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@BeHappy @secondtryuser @SeanToman @jjalay thank you all for sharing your thoughts and making me feel better!

Hey all - just a quick question. I've just had my second FUE so you'd think I'd be an old pro. I'm 10 days ost-op, but last night (night of the 9th day post op) I went to bed as normal, put my head in the travel pillow like I have for the last 9 nights....woke up in the morning, the travel pillow was at the bottom of my bed (no idea how!) and my pillow has a fair few hairs and dried scabs on it! I'm sure the scabs are old ones from the surgery. No new blood is on my scalp and nor is there any blood stains on the pillow, so it must have just been the friction of turning my head while I slept and some scabs and hairs came out. Do you think I've done any harm? My doc said they should be coming out now anyway through showering, but I got the impression he just told me what I wanted to hear and replied quickly. What do you guys think? Do you think, like my doc said, I just got rid of what needed to get rid of (I've read a lot on this forum about the 10th day being the day when you can let out a big sigh of relief for knowing your grafts are secure)? Or do you think it could have been harmful? I've no idea how hard/fast I turn my head in my sleep! Any thoughts greatly appreciated!

Thanks Westview

Thanks very much gettingfue and Khokhar, does anyone have any other thoughts or is this generally the consensus?

Hi everyone, I've been searching for a while and apart from the odd video on youtube, and the odd research paper saying that beard hair makes the best transplant donor (except for scalp), I haven't found much else on this topic. I'm particularly interested in surgeons known for successful results at this. I've come across Dr Umar in Manhattan Beach, California. Does anyone know of any other good surgeons? Thanks

Hi everyone, I have recently swapped from branded propecia to generic fin. This reputable UK pharmacy website reassured me: https://onlinedoctor.lloydspharmacy.com/uk/hair-loss/finasteride However, I have read on this forum that generic fin is ineffective. Does anyone have research or anecdotes to back this up or to suggest that this isn't the case? I'd love to hear everything for and against this! Thanks.

Everything will be fine, don't worry. You're anxiety is something every person who's had a HT can relate to.

Mike Thurston, the youtube guy mentioned in the original post, is going to ruin is HT. I follow him on instagram and he's currently in Dubai with no hat on, lifting hard in the gym, sky diving, swimming in the sea. And his HT was done about 2 weeks ago. Will be interesting to see how this one works out. Maybe a case study for those worried about sun damage!

Isn't this all supporting the idea that race is cultural not biological? Language (therefore culture) as a signifier of race. Nationality (political man-made artefacts) as a signifier of race e.g. Thai, Danish. The abundant diversity of DNA, presumably within races and between them (meaning that there is essentially just this one human race that is heterogenous, rather than all these distinct sub categories). Seems to me, despite being rubbished, GettingFue was edging in the right direction.

The only way to resolve this is to speak professional help, but I'm prone to acne as an adult and have been taking treatment for it for about 20 years. When I got on fin I didn't notice any changes. Good luck man!

I'm inclined to think this study vindicates gettingFUE with the very idea that there are 24 ethnic groups! I agree there is a lot of pseudo-science when it comes to categorising the (one) human race up into lots of little sub categories. I mean, really, 24 races?! Science is itself often influenced and/or motivated by politics of the day - there are many examples were science has been used to justify something that later proved to be wrong.

Cheers guys

Thanks for your clarification guys. I know it was an irrational question. I was trying to understand the logic behind advising against clipping the donor with an electric razor. I couldn't understand what impact this would have on the effect of the transplant. I applied this preventative measure to the face as well as the donor. That was my thinking!

I know it seems crazy, but I'm talking about specifically shaving your face with an electric razor. Like, if clippering away from the recipient (on the donor area), is to be avoided post op, why?

I think people misunderstood my question. I'm not talking about shaving the recipient. I'm talking about shaving your face (beard area). Can this have an impact on the recipient?