Introducing the Super Megasession

Introducing the Super Megasession:
Consecutive Day Surgeries of Up to 5000+ Grafts

With the consecutive day surgery hair restoration technique, utilizing the ultra refined follicular unit technique, results can be achieved faster than ever, while maintaining the same professional quality of service on which Dr. Keene has built her reputation. Dividing the surgery into two days keeps the pace comfortable, and the time in the surgical chair limited, providing comfort and safety to you. Moreover, it allows the doctor to continue her personal hands on approach, including placing most of the grafts herself. In addition to improved cosmetic results, recovery time is about the same whether the session is performed in one or two days. The consecutive day megasession provides fast results, while maintaining the quality Dr. Keene has provided and refined for over a decade.

The donor strip is removed from one side of the head on day 1, and from the other side on day 2. The strip appears as one contiguous line, but the closure from day 1 remains, and the strip is taken out starting directly next to it.

The patient below received 4317 grafts in a 2 day surgery session. The first day he received 2195 frontal grafts, and the second day he received 2122 grafts to the mid frontal and crown areas. This was over 252 sq cm of hair loss area! Dr. Keene would have liked to provide more grafts to the crown area, but due to scalp laxity and donor supply, she was limited in the numbers that could be harvested. So to provide the most cosmetic results to the frontal area, more grafts were concentrated in that area. The post first set of surgery photos below are from 8 months after surgery. Grafts continue to mature and add density for up to a year.

The second set is another patient who had the consecutive day megasession. Density was again concentrated more in the frontal area. Photos of the suture line after 9 months and a year were obtained on the second patient.


Before Before Suture line 9 months after surgery	8 months after 4317 grafts, 2195 frontal, 2122 mid front and crown After 4000 grafts, 2500 frontal, 1500 midfront and crown Suture line 1 year after surgery

How has the megasession definition changed?

In the 90's, when Dr. Keene first began performing the megasession utilizing micrografts, 1000 grafts was considered a state of the art megasession. At the beginning of the new millennium, 1500 to 2000 follicular unit grafts was a typical megasession. Today, one day megasessions are often 3000-5000 grafts. Utilizing the consecutive day megasession technique on patients with sufficient donor to provide up to 4000 to 5000+ grafts, depending on scalp laxity and donor availability, you can have the ultra refined results for which Dr. Keene is known.

Am I a candidate for the consecutive day surgery?

The number of grafts Dr. Keene will recommend for you depends on the extent of your hairloss, density, available donor, scalp laxity, and personal preferences. Read more about estimating graft numbers here. More grafts are required to cover larger areas, or to achieve greater density in smaller areas. The megasession delivers coverage for larger areas of hairloss, or more density for smaller areas, with undetectable cosmetic results, based on donor availability. Not every one is a good candidate for large megassessions. Previous surgeries or genetic factors may limit your donor availability. Or you may have a preference for a more conservative approach. To discuss your options and find out if you are a candidate, call to schedule a consultation with Dr. Keene at 800-840-9761, or locally in Tucson at 290-5555.