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congeestar

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Basic Information

  • Gender
    Male
  • Country
    Canada
  • State
    AL

Hair Loss Overview

  • Describe Your Hair Loss Pattern
    Thinning or Bald Spot in the Crown/Vertex
  • How long have you been losing your hair?
    In the last 10 years
  • Norwood Level if Known
    Norwood V A
  • What Best Describes Your Goals?
    Considering Surgical Hair Restoration
    Considering Non-Surgical Treatments

Hair Loss Treatments

  • Have you ever had a hair transplant?
    No
  • Current Non-Surgical Treatment Regime
    Generic Minoxidil 5% for Men
    Nizoral Shampoo

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  1. Shabs88 I am on the same schedule as you. I am not losing large amounts anymore but with my hair growing out and some Toppik it is concealed now. I still am pinkish on top and have to use Toppik there too to conceal and thicken
  2. I am wearing a hat but I am only doing that is because of the redness and shockloss on my sides, leaving it long on the side and short on top looks weird. Otherwise I would just go hatless, cause I am pretty happy with the situation on the recipient area. Everyone is different in personality and situation. I am hoping when the redness dies down I can cut it all short.
  3. Shabs88, I am having the same issue. Most of the shockloss on my head is on the side and is still pink after 6 weeks. I still feel that there is still hairloss but my doctor (Dr Hasson) also said not to worry and gave the same timeframe for cessation and regrowth. Cross my fingers, because other than the shockloss and pinkless I feel I could cut my hair short and no one would know I had a HT. Your donor area is higher than mine on the back too just to put in my 0.02.
  4. Shampoo, thanks again for your help. Staggerlee, you might be right, AAR is a field term for writing up a exercise report, so I changed to "experience" don't want to freak anyone out! Anyone else have shock loss in their donor area and redness? any suggestions to minimize it?
  5. Well, since it has been officially a month, so I thought I would write up a report of my HT with Dr Victor Hasson. Well, all I can say is that after a year or so of reading on the forums I decided to go with Hasson&Wong, and I was not disappointed with the experience. I want to give the forum my thanks, since 3 weeks before I had the cold feet and Shampoo was a great help with his advice. My session started with a final consultation with Dr Hasson on the Friday (Monday was the procedure). Everyone at the office was really helpful at the office and Dr Hasson and Joesph were really helpful in answering all my questions. I did feel in hindsight, I could have asked more questions to put some doubts to rest. Their office on the top floor was very modern, clean and professional. They also had a unobstructed view of downtown Vancouver. On Monday, the procedure went pretty uneventfully. Dr Hasson was able to do a sketch of the hairline that best suited my situation and addressed my concerns. During the removal of the donor strip, the only pain was from the needles and I felt nothing after. I did stay awake and had a casual conversaton with Dr. Hasson on current real estate prices. They were able to get about 3700 units and Dr Hasson was able to do more of vertex to reduce the shine that I said I would like to reduce. During the rest of the day for incisions and implantations, the work of Dr Hasson and his team were very professional and made sure I was comfortable throughout the process. I watched 3 movies and the procedure took till 5:30pm to complete. I got my antibiotics and pain killers and a take home bag with everything I would need for the next 4 days I would be in Vancouver. I did take a painkiller that evening and another lower dose one as by late evening the pain had kicked in around my staple area. I did manage to sleep upright pretty good that night and all the following nights by propping up 3 pillows and sort of creating a lazy boy chair on my bed. I did also before buy a much sturdier neck pillow that helped alot to keep me upright. I would make sure to pack, only button up shirts, V neck undershirts or zip up clothes as you do not want to accidently knock out any implants in the the recipient areas. I was able to get to a GAP and buy a bunch of large V neck under shirts to address this problem. There was swelling by the second day so contacts are a must as my glasses did not fit anymore. All the exercises recommended by Dr Hasson's team, I think helped in reducing it. I feel i was back to normal by the day 9. The next couple was basically me taking it easy and going in every morning for a shampoo by their staff. The staples were the bothersome at most but otherwise there was no pain from them. On the 4th day after the procedure I got a haircut short enough to hide my staples and even out as much as possible my short transplanted hair on top. My recommendation if I did a second HT would be to stay at least a week or Monday to Friday (Leave Sat) At Home: Besides my swollen head, the only issue I had was how to be handle my hair washing. I did wash my hair carefully for 2 more days just patting the recepient area then went to circular motions until all the scabs fell off by day 14. Upon review of my pics by Dr Hasson, I was still too carefull and was instructed to work to get the scabs off. Vit. E oil helped in getting the scabs off more easily. Staples came off at Day 14 and it kinda hurt. It was not as easy as it looked on the videos. My wife did it for me and it took 2 days since the pain was quite high and we had to take a break. Day 2 went alot faster since my wife got the hang of it and my pain threshold was higher. There is some shock loss and I have lost hair around my staple area and at 2 weeks off mark it is still reddish and is still very itchy sometimes. My hair does not cover this and therefore I have been wearing a hat at work. Luckily I work for myself and explained to my personal assistant. The back of my head has just started to feel normal again, not numb and wierd which had me sleeping on my stomach since the procedure. Hopefully this has been a clear and concise AAR and I would be glad to answer any questions from anyone...thanks for listening
  6. Thank you both Shampoo and TakingthePlunge it means a lot to me that you guys took the time to give me that extra reassurance. I am in! Just re-reading the Hasson guides and booking flights now thanks again
  7. I just wanted to get my final reassurance from this community, since I am going ahead with Dr Hasson. Some days I am freaked out but I keep telling myself it is worth it. Does anyone else feel this anxiety? If anyone has comments that would be great
  8. Hi, I just wanted introduce myself and ask a quick question. I have been lurking and reading this great forum for awhile and in my head I have my picks for a HT (Hasson+Wong and Dr Rahal) Their offices in Vancouver and Ottawa make it easy for me. But my question to fellow forum members are there HT doctors you would recommend to goto in N. America? I hope this is not a loaded question, I just want to make sure I am not limiting myself to Canada.
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