Looking good Abe! The dreaded 3 month wait is over. Each day from here on out brings more growth.

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My Hair Loss Website - Dr. Hasson

Congrats on making it past the first 1/4 mark, dude! The hairline looks awesome on you. Unlike an actual race it's going to be smooth -- and smoother -- sailing going forward!

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*A Follicles Dying Wish To Clinics*

1 top-down, 1 portrait, 1 side-shot, 1 hairline....4 photos. No flash.

Follicles have asked for centuries, in ten languages, as many times so as to confuse a mathematician.

Enough is enough! Give me documentation or give me death!

The fun has begun for you!! Looking good.

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My initial HT thread:
done and done!! Check it out...

Thanks guys!

Its been great sharing my experience. I feel a sense of comraderie watching all of you guys go through the doldrums and end up with a great result.

Abe

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Had 3k With Umar on Feb 16, 2009

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Hey Abe, did Dr. Umar recommend using minox on the recipient area?

He did for me, but I haven't done it, I don't want to start minox and have to rely on it forever...besides its a pain applying it. I hope it won't affect my growth in the long run..

HJ,

Yes he did recommend minox and I've been using it right behind the recip area and on the side that had some shockloss.

I plan on stopping once everything has grown in. I did like the stuff that Umar gave me, but now I'm back to my original 5% minox.

Transplanted hair shouldn't shed once you stop minox as far as I know. And if it does, I'll be shedding but my hair will still look better.

I think the point of it is to speed up the growth process.

BTW - did you put minox on your donor area up until 2 weeks prior to the transplant? It was in Umar's pre-op instructions, and I did it but didn't know why. Now, I'm thinking it may increase the speed of growth since i seem to be an early grower.

Abe

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Had 3k With Umar on Feb 16, 2009

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I haven't used minox anywhere...., it gives me weird side effects. I tried it once many months ago...before my transplant and it gave me a weird reaction. Rapid heartbeat, needless to say that was enough for mr to stop. I have been using propecia and niz religiously for 10 months....

I have minor shockloss behind my right temple but nothing to be too worried about, my donor area has almost healed up 100%....no shockloss that I can see. Minor red dots on the right side by I suspect they will be gone within the next few weeks...

I hope I'm not doing any harm by NOT using minox...