Many do I guess
I wish I'd never done it my hair was good enough to pass. The last three months have been bad to worse to even worse, Itching numbness et.c. I lose so much of my grafts and existing hair, even now; that I doubt my result will be worth the effort

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Predator some people do regret their HT for sure. On another board I was reading about a patient called 80's hairband. I believe he was a Dr Armani patient. He had his HT a while ago and now regrets it. We have a poster on this board named John that had a HT with Dr Weis that has tremendous regrets.

I looked at your blog. I'm a bit confused by your dates. It says you had your procedure done August 28th. That would mean Nov 28th would be 3 months right? Your blog shows pictures listed at 3.75 months. I saw you had your HT with Dr Rahal. I had my HT with Dr Rahal as well. For me I'm cautiously optimistic so far. I'm truly sorry you are having some second thoughts. I believe most people's numbness goes away over time. I really hope things turn out well for you. Everyone says 3 months is way too early to decide anything. I'm about a month and a half ahead of you. I had mine on July 2nd. I wish you the best of luck with everything. Please keep in touch and let us know if things improve.

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1526 triples
16 quads
9809 total hairs

Predator, not to discount your feelings, but you are not even at the three month mark yet! You are just beginning to enter the phase where growth begins. Slowly but surely you will begin to see some growth. Your hair is still dormant and will begin growing in the next couple of months. The road is tough, but you have made it this far. Have a little patience and I am sure you will begin to see some results.

Unfortunately, this is not an instant gratification process. There are other types of cosmetic procedures with almost instantaneous results, however, this for sure is not one of them. The months before you start to see any type of progress sucks, hence the term the doldrums!

I feel your pain man. Being a month behind you, I know that I have a ton more time before I see anything. I would say that I am almost back to where I was before with the exception that there is still some pinkness, pimples galore, forelock not completely back (due to shockloss)--so basically even uglier than before the HT. But that is part of the journey.

Some guys heal faster, some grow faster, some don't get pimples, some have scars that are almost invisible early on. I know that is hard to see when maybe you are not one of them. You have a long way to go buddy. The doldrums for you will probably last a bit longer, so hang in there.

Keep your chin up and like Spex and Bill have said before, "Throw away all the mirrors". Have a little more patience and know in a couple of months time your feelings about this whole thing will hopefully change. Trust me, I feel what you are going through.

We are all here to help and support each other, so let me know if you need to talk...anytime!!

Eman

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Predator when you said you lost so much of your grafts are you sure they were not just the transplanted hairs shedding? From what I have read the grafts are pretty secure after 10 days. If you look at my 2 month pictures you will see most of my transplanted hair shed away as well.

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Predator I sincerely hope this turns around for you. I'm right now considering HT, and appreciate that you have the courage to share with us your current situation. I hope over the next 2-3 months your situation does a 180 and then you let out a HUGE sigh of relief, and say "OK....it was well worth it". Please keep us posted because your situation is certainly of importance to guys like me who are on the fence about whether or not this is an operation that is worth doing.

Hang in there!!!!!!!!!!

Predator,

I 100% agree with E-man. Though it sounds like you have a case of the post-hair transplant blues, you aren't even close to seeing the fruit of all the labor (Dr. Rahal's and yours).

Before concluding that you regret your decision, at least give the result a chance to grow in. I too wasn't a huge fan of the itchiness and numbness, not to mention the terrible shock loss I had after my first two hair transplants, but now that I have hair and no more symptoms associated with the first several months of a hair transplant, I feel so much better about myself.

Try to hang in there.

Bill

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Oh one last point. The first 2-3 months are called the ugly duckling period for a reason probably. If you had shock loss you are not alone. Many people have it but it often grows back. Once again I wish you the best of luck. I'm optimistic that things will improve for you in the next 2-10 months.

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Man you are jumping the gun. Have you not read the timelines for an ht? Sheesh,calm down and keep busy with other things

I think you'll be ok. I have similar loss pattern in my family. I am only one month out. Predator, reevaluate around the seven month mark.

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I did do my research...
maybe I'll post here again and say how pleased I am with the results and I was glad that I did it in the end. If that is the case I wil be sure to post..I Know about the doldrums and ugly ducklings and I've been telling myself it's normal since month 1. What worries me is despite propecia, continued loss to the forelock area and the thinning down of grafts I lost that grew back (if you follow)I've talked to Rahal about this and they say it's normal. I have confidence in my doctor, my scar is really well healed, but the lingering doubt remains as after 3 Months the itching, redness

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