Icecreamman

Safe travels, you definitely are in great hands with dr feller and his staff. Good luck!

I'm sorry about the tightness you're experiencing. Have you spoken to your doc about this? What did he say? Has he told you when he thinks you can safely resume weightlifting?

Schedule some consults. Dr rahal is a great start! Good luck and don't let these assholes bring you down

I take msm, it seems to speed things up a bit, but as chrisdav said there's really nothing to help speed up the process. The first 3-4 months suck but trust it will get better

With average laxity/density how many grafts can you FUT without risking tightness?

not exactly sure what you mean by risking tightness but I had 1300 grafts with fut which is a pretty low number of grafts for fut these days and i experienced tightness after operation. however the tightness fades as days pass and once staples come out it basically goes away, if you do have any discomfort after staples it really is minor discomfort at best. These opinions are my own and certainly varies patient to patient.

Been on it for 5 years as well, zero side effects. I now only take it MWF and have not lost more hair either with a scaled back dose.

I think people go there because of advertising, marketing, etc... If you research even the slightest bit you will find terrible story after terrible story of guys being suckered in by ads and salesman. Nobody would spend a couple of grand to have "plugs" and a bad scar, yet somehow through tv ads and disinformation bosley continues to stay in business.

Run....I had surgery with dr feller, you'd be in the best of hands. On the other side, you'd be in the worst of hands with bosley. Don't make the mistake hundreds if not thousands have made on this site by going to bosley. I initially thought about bosley and then I researched and ultimately found dr feller. Thank goodness. There are a bunch of docs doing great work, have consults with a few of them. Good luck!

You might be experiencing bad shock loss. I got it pretty badly in donor region and near recipient area. Probably nothing to worry about because it will all grow back. I think people on this board can figure out exactly what's going on if you can post some pics of what your referring to. Good luck!

Dear Spanker well thank you for the complement, it just too cold in winter having a shaved head, also not easy maintaining this look always:) thank you much though for the advise, I am considering it already...

Hey man, just to add my 2 cents, I gotta agree with spanker. Your look works, why spend a fortune on fue or fut for that matter. Go buy a beenie for the winter time and save yourself the time, effort, and cash. Good luck man!

Hair Restoration Journal for Johnny B - 18 months

this IMO is about as good a density as it gets...

 

Two more months before the start of the new NBA season, so it will be interesting to see how LeBron's hair progress. Maybe he'll lower his headband and Charles Barkley won't drop bald jokes on him anymore, lol.

I can only imagine how merciless Barkley would be if lbj got a ht, lol

I wonder how he saved for his transplant!![/quote

 

Hahaha...I'm sure he's now thinking he should have stayed in Cleveland and taken the bigger contract

Didn't see today's game but in the nba finals his hairline had certainly receded pretty badly. If he did get a ht it must have been right after nba championship because he had to start Olympic trials pretty soon afterwards. I can't imagine he had a ht during the season. With that said, He certainly has had quite the year!

I had my staples removed by dr fellers office, they came out fairly easily but it did pinch and hurt slightly. And your scar may very well be red for quite sometime. After 2 weeks I'm assuming your scar has properly healed to the point where the staples can come out. I would contact spex or feller and see what they say. Also, go on YouTube, I am sure there are staple removal videos on there. Good luck man, it really feels great to finally get those things out of your head!

Thanks guys for your response. Any issues with an FUT scar?

At first I was only interested in fue. I absolutely did not want a lateral scar. After over a year of research and the fact that I wear my hair on the longer side I opted for fut due to the greater chance of a better yield IMO. The scar has been in all honesty the biggest non-issue for me. However, if you do wear your hair short fue might very well be for you. Do your research, and figure out what's best for you

personally i would absolutely do it again. I believe i wont have to have another procedure for quite sometime, but when the time comes I would not hesitate to go through the experience again. I honestly believe that hair transplantation is not that big of a deal if you go to a great doc, which you clearly are. Like shampoo said, it really boils down to if you can accept or cant accept. my ritual of putting on toppik and having to comb my hair a certain way everyday and worrying about wind and rain became too much wasted energy for me. the ability to move on from this makes ht absolutely worth it for me. also, i'm not a doc, but if your experiencing sides, I would forget meds or at least cut the dose. have you spoken to h&w about this? best of luck with everything, you chose an excellent doctor!

I've heard different things, but my doc said 1 month without any exercise, 3 before lifting weights.

Hey man, I know how frustrating it's to not be able to do physical activity. I was lifting very light weights about 6 weeks out, but I was jogging about 3 weeks after ht and back to playing basketball about 2 months after. I know this has been a topic of controversy on this forum, some have said wait months to work out others have said a couple of weeks. I am curious as to why your doc has said 3 months? In the meantime, don't get down, you have a head of hair to look forward to. All the best!

There are a number of doctors who are great at fue, but in the case of advanced mpb I would say most of them will recommend strip. But do consult with smp, feller, rahal...

There really are only 2 products that work. Propecia/finasteride and rogaine. Other than that there aren't any products that really help you hold on to or help regrow your hair IMO.

Dude, chill. If you research, almost everybody on here who has had a transplant will all say their transplanted hair fell out within the first month. Mine fell out in the first 2-3 weeks. It will grow back but it's gonna be a while. As for concealer I have read conflicting reports. Some say toppik is ok, others have said der match is no good. I would contact your doctor and see what he says. I'm not sure about gel or hair spray...good luck, grow well!

Congrats man, as others have said, very clean work, will look great grown out!

Congrats man!

I know I'm not supposed to do it, but I can rub the palm of my hand down my head and pick up all kinds of little white pieces of skin. It feels like I have sand on my head that I'm rubbing off. I'm 7 days past the procedure. Impossible these could be hair follicles, correct?

Unless there's blood you're good to go

Fantastic!