YoungNorwood3

The results have been amazing. My hairline is fully restored and it has done wonders for my confidence. I can't wait to go back to Dr. Deep's office and share my results with him!

Haha glad you already watched them. Keep us informed of the procedure! I can tell you that it is ABSOLUTELY pain free, bring a few movies to watch also. Feel free to message me if you have any inquiries about Dr. Diep or anything about the procedure and following days after. Best of luck!

Hi Hair1978. Of course he did! Here is the link to them both (one for front and the other for crown) (Videos removed by moderator - See Terms of Service) Best of luck, I am sure you have found him to be very kind and skilled. How many grafts will you be receiving?

I was more concerned with the retention of the available grafts then having a scar. When weighing the pros and cons of strip and fue, strip was a much better choice for the results I wanted, my financial situation, etc. At one month and 5 days out, the scar is absolutely non noticeable even with short hair like I mentioned before. I am also happy to report that I am responding very well to propecia and my hair no longer falls out at the vast pace it used to. Also I have a very elastic scalp when compared to others so that was another reason why i choose the strip method. Hope this answers your questions!

I keep my hair on the sides/back around 3/8" or 1/2". As it is right now almost 1 month post-op, you cannot see the scar at all with my hair being 3/8" on the sides and back. Why do you ask?

Thanks for your reply Spanker. As I cannot say for sure if the grafts are completely as close as they should be, I can say for certain that I do not have thin straight hair at all. The fact that I have thick/wavy hair along with propecia (and considering my young age allowing me to get a good kick from the propecia) should make the space seem optimal with the amount of grafts that were placed. It might be hard to tell from the pics but the grafts are placed extremely close in the hairlinne/front and not as dense in the vertex. The reasoning behind this is due to the frontal hairline shaping your face, being most noticeable and the crown, while recieving less grafts, in general receives most assistance from propecia. Keeping in mind that it could also could be the low resolution of the picture or the lighting as well and that I am not expecting to have the hair density of a teenager!

Hi everyone! First time poster, long time reader of these forums and researcher on all things hair-loss related. Let me say by reading everyone experiences it has given me a lot of courage and inspiration and (I hope to do the same to you). Here is a very brief background on myself so you know where I am coming from. I am currently 24, have been experiencing hair loss all across the top of my head since I was roughly 16. I have thick-italian hair, slightly wavy. My hair loss is to the point now where it is very noticeable (to me at least), my hairline has receeded greatly and overall top is pretty wispy and thin (no longer able to style, etc). So after years of research, 2 years on rogaine, and shying away from cameras and mirrors I decided to get something done about it. I live in the CA area, south of San Francisco and went to a few prominent docs out here and ultimately settled with Dr. John Diep for the FUT strip procedure. I decided on Dr. Diep for a few reasons, he was very personal and at the same time professional. He is very experienced, and impressed me with his previous work on other patients. I am happy to say that I had 2281 grafts performed yesterday (took roughly 8 hours, which actually flew by) and am extremely happy with how the procedure went. The graft breakdown is as follows: (420 - 1 hair, 1210 - 2 hairs, 651 - 3 hairs for a total of 4793). Dr. Diep mentioned that I had an excellent amount of 3 hair grafts. There was little to no pain involved except when the anesthesia was administered. After that, I felt absolutely nothing and was happy to watch a few movies (Shawshank redemption!, etc.) Overall the Dr. and his staff did a great job, but you can judge for yourself. I am posting before/after pics below and will keep you all posted as to the progress that I see in 3 months intervals, I am currently starting Propecia as well. Please feel free to ask me any questions you might have and I will answer them if I can. A big thanks is in order to everyone on this board who has shared their experienses and instilled confidence in me that you do not have to go through life unhappy with baldness. Below are immediately before heading into the surgery and immediate post-op the morning after. I will post some pics of the scar after the bandage has been taken off and they walk me through my first hair washing procedure!