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SPacificDude

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  • Gender
    Male
  • Country
    Fiji
  • State
    AL

Hair Loss Overview

  • Describe Your Hair Loss Pattern
    Receding Hairline (Genetic Baldness)
  • How long have you been losing your hair?
    In the last 5 years
  • What Best Describes Your Goals?
    Maintain and Regrow Hair
    Considering Surgical Hair Restoration

Hair Loss Treatments

  • Have you ever had a hair transplant?
    No
  • Hair Transplant Surgeon
    Dr. Pathuri Madhu
  • Current Non-Surgical Treatment Regime
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    Generic Minoxidil 5% for Men
    Dermmatch
    Toppik

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  1. Hey Everyone.. Month 7.. been quite the journey.. almost forgot I had a HT over these month .. I don't know if I feel like I have had an increase in density.. Maybe I have... Or you guys can be the judge .. I had a hair cut a week ago.. Once again .. No Scar Mark revealed .. and my Barber commented that my hair looks a lot thicker than it used to be .. (minox and finax magic?) .. I do like to say though, that I have been shedding hair like crazy!!! .. And i think these are the transplanted areas... You see.. I use toppik everyday (not that much..just slight sprinkle here and there) .. so at the before i go to sleep I wash my hair.. and if i apply some form of hair protein in the night .. i wake up and wash my hair again.. (shampoo and conditioner) .. I am finding that I am washing my hair twice a day .. with shampoo and conditioner .. Am i overdoing it?? Because I am finding plenty of strands on my hands and its sorta scaring me.. although i do know that these hairs are meant to shed and grow after some time.. other than this, the tiny little whispy hairs that have been growing all around are getting slightly thicker and bigger.. and thats the good bit as far as this month has been concerned.. I hope these hairs continue to grow longer and thicker.. (well the finpecia and minox are doing the work i suppose) I also noted a few pimple like bumps on my head.. but i knew they were not pimples because they were not paining or anything. .so i took a microscope and zoomed in to have a close look.. they were actually strands of hair.. curled up like a ball.. How do u get them to become straight? so i have a tiny scissors and gave them a good old clip.. (just to clip off the curled up ball bit) .. yeah guess they are growing straight now.. (well at least that is what i think) On the note of those poking hairs.. yeah.. those ones are still not shedding ... and they are still not growing .. I am absolutely clueless with these guys.. I am not pulling them out or anything .. they are just there.. not growing. .not shedding.. any bright ideas what i can do about these?? anyways guys.. happy growing!!! ..
  2. Hi htrocks Thanks for sharing your experience .. I hope your made a visit to your surgeon and had your situation examined... if you did, please share your doctors observation with me.. I don't live in India so its not exactly 1 + 1 = 2 .. when it comes to having my hair examined by my Surgeon for what I am going through at the moment..So maybe your examination with your surgeon can help me in answering some of them questions.. I have followed your progress.. And its really impressive from what it was pre-op and what it is now after almost 7 months. Great stuff man! .. Just recently.. Yesterday and Today, I have noticed my hair shedding.. well i saw about 5 - 10 strands of hair and today abt the same number of strands.. I know that this is no cause for alarm and its part of the hair cycle.. so I am pretty calm.. (or am i? ... hmmmm :confused:).. Oh I managed to extract the trouble hair strand (the ones that are stuck, not growing and not shedding) from here-forth referred to as "poking hairs" .. I am posting a picture of a sample of the poking hair ..
  3. Hey everyone.. month 6 update.. I reviewed my month 5 photos with my month 6 photos.. especially the front photo shots.. and i see a slight improvement.. increase in thickness .. I hope that the next few month only become better .. Thanks..
  4. Hi TakingThePlunge and Bill I am nearing towards the 6th Month of my HT.. I posted a question on the following thread: http://www.hairrestorationnetwork.com/eve/164724-grafts-not-shedding-needle-like-pain.html a week less than 3 months of my HT .. And today again I continue to face the same problem and almost 2 weeks away from my 6 months into my 1st HT.. I am getting a good growth and density..But I am pretty content that the grafts which have not shed as of yet .. would have only made my 6 month results more dense than it will be had they shed and started growing.. (not expecting to judge my results at this point in time though) I did on few occasions use tweezers to extract 2 or 3 of these transplanted hairs.. and when it came out it was without any follicle on the end.. it was just the strand of the hair with an "L" shape.. I am now beginning to worry whether these transplanted hair will ever shed and grow .. It was easy to detect and pinpoint these grafts before the 4th month.. but now with my hair longer.. and thicker than before.. its almost mission impossible to detect them with the naked eye unless ofcourse you have a HT Einstein look at my head of hair using the hubble telescope. However, I can feel these grafts when I run my fingers through my hair .. I have consulted with Dr. Madhu in this regards and they have advised me to wait 8 months for the hair to shed.. But its quite abnormal that these hairs have not shed.. I know that they are just stuck there.. and thats all they are doing.. stuck there.. I am wondering if the follicles beneath are even producing new hair? If they were, should they not be able to push the transplanted hairs out of the scalp? Apart from this concern there is nothing more to report on, other than the fact that at certain times in the shower I am now starting to find a couple of strands of hair on hands while shampooing .. which I know is normal.. So I am embracing this with a brave face but with a slight uncertainty regarding my prioritized issue at this point in time.. I think roughly from the feeling of these grafts based on my non-superhuman sense of touch .. there must be at least 20 - 50 grafts behaving this way.. possibly So help me guys .. cheers..
  5. Thanks TakingThePlunge ... Appreciate your words of encouragement and thanks for the tip on the minoxidil. AllAboutHair At this stage, I am very content with Dr. Madhus results with at least another 7 months to go for the results to materialize. You should consider all aspects of the HT although, you might want to ask the doctor in regards to his involvement in the entire HT procedure. In my case, Dr. Madhu carried out my donor extraction and closure. He also did some touch up on the front hair line.. With Dr. Radha Rani however, I think she is personally more involved (not sure if entirely) in the HT procedure. Dr. Radha is also recommended on this forum, she also charges the same amount as Dr. Madhu and she has yielded some great results as well. Not that I am putting Dr. Radha over Dr. Madhu, just a food for thought. With her recommendation I would be certainly compelled to think twice of my next surgeon should I wish to undertake my 2nd HT in India.. It goes without saying that Dr. Madhu's work is consistently good, You have my word, besides my recent experience is completely documented in this thread along with the pictures for the benefit of other potential HT patients. All the best ..
  6. Hi hairberry I apply tugain and let it settle in .. i.e. dry off .. There after i comb my hair according to the way i want it .. and I sprinkle the toppik just on top of my hair .. While I have heard that applying dermmatch requires our hair to be washed out properly before bed, there is no such thorough evidence as to why we cannot leave the toppik on for 2 - 3 days.. BUT having said that .. I apply minox twice a day at times.. So that means.. I need to wash out the toppik before i can put out the minox .. The idea of applying toppik for added thickness is a compelling one, but the future outlook would be to get added thickness from hair itself (i.e. a 2nd or 3rd HT) .. because I do not like the idea of having cosmetic products on my hair all the time which can by the way be easily exposed to people with an eye for detail ... Happy growing
  7. Hey everyone.. Well the month just breezed by.. nothing too much to talk about.. just more or less my photograph updates.. I have been in touch with Dr. Madhu in regards to any questions or queries.. but nothing out of the ordinary .. I did however find a road bump when I asked their team how many grafts have i left incase i wanted to do a 2nd HT.. for which they replied I will have to make a visit to the clinic.. I have been continually using Minox 5% and Finepecia (1mg) daily.. with the Minox though.. I have started alternating.. like one day i will apply it once during a day .. and the 2nd day I would apply it twice .. and a couple of days I did forget to apply it .. but not real damage done.. However today I found few hairs on my hands but they were not the implanted ones.. few strands from crown.. but I guess its the natural hair shedding process (thats what i would be assuming at this point in time) .. other than this..I had a haircut 2 weeks back and i told my barber to make sure not to cut so small at the back especially because it would reveal scars.. and well he did notice a small linear scar on the right side.. but other than that.. he kept on querying me whether i did get a scar on the back as well.. i had something like a #3 with plenty of scissors trimming on the back of my head and to my surprise.. there was not scar.. after the final product.. I use toppik and I have stopped using dermmatch.. and the result is FANTASTIC .. anyways.. Cheers to the rest of you Just one question though, I am using tugain 5% minoxidil solution .. I have only one bottle left .. If i switch to roggaine will it cause me to have shockloss?? Thanks..
  8. Hi Everyone.. Scar at the back ... what scar?? I still have few concerns regarding some of the grafts that have not shed that were implanted. http://www.hairrestorationnetwork.com/eve/164724-grafts-not-shedding-needle-like-pain.html ^ My post regarding this matter These grafts are not growing at all.. For whatever reason they seem to have anchored themselves to my scalp.. (not tightly though) .. I managed to pluck out a couple of these grafts.. they had absolutely no signs of any hair roots .. and they just slid out instead of me having to pull it out with mild force.. I did not however continue to do this for the other grafts, realizing its only my 4th month of HT and the shedding may take place naturally in the next few months.. Because this anomaly is occurring on the right side of my scalp, there is less visible growth on the right section of my front hair line.. Apart from this I am continually monitoring my growth under a hand microscope (not under the sun for obvious reasons) and I see plenty of hair (other than the HT hairs) growing from my scalp.. However this is not quite obviously visible as of yet .. I am continually consuming finpecia 1mg (finasteride) and applying 5% minox (twice daily) .. anyways, Find my pictures attached (taken after shower).. Thanks ... and for everyone out there! .. All the best growing !!!
  9. looks good man! .. the scar appears very fine as well.. all the best with your results.. will be following ur updates with keen interest!.. ohh.. do u hv her email address? cud u pm it to me?? Thanks.
  10. htrocks Heyy.. I just went through your website.. Your HT Looks Splendid! .. No, I do not have a website as of yet .. However I will do this sometime soon .. Anyways.. All the best with your monthly growth phases..! ..
  11. Hello Everyone.. 3rd Month Update.. I guess I am just about on time with my growth phase and all.. Almost all of the grafts on the left side of my scalp have fallen off.. few grafts still remain on the right side of my scalp.. I am noticing lots of growth (under the microscope) .. and also the familiar noticeable growth .. Scar is near invisible now.. Can't wait for the next few months to fly by! .. Still on Finasteride (finpecia) 1mg daily .. also 5% minoxidil twice daily ..
  12. Thanks everybody!.. Much Appreciated.. I also had an email from my doctor.. and He said the same.. Thanks once again..
  13. Hi all I am the following patient -> http://www.hairrestorationnetwork.com/eve/163653-hair-transplant-dr-madhu.html Anyways I am a week away from 3 months into my hair transplant phase.. everything is right on track.. But there is a hurdle I have come across.. On the right hand side my scalp just above the hair line and and just slightly above the temple.. I have some grafts which have not shed as of yet.. and not only that.. they are not growing.. the other grafts shed on time.. and are growing and with the help of finasteride and minox 5% I am seeing positive growth of my native hair.. also .. when i am gently massaging these areas (where the transplants have not shed) sometimes i feel like there is a needle pricking my scalp... Is there anything I can do in this regards?.. i Just emailed my doctor.. so it will take some time for them to come back in this regard.. Thanks..
  14. Hi all I am the following patient -> http://www.hairrestorationnetwork.com/eve/163653-hair-transplant-dr-madhu.html Anyways I am a week away from 3 months into my hair transplant phase.. everything is right on track.. But there is a hurdle I have come across.. On the right hand side my scalp just above the hair line and and just slightly above the temple.. I have some grafts which have not shed as of yet.. and not only that.. they are not growing.. the other grafts shed on time.. and are growing and with the help of finasteride and minox 5% I am seeing positive growth of my native hair.. also .. when i am gently massaging these areas (where the transplants have not shed) sometimes i feel like there is a needle pricking my scalp... Is there anything I can do in this regards?.. i Just emailed my doctor.. so it will take some time for them to come back in this regard.. Thanks..
  15. Hows it going simplycomplicated? Happy new year buddy! .. How are things growing?? .. looking forward to your updates amigo! ..
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