sydneybaldman

Hi All, I had my 2nd hair transplant 5 days ago (600 FUE) and I'm alittle concerned at the moment. All I can see are lots of tiny little scabs but no hair in the receipant area !! What I mean is that after 5 days, shouldnt I begin to see some of my transplanted hair ? I can't see any hairs that have been transplanted, just lots and lots of tiny little scabs....Its almost like my doctor didnt implant any hairs.....lol...just created lots of little holes on my head which caused lots of litle scabs. The only thing I can think of is that because it was FUE, my donor hairs had to be trimmed to les than 1mm in length, but even after 5 days, shouldnt these hairs have reached at least 2mm in length ? Did anyone else experience this ?

Hi All, as a fellow who has now just had his 2nd transplant (1st one didnt turn out so well, but more on that later) I have compiled a list below of the Golden Rules every guy should follow when going for a hair transplant. This is based on the fair few number of consults Ive been through aswell as the 2 hair transplants Ive had. Feel free to comment and/or add to this list.... 1. When going to a clinic for a consult, always have a consultation with the surgeon who will be doing your hair transplant ! The first clinic I went to for my first hair transplant used a sales consultant and that was a big mistake. But hey I was niave and now Im wiser so please new guys, DONT use these clinics who use sales consultants, the recent clinic I went to for my just completed hair transplant was consulted by the surgoen who did my hair transplant. 2. Don't let the clinic tell you how many grafts you need ! Always do your own research before hand and discuss with the surgeon the amount you were looking for. The reason I say this is simply, all clinics are there to make money and the more grafts you "need" the more it costs and hence the more money the clinic makes. I've seen a few guys on here who have had 2000+ grafts implanted and based on my own 2 hair transplants...there is no way these guys actually needed 2000 grafts. 3. If a clinic (surgeon) tells you that they can implant more than 40 grafts per cm2, they are lying !! Look it up, how can anyone implant more than that in each square cm. Look at your own results and can you really see more than 40 grafts in each sqaure cm ? Of course not....In my recent hair transplant the surgeon advised me and implanted about 35 grafts per sqaure cm (which gives about 70 hairs per square cm). This gives a decent coverage without compermising the yield etc. The average pre-balding guy has about 60-70 grafts per sqaure cm and thats gives a thick coverage which hair transplant can NEVER do..! Think about it, if you implant say 60 grafts per square cm, that would be too much trauma for the skin, therefore produce less yield etc. If any guy on here says they have received more than 40 grafts per sqaure cm, PLEASE prove it via close up high quality pics taken post op..!! 4. No need for sedation ! Trust me, you want to be able to be fully aware of what is happening during your procedure and when you are sedated, you arent ! 5. Only allow the sugeon to do the implatation ! Alot of clinics have "technicians " who do most of the implanting and all I can say is, what the hell are you paying $1000's of dollars for if some low skilled, low paid "technician" is doing most of the implanting ? Yes some people on here and some clinics claim that their "technicians" are highly experienced etc, but can they prove that ? How many of you guys were told how much "experience" the "technicians" who did your implantation had ? The recent hair transplant I had was done 100% by the surgeon.....my firslt hair transplant was done mostly by technicians. Only the front hairline was done the surgoen (which turned out well) but the rest by the technicians with poor results. So in other words..the areas where the surgoen implanted turned out good growth but the ares where the technicians implanted turned out poor growth ! Is that just a coindidence ? 6. Use saline solution to spray for the first few days ! If a clinic tells you that its not required ....its all lies. Trust me, using Saline solution for the receiptant area is needed big time to help keep the grafts moist and help speed up recovery. My first hair transplant, they didnt provide me with any saline solution, and i didnt heal well...the 2nd hair transplant, they gave me Saline solution in a take home pack and told me to use it every 1/2 ghour for the first few days..... All I can say is that based on my 2 hair transplants, my 2nd one was a much better experience to date and all this is based on the 6 golden rules I listed above. There are actually alot of other things that made my 2nd experience better ( such as the surgeon cared ALOT about me and not about just getting me out the door and also they showed me my grafts after they were extracted etc) feel free guys to add or comment to this list........

Hi all, As a fellow hairloss sufferer I thought I would tell you all my experience with Propecia so far. Its been just under 6 months sicne I started using this drug and its working fairly well so far. Ive noticed my crown area begin to thicken and the area of thinning decreasing. The biggest response has been my mid area (between the crown and front). this area has really thickened up As for the sexual side effects for this drug, well I havent had any ! before taking this drug I have heard of that site called Propeciahelp.com. It scared the hell out of me as I didnt want to end up like any of those guys on that site. But luckily I didnt and all in all, only a few small percentage of guys I guess will 'suffer' from the sexual side effects of propecia. Anyone else out there who have had no side effects from Propecia like me ?