anybody out there? now day 9. hoping for some answers and support. come on guys...

I have noticed that things are a bit slow on the blog comments (I myself am blogging my surgery). From what it looks like the surgery went well. Have you researched the surgeon who did your procedure? I do Minoxidil Foam and I was advised that after Day 10 it should be OK to use. I waited until day 15 anyway just to be safe. Never personally saw the facial transplantation but I guess that should work. How are you feeling so far??

thanks peter

yeah i did look him up but didnt find much on him. however when i went to the clinic i met aother patient who had the procedure done and was very pleased with the outcome.

i am now at 4 weeks since the procedure. to be honest i am dissapointed that they shaved all of my hair at the time of the surgery. as i was fully aware that the receipient site would take time to fill in but now i have 2 really noticeable areas of bladness which i have no hair to cover with.

i have now resigned myself to use camoflage hair fibres until the hair hopefully grows.

i am taking finasteride, 7% minoxidil and various vitamins to try and get the hair to grow quickly.

i know its just a waiting game but its very frustrating.

on the facial side - that seems to be doing much better. most of the transplanted hair remains in place. i have yet to shave but hope to do so this weekend. i will post more pics up

cheers

Ya I shaved my head down for my procedure as well. I did it simply because the surgeon expressed it's easier for him for implantation and to get a better idea on where I needed the most grafts. That sold me. Right now I'm still keeping it low so that I can easily apply the Scarguard to my donor area. Going to do it for 2-3 months so it kinda sucks because it makes the scar SUPER obvious for now. But I just look at is as a means to an end. Rather it look shitty now than risk a bad scar that would need correcting later.

Were you taking Finestride and Minoxidil pre-op or did you start that post-op? Also I've noticed, for me, that I had a lot of hairs from the surgery implanted that never shed but only on my right-corner hairline. Did you have a similar experience?

Other than that we both get to live in this hell that is WAITING, haha. Hoping for great results for us all