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rlc26

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  • Gender
    Male
  • Country
    United Kingdom
  • State
    AL

Hair Loss Overview

  • Describe Your Hair Loss Pattern
    Thinning Hair Loss All over the Scalp
    Receding Hairline (Genetic Baldness)
    Thinning on Top only (Genetic Baldness)
    Thinning or Bald Spot in the Crown/Vertex
  • How long have you been losing your hair?
    10 years +
  • What Best Describes Your Goals?
    Maintain Existing Hair
    Maintain and Regrow Hair
    Considering Surgical Hair Restoration
    I'm here for support

Hair Loss Treatments

  • Have you ever had a hair transplant?
    Yes
  • Other hair restoration physicians
    Dr Marwan Saifi
  • Current Non-Surgical Treatment Regime
    Generic Minoxidil 5% for Men

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  1. Different people will give different opinions, your hairline won't come back now no matter with the use of minoxidil and fin. Fut is an option, also it has the benefit of a larger amount of graphs. The drawback is the scar but i found it is only visible if you take your hair down to about a grade 2 at the back. Also even if you had the transplant now you would be looking at waiting a good 8 months for results, also the waiting time to save money and get booked in for it. I had my first one just as i turned 26 and second just as i turned 27, my hairloss was a lot more severe than yours though
  2. I noticed around 3/4 months, they started sprouting up in different places wildly. Best results after about 8/9 months.
  3. Hi, Wheres the best place to buy finasteride 5mg online without a prescription?. I bought my last lot from Dr Saifi after my first transplant but i'm coming close to running out. Im in the uk. Thanks
  4. Sounds good, im in the uk to tommy are you getting the Nizoral online?. Are you getting any results off the 12.5% cream and how long have you used that?. How did your transplant go?. I'm sure the hairs have started to come through. I had a very positive experience off my first one to.
  5. Everything been positive so far TommyLucchese?. Any side effects off any of the treatment?. Forgot to mention in mine, i also used Alpecin shampoo extra strength but need to order more now its ran out. How do you get on with Nizorol?. I might give it that a try. Also i started once a week soaking my hair in coconut oil overnight as my hair is very dry and course and leaving the minoxidil off for that night. I'll stop that for a good few weeks though while these grafts are settling into place. p.s I didn't realise there was a minoxidil cream 12.5%, how are you getting on with this. Is it better than the liquid?. I have tryed the foam also, i have noticed abit of irritation off the liquid more so i think when i applied it directly to my crown but that comes and goes. Also i did use minoxidil on the graft area at the front last year even though i think most would advise against this, especially in the early stages after a transplant.
  6. Just want to gather some opinion's.. I had my first transplant last year at 26, and my second 2 days ago around about exactly a year from the first. Before the first i had not used Finasteride at all, and had tryed minoxidil only briefly years before and stopped. Like most people i was abit anxious about the side effects that were documented about finasteride (generic propecia). I was desperate to try it, i thought if there were side effects i would stop straight away. So i started the (fin) after the first fut transplant and 5%minoxidil i had no side effects. But i have been using zinc, cod liver daily with the minoxidil and the 5mg (fin) cut into quaters and took a quater monday to thursday then of (fin) fri, sat and sunday but continued to take the zinc, cod liver and minoxidil on the days i had off (fin). My diet also changed cut out all sweet stuff and pop and stopped eating bread and i have been training quite hard at the gym, i was using creatine aswel with no side effects even though thats been linked with hair loss (like everything seems to be, because knowone is 100% sure.) But i have stopped the creatine now. Anyway i seem to have had some good growth in the area of my crown and the transplanted hair came through well in the last year with that combination. Want to get some peoples opinions?. On what they have had good to positive results on?. Also some ideas on the combination of say zinc with finasteride, or even creatine with finasteride maybe some of these drugs counteract eachother in a positive way?. Even if one on its own say creatine could have negative results?.
  7. Nothing but positives to say about Dr Saifi and i would highly recommend him to anyone. I had my first procedure with him last year and the results have been excellent, i fly out again next week for the second . I have achieved a very natural look off the first transplant and it has helped my confidence no end. Thanks Rob
  8. rlc26

    Looking really decent mate, good density and a very natural look you must be really happy with the results. After seing this i'm looking forward to achieving similar results by next summer.
  9. Hi Everyone, I'm looking into having a second fut procedure with Dr Saifi in December after excellent results from the first one i had last year. I've been really into training this year and don't want to long off if i can help it after the procedure. What are peoples views on this?. I know any exercise that puts pressure on the scalp could stretch the scar or maybe even more. Can i still train at the gym and avoid certain things?. Or whats a good amount of time before i can get back into training. Thanks Rob:)
  10. rlc26

    You must be made over with the results then, from the first photo's you had on here to even this one theres a massive change, will that be your last one now?. Yes i've contacted him about a 2nd procedure maybe for december so fingers crossed i'll be able to get it done.
  11. rlc26

    If you keep growing hair at this rate Tony, you will be getting asked i'd for drinks haha. Great results mate, i'm so excited to go and get this second procedure especially knowing how happy you have been with your results..That Christmas holiday i wanted is going to have to wait for another year. All the best Rob
  12. I had a transplant with Dr Saifi in Poland last December and came back with sutures. I live in the u.k and went to a local walk in center, at first they asked if i was sure they wern't dissolvable because the sutures were so neat and tight. After quite a wait i was took into a nurse who said she would have a go at removing them after a bit of prodding and pulling she got started, it was abit painful but was good to get them removed.
  13. My hair started receding at 18, so i would gel my hair flat to my forehead to try and cover it up. I've always been quite fit and healthy and tryed to look after myself. People started noticing it and it really got me down. Gradually it got worse and i felt like i had no options because a hair transplant was way out of my budget at the time. Lads at football and mates would take the piss, even new people i met sometimes would say how old are you?. Your hairs quite thin isn't it. Both my previous serious girlfriends both said there was nothing wrong with it, and they liked me with a shaven head but i hated it. I took photos of my hair for years to monitor how i was loseing it and would try to grow it to hide some of the baldness but then shave it off again. Completly took away my confidence, when i went out i was paranoid that people were staring at me and that it made me look really ugly in your early 20's you don't want a slaphead. I think its overlooked as a serious condition which could or cause depression. My situation aswell is that im 5'8 with quite a young looking face which made it more out of place, so i didn't want to be the small bald guy. I didn't want to be completely bald before having kids. I started buying things like head massagers, saw palmetto, tryed minoxidil then came off it a few years back i was desperate. I eventually got the money together and had a transplant in december by fut. At the time i had no hairline, 6 months on today i now have a hairline my confidence has gone sky high with it and its one of the best decisions i've ever made. I hated seing my balding head in photos, but now its not so bad. I will need a 2nd transplant for the crown area and maybe a little more work at the front but what i have got now has made a massive difference. Think Rooney was a big turning point for me, cause being the same age in the public eye and putting up pictures on twitter to get slated by the media, gave me alot of respect for the guy. Theres abit of a stigma still attached to it, alot of blokes want to hide the fact they have had any work done but i came out with it and have had mainley very positive comments, its becoming more acceptable.
  14. Its not to bad, hope it thickens a little more though but for the amount of graphs its a very good job. Yes mate good spot didn't notice i caught them in the camera do abit of Djing just started doing mobile discos.
  15. Yeah hang in there mate. Just try to forget about it if possible at don't expect anything. Mines 5 months today and i would say between 4 & 5 are the stage where i really started noticing more so be patient.
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