Crown Royal

Thanks MagnumPi...hahaha you can pull it off, it just takes alot of lying or bending the truth. Depending on how big your surgery is, you need alot of downtime if you're going to hide your HT from the world. You will need lots of dermatch and if you can wear a hat to work that would be great. I never went 1 inch on a buzz cut. You would definitely see the scar @ 1 inch. I would not recommend anything shorter than 2 inches on the side.

Spanker, You can check out my journal which is in my signature. You can see my pre-op pics from my 1st procedure. I came clean to my current girlfriend on this 2nd procedure and it felt so good. The whole California tanning thing was with a different girlfriend from my 1st procedure. My current girlfriend was nothing but supportive with my decision and helped me with my healing.

Sorry community for taking so long to post updates. All I can say is that I'm ecstatic with my 5 month post op progression on the crown after my 2nd surgery with Dr. Feller. I know 5 months is young so I'm hoping it only gets better over the next 4 to 5 months. Attached are my updated pics today both using the flash and non-flash. -Crown Royal-

​Hello All, I'm on week #4 post of from my 2nd procedure with Dr. Feller. I've attached a few pics below. They're not the greatest. I'm in the gloomy period now where my native hair still hasn't grown back but the grafts have fallen out. My staples are out and the scar looks good so far. Everything is going as planned. Thankfully, I already know what to expect since I've gone through this before (it's a long wait to see the results). I will try and post pics again in another few weeks.​ -Crown Royal-​

ChrisDav, Dr. Feller didn't mention exactly how many grafts I have left in the tank but he said I definitely have good donor and made it sound like I have enough left if I need a 3rd procedure down the road to cover some of the front if I start losing that. I've been steadily taking finasteride every day so hopefully that maintains what I have for awhile. I'm hoping that hair multiplication will be a reality by the time I consider a 3rd procedure (5+ years or so). Maybe Dr. F can chime in to elaborate more on what I may have left in the tank as far as donor supply goes...

Just wanted to update everyone. I'm recovering from my 2nd HT procedure performed by Dr. Feller and his staff. I had another wonderful experience. I arrived @ 7:45 and was out of the door @ 11:45. I had approximately 1,500 grafts into the crown. Dr. Feller and his staff were very personable and did another excellent job in discussing the gameplan beforehand and executing it flawlessly. I had the HT on Thursday, 3/14/13. I'm on Day 2 of recovery and I'm still in some pain in the suture area. I stopped taking the vicodin but am taking extra strength tylenol in conjunction with the anti-biotic. I can't wait to fully wash my hair in the next few days. Here are some pics from yesterday. Dr. Feller took some great before and after photos the day of the surgery that I hope he can post on here for all of you. I will continue to take pics as I go through the next year or so :-) I attached 2 before pics and 2 after pics;)

Raphael84, I def. hope Dr. F practices SMP in the future...I may look into it to camaflouge the scar after this 2nd procedure. I'm sure the scar will be more noticeable after a 2nd procedure. I could be wrong though.

Shampoo, I'm 33, will be 34 this May

Can't decide, Unfortunately, I don't have the hairs per graft ratio from my 1st procedure? Maybe Dr. Feller or Spex can chime in on that if they know what the ratio was. TacolinoWest, It shows how long I've been away from the forums...I never even heard of the SMP technique until you mentioned it. I've since done some searches today on the forums and I'm very intrigued by the technique. I hate how noticeable my scar is after the 3,500 graft procedure back in 2008 and would love to "tattoo" that area so that I could even buzz my hair down to at least a #2 without any noticeable scaring. I would also consider it in the crown if my donor supply gets super low. Do you know if Dr. Feller offers this technique? Maybe Dr. Feller or Spex can chime in on this as well...I realize it's temporary and would need to be re-applied every year or 2 but would love to see if it's an option to mix in...especially given the low cost compared to strip & FUE

Tacolinowest, I would be lying if that wasn't a concern of mine. I have pretty good coverage everywhere else but I do see small signs of thinning towards the front. I am taking a risk trying to fill in the crown. That will be a total of 4,500 grafts just in the crown after this procedure. I would hope that I wouldn't need to touch the crown again and whatever donor was left, could go towards the front in the future if that goes. Hopefully, by the time I would consider a 3rd HT surgery, hair multiplication would be a reality and donor supply won't be as much of an issue (fingers crossed). BTW - What does "smp" stand for? -Crown Royal-

Attached are my updated pics as of 2/18/13. I had 3,500 crown grafts in August of 2008 by Dr. Feller. I'm going for another 1,500 grafts in the crown on 3/14/13...I hope this gets me to where I want to be....free of dermatch! I've taken finasteride every day since my 2008 surgery and will continue to take it every day after this surgery to hopefully maintain what I have. Please follow my blog as I will post my pre-op pics and follow up pics along my 2nd journey:)

Hello Community :-) It's been sometime since I last posted. I had a procedure almost 4 years ago. I had around 3,500 grafts from Dr. Feller all in the crown area. I had a great experience and am happy with the results. However, I believe I may have lost some more hair back there since, even though I've been taking finasteride every day since the procedure....I will post some pics soon of where I'm at now but I'm going for a procedure for 1,500 grafts all in the crown area again with Dr. Feller on 3/14/13. I know the crown is considered the "dark hole" in the HT world, but I'm sick of every day use of dermatch...using black pillow cases and hiding my hairloss from everyone, including my girlfriend. I know 1,500 grafts isn't alot but I'm hoping Dr. F can pull off a miracle with that amount. I won't set my sites too high but I'm excited either way. My procedure from 4 years ago had a great story attached. I was supposed to be going to California and I even went to the tanning salon in NY to make my story more believable to people when I came home, even my girlfriend. I pulled it off without anyone knowing it. This time around, I live with my current girlfriend and I will see her when I get back after the procedure so there will be no way to hide it...I will just have to come clean and I think I'm ready to do that. I have taken the time off from work (2.5 weeks) and will hopefully be able to get away without anyone knowing except my gf. Wish me luck! I will post pre-op pics soon to hear what the community thinks . -Crown Royal-

Thanks Richie. I appreciate the kind words from you and your girlfriend. I agree that we are all definitely guilty of being our worst critics. I do understand now that I will need further surgeries to get where I want to be. I'm just worried that I won't be able to pull off my wonderfully twisted and fake story to everyone again!

Thank you for the comments everyone. I especially appreciate the numbers you laid out Bill in regards to how many follicular units would be needed for an illusion of density. I wish I would've know that prior to my 1st procedure. I guess my hopes were set too high and weren't realistic. I thought 3,500 would give me enough coverage in the crown where I wouldn't need to use cover up, thus saving the remaining donor supply for areas in the future that may thin out. I would certainly hope that another 3K grafts in the crown would get me where I want to be. However, that is another huge investment and I would have to discuss with Dr. Feller if that would be wise to use that much more out of my donor supply just to address the crown again. I guess it's time to start planning surgery #2 :-( Again...that won't be for another few years though -Crown-

I've finally updated my journal guys and gals at around 14 months post op with 3,500 crown grafts by Dr. Feller Opinions and suggestions are always welcomed