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thanks all. good luck. i was skeptical for a while after. and worried. but then one day i noticed things were looking pretty good. cool. wish it had been cheaper though. man that recession hit right after. jeez.

hairIsThere, I think it's just that my hairline was still there. it was pretty much horseshoe other than than. thinned rather than receded, ya know. Bill, you said in my blog that there were no before pics. the 3day post op pics show the same amount of hair since you can't really see where he put them in. what's wrong with that for comparison?

male. just the female pattern best describes what it looked like b4.

see, this is why i don't come on here. no feedback.

journal updated. what do you guys think? the camera isn't as good, but honestly, you're not missing anything. i'm very happy. why do i keep getting logged out, btw?

i think you're wrong about hypertophic scaring people. I have tons of scars from when I was little. On my head in particular, I have a couple on my eyebrow and one nasty one on my chin. I also still have dents and lumps in my ears from when they were pierced with a 10 gauge 8 years ago. Now, I recently had a strip with a trico/"ledge" closure, got the stitches out yesterday, and even though my hair was cut down in the area to less than a 1/4in to aid in suture removal, i have trouble finding the scar in the mirror ... even with the suture holes still a bit scabbed! My opinion is that your scar depends almost entirely on the skill of your surgeon. But if you're one with nasty keloid scarring, a strip isn't right, of course. Look for pics in a few weeks. I'm sure that in a month, I won't be able to detect it at a #2 guard. But you'll have to wait on that picture until next summer. Of course I guess you might mean that the scar being seen below a #2 gaurd is unacceptable, but why would that be? I mean, what, you're going to go get a transplant and shave it ALL off? I don't think so. cheers

There's probably some better docs in NYC than those at MHR. In fact, I'm sure of it. You need to research more. Good luck.

looks great. congrats!

Added some pics of what the donor area looks like 7 days post op with hair still under a #4 guard. This is with sutures in.

Thanks, Bill. I just wish the journey wasn't so long. I'm out of meds ... now I wait. Can I itch it? Should I? I just want to touch what's there? Oh man. Still so far away. Check the mirror? Nah. Just wait. Just wait. Just wait. Check the mirror? Nah. Just wait. Heh. I can't wait.

I have recently had Rose's ledge. Hopefully mine turns out well. I'll keep ya posted.

My doc, Paul Rose, has recently published a paper about rogaine after transplant. i think the conclusion was something along the lines of: the merits of the minox are outweighed by the deleterious effects of the alcohol in the mixture -- at least for the first week or so.

mine was about half yours, but i have no tightness at all. In fact, there's still some laxity. I was pretty lax to begin with though. I would call the doc. Good luck. I hope your scar doesn't stretch.

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thanks all expect some pics in the coming week. i've got a bit of minimal swelling today -- 3days post.