Dr. Glenn Charles

Both doctors you mentioned do very high quality work. So whoever you decide to go with will be a good decision. Just have realistic expectations, Live healthy and be patient.

Really to early to expect much progress. Be patient and hopefully you will get continued improvement over next 8 months like most patients do between months 4-12 post-op.

I agree that every doctor has the prerogative to charge a consultation fee and also agree if they do that the fee should be deducted if the patient ends ups having the procedure performed there. Unfortunately, I think that many doctors use this to make it seem that they are more talented and desired than their competitors/ colleagues. Some patients fall for this and others see right through the smoke and mirrors. I have also noticed that most clinics that charge for consultation are more expensive for the procedure. Again trying to send message that the work done there is of higher quality than other clinics. We all know this is not always the case. My suggestion is do your due diligence before deciding on which doctor/clinic will be performing your hair transplant procedure.

This 57 year old female had 2022 FUT grafts placed in her hairline and temporal areas. The photos show the patient before, immediate post-op, and 1 year post-op. The patient is very pleased with the results of the procedure.

pk 2022 FUT grafts before, Imm post, and 1 year post-op.pdf

This 31 year old male had 1370 FUE ARTAS grafts placed in his hairline and corner areas. You can see in the donor photos that we shaved strips in the donor area to do the work and then concealed the strips with his remaining hair after the procedure. There was no visible sign of a procedure in the donor area when the patient left the office. One year later, the patient is very pleased with the results of the procedure.

This 23 year old male had 1750 FUE ARTAS grafts placed in the hairline, frontal, and temporal areas. The photos show before, immediate post-op, and 11 months post-op. The patient is very pleased with the results of the procedure.

nb 1750 FUE ARTAS grafts before and 11 months post-op.pdf

This 30 year old male had 1908 FUE ARTAS grafts placed in his hairline and frontal areas, as well as the top of his crown area. The photos show before, immediate post-op, and 1 year post-op. The patient is extremely pleased with the results of the procedure.

bw 1908 FUE ARTAS grafts before, imm-post-op, & 1 year post-op.pdf

This 34 year old male had 2329 FUT grafts placed in the frontal and mid-scalp areas. The photos show before, immediate post-op, and 2 years post-op. The patient is very pleased with the results of the procedure.

te 2329 FUT grafts before, imm post, and 2 years post-op.pdf

I really doubt that would be possible. If it did happen I would have to say the hairline was placed way to low. Lol

I agree you can play now as long as you are not doing the head butting thing. I have had some professional soccer players as patients and have seen what I feel is an increased amount of scar tissue on the top of the scalp . This might be from the trauma of repeated heading of the ball over all those years.

I was referring to the ARTAS hair studio. I also used one in the past called Mirror but did not really like it so I got rid of it. The hair studio is much better and more realistic but I still use it in a very conservative manner.

There isn software that can simulate a hair transplant procedure. You can adjust the density be changing the number of grafts placed into a designated area. However I question how well it takes into account some of the individuals specific hair characteristics ( color, caliper, straight vs curly) and if it may lead to false expectations.

At 2 months post-op you can resume almost all forms of exercise. I would still try tom avoid the chin to chest movements as there is still internal healing and scar formation occurring. This type of motion could put unnecessary stress on donor area and possible widen the scar.

Not sure if there would be any noticeable benefits but at one year post op you are safe to use derma roller. May be worth a try.

This 42 year old male had 2524 FUT grafts placed in the hairline, frontal, and temporal corner areas. The photos show before the procedure, immediate post-op, and 2 years post-op. The patient is extremely pleased with the results.

2524 FUT grafts before, immediate post-op, and 2 years post-op.pdf

You may want to try a sulphate free shampoo. Most organic shampoos are free of sulphates and are more gentle on the hair.

After one week you can start getting more aggressive with hair washing and in most cases this will help remove sculpts and scabbing in another 3-4 days.

unfortunately, you won't really know what your scalp in the donor area is going to look like until you do it. Darker skin types tend to show lighter spots more than fair skin. However in some cases patients with slighter darker skin types still have less pigmentation underneath the hair on the scalp. You might consider getting SMP in the donor area as well.

Are you having a FUT or FUE in your second procedure? Because shaving recipient area is not a requirement for either. That may be the preference of the doctor but there are several well respected clinics who do not require this and get good results.

PRP would be the only type of injection I would consider at least until you have your full results. 12-15 months.

This 48 year old male patient had 2593 FUT grafts placed in the hairline, frontal and mid-scalp areas. The photos show the patient before the procedure, immediately post-op, and 1 year post-op. The patient is extremely pleased with the results of the procedure.

jm 2593 FUT grafts before, imm post-op, and 1 year follow up.pdf

Hey the doctors don't make the rules. Lol But Im sure they have good reasons for the rules they do have in place.

I believe it is very important to analyze the patients facial characteristics to help determine the shape of the hairline. For example a patient with a very rounded flat nose generally would not look appropriate with a widows peak.

At 16 days post-op you are not going to damage transplanted follicles by rubbing or scratching the scalp. Did you have any bleeding?

Did you ever consider micro pigmentation into the scars? Im always concerned about using donor follicles to go back into the donor area in younger patients who may need more transplants for thinning/balding areas in the future. Plus if you were not pleased with the results you could always have grafts placed into the scars. FUE into the temporal areas does work well. I know Dr. Lorenzo and he does excellent work and have also heard good things about the other Dr you mentioned. Good luck!