown
Patient-reported case archive: This archive documents an ASMED / Dr. Koray Erdogan hair transplant result. The original technical notes and photos are preserved below.
Case Summary
The source reports a 2,000-graft FUE procedure at ASMED in Istanbul by Dr. Koray Erdogan for a 37-year-old patient, with the grafts allocated to the crown. The listed graft categories total 2,002, leaving an unresolved difference of two grafts. The record also describes long-term finasteride use and photographs sent by the patient.
- Clinic: ASMED, Istanbul
- Doctor: Dr. Koray Erdogan
- Grafts: 2,000 reported; the listed categories total 2,002. Both source figures are retained.
- Technique: FUE
- Medication context: Finasteride is mentioned in the original case record
Finasteride use is recorded as part of the patient’s history. The photographs and notes do not isolate any effects of medication from surgery or other factors.
For current clinic information, see our ASMED / Dr. Koray Erdogan clinic profile.
ASMED Crown Case: Recorded Details and Count Discrepancy
The pre-operative assessment recorded the following donor characteristics. These are reproduced as they appear in the original archive, including its original area labels.
The term “Equal” is kept exactly as written in the source record. It is not explained there, so we have not reinterpreted it.
Operation Details
The 2000 grafts were extracted by FUE using a manual punch with a diameter of 0.7 mm. Recipient sites were made with custom-made blades using the lateral slit technique.
Graft Breakdown
- 276 single grafts
- 1040 double grafts
- 615 triple grafts
- 71 multiple grafts
- General average of hairs per graft: 2.24
Graft Distribution
All 2000 grafts were used to reconstruct the area recorded as “CHIERICA”, the Italian term for the crown (vertex) region of the scalp.
Finasteride Context: The Patient’s Own History
According to the case record, the patient had already been using the medicine in a generic form for 10 years before the operation. He started using Proscar at the time of the operation and, as of the original record, was continuing it.
When reviewing the photos, keep in mind that the long-term medication history may play a role in how the surrounding native hair looks. The archive does not separate these effects.
Result Photos
Please note that the photos of the result were sent by the patient. They are shown below in their original order.
How to Read This Case
- Single-case evidence: This is one patient’s archived result and does not predict outcomes for others.
- Patient-sent photos: The source identifies these as photographs supplied by the patient. Consistent lighting and angles, and the dates of individual images, have not been independently verified.
- Medication context: The recorded medication history and images do not establish how much any observed change is attributable to medication, surgery or other factors.
- Crown focus: All grafts went to the crown, so this case says little about hairline work.
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