Before you decide on doing a third HT, you must first establish what your goals are. Do you want to cover the scar? Or do you want to increase density in the front and maybe crown? Unfortunatly, when a scar is that bad, the yield will be very low, even with a strip of 25-28 cm and 1-1.3 cm, most of it will be scar tisue, the more scar tisue the less FU's there are. It's a bitch, but that is the way it is.....To give you an example. I had 23 cm long by 14mm wide strip, the original scar was about 3-4 mm, donor density in that area was 73 fu per cm square, my Dr. got 1903 fu, to get 4000 fu, from your area would be impossible, unless you go for FUE, and even then it will leave your donor area very thin. I think you should really think about what is more important, and then consult with as many top surgeons as you can to get the proper treatment....That is the reality of multiple HT....I wish you luck my friend.


Just a thought from the peanut gallery...

All,
I wanted to share an update with you regarding the decision that i had to make recently. For the past few months I had been researching and also did have few consultations with recommended docs from this forum. Some were good , some were scary and some were just plain interesting... There was one consultation experience I had which I would say was over the top and made my decision a lot easier and made me ready for a new HT.

The doc is Dr.Ron Shapiro.

I live in the Baltimore area, and i did submit my pics to the Shapiro group and received a detailed consultation from Matt Zupan. There was something about this consultation as it put me at ease at very beginning, be it the friendly approach or the educational explanation. Due to my complex hair structure and terrible scars on both sides of my head, it was difficult to come up with a clear solution as to whether treating the scars would be a good approach or FUE or a strip. Fortunately, Matt mentioned that Dr. Shapiro would be in the Maryland area the next weekend and I was told that Dr. Shapiro would be willing to visit me in person for a better consultation in person. I might say that statement gave me a trust in this group, as I dont recall any doc who would go out of their way to provide a consultation when they are on a private/personal trip.

The weekend arrives, and me with all the anxiety and ready with a barrage of questions head over to the location, where I could meet Dr. Shapiro. I believe we had discussed the procedure and solutions for over and hour. And the best solution, Dr.Shapiro suggested which i definitely agreed was to have two transplants to get better and fuller and less scar head.

The first HT would primarily be concentrated on the strip removal procedure. So it would be a normal strip procedure but targeting the scar. Once the strip is removed, any grafts that would/can be retrieved would be transplanted towards the frontal section. Also Dr. Shapiro suggested that my current hairline was incorrect, so he said, he punch out few of the existing hairs from the side of the hairline and push it back to provide a better look.

That would be the first HT procedure.

The second HT would be after few months once the scar has healed, there would a FUE method to concentrate on the mid and the area between the crown and mid area. This would give me a look of a guy who might have some hair ...

And the date for the first HT is set for JAN 7th 2010.

I hope this decision of mine is definitely a correct one and would put me in a better position when I look at my head in the mirror.

Please do provide me any suggestions or advices that may be helpful to me. If possible please could someone suggest a good financier and the cost of these procedures are not small....

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Dr Shapiro is a top doc.it will be a positive outcome.Hope for the best

Best wishes

lost and done.....i will be at dr. shapiros on the 4th and the 5th. Im getting a little anxious! what day will you be in the area?

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bighosedragger.. i'l be flying in 6th night...

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Hi lostandgone,
Oh my dear!!! Why do I always try to check into the train after it left the station. I always buy first and then do the home work later. No matter how many years add up to my life, I still don't learn the lesson :-)

I read the entire posting, and saw your pictures. Interesting, and Kudos to you that you are further persuing this.

Coming to me, I lost so much of hair, and never really bothered about it. However since couple of my friends went to Hyderabad(India) and got the HT done for $1000(<$1500), I have been tempted to do it, but I let one full year gone by. In the end I decided to jump in, but for various reasons(no vacation, getting delayed, want to get it done at any cost etc.,) I went to local Bosley here, and got it done 2 days ago. This is my 3rd day. Doc's name is Dr David Phillps. He said he is from Boston's Bosley office, but he was here on a visit. Anyways, he said he got 2374 grafts for me, and Bosley charged $10,500.

Needless to say that I didn't read, nor did I do any on-line reading...Nada..NOPE. I just went to Bosley because I see lots of their commercials and came to the conclusion that they are probably leaders.

Anyway, now that I have been reading a lot in the last 2 days of resting period..I learn a lot, and I have been second-guessing my decision of getting it done in USA. I was thinking that I should have gotten it done in Hyderabad. (I learnt Dr Ashok and Dr Madhu's names in the last 2 days from on-line).

Reading your story confronts my second-guessing though. .I will post my pictures tomorrow, as it's too late in the night. However, what do you think..was it better on my part to get this done at Bosley in USA, as opposed to Hyderabad, where i could have saved at least $9000?

Also, I am very concerned about your progress. You said you were scheduled for Jan 7th, what happened. You think you have received what you were hoping for? Please update my friend. I will be in touch with you.

Kumar_MO

lostandgone....was wondering how your surgury went??? i hope everything went well. i know you were in great hands.

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