Hairthere, Hariri, RodG, thank you all for your replies and support. I tried to reply yesterday but after writing almost a whole page my stupid PC froze for some reason and I lost everything. Then I tried a second time and after several lines I accidently erased everything.
Anyway, I can't remember the name Dr.Wong (H&W) gave for the condition I have but if any of you is going to see him he can ask him, or I might go to see him in a couple of months and I'll ask him. Basically he said the new hairs would end up dying like the original ones. He said something about an autoimmune disorder although I'm not really convinced. He said the hairs would die gradually just like the way original hairs do. In my case, the new hairs seemed to live for some time (5-6 years after the 1st HT by H&W) then in like a couple of months -after 6 years- there was noticeable thinning in the area. This time there was considerable thinning again just a year after my last HT in Dec '09 and it all happened within 2 months, which made me think it was "seasonal shedding" but then like I said in original posting I've had a total of 4 HTs in the same area over the past decade or so totalling more than 4200 grafts, yet I was still experiencing thinning. And actually to be more accurate I've had 5 HTs but I said 4 because my very first HT was a very small one (300 grafts). Unfortunately I was in such a hurry to start my battle against this curse that as soon as I saw a very mild thinning in my temples I was planning my first HT. Unfortunately also, I was naive like many of you here and was fooled by all the ads by who else....Bosley. Those butchers were so eager to get me in instead of advising me to wait as at that stage the thinning wasn't even that noticeable. But they must have thought that was easy money. Close to $3000 for 300 grafts. Not bad (for them).
So yeah, 5 HTs over the past 12 years. First one at Bosley in LA. Second at Sword in Torrance. Third at NHI in LA. Fourth and fifth at H&W in Vancouver where I currently live. I can't remember but either after my HT at Sword or NHI there was a wider than usual scar left but thankfully Dr. Wong fixed it for me. Even I feel shock and disbelief as I type this. I can't believe I've been through this and then come to the realization that it's all for nothing. The toll this has taken on me is beyond description. I've been a hostage of this curse for such a long time. The anger alone I feel is going to kill me. I still would like to believe that I'll keep at least some of my transplanted hairs. Dr. Wong said we could do a biopsy to see if I do have that condition but then he said it wasn't a sure thing, meaning that I could get a false negative, but I can't remember if he said it was possible to get false positive too. I'm thinking about going back to see him in a couple of months because I'm dying to know what the hell I have. If a positive result is "true" positive then I know I'm doomed but at least I won't have to torture myself wondering if I have it or not. I also want to add that he'd only seen a couple of patients with this condition. So other HT doctors might also be familiar with it and I'm surprised that non of the people on this site have it. Wow ! I must be really unfortunate. So, for the small exception of us (who have this curse) the only sure way to find out if you have it or not is only after you go under the knife and all the trauma and lose a few thousand dollars. Life is wonderful, isn't it !!
RodG, when I said my life was over I wasn't exaggerating. The impact of all this on my life is immeasurable. I also need to mention that in my case there was another factor that made things literally a billion times worse for me. I have BDD (body dysmorphic disorder). For people who know what this is they know what people who suffer from it can go thru. I've been suffering from this (BDD) way before my hair started thinning. So, you can only imagine what it is like to lose your hair on top of it. I pretty much don't have a life. Couldn't even go to college or even try to put myself on the right track to a good job. No dating or nothig, although it was never a goal for me to get married or have a family with or without hair as I wold never create another soul to have the miseries of life thrown at it. But not a moment goes by without feeling great pain and sadness because I could never achieve any of my goals in life because of the psychological impact of this curse on me.
Like I said, I'm still not bald and still would be somewhat happy keeping what I have but knowing that the ghost of baldness and losing all my transplanted hairs is looming is what's worrying me and making me very depressed. But because of my BDD even looking in the mirror is a painful thing, although this has nothing to do with one's looks. And for the past 3 months -since the last shed- I've basically been avoiding looking in the mirror. But I still appreciate that you're trying to make me feel good.
I'm still hoping that the sudden shed I've been experiencing is "seasonal" or caused by other stuff though realistically it doesn't look like it.
My other hope is the treatments we've been hearing about that should be coming out in a few years or less -if they actually are successful- although I feel by then it will be a little too late for me to start my life.