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The idea is to. Avoid rubbing and anything sticking to grafts. A high hat or cap that has clearance is fine.

I've had several FUT procedures and have never gone through this...so not sure I agree with your doctor saying FuT takes better on first procedure. I would absolutely be evaluated by a 2nd or 3rd doctor.

Shampoos and conditioners don't penetrate skin, reach follicle and allow it to receive more blood in order to be healthier and produce better hair. So find a shampoo that gives your hair more volume...and you don't have to spend much money on them. In order to improve follicle health, you May consider propecia, minoxidil and/or laser hair. These are FdA approved to help with hair therapy.

Absolutely not! Not all doctors may elect to be part of the coalition but still deliver great results. Do your own research and make sure your choice is a Dr that is a specialist in hair restoration and has great before and after pictures. Take your time and do you research.

At 24 days post op, you'd have to dig out a new graft. Seems like you had an ingrown hair. This creates a pimple that can be sensitive to the touch. Did you see the entire root come out? You'll probably be ok. But even if you lost it, i know we want the maximum result, but one graft won't make a big difference in your overall result. Best of luck!

As long as the hat doesn't rub the transplanted area, you can wear the hat.

Any responsible/organized clinic should be correctly prepared to offer this service to everyone! Precautions should always be taken, no matter the patient....

Usually, plastic wrap will be applied after a healing session in order to maintain the area moist. However, this is usually recommended to be removed after about an hour when patient gets home from surgery. Then it's important to spray often and keep area moist...but also to not cover any longer......

Enon, Whenever a patient loses a good amount of weight, nutrition is compromised and can cause hair thinning. It's very important when someone loses weight to maintain a good level of nutrition with supplements. Do you also have any history of hair loss 3 generations back?? If not, then it might just be due to your diet. You should meet with a hair specialist to guide you in getting your hair back. Best of luck!

Seany, I'd like to mention a couple of things, with all due respect. I'm against any kind of price abuse doctors may charge patients, however two points I'd like to make. First, COSMETIC SURGERY and second, who are you to set the rates you've set?? At $3 a graft, it's a very fair price in the INDUSTRY...which is what set prices. If you try and pay $4000, as you came up with to be a FAIR PRICE, you're going to be lurking in dangerous waters!!! Give Bosley a call and get a quote from them. I'm sure you'll think differently about $7500 being too expensive for 2500 grafts. As far as a specialist, I do recommend you take your time and decide on the right hair transplant specialist. This will make a huge difference in results. Best of luck!

Mirror, Have you been through consultations with hair specialist yet?

Mirror, Have you been through consultations with hair specialist yet?

nervous510, I'm sorry to hear about your bad experience. Unfortunately, way too many patients go through this. I think you have a few options: 1. Count your losses and move on. If you have to hire an attorney and spend more time and money, you might be digging yourself in a deeper hole. Instead, invest that money with a great surgeon to repair/improve your results. 2. Take the doctor to small claims court. I believe the maximum you can get reimbursed, IF you win the case, is $5000. You will have to build your own case, which takes time...but it's still an option if you're willing to do the work. The doctor might even settle out of court considering the time he'll have to invest in going to court, etc....so this might be a viable option for you. 3. If you fail to win with the above options, you always have the right to share your story as long as you don't personally attack the doctor. This might be the best option, considering the chances of being reimbursed any money is minimum. At least sharing your story will protect others from the doctor who wronged you. Best of luck!

Oversplitting grafts does cause damage, therefore affects results. It is best to leave grafts in their natural state and transplant as such in order to get a higher rate of them taking. One thing is for a doctor to split several grafts if they didn't harvest enough singles needed...another thing is a doctor selling 2000 grafts....but harvesting 1500 and oversplitting the rest to reach 2000....this is called ripping patients off...and unfortunately it happens too often in the industry. This is when you read posts in this blog of patients saying "I had 2000 grafts transplanted but it seems only 700 grew."

Curly gives more coverage than straight....thick gives more density than thin....light hair matches scalp on white patients...therefore they blend more...giving illusion of more hair compared to dark hair and light scalp....you can see thinning more....

Partially yes...other factors, such as curly vs. straight hair, thin vs. thick and dark vs. light also play a role in the number of grafts needed.

Hey Slugger, You need to look at hair restoration as a process..not a one time shot and you're done. Since you're only 38 years old and will continue to lose more hair, whether aggressively or slowly, it will behoov you to implement a 2 prong approach: first getting started on medical therapy to slow down your hair loss process. Your options are Propecia (Finasteride) and Minoxidil have show to be the most effective. Some patients also throw in laser therapy in the mix. Second is hair transplantion, which basically involves moving healthy follicles from the donor area to where ever you are losing hair. These follicles will last and produce hair for the rest of your life, just like they now do in the donor area. So therapy is to slow down and avoid future loss, while hair transplantation is to add where you've lost. This is the best combo to be successful down this path. Also, it's important to mention that you may not be a one shot you're done patient...meaning you may have to do more than one surgery as time goes by. This is because therapy is not 100% effective, although very important to slow down the hair loss process. Make sure you do your homework. Select a hair transplant surgeon that is a specialist and doesn't just do hair transplantation as one of his many services. Make sure they are a specialist, and even then, check their reviews and such. Hope this helps! Best of luck!!!

I'd recommend seeing 1-2 other hair specialists. This will give you a balanced set of opinions. I'm always fearful of going back to the same surgeon who did not deliver a successful procedure the first time. I wouldn't see other doctors with another surgery in mind, just yet. I would go to them for different angles of what happened. You need to know this in order to know which direction to move forward. Best of luck!

Many factors are involved. If it's a young patient with limited loss with excellent donor....let's do FUE so he can wear his hair as short as he wants. If it's a 25 year old patient with aggressive hair loss, we'd recommend FUT to get him as close to his coverage and density goal and then can finish up with FUE, especially to improve the scar if need be. The latter may have to leave his hair longer in the donor area, but he'll achieve his goal quicker, protecting donor better for future surgeries, not to mention saving a ton of money if it's a patient that has to do several surgeries (money may not be the most important factor, but important non the less).

"If you need so much hair that you need to harvest more than that, then yes I can see how a FUT + FUE combo can come into play." By Rootz This is the point we've been trying to make all along. ....and If the linear line is handled by a knowledgable surgeon, with an FUE touch up on the scar there shouldn't be a problem.

....a young person with an already NW5 pattern, even with thick donor, is taking a chance considering the number of FUE cases and scarring all over donor he will have to go through. Every case is different, just as there are unethical doctors who don't care versus those who will push a patient out the door who only wants FUE but isn't a candidate..... Every case is different......but handled professionally and ethically. However, when there FUE equipment companies promoting the FUE method as if it's the only way to go and everyone is a candidate and no scarring and back to work the next day.....not right!

Questionmark, Your question has been answered in previous posts. A very young patient with an aggressive hair loss pattern may not be the best patient for FUE. Considering the amount of loss, I'll take more FUE surgeries to cover that area and a wider area of the donor is now being encroached upon, which can create a difused look in the donor area for these patients. I've seen many young patients with aggressive hair loss ask for FUE and FUE only...and we've let them leave rather than take them down a path that will not help them achieve their goals and also create more problems for them. Every case is different....therefore....generalizing is not a good thing when it comes to the HT industry.

....and for the record....the doctors I've represented do both method: FUE and FUT. So for s2thoudriver to say I only guide patients down the FUT path is bologne, otherwise known as rubish!! As far as Rootz, you can harvest more donor with the FUT without difusing the donor area than using the FUE method. You'll be left with a linear scar that can later be improved upon if need be. The rest of the donor area is untouched. FUE will leave dots, or areas with no hair, which can create a difused look. From my experience, FUE is excellent for smaller cases of patient with non aggressive hair loss patterns. I'm sure there's a gray area within both FUE and FUT of those than are candidates of not, but to generalize FUT being a thing of the past and FUE being for everyone is not accurate. And Yes, obviously, this all depends on the ethical nature and experience of the surgeon. That's a given!

I can accept the fact that a patient is happy he/she had an excellent result with FUE, HOWEVER, to come on a forum and make this kind of statement, where so many people searching for help in order to make a decision whether to move forward with HT and which method to use, is irresponsible. It's great to be excited about one's experience and results...but it's important to relax and find balance by informing ourselves correctly about the industry as a whole.

s2thoudriver, What experience do you have in the industry? If you're a patient and had a successful FUE surgery, congratulations! OR maybe you represent a doctor that only does FUE??? Being part of the FUE cheerleading squad with pom poms and all can misguide other patients that might not be as good FUE candidates. So to say FUE is for everyone and FUT is a thing of the past, this statement alone shows your inexperience and/or overzealous nature. Since you're not listening to me, maybe you'll listen to jotronic... There is evidence already of patients having had a few FUE surgeries whose donor area are diminished and difused. This is evidence that the ISHRS and professionals in the industry are starting to be concerned with. I'm not sharing my opinion just because it's something I think...there's actual based evidence of this occurring already.