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Hi All, I had an FUT procedure done and had a couple glasses of wine ~54 hours post op, then got fairly drunk ~72 hours post op. Obviously I shouldn't have done that, but it happened, and now I'm curious if anyone knows if my transplant will be okay? Grafts still look good and I didn't do anything like bump my head. Thanks for input!

Thank you for the reply. Yes, good point on answering my own question. The rep said that Rahal would not have her performing HT unless she was doing them equally as well. I understand Rahal had to beat the learning curve over years of performing surgeries and Dr. Ross could have been bestowed best practice techniques quickly by him, but I'm still under the impression that aside from technique, there is an artistic side to forming the hairlines that can't be as easily taught and likely takes years of experience to get right. Hopefully someone has experience with her and can chime in!

Hi Guys, Long time lurker, finally going to take the plunge and get a transplant next month. 26 y/o with a norwood II-III recommended a range of 1800-3000 grafts depending on the 7 clinics I consulted with (all virtual consultations so harder to evaluate me which explains the range). H&W and Rahal have claimed they can fill in the temples of my hairline enough to where I wouldn't need a second in the same area for satisfying density (H&W recommended 2500-3000 while Rahal recommended ~2000). Ideally, I want to be able to cut my hair to a guard 6 or 7 without the temple region being noticeably thinner. Only these two clinics claimed they can make that happen (50-60 grafts/cm^2). Everyone else was in the 35-45graft/cm^2 range, and claimed higher grafts would lead to graft death as there wouldn't be enough neovascularization to sustain 50+ grafts/cm^2. Those clinics also claimed that it would look unnatural to provide that much density in one session. QUESTION 1) Has anyone here had a similar case of no hair in the temples, with results from any clinic, and especially H&W or Rahal that were good enough to standalone without a second transplant? QUESTION 2) Does anyone have information or experience with Dr. Ross from Dr. Rahal's clinic? She has been working there full time for 1 year performing hair transplants, but has been doing hair transplants for a few years (according to the rep at Rahal). The rep claims her and Rahal's results are equal and that I wouldn't be able to distinguish them a part. This is apparently because Rahal has her using his methodology to transplanting hair. QUESTION 3) Does anyone have advice on whether I should continue to consider undergoing the procedure with Dr. Ross given that she's a bit of an unknown? QUESTION 4) Rahal rep claims his FUE and FUT results are equally as good. No other clinic has claimed this. Anyone here have an opinion on this? Assuming I had to get another HT down the road, would it be better to get FUE with Rahal (assuming equal results as claimed) or FUT the first time? Thanks for reading and answering!!!

Ok thanks a lot guys, I appreciate the feedback. I will take your advice. Has anyone looked into Keratene Retard as a substitute for propecia? The research I've done on it makes it look pretty promising as a replacement.

Hey guys, I am 23 and have hair loss. I would love to hear suggestions and tell me how bad it looks to this point. I have been on rogaine for about 3-4 weeks. Since use, I have noticed more peach fuzz hair in the temporal area. The close up of the right side shows a very blonde line of hair. That has always been there, but my hairline never came up to it. Around that line, there has been an increase of blonde hair a little longer than peach fuzz. Please see the pictures for my hairline. The right side has a cowlick and has always been worse/uneven. My hairline has been roughly the same as you see in the pictures for the past 2 years. Prior to that I never noticed it or paid attention, but would assume it was better, otherwise I probably would have noticed it. The dermotologist wasn't 100% it was MPB, but based on my father having a very receded hairline, and all of his brothers being bald, she assumed it to be the case. All other relatives have full heads of hair. I took propecia for 3-4 months but had a loss of libido so stopped 6 weeks ago. Doctor said it could take up to 8 weeks to get my libido back. Currently it is not very strong. Any suggestions or thoughts?