First, I just want to say that Dr. Hasson is a true professional and I would recommend him to anyone who is interested in having a hair transplant. I left Pennyslvania on Friday, January 15, 2010. Airport security wasn't as bad as I thought is was going to be. It was a very long day of traveling, so once I found the Park Inn & Suites, I went to my room and went to sleep. Monday morning came quick...my appointment was at 7:30 AM and I got there 15 minutes early. Christina had me fill out some paper work and after that Elaina (technician) took me to a room and checked my laxity and density (both average). I performed scalp laxity exercises for 2.5 months / 30 minutes a day prior to the surgery. I took some antibiotics and other medications and Dr. Hasson walked in shortly there after. He spent about 45 minutes designing my hairline and he took pre-op pics as well. He told me that my scalp was inflammed from having Seborriec Dermatitis but he told me not to worry about it because he worked on other patients that had the same condition and had excellent results. He also told me with my condition not to bother with Rogaine because it would only irritate my scalp even more. I had slight miniaturization in the mid scalp / crown area and said that he was pretty confident that Propecia will address this concern. After he took the pics, he then began removing the donor strip. As everyone has already mentioned, the worst part of the whole procedure is anesthetic shots (the worst is in the temple region!). It took him about 45 minutes to remove the donor strip and then he began making the slits in the recipient region, while the techs were cutting the grafts. Dr. Hasson then made 3,400 slits in the recepient area (I don't know how he does it every day but I would get so tired of counting to one hundred over and over again!). It was then time for lunch (12:30) and after lunch the techs began planting the grafts. Around 2:30 we got the final word on the total number of grafts, it was 4,159. I wasn't too sure if I'd reach 4,000 because I thought my density was below average but I was very happy with the amount of grafts Dr. Hasson was able to harvest. They have 250+ movies to choose from and the whole afternoon I was comfortable with the exception of my neck. We took a 5-10 minute break every hour to hour and a half. After it was all said and done, I left the clinic around 8:15 pm and was sent home with a goodie bag, apple juice, and second dinner from Red Robin. Dr. Hasson also prescibed me a stronger antibiotic (Cipro) due to the extra inflammation I had. It was very hard sleeping that night, the donor region was sore and the worst part was my neck. My neck was terribly stiff from laying in the same position for so long. I took some Tylenol 3 and the sleeping pill the clinic provides you and the pain went away. The next morning i arrived at the clinic around 9 AM and one of the techs washed my donor and recipient areas. I flew home on Wednesday and I was a bit concerned because I had a bandana on for almost 11 hours during traveling (delays due to mechanical problems). I washed my hair twice on Wednesday (before leaving to go to YVR airport and once again when I was home). Overall, my experience with Dr. Hasson was excellent and I highly recommend him. I will be updating my hair loss web site frequently...check it out and tell me what you guys think. Take care

Fingers Crossed Hair Loss Website

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Photos are now updated

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Did you know about the Dermatitis before you went to H&W or did you find out while you were there. What were your symptoms and did Dr. Hasson say how to treat it not only now but in the future?

Other than that congrats!

hdude46
no i didn't know about the dermatitis. He didn't seem too concerned about it, and said it was quite common. Some side effects are excessive dandruff, and scalp irritation in some areas. He told me to use a shampoo called Polytar AF. I've never heard of it but I'll definitely be looking for it next week.

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Looks like a really nice hairline, fingers. I look forward to tracking your results. Best of luck and keep in touch here on the forums.

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Congratulations!!..Your in safe hands with Dr Hasson..

I dont think you need to worry to much about having your bandana on for that long...I had a baseball cap on permanently for about 3 months. The only thing you need to avoid at your stage is bumping your head, scratching, or getting sunburnt...and I dont think theres much chance of that with all the rain were getting!!

Good luck!!

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Fingers....Im sure in six monthsyou will be looking awesome. You went to one of the top drs. and with the amount of graphs and the hair you had behind them you should have a great head of hair! Hopefully the proscar wil help you keep the rest!

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I'm not trying to hijack a thread or start trouble, but am I the only one who feels that the strip was taken way too high on the left side? I've seen countless men who have dropped well below where that strip was taken from. And, wasn't almost 4,200 grafts a bit much for the area covered?

tc17, I'm also wondering why the scar rises so high on the right side. It looks very asymmetrical. And I agree, seems like a high number of grafts, but perhaps a lot of his native hairs were miniaturizing?

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HT #1: Karamikian Unknown # of grafts Sept.2006

HT#2 Nov.23rd, 2007
Dr.Feller
Almost 3200 grafts via strip

HT#3 April 2010
Fue 200/side into temple points

HT#4 February 2011

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TC17 & hairthere,

I understand where both of you are coming from, but i've seen countless Hasson patients that had the strip taken just as high, if not higher. So that's why I didn't question Dr. Hasson about that because he's the doctor, I am not. Hopefully everything turns out alright

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