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23gulfstream

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  1. hahaha that's great. I actually heard of Glat's office thru the Bruno show. Best Sports talk show in Philly hands down!
  2. $7,700 for 1300 grafts and you have to pay in full before the procedure. I believe I actually got extra grafts during the procedure though. I remember Steve saying something over 1300, maybe 1340 or 1350 something grafts. Like I said before they back up their work. Steve offered couple hundred grafts for free if I was unhappy with the symmetry of the final hairline product. This price also includes all of your follow-up visits. Believe me Glat's office is not by any means a mass production transplant shop. They care and take good care of you there. The office basically dedicates an entire day to just you on the day of your procedure. I will put together a review of Glat's office with pictures of my progress when I get a little more time. Good luck!
  3. Glad you took the plunge. By now I'm sure you are getting almost back to normal. Once you look like you did prior to surgery all pressure is off and breathe easy knowing that you are now gaining hair as time goes on and not losing it. Take those progress pics because it will blow your mind 7 months from now. Expensive procedure yes, but hands down some of the best money I've spent. When you look good, you feel good. Enjoy.
  4. First off congrats on pulling the trigger. I'm sure by now you know what I mean by a first class operation they run over there at Dr. Glats. Regarding the blending trick, you will need some help with this from another person that knows how to cut hair and pays attention to detail. You will need all the blades on your standard Wahl home clippers. You will continue to use no blade, the #1/2 blade, #1 and the #1-1/2 blade over the next few days to keep up with the blend. Depending on what style you are rockin' right now will determine what you can do but start by taking the clippers with no blade and cut all the hair from the bottom up to the donor. Then proceed to start a blend from the top of your donor up your head maybe a 1/2" each time progressively increasing the blade size until you get to the top of your head. I was undetectable after 5 days. 7 days all white scabs and stuff were gone and I was out in public with no hat and nobody knew a thing. Be patient and try to get a fresh haircut once a month and take a picture after each haircut. 7 months from now will be the first time you actually get excited about growth. It's such a slow process even you will be tricked and have to look back at old pictures of yourself. You won't believe your eyes when you do. Hang in there it is worth it and you can always go back for touch up and more grafts if you want! Relax and enjoy.
  5. Gman, have no worries, Stephen controls everything and makes all the incisions where the grafts will be placed. His assistants simply drop the graft in the hole so-to-speak. Funny I just seen this today I actually met with Stephen this morning for my 6 month follow up. Crazy they would even consider this on a Sunday but Dr. Glats operation is first rate across the board. Stephen even told me if im unhappy with the symmetry of the final hairline i can come back and he will do a few hundred grafts for free. Get this done dude, it will be the some of the best money you will spend. Im at 6 months now and getting really excited. Stephen said I am 60% right now and the next 3 months will be much more improvement. I go back to met him again 3 months from now. Pull the trigger man, you will not be disappointed.
  6. What's up Gman. Dr. Glat's office is top notch. The gentleman performing the procedure will be Stephen Archibald and probably 2-3 of his female assistants. You most likey met with Stephen at your consultation. Stephen is a super nice guy and extremely knowledgeable as well as his assistants. Stephen has been doing this a long time and I believe performs procedures at Dr. Glat's office in Philly and also elsewhere in the country. He may have even done some celebrities but I couldn't get that out of him when we were chatting during my surgery. I had mine done on August 20th, 2013 (approx 6 months ago). I believe they did over 100 procedures that year up until mine in August and they have been doing neograft for years. My experience with them was great. I took a week vacation from work and had the procedure done on a Tuesday. I had to be under the radar for about 5 days later. You will have some itching, minor swelling around the eyes and forehead and some tenderness and itching at the donor site. All-in-all not a big deal. You will be prescribed 7.5mg pain killers to deal with the discomfort. It's not a big deal. After 5 days and some tricky blending with the home clippers nobody could tell I had anything done and I was back to work on Monday (6 days post-op) and nobody could tell. I was actually told by friends that the buzzcut on the sides looks really good and makes me look like I have more hair than I do. HAHAHA! Up until now only my mother, father, sister and girlfriend know. The only thing I will tell you is don't expect to see much at 3-4 months like they tell you. If you do, GREAT! But it's more like 5-7 months like Danny and I have experienced. 1 more thing, I'm not sure of your current situation and graft recommendation Stephen gave you but at the surgery or before the surgery ask Stephen why he shaves the donor site like he does. It's almost like the mouth of a smiley face kind of shave above 1/3 up from the bottom of the back of your head. If I had my preference I would of like to have him shave the entire back of my head perhaps up to ear level and extract the grafts from a broader area. This would make hiding the donor site easier and the overall donor area more thick than taking all the grafts from a smaller area. Ask him about this! That way you can do a 0,1,2,3 blend up your head and you will look good. Any more questions hit me up bro. My donor site is undetectable right now but that larger extraction area would definitely make blending after surgery much easier.
  7. Danny looking really good dude! Thanks for the update. You look like a completely different person now. As from my research it appears the phase you are in is the one that you really start to get excited. I myself will be 6 months 1 week from today. I am seeing slow results but nothing like you. Hopefully after 6 months I will follow your pattern! Thanks.
  8. The Dr.'s recommendations for me was 800 grafts in the front along the hairline and center and other thinner areas and then 500 or so more in the crown area. My crown area is a bit strange since I have 3 calics. Right now to the naked eye I can only see straggler hairs along the hairline and in the center. I can feel some small spikes growing in the thinner crown areas. I guess 4 months is going to be key. The suspense is killing me! hahaha!
  9. Wow man that is really coming in nicely. I am about a month behind you in progress so I am patiently waiting for these grafts to really take off. Here is 1 week Post-Op. 99% scabs gone and some grafts still very clearly visable. 3 Month Post Op. Pretty much 100% back to exactly the same way I looked before surgery.
  10. Hello Danny. I have been still researching around the net and browsing others results. We must of had a transplant around the same time. I went to Dr. Paul Glat in Philadelphia and had my surgery on August 20th 2013. Stephen Archibald actually did the procedure. He is their Neograft expert. Dr. Glats office did roughly 100 procedures this year previous to my surgery and they have been doing it for years. I've heard nothing but great stories and their office and staff is First Rate across the board. I had a little over 1300 grafts done. I think 1357 or something like that. Anyway, I kind of have the same thing going on. I have some thick small grafts that never shed and are dormant or growing very slowly. My father is a machinist and has an optivisor that magnifies things pretty significantly. I'm not exactly sure of the magnification but he can see things with it that the naked eye cannot. We have been monitoring the growths and I am told there is a great deal of baby fine hairs starting to grow. I am so excited to see the results. The only people that know are my mom, dad, sister and girlfriend. I am still trying to figure out what I am going to tell people this summer when I have a way better looking head of hair. hahaha. I would relax and let the results come. I too am very curious how you can achieve coverage with 1300 grafts consisting of 1-4 hairs per graft but from all the videos and other peoples procedures it looks like it does. This procedure is the closest thing to magic that you can get for hair loss treatments. I will see if I can get some pictures up of my 1-3 month status soon. In the meantime, just sit back and relax and be excited of the results that will come. The hard part is over and I'm sure you donor area is healed and grown in by now so just chill. I am looking forward to staying up-to-date with progress as we both move forward through this. Do you want to get excited? Watch this video I found on youtube. Simply amazing results. This guys was in way worse shape than me and only received less than 200 grafts more than me. The results are INSANE!!!!
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