Petro_P

Am happy to answer any questions. As this forum has given me so much.

2008 look. before any ht. in total i had +/- 5000 grafts with Dr. Rahal over two procedures spaning four years now.

closer look. and I give Dr. Rahal 10 out 10.

so far am happy with the results. no products in hair in pics.

@ oceanchild and lukeyb1687 , thanks guys

Things are strating to look better, looking forward for 12 months results before i give my final verdict.

things are looking better.

Amazing results ! Could you advise what shampoo you used after the post op ?

Thanks! but i think illusion of densiy plays a role to on those pics.

I use giovanni tea tree triple treat shampoo and cond.

Looking great!!!!

thanks

Things are starting to look good. Here are a few pic with hair combed forward with small tilte at front.

Hopefully it should start to accelerate in the next couple of months petro_p but keep us posted.

thanks, well do.

you jumped from 18 weeks, to 20 weeks in just a week? and that seems to be a quite a bit of difference in length for 1 week of growth.....

the last pic looks good though.

Dude, dont be too picky . it might be 19 or 20 i counted the weeks quickly from my windows tab calander.

thanks

I think things are starting to take shape now. I am seeing some growth and am slowly starting to care less about my hair which is a good feeling. Am up for a hair cut this week so will update with more photos then.

It does look better in these pics.

 

Gotta love those pimples, those hairs are coming.

 

Btw, how was your Rahal experience this time around compared to the first?

thanks!

the experience was nothing but excelent.

would y say that ur hair is similar to pre op at this stage?

I think it is a little a better than pre-ops. Kindly see 4 months 10 days pics below.

I have been getting pimples all over the place since 2 months post, which i think is a good sign.

I think things are progressing as planned with nothing major yet. will keep you updated.

I think by 3months i should be where i was post surgery.

I ended up having around 2300 grafts inculding around 600 touchups. Please find post op pic below.

 

Everything went great from start to finish, looking forward for the next few months. will keep you guys updated.

Corvettester, i said including so in total around 2300 for second procedure .

nothing major.

Thats a great scar Petro.. So thin. Wish mine was like that. I advice to shave your head to look better and start grow you hair after 4 months.

Thanks hariri, but that is the old scar, i hope the new one will be the same! I will cut my hair this weekend, yah i really need a haircut.

So far most of the transplanted hair has fallen, i think.

I ended up having around 2300 grafts inculding around 600 touchups. Please find post op pic below.

Everything went great from start to finish, looking forward for the next few months. will keep you guys updated.

So i saw Dr. Rahal today and we agreed on 2000+ grafts. Wish me luck guys for my surgery tomorrow as i hope it it will be my last for long a time.

Speak in few days.

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It's definitely common practice.

 

I see from your photos that you had grafts planted around native hairs during your first procedure. (This is also common practice.) Those hairs were undamaged, they grew back, but went on to be lost due to the continuation of the balding process.

Planting new grafts around existing ones is actually considered safer overall as the hairs already present come from outside of the balding area, making them stronger than hairs that are facing the effects of androgenic alopecia.

As you'll know, Dr Rahal is very careful and uses magnification, so actually causing direct harm to grafts is not something you need to worry about.

Thank you mattj, i can sleep better at night now.

The dates are within the image file names. So photos 7,8 and 9 in the sequence are from 2009.

 

As your hair was thin overall throughout the recipient area prior to surgery, without the aid of treatments a lot of it could've been lost since then. Maybe all of it. This means that you could be left with only grafted hair in this area.

Dr Rahal's recommendation of 1500 grafts will really make a difference, bringing back the density with strong hairs not undergoing miniaturization, and the result could possibly surpass the original.

 

Best of luck next week.

Thank you mattj, is it common practice to implant new grafts around old grafted hairs with out damaging either?