I just wanted to ask a few questions about the donor scars from a strip procedure. I was at a seminar of one of the HT surgeons in Sydney. His name is Dr Barry White. He had a few models showing their HT's. He is supposed to be one of the best in Oz. When I saw the donor scars they where up to 5mm thick in some spots and nowhere were they less than 2mm thick. Also the base of the FU's did not look they were flush with the skin. It looked like the hair was coming out of a small bump of skin. Is that how a FU HT and donor scar is supposed to look? Because that did not look like a pencil line scar. The hair looked natural from far away but when you come up close you can tell that it isn't. I thought with FU HT's you can tell the difference. Can the docs please tell me if they are the results I should expect of is he just a crappy doc?

rna

I just wanted to ask a few questions about the donor scars from a strip procedure. I was at a seminar of one of the HT surgeons in Sydney. His name is Dr Barry White. He had a few models showing their HT's. He is supposed to be one of the best in Oz. When I saw the donor scars they where up to 5mm thick in some spots and nowhere were they less than 2mm thick. Also the base of the FU's did not look they were flush with the skin. It looked like the hair was coming out of a small bump of skin. Is that how a FU HT and donor scar is supposed to look? Because that did not look like a pencil line scar. The hair looked natural from far away but when you come up close you can tell that it isn't. I thought with FU HT's you can tell the difference. Can the docs please tell me if they are the results I should expect of is he just a crappy doc?

rna

my scar stretched up to 5 mill in 2 places.

jotronic has a pict somewhere showing his enviably thin scar. I'm still healing, but the dermatologist who removed my sutures said the suturing was very well done. Also, my scalp feels pretty flexible back there similar to pre-op. That gives me confidence that the final state of the donor scar will be good.
If you have a really tight scalp or inflexible skin, that will make things tough regardless because of pressure on the wound. Like shock loss, you just have to hope you have hair/scalp characteristics that help you avoid some potential HT post-op issues.

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nra,
This sounds like plugs, or mini/micros to me. If I were you, I wouldn't go there. A properly trimmed and well placed FU wouldn't produce this type of result. The raised look is something that I've been concealing for years, and it's no fun, especially when you find yourself under an "unforgiving" light. I'm optimistic that Dr.Wong's repair work will take care of this.
Jim

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Hi. Thanks for the great comments regarding my hair transplantion. In your question " is he really that good?"

Take a look at my story, and what I had to say with respect to him, and his procedures. Simply do a search with my name in it to bring up what I have said.

He changed my entire life. Those before pictures tell the tale. Nobody that I have researched, and looked into even come close to the results that he achives. Also look at his patients that come out here and eles were with there entore lifes changed.

If you do decied on hair transplantion you must only go to the best. As you know the results for some can be a total disater! Those are results you will live with for the rest of your life. There are lots of horrable horrable shady doctors. It's so heart breaking to heat the storys of guys that have gone through the terrable botched procedures. Nobody that I have looked into has the results he does. And none do temple areas and do the jagged natural hairline. No-one does. HOMEWORK IS THE KEY!

Talking about FUT AND FUE:

FUE is VERY expensive. However the price is going down each and every month. FUT Still provies mega sessions. I think for now it is stil the way to go. For someone like my self that wants to go back and fill in some areas FUE is the better option. FUE is simply to expensvie to provide mega sessions.

Also FUE is great to fill in the scar left by the FUT method.

hey arfy, so what are you trying to imply? he's not as good as i think? in your expertise or strong opinion, who is god when it comes to hair transplantation? dying to hear your answer.

I've got to agree with Vocor1 on this one. After having gone to Dr. Alvi's site, I was amazed (and a little saddened) by the number of younger patients who's hairlines had simply receded and on whom he had performed surgery. Yes, I know the pain of hairline recession at an early age. I at one point (around the age of 19 years) had the early recession, with the remainder of my head full and lush. If proscar had existed back then, I would have been all over it. The point here (and I'm echoing Vocar1) is that the odds are that the baldness will increase and the patients will be back for more. It's rare that a young person will have a receding hairline and not progress.

On a side note, an exception is the great former Packer's halfback, Paul Hornung. I saw a biography of him recently. The s.o.b. has the same receded line at the age of 70 years as he did when he was in college!

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i know dude. i'm just saying he has a lot of bling-bling.

Just wondering - you mention that you could have gone lower in your hairline placement, but went conservative. Do you think you'll be able to lower it in the future, or is it no longer possible? Also would you even consider lowering it?

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