Hi everyone. I'm new to the forum but have been lurking for a long time. I used to post under the same name about 3 years ago on HLH before getting kicked off by Farrell for posting my negative views on HT's. Since then I've stayed off the boards, tried to stop thinking about my hairloss, and life was good. Unfortunately, what do you know...I started losing more hair.

I first started losing my hair my senior year of high school, but never noticed it. By the time I was 19, I had a pretty pronounced NW2-3 hairline. For my 19th birthday, I asked my Mom for propecia. How f'd up is that! However, it never regrew my temples and my receding hairline constantly nagged me.

I freaked out and would do anything to fix my one problem. After seeing the infomercials, I went to Bosley. BIGGEST MISTAKE OF MY LIFE!!! At the ripe old age of 21 I received 700 grafts in my front hairline and temples. Not one second of every day goes by that I don't regret this decision. I am constantly paranoid if people know I've had this done, if they can see my "plugs, and how much of a freak I will look in the future as my hair loss progresses. So much for getting this surgery to forget about hairloss. Now I think about it even more.

I was hoping my hairloss would stabilize for 5-10 years and I could hold out for HM or some better MPB treatment. Unfortunately, I recently lost quite a bit of hair on my hairline, and I am forced to tweez out the existing grafts, leaving only pits that I cover up with a horrible hair style. Basically, I'm much worse off than where I started.

I'm not going to get into my views on this procedure and this corrupt industry, because I don't want to get kicked off again and I'm doomed to continue getting HT's to keep a somewhat normal appearance. I simply question how natural HT's really look even from so called top docs. My biggest problem is that I have fine, blonde hair, and all of my grafts are darker and thicker than my natural hairline hairs and stick out. I have yet to see a transplanted hairline that overcomes this inherent HT flaw. And transplanted hairs maturing and matching native hairs in time is BS. I've had these grafts for 5 years and they look just as bad as when they first grew. When you take thick, non-MPB donor hairs out of the back of your head, and move them to the front, they will not match. Plus, my sides and back are darker than my front.

I have taken pictures and am trying to start an album, but the files are too big. I would love some help on how to make them smaller so I can show you guys what I'm dealing with. I'm really looking for advice from people who have been in a similar situation, and have found a solution to move on with their lives. 26 is too young to be worrying about hairloss, much less a bad HT. I just want my life back. Any advice, comments, words of encouragement are greatly appreciated.

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HTNONO,

Welcome to our community. If you are here seeking genuine help, the members of this community will certainly be happy to do what we can to help and support you.

I'm sorry you've had a bad experience with hair transplant surgery. Dealing with hair loss is certainly hard enough. Whether or not another hair transplant is the solution for you, I don't know. But today's state of the art techniques have helped many hair loss sufferers and those in need of repair get both their hair and their lives back.

The fastest and easiest way to resize your photos is by downloading and using a program called Irfranview. However, I am not sure if there's a free version of the program available anymore. Photos attached to a discussion thread have to be under 300K and in a photo album, have to be under 500K. If you're still having difficulty, I can help you resize them. If you email them to me directly at help@hairtransplantnetwork.com, I can resize them and email them back to you.

Best wishes,

Bill

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Can't wait for the pics and if you can back up and objectiely share your "views on this procedure and this corrupt industry" there should be no problem. Cheers

HTNONO,

Thanks for coming on and sharing your story. I feel your pain as I also went to Bosley many years ago shortly after turning 20. My hair was honestly great upon reflection, but that didn't stop them from happily forcing some grafts in. But, time moves on and I must focus on the positives, not the things I can not change.

So, I've had a couple of recent corrective procedures to (a) thicken up my hairline and (b) hide the old Bosley work.

Bill is right when he mentions Irfanview - it's great. A solid source is www.download.com which is a reputable site. Just put in "irfanview" and download the software. It's free and simple to use.

M&M

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Thanks for the swift replies guys. Bill, I just sent you some pics via email. M&M, I've followed your story and am glad you have found help after Bosley. It angers me so much every time I read about people's negative experience with that clinic. I can't believe they've been allowed to butcher so many people for so long. I look forward to posting pics to get your opinions. I tried that irfanview software, but still couldn't resize my pics.

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Once you're in Irfanview, simply open the image you want to resize, then hit "CTRL-R" for "resize", and input the width between 600 to 800. The height will adjust to keep everything in proportion.

Then, hit "S" for "save as" so you don't overwrite your original file. Good luck!

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Hi HTNONON, Sorry to hear of your experience - i too went to Bosley 4 times - yes 4 and was cut open for 500 grafts each time ! When HT's are not perfomed correctly it can literally ruin lives.

Grfats can be truamtised and ultimated damaged if not harvest, transfered and handled correctly into the recipient area.(not something Bosley pride themselves on) This is more than likely the case with your unnatural/unusual looking grafts - along with poor placement and mini/micro units. This can genuinely be made much better though - See BHUK for example who had corn row uncharateristic grafts in his hairline from outdated work and see him now since his repair.

Just trying to help show that repairing your situation might not be as impossible as you think bro.

Regards
Spex

PS - Feel free to email me your pics and i will happily help resize and upload.

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Although I did not go to Bosley (that would have been an improvement), I had a session size of just 12 grafts, one for 30 grafts, one for 40 grafts, and several in the 50 to 65 range. I know exactly what you're saying about it being a big mistake... however I don't feel it was MY mistake. I'm not a Dr. They should have (and did) know that what they were doing could not possibly work, yet they performed the surgery anyway telling me I would get a full head of natural hair.

Don't ever feel it was your mistake even though many people will try to tell you that it was you who didn't do enough research. That's bull. If a Dr lies to you, it is THAT Dr who is at fault. It is illegal for them to do that. You should NEVER have to visit several Drs and then be held accountable for deciding which ones are lying and which ones are not.

Thanks again for all the responses guys. I just posted an album under another thread, "From Bosley with Love." Unfortunately, I can't get it to load when I try to open it up. Maybe you can help Bill? Behappy, I couldn't agree with you more. It makes me sick when I see a victim who gets blamed for, "not doing enough research." When you are young, desperate, and a Dr. tells you you are a perfect candidate, and can get a full head of hair, it's hard to say no.

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When your pics finally get the pics uploaded we can know for sure; but from the descriptions you've given I think BHUK could be an *excellent* comparison for you based on NW levels, quality of work, and issues to henceforth be dealt with.

Actual blame should *only* be hoisted upon the doctors performing horrorshow work, but with the right resource of information given to you yourself, as a patient, you can end up getting past these docs even if you were already unfortunate so as to fall prey to their abuse.

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