Dan5249

On contrary on my last HT, by day 5-6 the clinic did aggressively remove my scabs by rough shampooing and I also had early growth an a great result. Seems like either way doesn't make a huge difference.

Hey guys-- It's been a long time since I posted here, I apologize. However I heard that my lack of response might have sparked some negative ideas so I thought I would drop a line in this thread. As you can all see my growth was going great, however, with the great growth I continued to recede behind the line of which the transplant was done and therfore 2 years into it, with a great hair line that Dr. Maras made me, the overall look of my hair was not very good and therefore I stopped posting. I must say that the growth from this specific operation was great and I was so happy with the results that I returned two weeks ago to do a second operation at HDC, an addtional 1000 grafts were placed behind my hairline. I will keep everyone posted with the final results.

No blood involved, thanks guy, sometimes in this industry even though you know it's okay you need the reassurance.

Hey guys, I am 6 days after transplant and began to shampoo my head a bit rougher to get out the scabbing. I have noticed a lot of white follicles come out (not with hairs, just white follicles) Is this normal?

If your 2 months looks like mine AND we have the same name; I don't see any reason why it shouldnt Quick tip, try to forget about it and not occupy yourself all day with it! The first month didnt move, bu I swear, I feel like I got my transplant 2 weeks ago and its been 4 months! Time flies.

Hey guys, sorry for the delay I have been SUPER busy with work. I am now just about 4 months in with some nice growth going on, if this is really 25% as it's supposed to be at 4 months, I should be expecting some amazing results. Feedback?

Hey, Sorry have been very busy with work lately! I am 2 months + 1 week post op. Have been seeing the same growth as mentioned before, not sure if it has improved or the hairs just got longer and gave the illusion that theres more hair. Either way, waiting a few more weeks to start seeing the serious growth begin. Time flies!!! Sorry for the crappy pictures. No camera.

Hey so I am just about 2 months post op and I seem to have a lot of early growth... but just on one side. Has anyone experienced this. One side looks bare, not one hair on the hairline, and the other side is growing nice. Thoughts? Growth: Bald: THANKS!

Just about on the 1 1/2 Month mark. Not much has changed since the 1 month, the shock loss in recipient area has calmed a bit. The transplanted hairs that were growing continues to grow, and now I have a few single hairs just sticking out on my new hairline. Overall, I experienced quiet a bit of shock loss in recipient area and am now in a very ugly ducking phase. Will have better pictures on the 2 month update. Comments?

Thanks for the reassurance. I would say about 5-10% of the implanted hairs are still there, some are not growing and some seem to have grown since the implant. Kind of hard to cover up properly, have already had some people point out that my forehead is pink, and someone even saw the stubby hairs on my forehead and attributed it to a bad haircut? Hopefully soon either the rest will shed or more will grow. Ugly duckling in full force :cool:

Here a few more pics... 1 month, Thoughts?

Sorry guys I was away for two weeks. Quick update: I am just a few days past my 1 month mark. I would say that about 85-90% of the transplanted hairs have shed. I had about a week that a lot of the hairs shed all of the sudden, but now I maybe see 1-2 hairs shed every time I shower. I also see like small parts of hairs like piece of black hair but too short to be a whole transplanted hair, not sure what these are. Most of the hairs that have not shed have not grown either, so I assume that they will also shed at some point. I have been having some serious shock loss behind the recipient area that has yet to settle or slow down. I plan on starting Rogaine in the next few days (once a day) and see how that goes. My hair is a mess I just got off a longgg few flights, but... Heres a quick picture, will post more tomorrow: Ugly duckling phase: begin.

It's coming up, I started shedding right about this time :0

So it's been 2 weeks since my HT at HDC, I haven't lost any grafts (I assume since I did not experience any bleeding in the recipient area) and my grafts are starting to shed. According to all the research my grafts are now "secure." So now my question; what will, or has already affected my graft survival rate? And is there anything I can do now that will harm my grafts? Please don't say smoking or drinking alcohol as there is no proof that this affects the grafts... Thank you!