HairKlepto

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Another update... Hairline looks absolutely amazing. Dr. Ron is truly the master. Overall growth is decent but there is two small areas where I'm not crazy about the density. With my hair shorter it's easy to hide. Overall I'm pretty happy and don't think anyone could have done a better job than Ron Shapiro. My wife has been complimenting my new hair constantly and she is not the biggest fan of transplants but thinks it looks totally natural. Ron Shapiro did an amazing job and exceeded my expectations.

Scar seems to be looking a lot better. I think I had some shock loss around my scar and in my crown. I hear this is not very common but seemed to be the case for me. The yield is not looking so good thus far, but I'm about 4.75 months in, so I'm hoping things will kick in the next month. I have seen some growth (mostly in the very front) and the hairline shape looks a lot better than before surgery.

At 3 months now. Seeing a few sprouts but nothing major yet. I think a few hairs managed to grow right away which was nice, although I'm hoping to see some real growing starting here real soon. I can see a good improvement in the shape of the frontal hairline just from the few new hairs. My main concern right now is my scar. It looks really wide. Granted i had the previous scar removed as part of the surgery but it's definitely a lot wider than before. Hopefully it will continue to improve although at 3 months, I'm not sure it will other than the redness.

Sometimes you don't even start growth until 4-5 months. You may still get lots more growth.

Just talked to Ron and he really had great reasons for not wanting to go in for more grafts. I mis-understood his intentions and realize that it was all in my best interest. He really is a great doctor who cares about his patients. I also realize he had a lot of challenges with my previous work.

Thanks . Yeh, i even requested that he do macro and micro irregularities (knowing he would anyway), and yeh I'm probably over analyzing things a bit. Also keep in mind that a lot of the hairs have shed before I could take the photo so it doesn't totally show what I was referring to. I think it's because there were four of them and they were perfectly spaced and circular (like plugs but made out of single hairs . I know Ron is a pro and that's why I chose him. i have recommended him numerous times on here. I have a meeting with him later today and will be curious of what he thinks.

I think it's being confused that I have a problem with irregularities, whereas I think they are necessary. I'm just talking about the execution. To me the link you reference, the post-op looks fine to me. I would expect a good result based on it. The hairline is rounded and cohesive. Where as mine looks almost partially rounded with a squareness in the front. Granted some hairs have shed so it has lost some shape and there is a lot I like about the hairline, but no one has said yeh they looks totally normal... they just say it should look good once it's grown out. lol

Yes, I'm referring to the pencil tips in the very front. Also some of the hairs have sheds to they are not as pronounced. I agree they are meant to be micro-irregularities although I just think the execution looks odd to me. The rest of the irregularities along the hairline look fine to me. I would also add that perhaps it will looks good once the redness is gone and it's grown in. Although if I happened to keep my hair this short I would say it looks odd as it is now.

Matt touched base with me about my concerns and assured me of Ron's care towards his patients. He spoke with Ron and thinks there was some miscommunication perhaps regarding the extra grafts. He setup a time for Ron and I to speak. I've attached a photo although it's not totally clear as some of the hairs have shed in regards to the clusters. They may look totally normal once healed and be part of the intended artistry. On the plus side I had my staples removed at another clinic locally and the nurse said the scar looks really thin. Hopefully that continues. I looked at it in a mirror and while hard to tell it did seem thin.

I tried taking some a few mins ago but so many of the hairs have fallen out that you can't really see the section of concern much any more. I could post them if people are just curious about the work in general although again it doesn't show his real hairline since I've started shedding.

I'll try to post one later. Some of the hair in the clusters have fallen out so it looks better now then it did with all the hairs in place. Not sure how easy it would be from the photo to tell. I wish I lived closer to MN so I could have just gone back in and asked his opinion.

The end result could prove it as a part of the intended artistry. He's definitely a pro.

So finally after having to postpone the surgery once, i was able to have my surgery with Ron Shapiro for some frontal hairline work (~1500 grafts). I've had a few previous transplants and was looking to thicken up the hairline and soften it a bit. I had a hard time choosing between Ron and Victor Hasson. I chose him over Hasson (even though I liked Victor's hairlines a bit more), because he seemed to have the best combination of results and consistency/reputation. It was close overall. I have mixed feelings about the end result. As far as the experience, it went pretty smooth. The tech's were very nice and so was the admin staff (all but one of the staff members there was very warm and friendly). As far as pros, my scabs were gone in five days which seemed almost miraculous considering it normally takes me 21 days plus for all my scabs to be gone and I've had surgeries with a few different docs. The hairline looks pretty good although there are some things I don't like about it which I will mention in the cons section. Ron also placed most of the single hair grafts himself which really impressed me. He also did a nice peak on the left side with a few grafts and really made my forehead look smaller (his idea). He kept me conservative overall which was needed since I have limited donor left. He went above and beyond and lot of ways. On the cons side there are these four clusters of hairs right of the front of the hairline that look odd to me. I know it was done to create irregularities but the way they are spaced and so forth it just looks kinda weird. Maybe it will look better without the redness, but as of now my eye is drawn to it in a bad way. Some of the hairs around them have fallen out since to it's getting harder to tell day by day but I'm worried about once everything grows in. He had to work around my previous work which made it much more challenging. All in all I am happy with my decision to go with Ron. He do some major reworking of the previous damage I had from other transplants. I don't think anyone could have done a better job with it than him.

No one can truly tell you if it will be noticeable. Only a friend who is brutally honest -- that you trust -- can tell you that.