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john148

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Basic Information

  • Gender
    Male
  • Country
    United States
  • State
    IL

Hair Loss Overview

  • Describe Your Hair Loss Pattern
    Receding Hairline (Genetic Baldness)
    Thinning on Top only (Genetic Baldness)
  • How long have you been losing your hair?
    In the last 10 years
  • Norwood Level if Known
    Norwood V
  • What Best Describes Your Goals?
    Maintain and Regrow Hair
    Considering Surgical Hair Restoration

Hair Loss Treatments

  • Have you ever had a hair transplant?
    Yes
  • Current Non-Surgical Treatment Regime
    Propecia (Finasteride)
    Rogaine Extra Strength for Men

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  1. Hi Epileptic Sceptic, I am in the same boat as you. I had the same hair pattern with slightly thicker (width) hair and thick crown area. I just had my HT (3,000 grafts mostly in front) 2 weeks ago and have noticed some minor thinning but nothing major. In looking at your photos and the 1 month scares me! The hair in the front is very short, did you trim it down with a buzzer? Were you able to hide it in anyway? Did it fall out all very quickly? I am afraid that if I lose that much hair it will become a huge embarrassment to go to work.
  2. Did you start taking propecia immediately after the HT??
  3. I just started taking Propecia after the HT. I was on Rogaine for more than a year prior.
  4. Thanks Bonkerstonker. I am wondering if my shockloss will be as severe since I had 3,000 grafts compared to your 5,200. How long did it take for your existing hairs (hairs in place before HT) to fall out? Did all of them fall out? I guess I am just very concerned that I may end up bald for awhile and people will be wondering what happened. Do you have any updated pics?
  5. Hi all, I recently had a HT. Prior to HT i had 'most' of my original hair still on my head but it was a little thinner and receding quite a bit and there was an 'island' forming in the front. I had my HT done by a very good surgeon so I know the quality was very good but I still have a question on shock loss. In anticipation of me losing hair in the future the Dr transplanted hair between by already existing hairs both in the 'tuff' and back from there. (Something we agreed upon ahead of time and I am glad we did) How likely is this to cause shockloss or cause me to lose the existing hair I already had in place? My fear is that; a. I will have permanently lost my existing good hair with the replacement hairs which in part will defeat the purpose of the HT. b. I will have temporarily lost my existing hair to shockloss and look more thin than norma for the next 6 months. Any feedback?
  6. What would be considered a 'weak' hair? Are we talking about some that a incredibly thin (baby hairs) or some that are at maybe 60% of their original? In my case my hair is still pretty thick (as in each hair is still pretty thick). Obviously there are no absolutes but I am wondering how likely I am to loss that hair permanently seeing as how it is still pretty thick and the procedure was done by a high quality doctor (assume no damage caused by incisions).
  7. Thank you for the frank response Hal, it is good to know some realistic expectations. My surgeon was highly recommended and from everything I could tell him and his staff did a great job. I did a ton of research on the subject and doctors before moving forward. The only thing I did miss was this shock loss thing. My doctor talked about it briefly but said it happened in less than 10% of his patients. I am going to speak with him today more on the subject. I am curious if Dermmatch would be a good product to invest in to help mask my shock loss and propecia shedding once my scalp has healed. Does anyone know anything about using Dermmatch in this type of situation? Obviously I would like to hide my increased loss of hair because prior to surgery my hair was still in above average state (for a hair transplant candidate) so quickly losing hair would be noticed. I would also like to avoid losing all the hair just to have it rebound in the next 6-8 months when the transplanted hair and propecia both start to show hair growth at once. Basically my question are: Any suggestions to get me through the next year? You mentioned shock loss occurs at 1 month and Propecia at 3 months right, is that fairly consistent among HT patients and Propecia users? Again thank you Hal.
  8. Hi, I am a 27 yr old male. I am learning about Shock loss and very concerned, any help would be greatly appreciated. I just 2 days ago had a hair transplant of 3,000 grafts which seemed to go very well. I was told my donor hair was excellent. I had around 2,500 placed in the front half and 500 to reinforce my crown which is still in pretty good shape. I still have most of my hair so most of the transplants went in between existing hairs. My existing hairs have not 'overly thinned' but are thinner in the front than they were 5 - 10 years ago. I was not aware until after the procedure that it was a good idea to take Propecia prior to having a Hair Transplant. The doctor was highly recommended from many sources so I trust him but I do have 4 big questions. (He also seemed to do a great job, but will have to wait and see!) 1. How beneficial would it have been to take Propecia prior to my HT? 2. I started taking Propecia the day after the surgery, will this help to prevent shock loss? 3. I used Rogaine for at least a year prior to the surgery, will that help prevent shock loss? 4. Is hair lost to Shock Lost gone forever? Meaning will I lose perfectly good original hair? Any feedback would be really great.
  9. Thanks for the quick response guys. Do you know what exactly constitutes a 'miniaturized hair'? Are they literally just very very thin hairs in comparison to your normal hair? If that is the case I do not no think I had too many of them. Just for my understanding, it sounds like Propecia taken before surgery basically just strengthens these weak hairs enough to allow them to survive. Is that the case? And that is only if the Propecia is effective in my case. Thanks again guys. Like I said my surgery went great and I really like my Doctor (he is out of the office this weekend and do not want to call his emergency number). I just started reading about Shock Loss and thought oh no I could have just lost X number of hairs that I worked so hard to add!
  10. Hi, I am a 27 yr old male. I am learning about Shock loss and very concerned, any help would be greatly appreciated. I just 2 days ago had a hair transplant of 3,000 grafts which seemed to go very well. I was told my donor hair was excellent. I had around 2,500 placed in the front half and 500 to reinforce my crown which is still in pretty good shape. I still have most of my hair so most of the transplants went in between existing hairs. My existing hairs have not 'overly thinned' but are thinner in the front than they were 5 - 10 years ago. I was not aware until after the procedure that it was a good idea to take Propecia prior to having a Hair Transplant. The doctor was highly recommended from many sources so I trust him but I do have 4 big questions. (He also seemed to do a great job, but will have to wait and see!) 1. How beneficial would it have been to take Propecia prior to my HT? 2. I started taking Propecia the day after the surgery, will this help to prevent shock loss? 3. I used Rogaine for at least a year prior to the surgery, will that help prevent shock loss? 4. Is hair lost to Shock Lost gone forever? Meaning will I lose perfectly good original hair? Any feedback would be really great.
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