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I just looked at your weblog thanks. I noticed Pat made a comment about your temples, let's wait and see what they say. My gut feeling is that you may just have a slow regrowth we have seen quite a few here, you went to a good Dr.

Welcome to the forum JBSF.

Bspot is doing the right thing, we'll wait and see . In the meantime please post some before pictures and some better after pictures, thanks.

That's a great suggestion NN. I hope some HT clinic employees or Docs step up anonymously of course. It's a win win situation for all. Bruce Willis would have a scar we can see on the back of his head I guess ...

Bill, like Brad Pitt I don't think he got one, he looks so natural!!!

Thanks for the news NN.

So Bill is ALSO getting gender reassignment surgery today???

Yes!!!! Competitive haircut estimates

Good one Irish!

Echoing my buddies above, if you take generic Proscar it's even cheaper, my health insurance picks up most of it, it's around 12 bucks for 30 pills which last 4 months. It does not get any cheaper than this with reliable US made scripts.

Personally, I would definitely NOT take the chance to stop Finasteride for a few months, the resulting loss may never come back meaning another HT looming in the future.

Bill had to go to his hairstylist's salon today, his cut now requires such a big staff that it's a whole day affair. I heard they have to close down early when he shows up

Welcome Itay,

Read this entire thread from the beginning you'll find some info. I believe there is no definite knowledge about this Doc, if I were you I would do further research before making a decision, I know your brother was happy but still I would explore other options, comparing is learning .

Here's my standard start up kit:

As we tell all new members we'll need your statistics:

- Age

- Are you taking any kind of Finasteride/Dutasteride or Minoxidil? If so which one, brand, generic?

- Take pictures of you hair, top, front, back and sides and post them here in the photo album section, you'll get a lot of expert advice. For the best way to take pics go to:

http://www.hairtransplantmentor.com/hair-loss-photo-tips.htm

- Ask as many questions as you need, we are here to help. Research, read, learn as much as you can on this forum and on the Multimedia Hair Loss Learning Center:

http://www.hairlosslearningcenter.org/

- Once you are a bit more familiar with the terminology and the different approaches you can guesstimate your own Norwood scale:

http://hairloss.cyberatlantis.com/library/norwood_scale.php

- Check members Hair Loss Weblogs to find cases similar to yours, the doctors who did their HT and their results:

http://www.hairtransplantnetwork.com/blog/

- You can also play with the graft calculator to get an idea:

http://www.hairlosslearningcenter.org/mm/calc.html

Don't rush, the more you know, the best choices you'll make. Some members spend months here before reaching their best educated decision.

We are looking forward to more of your details so we can be more helpful.

Welcome John,

Please post your before and after pictures, it would be very helpful.

I thin your results will look very nice when everything comes in.

No Hairbank, pleaaaaase, don't do this

I still think Sting had a HT done in such a way that it gives him mostly density versus coverage, so his hair looks only slightly better than he did 20 years ago.

On Nicolas Cage, the trailers of his new movie, ghost rider clearly shows a big HT job, just one year ago he looked drastically different. I hear Sly Stallone got several as well.

The biggest transformation I can think of IMO is Elton John.

Hello Mick and welcome to the forum,

As we tell all new members we'll need your statistics:

- Age: 22

- Are you taking any kind of Finasteride/Dutasteride or Minoxidil? If so which one, brand, generic?

- Take pictures of you hair, top, front, back and sides and post them here in the photo album section, you'll get a lot of expert advice. For the best way to take pics go to:

http://www.hairtransplantmentor.com/hair-loss-photo-tips.htm

- Ask as many questions as you need, we are here to help. Research, read, learn as much as you can on this forum and on the Multimedia Hair Loss Learning Center:

http://www.hairlosslearningcenter.org/

- Once you are a bit more familiar with the terminology and the different approaches you can guesstimate your own Norwood scale:

http://hairloss.cyberatlantis.com/library/norwood_scale.php

- Check members Hair Loss Weblogs to find cases similar to yours, the doctors who did their HT and their results:

http://www.hairtransplantnetwork.com/blog/

- You can also play with the graft calculator to get an idea:

http://www.hairlosslearningcenter.org/mm/calc.html

Don't rush, the more you know, the best choices you'll make. Some members spend months here before reaching their best educated decision.

We are looking forward to more of your details so we can be more helpful.

Toad,

I just looked at your weblog, it all looks really good, the hardest part is now and it's called patience. I just had my HT and I know I'll go through the same doubts etc ... This forum will help us through this time of healing and waiting.

That's great results and very impressive density. Congratulations.

Welcome Cyberdud,

Nobuzz gave great advice.

The first thing to do is to get on Finasteride to stop the hair loss and/or even regrow some.

In a perfect world most of us would prefer to get only one HT, I was a good candidate for just one but I only found this wonderful forum after my first HT so I had to go in for a second HT.

My recommendation:

- Take Finasteride for 6 months to 1 year to see your results, keep in mind that if you respond well you'll have to take it for the rest of your life if you want to maintain your hair.

- In the meantime read and research patients and Dr's on this forum so you can make the best educated decision

Dr. Shapiro is one of the superstar HT MD's, check with other coalition Docs to get different perspectives and you'll come to making the best educated decision.

Grow Like A Mofo

That's very funny Facelessman, we should make it the new official motto of members who've had HT's

I'll echo B spot's reply, since you already had a consult with Dr. Rosanelli get consults from other docs who are coalition members or recommended on this forum to get multiple opinions. It's amazing what one learns from seeing different doctors.

I don't really get it

Holland is nowhere near Switzerland and they do not even have a common border and the Konstanz I know is in southern Germany????

The pictures you see on Hasson & Wong's website are real, so are the pics from the other clinics approved by this forum and it's affiliated sites.

Check members Hair Loss Weblogs to find cases similar to yours, the doctors who did their HT and their results:

http://www.hairtransplantnetwork.com/blog/

they are the real thing.

Hello VM and welcome to the forum,

As we tell all new members we'll need your statistics:

- Age

- Are you taking any kind of Finasteride/Dutasteride or Minoxidil? If so which one, brand, generic?

- Take pictures of you hair, top, front, back and sides and post them here in the photo album section, you'll get a lot of expert advice. For the best way to take pics go to:

http://www.hairtransplantmentor.com/hair-loss-photo-tips.htm

- Ask as many questions as you need, we are here to help. Research, read, learn as much as you can on this forum and on the Multimedia Hair Loss Learning Center:

http://www.hairlosslearningcenter.org/

Don't rush, the more you know, the best choices you'll make. Some members spend months here before reaching their best educated decision.

- Check members Hair Loss Weblogs to find similar cases to yours, the doctor who did their HT and their results:

http://www.hairtransplantnetwork.com/blog/

- Once you are a bit more familiar with the terminology and the different approaches you can guesstimate your own Norwood scale:

http://hairloss.cyberatlantis.com/library/norwood_scale.php

- You can also play with the graft calculator to get an idea:

http://www.hairlosslearningcenter.org/mm/calc.html

We are looking forward to more of your details so we can be more helpful.

I agree with Toad, I read that Finasteride will give you a false, as in too low, reading in your PSA test. Which in turn could smokescreen a high PSA count, hence a cancer could be detected late.

Nice going NoBuzz,

This looks like you'll get very nice density and coverage on your frontal area after it all grows. I'll venture to guess that this latest experience is the one that'll make the most drastic change in your look.

Gorpy,

Thanks for posting your most recent pictures. Your case is very similar to mine, I also just got a small HT and I was looking for a bit of refining and added density. You look very good and the results will be great, it's nice for me to see such a similar situation.

I'll probably never know for sure if taking it on an empty stomach is what made the difference but it worked for me so I keep doing it. Before that, I used to take it before bedtime and after dinner.

As NN was saying, I based this choice on the logic that on an empty digestive sytem, as I am in the morning when I get up, I am probably getting better absorbtion and longer lasting effects, rather than the drug being more diluted after the dinner food and the more tired evening metabolism.

I think it's fascinating to get the two perspectives in this thread. How quickly we forget that some people may have an extremely opposed point of view and with just as much merit ... I speak for myself, but sometimes I tend to forget that some people really mind having a scar, for me there's no hesitation, no hair or hair and a scar that no one can see .... I go for the scar and the hair.