Here are the results of my recent HT with Dr. Paul Rose, perfomed on August 6, 2003.

I had 1535 grafts, and I was a Norwood 3 prior to surgery. I am 32 years old, so I discussed a fairly conservative approach with Dr. Rose, not knowing what my future loss would be like. I am very happy with the results so far, but I'm only on day 19.

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Here are the results of my recent HT with Dr. Paul Rose, perfomed on August 6, 2003.

I had 1535 grafts, and I was a Norwood 3 prior to surgery. I am 32 years old, so I discussed a fairly conservative approach with Dr. Rose, not knowing what my future loss would be like. I am very happy with the results so far, but I'm only on day 19.

Thanks for posting Ted. Looks like the new grafts have not fallen out yet. Dr. Rose is a great Doc. I'm looking forward to watching your progress.

Paul

My surgery with Dr. Sharon Keene:

http://f1.pg.photos.yahoo.com/bc/pau...src=ph&.view=t

As of that photo, I would estimate that maybe only about 10% of the transplanted hair had fallen out. It looked really weird, with so much stubble in the midst of the rest of my hair, which was much longer than I normally keep it.

It is now day 20, though, and I would say I've lost about 75 - 80% of the transplanted hairs. I enjoyed them while they lasted. Now I just have a few months to wait until they make their comeback. I was hoping they would stick around for the long haul, but I knew that wasn't very realistic. Oh, well... I can be patient.

Ted~Congradulations on your procedure and for good thing to come.I've heard only good things about Doctor Rose his professionalism and craftmanship!

For my nest procedure, Dr Rose or Doctor Charles gets my vote!

Thanks Solid!

I would definitely recommend Dr. Rose highly. I don't know if it's purely a factor of his skill or if I just happened to get lucky, but I have had almost no negative side effects. I have had only the slightest trace of shock loss, and just a bit of numbness, but other than that, I have had no swelling, no redness, very little pain. Plus, I was just looking at my scar line yesterday after not looking at it for several days, and I was amazed. At just under 4 weeks, the scar line is already hard to find! I am planning on getting my 2nd post-op haircut in a few days (1st was 10 days out) and I plan to cut it down to a #3 blade, which is almost as short as I kept it before the procedure. I don't think it would be noticeable even at a #2, but I don't want to chance it just yet. You'll definitely get a great result with Dr. Rose.

Ted-

Keep me(and everyone else) updated with how the scar looks at a #3 buzz(or even #2 when you venture out to that level). I spoke with Dr. Rose awhile ago and he was very nice(and definitely who I would have a procedure with if I got one). At the time I decided that I could live with my hairloss since I didn't like the idea of exchanging one problem(early hairloss) for another(a scar and even more uncertainty about how to deal with future hairloss seeing that I'm only 23). Having said that, it seems pretty likely to me that I'll eventually get a procedure done, so be sure to keep us informed(with plenty of pics!) as your new hair comes in.

I definitely plan to Ironman.
I am getting a haircut tomorrow, so we'll see how that looks.

I think you're doing the smart thing for your situation. Since you're only 23, you want to wait at least a few years to see how much more hair you lose. I am 32, but since I have been on Propecia and Rogaine, my loss has all but ceased, so I felt secure in proceding with the HT.

Well, I just got back from my 2nd post-op haircut, and I have exciting news! I told my stylist at first just to go with a #4 blade, so he did. After doing that, he said I could easily go with a #3 without anything to worry about, and so I did. It looks amazing. There is no sign of a scar anywhere, and my hair is once again all even in length in the back, just as I like it. I am so thrilled. This is only at one month post-op. Next time, I imagine I could even go with a #2 blade.

I saw your pictures. Looks really good. Wish you all the best with the results.