I don't have any pictures in between, but as you can see my hair was pretty decent before my HT. I had Dr. Hasson put in 1950 grafts to strengthen the frontline. I'm 4.3 months post op and I'm currently waiting for my hair to get back to even pre-HT days...as its currently a lot thinner right now.

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1950 grafts with Dr. Hasson in the front line 6/19/06.

I also wanted to mention that the pre-HT are taken wet with gel in my hair. My hairloss was almost undetectable if my hair was dry and I combed it forward.

The post HT pics are taken with my hair dry.

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1950 grafts with Dr. Hasson in the front line 6/19/06.

didn't look bad to me pre-HT, but i'm having a hard time figuring out where nearly 2000 grafts were placed. i'm sure you'll bounce back after the shock loss regrows.

I know nik...it wasn't too bad to me either pre-HT....I was just greedy!!

The 1950 grafts were taken from 22cm x 1 cm strip from the back and were placed in the frontline I'm guessing in a 12cm x 6 cm area in the front from what I remember. Can't say that I see where the grafts were placed too! But I'm going to try to believe in what everyone else is saying and just wait....

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0.5 mg Avodart daily since 6/19/06

1950 grafts with Dr. Hasson in the front line 6/19/06.

It definitely looks thinner than pre-HT, but I'd bet the next 2-3 months will provide a very substantial change in your appearance. Just hang in there a little while longer.

Are you taking meds or doing anything for loss prevention?

-Sorry, saw the Avodart regimen in your signature after posting....

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3rd HT 4-24-08 - 2415 FUT's Dr. Wong

GRAND TOTAL: 7501 GRAFTS

current regimen: 1.25mg finasteride every other day

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Hi mate - it will all be on its way soon. Just be patient as things will happen very soon i'm sure!!
Regards
Spex

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Hey thanks specks and bank for the encouragement.
I wanted to ask everyone what they thought about starting up minoxidil again. I used to use the stuff for about 1.5 years with very good results and I stopped using 2 months pre-op. I haven't used the stuff now for 6 months total and I've been told that my thinning might be due 1 of 3 things:
#1 minoxidil dependent hair dissappearing. The reason I didn't want to start up again was b/c of annoyance of use and also I didn't want the transplanted hairs to become minoxidil dependent and have to use the stuff for the rest of my life....
#2 Avodart shed
#3 shockloss from the surgery or maybe a combination of the above 3 things

But if its true that my thinness is due to minoxidil dependent hairs dying than I'd def. be willing to start up again to try to salvage any of those dying hairs or at least speed up the growth of my grafts.
Do you guys think I should start it up? The rogaine foam looks promising. Remember I havnen't used minoxidil for 6 months now...should I start up right away or give the grafts some time to kick in? Any comments suggestions would be awesome!

Thanks again everyone who's dropped me line and for listening to my story.

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1950 grafts with Dr. Hasson in the front line 6/19/06.

GP-

I don't know about starting the Minox again...............my suggestion would be only if you're planning to stay with it for life. The regimen was way to messy for me to consider.

As for your thinning, my ideas are as follows:

#1- This could be since you just stopped 2 months pre-op which is now a total of a little more than 6 months of non-use..........enough for you to have noticably lost what you may have been keeping. Even if you start Minox again, there's no guarantee they'll come back. As far as HT hair becoming Minox dependent, HT hair is not susceptible to male-pattern-baldness so Minox shouldn't affect it one way or the other. You should have your HT hair for life whether or not you use Minox.

#2- This could be...........to shed, or not to shed......it varies from person to person and there's really no way to know for sure. Time will tell.

#3- My shocked hair from surgery started coming back in at 2 months and 1 week..........everyone varies but I think your shocked hair would be coming back in by now. The way I could tell the difference was that the HT hair came in thin and wispy while the shocked hair came in like beard stubble....coarse and thick.

The more I think it over........I'd stay off of the Minox and let your HT mature another 6 months before deciding what to do but that's your decision.

Good luck,

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1st HT 1-18-05 - 1200 FUT's
2nd HT 2-15-06 - 3886 FUT's Dr. Wong
3rd HT 4-24-08 - 2415 FUT's Dr. Wong

GRAND TOTAL: 7501 GRAFTS

current regimen: 1.25mg finasteride every other day

My Hair Loss Weblog

Disclaimer: I'm not a Doctor (and have never played one on TV ) and have no medical training. Any information I share here is in an effort to help those who don't like hair loss.

Gp-

Minox or Rogaine are for the Crown region, and I would agree with hairbank now that I have used the foam for 4days on my crown that I am already getting tired of the product overall. It has no proven value for the hairline region. Your hair looks good in your pics, and in six months will hopefully look great.

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Thanks guys....really appreciate it.

I haven't yet started to re-use the minoxidil and the more I think about it its true at 6 months all that was gained is probably gone by now.

I think I'll wait till month six to eight and see how the HT works out. I guess it doesn't make a difference if I use minoxidil now or if I start up in 3-4 months from now right?

I think I just had a major freak out for the past couple of days....wow...I wonder how many more of these hair breakdowns I'm going to have.

Thanks again bayscholar and Hairbank

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1950 grafts with Dr. Hasson in the front line 6/19/06.