Hi all. =)

So, as promised, here are a few pictures of me pre-op, with the pre-op hair plan Dr Shapiro drew, during surgery, with the incisions, and 1 day post up.

The morning of surgery, I asked Dr. Shapiro if we could use a small amount of grafts for the triangle temple areas on the sides of my head, and he agreed we could use about 50 grafts each.

In the end, the average density on the top was about 35 fu's per sq cm. My donor strip was 26 cm long... 1.4 cm wide for 19.5 cm of it, and 1.3 for 6.5 cm. That gave me about 35.75 sq cm of donor extracted, and an average donor density of 75.5 fu's/sqcm.

As I said in my other post... pre op I felt like I was going to pee myself I was so nervous, but Dr. Shapiro and Janna made things a lot easier with their friendly and professional beside manner.

Looking forward to hearing everyones comments! Thanks =)

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Got 2700 fu from Ron Shapiro, 11-30-7

In case anyone was curious, Dr. Shapiro gave me the graft breakdown:

1 Hair FU's: 685
2 Hair FU's: 1436
3 Hair FU's: 525
4 Hair FU's: 63

Total Grafts: 2709
Total Hairs: 5384

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Got 2700 fu from Ron Shapiro, 11-30-7

Emu:
Congrats--the work looks excellent, as I knew it would.
I was scared sh#@less too..but it will soon be a distant memory underneath all that hair.

Heal and grow well.
Glock08

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4326 grafts
2129 1's
2168 2's
6545 Total Hairs

well done emusteve. this looks to be really good.

Super clean work..

12 months you will be as hairy as an EMU!

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1417 FUT - Dr. True
1476 FUT - Dr. True
2124 FUT - Dr. True
604 FUE - Dr. True







My views are based on my personal experiences, research and objective observations. I am not a doctor.

Total - 5621 FU's uncut!

Steve,

Things look ultrarefined. Great stuff. This should give good coverage and decent density. The closure looks great. Just don't do anything stupid for a few months. The scar has been such a big concern of yours so don't do as I do, rather do as I say. LOL. Best of luck with everything and heal well. Congratulations.

Hey Steve,

I know you were a little luped up on valium, so we'll forgive the typo. Most people probably won't give it another thought and know what you really meant anyway, but I have to clarify your strip was 26cm long, not 26 inches. I know we said you have a big head, but I didn't think you'd take it so literally....lol.

Hope you're healing well!!!

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Your going to look great Steve!

I think it is amazing how clean the inter-op/immediate post-op pics look, very little bruising very little blood, smallest possible incisions and GREAT hairline design!

As NN said, TAKE IT EASY!!! Your going to want to test your limits a day or so after your staples come out--- Don't!

Anyway, big internet hug my brother--- in a few months we'll probably be trying to help you fight the inevitable hair greed bug!!!!

Take Care,
Jason

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6721 transplanted grafts
13,906 hairs
Performed by Dr. Ron Shapiro

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Oh-- and I forgot to add.... the Janna fan/stalker club is probably going to be MORE than peeved that her face is blocked in these pictures.

LOL!

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13,906 hairs
Performed by Dr. Ron Shapiro

Dr. Ron Shapiro and Dr. Paul Shapiro are members of the Coalition of Independent Hair Restoration Physicians.

the work looks really good emu,nice and clean.