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Tman

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Basic Information

  • Gender
    Male
  • Country
    United Kingdom
  • 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
  • Norwood Level if Known
    Norwood II
  • What Best Describes Your Goals?
    Maintain Existing Hair
    Maintain and Regrow Hair
    Considering Surgical Hair Restoration

Hair Loss Treatments

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

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  1. You are where I was a few years ago. I put it off it for 2 years for the same reasons. Shaved head, people finding out etc. I work in the city in an office so shaved head was a no but after 3 weeks off it was bearable and no one ever suspected a HT. In fact, these last 2 weeks is the first time anyone has mentioned the words 'hair transplant'. No regrets for me other than I wish I'd done it sooner but I'm 34 so wanted to wait a bit.
  2. Paddy, I've uploaded a comparison pic. One is the day before surgery in July and one from yesterday. Excuse the lighting which makes it look like I've dyed my hair (summer v winter hair too). I'm pretty happy with it now when 1 month ago I was pretty downbeat. Crazy how it's changed in just 4 weeks. Good news is they say this is still only 50/60% of the final result. Did you decide on your surgeon?
  3. I've added a 5.5 month photo, it has really thickened up in the last month. I'm started to get questions asked by friends and colleagues. 'Jokes' about have I 'done a rooney' are pretty frequent now which I am laughing off. I've still got a little patch on the right side that doesn't have as much hair in it, but I'm hoping this will fill in and is just in a longer resting phase than the rest. I'm seeing Dr Bisanga in London next month for a check up.
  4. Paddy, I've uploaded some pics of my hair wet as well as I pic from 12 months ago with my hair pulled back (ie without me styling it to look less bald). From these pics a lot has happened in 4.5 months!! Wet makes it look fuller however.
  5. Sitting here now I wished I'd pushed for a more aggressive hair line but I went with his rec as he's the doc and I'd decided it was definitely him for my surgery. I think the hair line will thicken up but it won't change much from where it is now. I've never had a straight hair line but as you say for £10k you want a big change and I fear I won't get that. So far not one person has commented on my hair and whilst that's good in a way, it's also a little disappointing as it means there's no big change to notice. Paddy, have you booked yours in with anyone yet?
  6. http://www.hairrestorationnetwork.com/Tman/blog/5068/ 4.5 month post op update in link above with pics.
  7. I'm 4.5 months post op now. New hair coming through every day but still far from finishes article. Being patient is the hardest part. At this stage I am at 30% of the finished result, hair line is mostly in but there are a few patches to fill in on my right side. Part of me wishes I went for a more aggressive hairline but Dr Bisanga suggested I went natural. Anyway I'll post some pics. 4.5 month pics now added.
  8. If I did it again I would buzz my hair down to a 3/4 grade in the weeks leading up to surgery so people get used to seeing you with the buzzed hair. i told people I shaved it as I was fed up with trying to hide my receding hairline. People tend to not comment too much when you say that. The issue I have is now I have flagged it I wonder whether they will remember it in 6 months when I no longer have a receding hairline.
  9. Colleagues finding out was my number 1 concern and I very nearly pulled out in the weeks leading up to surgery. I didn't because id paid a 50% deposit!! I'm pleased I didn't as no one has noticed, people will comment on the buzzed cut but honestly no one will think you've had a HT. The redness at 3/4 weeks looks like sunburn. I had one comment about it and I said I burned it playing golf and this strangely was after being back at work for 2 weeks. I took 3 weeks off and that's plenty. There will be no signs of surgery after 2 weeks apart from the redness and new grafted hair (which will fall out).
  10. Paddy, not much to update. I'm now 8 weeks post op. All grafted hair was gone by Day 30, so I was left with a cropped hair cut and massively obvious receding hairline. It's funny cos you do this to improve your hairline and during weeks 3-8 it looks the worst it's ever done. That's hard to deal with. Before the op I could style around it but with a cropped cut you can't. The good news to this is that a hair transplant will be the last thing anyone will think you've had as your hair looks worse and unless people have researched HTs they would assume a HT improves your hairline straight away. I was worried about people finding out as I work in the city but not one person has said anything other than "I didn't realise you were losing your hair as much" and "good on you for shaving it". It will be interesting to see people's reaction when over the next 6 months it starts to get thicker. As it's so gradual I doubt colleagues will even notice. Here's a thing I've noticed. You worry about your hair more than anyone. No one cares about your hair. Redness went at 6 weeks. It lingered longer than I thought it was so I was using a little of my wife's foundation to help. I started using regaine again after a few weeks but it made the redness worse so I stopped until week 6. I'm now using twice a day. I've grown the buzzed hair out so its pretty much back to exactly as it was before the op. I've got about 20 new hairs sprouting, they are tiny and hardly noticeable. Bearing in mind I had about 5,000 hairs grafted, 20 hairs make no difference visually. Over the next few weeks I should see some growth but it seems it starts to notice visually after month 4. I'm at the point where I am worrying that the hairs won't grow for some reason but I followed the post op care religiously so Im sure that's just my paranoia. I'll post pics at week 12. T
  11. Anyone who is interested in my progress I am updating a blog here: Hair Restoration Social Network - Hair Loss Patient Blogs
  12. So it's now it's day 18 and I got back from vacation yesterday. As such I'll do an overview of what happened from day 6-18. I travelled via airplane to my vacation on day 6, pretty nerve wracking having to take off the hat for security/ passport Etc but as with all these things it's worse in your own head than the reality. Dinner at th hotel on day 6 was done with a hat on which got some funny looks but the scabbing and crusting was so bad I couldn't face anyone seeing it. On day 8 I could begin massaging recipient area and thankfully about 90% of the scabs and crusts came off to reveal a healthy pink scalp with lots and lots of grafted hairs. I cut my hair down too on this day (carefully with scissors not touching recipient area) and went to dinner that day without a hat on and no one gave me a second look! On day 10 I started to shed a few hairs and this has continued where now I've lost about 50% of the grafted hairs. I went back to work today (in the city - London). Trading / office environment, very broker / client focused environment where a buzzed cut isn't well received. I was pretty nervous about this but as with all this, its never as bad as you think it will be. I had a few comments about my new marine style hair cut but I just said that I'd finally admitted defeat with my receding hairline. No one could say anything about that!! Plus as I am looking very thin in the recipient region its very plausible. No one can tell I've had a HT at all. Wonder whether they will remember that comment in 12 months when I've got hair like David Beckham. I am now growing my hair out to its pre HT style and reckon I'll lose the remaining grafted hairs in the next 7 days. This is a worrying time as the hair sheds, you become convinced it don't grow back after the resting phase but I'm assured everyone thinks like this. I'll update again in a weeks time. I've included some pics now but haven't sorted them.
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