Irishstreak

Post Op Day 5- So I messed around with my hair a bit today to see if I could style it a bit so its not too noticable I had a HT. I don't really try to remove the scabs with my fingers even though its safe to do so for the ones that are loose. There aren't many and they are so small I just run a small comb through my hair and the little pieces (again about the size of sand) come out. My scalp is starting to look close to normal now with no redness and only a few little scabs left. With exception to a ton of tiny implanted hairs, I my scalp is getting close to not havine many signs of a HT. I went out in public without a hat on for the first time when I went to church and I felt like with little to no scabs and my hair just layind down kind of messed up its not really that noticeable that I had a HT unless you knew me before and knew the huge frontal bald spots that I had. I'm quite relieved as well as excited that things are looking so good just 5 days post op because I head back to work tomorrow. While I plan to just be open and honest with people if they ask, before surgery I had a fear I would be going back to work with a bunch of scabs like some other people had complained about. One of the reasons I chose my surgeon is b/c from talking to previous patients of his and seeins some of their pics it seems like his techniques are so refined and he has such a good team that his patients have little scabbing and heal quick. I'm happy to say that I've had the same experience. I think it will be quite obvious to the people I work with that I had some work done due to all the tiny hairs replacing a lot of frontal baldness. I have no problem saying, "I had a little work done" because they're gonna find out anyways when all the hair grows in over the next 6-12 months. I figure its my hair, if I wanna move some of if from the back of my head to the top because I don't wanna go bald then thats my choice. I'm happy with my choice and excited for the results to come.

Post Op Day 4- One thing I will say is that while many experience itching and irritation at their donor area and around the grafts I have none of this in the donor area. I occasionally have some light itching in 1 or 2 small areas on the top of my head that I just kind of apply light pressure to through my hat and thats good enough. Its barely noticable and I'm So thankful I had a great surgeon/team working on me.

Post Op Day 3- I noticed little to no bleeding on the pillow case now and the pain in the donor area has converted to more of just some tightness unless I touch the area. Because I wear a hat when I'm out I applied antiobiotic to the donor area in the morning and the evening. Its a bit sensitive along the staples when I touch it with a Q tip. Overall I'm feeling great and looking forward to being able to trying to style it a bit and see what I can do with it to make it less noticeable when I return to work in a couple days. Though my post op instructions say you can start to use styling product at post op day 3, I'm a bit conservative and can where a hat every where I go so I'm going to just stick with that.

The aim was for 2500 and I was happy to hear that the donor strip had greater density than estimated. It ended up being 2703 grafts and 5287 hairs.

Thanks "TakingThePlunge" and "NEWHAIRPLEASE". Reading the blogs and seeing the photos of other members helped me decide that a HT would be a good choice for me and what I could expect throughout the process. I first met Dr. Haber when I was in college when I was looking for a local dermatologist. He impressed me as being incredibly knowledgeable, professional, and genuine. So after a good deal of research, going to other HT consultations, meeting Dr. Haber personally, and reading up on some of his other patients, I was completely comfortable with my decision. Today is post op day 1 and I haven't taken any medication at all. There was a bit of blood on the pillow case that they gave me to sleep on which was to be expected. Other than that I feel great and am just spraying the grafts down with saline spray about every half hour as instructed. So far so good! Cheers.