Here are the pics from my 3rd HT with Dr. Wong. If you look at my befores, I really felt pretty good about where I was at before going in, so, we decided to dense up everywhere spreading some in the crown, midscalp and a little in the frontal third. The middle of my hairline is at 7-7.5cm from my eyebrows..........only one fingers with higher than before loss, so I decided not to lower it at all. We threw in some temple reinforcement for good measure.

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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

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Here are the pics from my 3rd HT with Dr. Wong. If you look at my befores, I really felt pretty good about where I was at before going in, so, we decided to dense up everywhere spreading some in the crown, midscalp and a little in the frontal third. The middle of my hairline is at 7-7.5cm from my eyebrows..........only one fingers with higher than before loss, so I decided not to lower it at all. We threw in some temple reinforcement for good measure.

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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

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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.

Looks great before and will look even better. You seem to have taken a "where needed" approach to graft placement as opposed to the traditional #1 front #2 crown. Did Dr wong see areas that did not grow from previous surgery, or were those areas that were not planted in #1?

Also it seems like the "core" of your front is at least partially native hair. Do you have more in the hairbank when/if that starts to thin?

OT: it looks like you are 6' 6" in the pics based on where you are relative to the door. Are you very tall?

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hairbank,

Interesting placement of the grafts. Looks like like a smart use of them. Crown work, some on the top where it was just a little thin and a little see through and some touch ups on the hairline.

Can't wait to see ow this turns out, sort of like a fine tuning.

Hairbank -

Looks great man!!! Dr. Wong did amazing job with graft placement...

KG

Thanks guys!

Emperor - I basically just had Dr. Wong "even out" all areas on top. I'm pretty sure everything grew from my prior HT w/ him. I was a diffused thinner, though pretty thin before HT #1. Some of my front may be native hair but most is HT hair and with Fin I'm hoping I'll be alright. I'm 41 and my loss was gradual over the years so hopefully what little native hair I have left will stay with Fin's help. Dr. Wong could have pulled more grafts.....my laxity was great, and he did say I have at least 2500 or so left (maybe more) for future use. I'm 6'4"..........nice observation with the door!!!


Rambler - yep....my loss and situation were a little unique as I never really had dense packing in the frontal 1/3 and had about 40 grafts per sq cm in the crown for HT #2. Dr. Wong selectively chose to fill in needed areas.

kg007 - Long time, my friend!! Thanks for the compliment - I'm anxious to see the overall result!

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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.

I like it, especially the placement of the crown-- In Hairbanks case, he will now be able to grow his hair out a bit and that "top shelf" portion of the crown will now "Hang over" the rest of his crown--- I think it is great.

Many should take note--- how to get the most out of the crown using the grafts judiciously-- Dr. Wong is one of the best at crown work. Other docs try to saturate the crown, etc.. the BEST docs can really make a difference with less....look at Jotronics crown for example.

Anyway, once again, your going to be a happy camper Bank!!!!!

Heal Well!!!
Jason

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hairbank,

Looking good my friend. Given that you already had 2 hair transplants, the placement of the grafts makes sense. I see the strategy was basically "let's densify the thinnest spots on my scalp" making for the most natural and densest appearance possible when it all grows out. I think you are going to be very pleased with the results!

Ah to be in the chair again. I suspect that I too will be considering my 4th hair transplant over the next year or so.

Helping so many people over so many years here on this site, you truly deserve to become one hairy beast!

Best wishes my friend,

Bill

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Hairbank,
Congratulations and nicely done. I think being a diffuse thinner, yours was a case that presented challenges out of the norm. Dr. Wong's approach reflects this as the pattern that he planted was less predictable than most. Actually, it was unpredictable. Of course, the strengthening of the temples is gold. I'm not going to say "be patient" as I'm certainly not one to talk. I will say that I hope the wait doesn't present too much difficulty. I look forward to your progress. Heal well my friend.
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