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Planted hair started to fall off. The hair got longer but much less dense.

I didn't take much pictures on week #2 since I was very busy at work. However, I bought a hair powder called Caboki to conceal the planted hair. It worked pretty well but I only use it once a week since I'm afraid it causes unhealthy hair.

Below are my pictures about one week after the procedure. First pic is the start of Day 9 Second pic shows the scabs after I gently rubbed them off (on Day 9) Third pic was taken two hours after the the first pic Fourth pic was taken on Day 10. This is how I comb my hair if I don't wear a hat to work. On the second picture, there were about 70 short hair fell out (no roots). There were also about 6 dried grafts so presumably, they detached long before my rub-down. I didn't see any hair with healthy roots that came out during my gentle, circular rub down.

It's been more than 2 weeks since I've updated my progress so I'll post more updates probably tomorrow. Jayukdht, I lowered my hairline about 2 - 3cm. Pradeepkr, It's been almost 4 weeks since I got my procedure done. A lot of the hair has fallen out. As you mentioned, most of it has a J hook at the end of the hair. I'm not too worried about it since I expected it. I thought it would start around 4-6 weeks period but it started about 3 weeks period for me. I've actually seen some tiny new fine hair comes out to replace the fallen hair. I'm hoping that more and more will come out soon so I'll wait patiently. Dr. Bhatti mentioned that the falling hair is actually the original hair that was planted and is being pushed out by the new hair. I haven't seen a case where I got an in-grown hair yet but I've read that in some cases, it might occur here-and-there. BelikeMike, The cost depends on many things. You can probably research your own travel cost since the cost depends on the travel date (high or low season) and your original location. The other cost would be how many grafts you need for your case (multiply that by 70 rupees). You can also get an idea of the cost of the hotel, which for my case is about 3500 rupee/ night. Food and transportation are not much compared to those 3 things. Oh, and the other cost factor is currency exchange rate. If you know how many grafts you are planning to plant, you can PM me your location and I can probably give you an idea of how much you'll probably spend with Dr. Bhatti.

Jayukdht, It was a good price because it's a pretty nice hotel. The hotel staff were extremely friendly. The price also includes free breakfast and wifi. Are you planning to get HT from Dr. Bhatti also? When?

Arrived in the US today. Washed hair. There was something that I didn't realize or read anywhere before: I thought the swelling from pain injection fluid would just go away but it didn't. It now goes down around the eyes and to the cheeks. I now have puffy eyes and cheeks.

Not much has changed on Day 3 except that Dr. Bhatti's staff washed my hair. Jayukdht, The discount (as well as the luxury and service tax) was already included in the price. I just looked at my bill and the charge is ~Rs.3100/ night. When I reserved the room, the quote was for ~Rs.3600 but it was for a bigger room.

Yesterday was the second day after my HT procedure. It was a good day for me since I got to rest the whole day and could catch up with work. Also, the gauze was taken out of my donor area. The only problem was that my hair was dirty/ sticky since it had not been washed for 3 days. Most people that do hair transplant shave their head so there's little need to wash the hair but I'm keeping it long. My hair is the oily type and added with blood from the procedure, which hadn't been cleaned, I didn't feel comfortable. I asked Dr. Bhatti if I could wash my hair on the third day and he mentioned that it would be better if his staff washed my hair just to be safe. Below is my picture after 2 days. Not much change from yesterday. By the way, I asked Dr. Bhatti on jayukdht's question regarding graft placement by his staff. Below is his answer. ---------------- Hair transplant is such a tedious and long procedure that if the surgeon were to do the hair transplant himself, very little hair would grow! Be aware that all hair taken out has to be in the recipient holes within 6 hours. My assistants have been with me so long that I suspect they do the job of plantation now better than me. The test of their excellence is good hair growth in all my clients. As for my work, I do the following- 1. Counseling 2. Hairline design and photography 3. Trimming of hair 4. Counseling is repeated in the OR 5. Mixing of anesthesia drugs and loading syringes 6. Injection of anesthesia int he donor area 7. Chatting with the patient and cracking jokes all the time! 8. Test grafting 9. Harvesting of grafts 10. Redrawing the hairline and discussing with the patient one last time 11. Anesthetising the hairline 12. Slit making- slit holes are made in the proper direction that is natural 13. Briefing the planters about where 1s, 2s, and 3s will go. 13. Supervision of plantation process 14. Dressing of the donor area 15. Explaining to the patient the care for the evening, night and early morning 16. I am available all night to the patient on the helpline number which I give to the patient.

Jayukdht, Depends on the room that you choose. I haven't checked out of the hotel yet but I think the quote was between Rs.3100 - $3800 per-night after hotel taxes, etc.

Jayukdht, I PMed you the information. LondonHTseeker, You wouldn't go wrong with him. He and his staff are such nice people. They would make you comfortable during the procedure and the reported results from his procedures have all been positive.