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You're right, I am playing the fool. Sorry. I will just have to bide my time. -
What my hair looked like a while back.
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I asked Dr. Prasert about the gap between my native hair and graft site... this is what he said: "It will improve after 2-3 months but you will see the gap about 1-1.5 mm. between them." I asked Dr. Prasert about why there are no photos on Yanhee's official site of hair transplant patients... this is what he said: "I take no photos on the Yanhee officeial website because of medical legal privacy in thailand. I have photos only in my office."
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I know that. But tell me, what exactly is so off-putting about my hair transplant thus far? Is it the hairline alone, or is it the placement of the grafts. For what the directions of the hairs are concerned, the grafts are pretty much identical to that of my native hair, believe it or not. Some hairs sway to the left or right, while others straight forward naturally. If it is the hairline that bothers people (besides my age) on this forum so much, then I can live with that. I'm just getting a little fed up with the "constructive criticism". Please accept my apologies for this. But I spend my days worrying about: "what if they're right... what if it all will falter and ultimately fail in the end?" I'm sure the newly-transplanted hairs will grow, as 100-200 already are, as we speak. Is that by the way normal, so many hairs this early? Or is it rather few hairs? My thanks!
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"Dr. Prasert is one of the colleagues in the field of HAIR RESTORATION SURGERY at Yanhee General Hospital. He was invited by Yanhee General Hospital, which is well-known and famous for Plastic Surgery both in Thailand and in many foreign countries, as a Hair Restoration Specialist in Hair Clinic Section. Nowadays, he uses "open and see" technique to direct visualize of hair follicle during harvesting procedure in order to maximize and preserve donor grafts as many as possible and then uses Binocular Stereoscopic Dissecting microscope to prepare Follicular unit grafts which is the most modest and recommended standard technique by many hair transplant surgeons for Follicular unit Transplantation to yield natural results . His team also includes 8 technicians and Nurses, which are well trained in Japan."
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More photos.
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Perchance this is what many a veteran-member are speaking of, in regards to my hair? Is it the angle the hairs have been implanted, the fact that they stand rather upwards/outwards, instead of lying in a more downward-like motion? Some of the hairs on my head stand almost straight up, while others do not. As far as I'm concerned, most of the hairs were transplanted in accordance with how the rest of my hair grows, when it comes to direction. What exactly are they all referring to? Surely the hair will grow, that I am certain of, since I've already this early in have been seeing quite some spurt of hair. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Does Surgeon Determine Angle of Hair In Hair Transplant? Posted by Robert M. Bernstein M.D. on July 1st, 2013 Q: I notice that some patients end up with hair that seems to stand straight up while others have hair that flows to one side or the other. Does the angle at which you place the follicles in the scalp ultimately determine how the hair will lie? Is there some artistic talent needed when placing these follicles so that patients end up with hair that lies flat or sticks straight up? What determines this? Do we have control over it? A: Great question. You are correct, the angle of the recipient sites largely determines the hair direction. Hair should be planted the way it grows (i.e., in a forward and horizontal direction at the frontal hairline.) It is extremely important that it is transplanted that way to look natural. The body will alter the angle a bit as it heals, usually elevating it slightly and re-creating any prior wave (yes, waves are determined by the scalp, rather than by the hair follicles per se). In a properly performed hair transplant, a straight-up appearance should be due to grooming, it should not have been a result of the actual procedure. Hair should never be transplanted perpendicular to the scalp. I discussed these important concepts way back in my 1997 paper “The Aesthetics of Follicular Transplantation“.
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I for one hope they're all mistaken. Perhaps the odds are not as of now (by the looks of it) in my favour, but how I see it myself, things do not look so dark. Time is a real pain, at times.
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Thanks for taking the time to comment on my thread. Yes, I know, I've heard this plenty of times by now. But again, please do not wholeheartedly judge the final outcome now. I've just passed my second month, mind you. There's literally a good year (12-18 months in total) left, of course it looks "half-assed" and undone now. Come back in 10 months time, then we can all ajudge whether it was such a tremendous mistake or not. Hope for the best, expect the worse. To me the directions of the hairs looks fine. I am planning on slicking my hair back. As long as the hairs grow and the density is a bit above decent, then I think I'll be alright - but of course this I cannot know for certain.
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Could I send you the photo via e-mail, then the quality won't degrade, and you can as well zoom in on the picture without it getting blurry. 2 months and 5 days. I am seeing growth, but I probably won't be seeing anything significant before month 4, or some such. Can I PM you?
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A few different ones...
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New hairs are starting to surface, though very few in the grand scheme of things.
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Aye, you are right. I will still keep updating the community though, if there is any interest for me doing so. Thanks for sticking with me, I appreciate it. Pray the outcome may please me, heh.
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Mentally per today, I am feeling tranquil yet anxious, of course. I really hope this all works out. I feel as though I did something right for myself, yet I erred. To me it looks fine, but that is only through the eyes of a novice. Yes, "if need be", I take it can in fact be corrected, but again I hope it will not come to that. Maybe, maybe not. You have my thanks for your support and encouraging words. Godspeed!
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You're right. I did rush into this, out of desperation and sadness of how it made me look. I did research, but not ample enough it seems. I don't know... the hair transplant surgeon and his team answered all I asked, and made me feel at home and comfortable, not rushing me in and out. He still follows up my every question.
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Unnatural is one thing, but sparse I agree with. Which photos are you referring to? If you are referring to the one's right after surgery, then those were taken with a horrible low-quality web-cam, hence the vagueness and probably unnaturaleness.
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I fell headlong whilst skiing and hit my head, and presumably lost my last bit of reasoning. I also hit the area where the grafts are. The surrounding skin around two of my hairs turned red, but did not start bleeding. Is there a possibility they may have suffered from the hit? Thanks.
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I'm not sure. He might have done it, but it should have grown back to normal overall length by now I think. I have had my hair cut twice all-over since my hair transplant. Mayhap it be shockloss or some such... I have at least some shockloss other places.
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I see. Thanks for clearing that up. And yes, I hope I won't have to go back for another one, as I would see no reason to, considering I had a whole 3500 hairs transplanted in a relatively small area.
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It would be nice if everyone could just stop basing their judgement when I am only at my second month, the ugly phase. By the Gods, I understand your reluctance and bitterness, but what is done is done. Please come back in another 4 months, and then perhaps... nonetheless, thanks for taking your time to partake in my thread.
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Why are the hairs in the graft-site growing in many different directions? Because the normal hairs grow in the different direction, not all are parallel. When you transplanted the hairs, did you transplant them in 1's, 2s or 3s, or all? Yes, in the first few rows, I transplant with single hair grafts after that I use 2-3 hairs grafts in combination. Are you sure it will end up looking normal? Yes, but you will see when you leave long hair style, the only thing that is they still look a bit thinner than normal because this is the first operation. Dr. Prasert Seesillapachai
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Thank you very much! I'll just have to wait for now.
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I think the reason as to why the distance between the hairs are so great, is because most of the hairs now have already shed, leaving a strange and abnormal appearance. Right after the hair transplant, the hairs were transplanted (the red marks) quite close together, inasmuch I could see.
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I see. Let's hope for the best, and expect the worse...
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I know you wish me well, but you speak as though as my hair transplant is a true disaster and will never work out. Do you honestly think there is no hope for my hair transplant?
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