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It is NOT appropriate?

Sorry…it is perfectly okay!!

It is perfectly fine!

That actually really is unreal!!! I love the temple points!

I'm not sure I would want to do a FUE. I'm not too keen on getting a buzz cut....or maybe i need to educate myself a little more.

If you need a megasession…the only way to go IMO is FUT.

I love your post about sleep!! You must be a truck driver..lol and just kidding!!

Seriously…the grafts are secure and fine after 11 days…however, if you are like me, you will still be nervous about sleeping and rolling on the 15k dollar job!! Its just normal, but sleep is probably not gonna be good unless you can just get over the fear…but the grafts are fine!

Both are great! They were my top 2 choices as well…In the end I went with Dr Rahal and Im very pleased…However, if I have another procedure and I choose not to travel as far,,,it will be Dr Konior all the way…I won't even look at another surgeon…I love both of their work..

Cant go wrong either way!

Man you are gonna get so many different answers. For me...I've never had a problem.

He's really good!

The disease is unpredictable.

Ding ding!!! I think that's why HT surgeons like to wait till 30ish so the pattern may have been established.

Wow!!!

That's really all I can say! You should have plenty reserve as well!

Maternal vs paternal is not a good indicator. This part is pretty much urban myth. You can take the hair loss gene from either side. As a whole, I feel like family patterns are not a good indication based on how many people on the board do not match their families pattern. They may be somewhat helpful but are among the weakest of all indicators IMO.

Couldn't agree more!

My hair loss started around 17, I'm 40 now. It's been very very slow! On & off Proscar the whole time until the last few years when I've been very consistent in taking it. So my personal experience is it started early but was not real quick to advance.

Dr Konior! Stop looking and go see him! Makes me wish I lived in Chicago!

I wouldn't start with the intentions of stopping in my mind. It probably would speed the process up a little, but I'd stick with it if I started.

Dr Rahal is an excellent surgeon. I can see where some would say he is a little " rushy ". It's not that he rushes IMO...it's just that he's ALL business. All I can give you is my personal experience. My personal experience was great...he performed a 12hr surgery, he drove me home, did my after care, called me at 3,6,9,12 months...and my result is excellent!

Biz..

I think your first procedure looks unbelievable considering what you were up against…with your degree of hair loss Dr Gabel did an incredible job…

Im sure your second procedure will be the icing on the cake…also, IF I were you I wouldn't even consider taking propecia..You looked pretty advanced…I don't think you get much regrowth from it…but Hey thats just my opinion..anyway your hair looks great!

Nice work!

Pit

Just be careful with icing forehead. Don't wanna get close to the recipient area. The first two weeks of sleep are just gonna suck no matter what you do. If you are like me, I'm worried about laying on donor scar, laying on grafts...45 degree angle...etc! It's soooo nice when them sutures come out!

Thanks doc. I do find it mind blowing that in 24 years, you have only had 3 cases of donor shock loss. The cases I am referring to on here were not "complaints" but rather just patients posting their progress pics. My doc was Dr. Rahal and I can point to at least 6 cases off the top of my head,including my own where shock loss occurred. In all of these cases, the hair grew back and the scar turned out excellent. In my own case, the hair grew back and my scar was 1mm. Therefore, if the primary reason for donor shock is tension, it sure is not supported by the cases I am referring to because you would think this excess tension would also produce a sub optimal scar.

This was my experience as well…Most of my shock loss was at the sides where the strip was ended..all came back and looked great though!

Pit

I'll be honest, I didn't sleep good for two weeks.

Thank guys. I decided to delete the photo

 

Will post decent ones in 3 weeks...

Shoot...that ain't no waste of time! Your result, with or without photos , is a Homerun! I could tell that easy!

Cant Decide

Photo terrible! LOL…BUT you are going to be a showcase patient..your result was one of my deciding factors in going to Dr Rahal!

Thanks GoForIt, I pulled the trigger on Rahal and got scheduled for end of this month.

Great choice!

According to Merck's quarterly report for the period ended June 30, 2012, Propecia sales totaled $100 million.

 

You have your answer right there.

According to Merck's quarterly report for the period ended June 30, 2012, Propecia sales totaled $100 million.

 

You have your answer right there.

That's probably every pill manufacturers profit. I'm sure Pfizers is probably triple that. Just seems like the market on hairloss meds has gone stale. The best treatments today are the same as they were 20 years ago. If it's about money, I'm sure a cure for hairloss would be an instant billionaire for anyone who finds it.

Spanker

I'm glad this thread came back up! I think it's funny. Your hair is great! Stop worrying. I'm sure Dr K has told you the same thing!

Glad things are going so well for you. Btw...I'm in the EARLY stages of planning another procedure with Dr Rahal.

I had a transplant 22 years ago...it wasn't a bad one, it was just standard for the time. In 1994ish propecia hits the market. It's the best thing since sliced bread. Fast forward 20 years, hair transplantation has gotten great!! Better EVERY year..my results from Dr Rahal are unreal! There are unreal results posted everyday on here!

Question

What really happened to the " bald cure ". How has propecia remained the #1 medicine for hairloss?

Just a curious question. Just seems like modern medicine would have advanced further.