DJ
Alot of your questions can be answered from my previous posts.
transection risk with megasessions
and understanding shock loss

Shaving the hair has no effect on any nerve damage. As you said the hair is there whether you shave the head or not. The above posts should clarify.

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Ricardo Mejia MD, FAAD
Jupiter FL
Hair Transplant Network recommended physician; photos

IMO this topic should not receive this much attention. Here's why.

The Dr.'s are deciding if shaving is best for the final HT outcome, which at the end of the day is our only concern. The few months of regrowth time is insignificant to the years down the road.

When we choose our HT guy, based on our many different criteria, the fact that the Doc is a shaver should not sway our decision. Each of the Doc's on this site, based on his/her technique/skills/knowledge/years of experience, feels shaving or not shaving will yield the best results for the HT. I believe the Dr's here have one goal....to provide great results. If that means a shave is necessary, then so beit.

Also, the remarks on here that Dr's that require shaving are looking for the easy and quick way out is just BS. One extra hour of chair time is not what these Dr's are focusing on!!


Select your HT Dr carefully and stand by the decision based on the research that is available on this site.

We have been finding ways to deal with all that life brings to us, good and bad...certainly a couple of months of short hair is not an issue. Let's face it, the first month whether shaved or not, the HT will still show some signs...so we are looking at probably another month of camouflage time until the shaved hairs grow in.

Happy 4th to all.

FYI...I was shaved by Dr. Feller, June 6, 2008.

T

If you can shave the area the better for the surgeon for placement. So if you can where a hat for a couple of week and cut your hair short in the back, then do it. If not, then grow the top longer and comb forward if HT in frontal lobe-- if on crown, then grow long in the front and comb back. Best of luck lad.

I just had a chance to go through this thread

I would like to give you my observation and personal liking.

First of all I do not believe that there would be any difference between shaving or no shaving except
1) The patient would not see the shock loss so would nopt worry
2) easier for the surgeon.

Generally if the hair loss is more than type III or IV the the hair line has receded by at least 4 to 5 cm. So if you want to bring the hair line forward by 2 or more cm, then you cannot technically follow the same angles as present. the hair direction chnage every 1/2 cm tilting towards the skin meaning getting more and more acute angle with resect to skin.
Therefore whether shave or no shave existing hair will not help much. unless you have residual hair left but then most people do not have residual hair, atleast not in Pakistan.
WIth respect to single or multiple blade reciepent sites I guess some Dr's who arereccomended in this forum do use those multiple handle blades. As I do not correctly remember their names I wont take but they are.

One must know one thing there is no one best way of doing a hair transplant.

The most important fact to selct a doctor is to see how he makes his hair line. this is only area where one would be able to judge the work, after first three rows or four you cant see if you have single hair follicles or multiple.

so my point is we as doctors wuld do what we are comfortable with, thy way we think, its just like a personal touch.

the good hair transplant surgery might not be a natural looking one, for the simple reason, a natural looking hair transplant surgery is seen by all but recognised by none.

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I am a medical advisor to Lexington International and Hairmax. What ever I say is my personal opinion.

Dr. Mohmand is recommended on the Hair Transplant Network

I personally do not shave the head at all. As i mainly do strip harvest the scars are tooo visible and i want them to be hidden, if i shave on top and leave the other area same it looks tooo odd. then as i said earlier most of my clientel is type V to Type VII. so i dnt need to shave them at all.

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I am a medical advisor to Lexington International and Hairmax. What ever I say is my personal opinion.

Dr. Mohmand is recommended on the Hair Transplant Network