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thanks, hopefully some updated crown pics soon

some immediate post ops for you, im sure Dr Bloxham has some better ones

So i just wanted to update everyone on this post. I had the Surgery on Sept 15th 2017 with Dr Bloxham. I couldnt be any more thrilled with him and his staff, everything went exceptional and communication was as good as can be. My original pics are in the first post of this thread, the pictures im uploading here are at 5.5 months in (although my hair pretty much looked like this at 4 months as well. This was an FUT i think 1400 crown 1400 hairline if im not mistaken. Any questions let me know

A sound approach. This is FUT I take it?

Correct. Fut

Believe me, my neck gets worse than that between cuts!

 

So are you having the crown or hairline treated? Or both?

 

Congrats on coming to a decision. Dr Bloxham is great and I look forward to seeing your progress.

Lol I hear you there. Yes both. Dr Bloxham is estimating close to 1500 the hairline and 1500 more placed strategically in the crown

thanks for words, ill definitely share it here!

awesome...dont worry ill keep the thread alive when the time comes

good to hear! he seems great, looking forward to the end of summer

Ill try to keep up to date with this thread as much as i can. Ive had crown loss for a few years but it never bothered me to the point of a transplant...but now that i see my hairline going i figured it was time. It bothers me more than anything. We've been consulting over email for months. Between our correspondence and the contributions and videos hes made here i feel this is the right decision My only issue and worry is the hairline loss especially in the front seems like its progressing by the week, its definitely not stabilized, but i know ill probably have more than 1 surgery anyway.

Pics are attached, dont laugh at my tail, havent had a haircut in 2 weeks

Age: 34 in June

Father Norwood 6/7

Finasteride for 2-3 years. (1.5 proscar)

Obviously the way i style my hair i can mask most of the hairline (for now)

Yeah same, but i was told brand name might help because of the way the active ingredients are. im gonna try to call again tomorrow, i want 100% of the effect if i can get it

Yeah, if your doing fin on the 5mg, I'd stay with it. If your going to pay, it should be for name brand.

exactly, maybe i should call dermo and tell them to fix it, itll probably be more than 75 a month though

im taking generic 5mg finasteride (proscar), yeah its like 9 bucks for 90 pills with insurance.

now today i got merck sent to the pharmacy and they called and said 75 for 30 pills and it wasnt even merck it was generic propecia 1mg

IVe been cutting 5mg generic proscar into 1.25 for years but i was advised by a couple people to take the real merck propecia 1mg instead.

I went to the dermo and they sent it to my pharmacy and it was $75 for 1 month and it wasnt even merck it was accord pharmacies?? What should i do? I was paying 5 bucks for the 5mg finasteride so im not going to pay 75 for another generic 1mg

Thanks

Wow. Heap of information there... I figured same active ingredient is the same thing... I'll call Dermo tomorrow to have the med changed to brand name Propecia..... As for the hairline.. It's definitely taking some kind of hit but I agree the crown is worse.... Thanks for all the great information and comments

Oh absolutely, i will address both the first time, i was just saying the crown is what made me take this route

thanks for the advice!

1600 is only enough to address the hairline, and that is with transplanting above the lowest hair that is almost gone, but putting in a stabilizing barrier and really drawing the line. The hairline looks pretty good and doesn't like it needs a heck of a lot of work.

 

3000 would allow you to go into your upper crown.

 

If it were me and I was just doing the hairline, I would go FUE. If you go into the crown, you need to do plenty of research in the pros and cons and work from there.

thanks a lot, the main purpose of why i started this journey is because of the crown, i can deal with the hairline (for now) since i can mask some of it with my other hair

Many doctors doing large cases on a patient who has a virgin donor supply prefer and advise starting your transplant journey by way of FUT, especially if you don't wear very short cropped hair styles.

 

The thinking behind this is to maximize and preserve as much donor for the future as possible.

 

Once someone begins the transplant journey they only have a finite donor supply to work with, so planning ahead is crucial.

 

FUT is the best way to preserve donor hair for future procedures in most medical opinions.

 

Many practices advise doing FUT until the scalp no longer can, usually two to three procedures, then using FUE once FUT is no longer a viable option or only a small number of grafts are needed.

 

If you're going to go with the 3,000 graft recommendation, FUT is probably the smartest path since you're relatively youthful and stand to likely lose some more hair down the road.

 

I also advise not to be regionally pigeonholed, although a couple of fine doctors to practice in your vicinity, branching out across the US or even into Canada to find a doctor that suits your needs is advisable.

 

I traveled from Texas to Oregon for multiple procedures, and the trek (minus one instance with the TSA) was well worth it and mostly hassle free.

thanks for all the info, i was going to travel but it seems like its going to cost me between 9-13k regardless unless i go overseas

i just posted 3 more pics of hairline to show it only looks solid because of my hairstyle (i think)

No Feller and Bloxham said 3000 between the hairline AND the crown

Id like to get this done in the NJ, PA, NYC area

im 33 and been taking generic proscar finasteride for a few years 5mg split into 1.25

pics are attached

Ive spoken to Dorin he says 1600 FUE then back again for more down the road

Same with Dr Frank, same with Dr Feinberg.

Dr Feller and Bloxham say 3000 FUT between crown and hairline and back for more grafts for future surgeries

So confused on what to do lol

im going in for a consult next week, i have around 1600 grafts needed, half in hairline half in crown....I know hes featured on here but i cant find any direct experiences

Thanks

looks like ill continue my search to find someone, cant believe no recommended docs in philly

thanks so much for all that info, i definitely will try to dig deeper into this rather than go to this dr to get it done

good thing i posted here

Red flags:

 

- Unknown (at least to me) doctor

- "Event" aka discount price.

- Neograft .

 

Do yourself a favour and don't go with this doctor! You're going to have to travel, if not worldwide then at least within the states. Use the search functions on here to find a few recommended doctors and critique their results. Narrow it down to 3 or 4 and arrange to visit them.

 

As far as grafts go I think 1500-2000 should be enough depending on the quality of existing hairs, especially behind the hairline.

Thanks for the response

I mean i live 30mins from philly and 50mins from NYC so it cant be that hard to find someone, i just heard good things about this guy

This guy had good reviews and was 20minutes away so i gave it a shot

i guess if they use yearly discount events and call it neograft its no good?

33 years old, noticed loss at 29..Been on finasteride 1mg for 4 years, hair loss has slowed down a lot but i figured im ready to take the plunge, i went to dr hamawy in princeton nj and i got the price of $9350 WITH PRP included for a 1500 graft FUE (some on crown and some on hairline in front, PRP would take care of the thinness). He said i might not need 1500 total but that was his guess, any other docs closeby with a cheaper price? I feel like 9500 is a lot for my loss...

thanks for any input on this

ive attached pics of my hair and his estimate