Dr. Glenn Charles

Have you considered another HT procedure to add density to the previously transplanted area? Not sure of your age, but most patients continue to lose hair with aging and often can have additional procedures to try and make up for this.

I have never heard of or seen any studies that correlate exercise with elevated DHT levels. However that doesn't mean that its not possible in certain individuals. I still think that staying healthy with exercising regularly and having a good balanced diet is more important than potential hair loss. There is also DHT blockers available.

You might want to consider a clinic that offers several FUE options. One FUE device does not fit all patients. 

Shedding in the donor area can occur but in not as common as in the recipient areas in close proximity to where the grating was done. I have had it happen on only a few patients over the past 20 years. I seems like it may take a little longer to recover from this but in all my patients the shocked hairs did grow back.

No I have not, but I am glad to hear that he is doing the extractions himself.

No worries. Over a month after having an FUE procedure you could not just have follicles falling out. You are looking at a hair shaft that is going through a normal shedding process. Good luck and be patient for the hair to start growing.

I really doubt that you could have caused any harm to the grafted follicles 3.5 months after the procedure. It is the exposure to the sum immediately following the procedure that is a concern. More because it could cause a more permanent redness discoloration to the scalp. 

Good luck. Looking forward to following your progress. All I hope for is that patients go to quality hair restoration physicians and get great results. It is the clinics that are doing low quality work often performed by a non physician that is giving this field of medicine a bad name.

This results looks impressive. I do wish that the before photos where with the patient having longer hair like he does in the after photos, but I'm sure this is the way the patient wore hair before having the procedure. Many patients who have hair loss choose to keep hair very short to make the  hair loss less obvious.

Looks like things are healing well if only 5 weeks post-op and 3700 FU's where extracted. If you start to get a bunch those little pimple like lesions in the same area then an antibiotic might be required. If they are just a few random lesions that usually clears up on its own.

Can never go wrong with H&W.  Should also consider Dr. Vance Elliot in Edmonton who is a very honest guy and a great hair restoration physician. 

It is weird how they can clone a animal but cannot clone a hair follicle or figure out how to take a single follicle and perform hair multiplication to create 1000's of follicles with the same DNA. 

You might compare it to women who freeze some eggs in case there is a need for them later or freezing umbilical cord blood and stem cells for a child for use later in life if ever needed.

This is normal. The center of a cowlick always looks thinner because all of the hair are dispersing in opposite directions away from the center. ( Starburst pattern) as compared to the frontal and mid scalp areas where the hairs are all directed in the dame direction which creates a layering or feathering effect.

Very impressive. May seem like a lot of work to do on a daily basis. However, if the hair loss bothers a person that much it is worth the time. Hair transplants are more of a permanent solution but not everyone is a candidate for the procedure. Some also are just not ready do try something more invasive or may not be able to afford procedure. 

In some patients Low Level Laser Therapy (LLLT) may help to accelerate hair growth or shorten the sleep cycle once shedding of the hairs has occurred following a hair transplant procedure. However, there are no good large studies that prove this . I have never heard of any patient being harmed by using the laser post op.

In most cases it should be singles only. Generally it takes several hundred one hair FU's packed very closely and with a slight irregularity to create a more natural appearance. the only time a two hair FU can be used without looking unnatural is if the patients hair is super fine and light in color.

On 7/23/2019 at 3:51 AM, BigBrother said:

Hey guys!  Haven't checked in on "the scene" in a number of years.  I remember of course from back in the day there were only three tried and true, clinically-proven solutions and of course you all know what they are!

I use Nizoral religiously and have been for years- stopped my hair loss dead in its tracks.

Minoxidil gives me atrocious headaches, can't do it.

Finasteride has too many potential side effects for me to take.  (Personal choice, not worth debating.)

I was wondering if in my absence anything else has come around with the same levels of proven efficacy.  Obviously the nets are full of hokum and snake oil, and I have no interest in burning 3-6 months trying the latest and (not so) greatest fake reviews on Amazon are trying to sell me.

Thanks so much all!

Might want to check out Low Level Laser Therapy (LLLT) It has helped patients with hair loss slow the process down and improve the overall health of the hair. However, as with any of the non surgical hair loss treatments it has positive effects on some patients and has very little effect on others. 

This is impressive. Swimming and sweating is probably the primary reason why many people with hair loss choose not to try the concealers. I have to say people get very creative and clever when it comes to combing different types of concealer products.

I have heard of it used during the procedure or prior to the procedure to help control pain. However, I have never seen any studies that show its efficacy.

2052 grafts FUT before and 1 year post-op

Did you have existing hairs that the doctor worked around or was the area completely devoid of any original hairs? 

How many days post-op are you? There are other options that might be less irritating.

2084 Grafts FUT/ 31 years old male/2 years post-op

FUE 1622 Grafts and 10 months follow up