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Help I'm 24 hours post HT I have just finished my first wash with cup of luke warm water and baby shampoo I'm probably freaking out too much but in recepient area around a few of the graft hairs it looks like crust or a little tiny flake or something around the hair like mid hair stem. Is this normal after a wash. I thoroughly washed shampoo out and hair is dry. Never touched anything with my fingers. Can anyone tell me if it's norm

What I think happened is that you lost non-transplanted hair, and now the transplanted hair is left sparse, you still had a lot of hair pre-op, looks like your hair loss had progressed, it's unfortunate and I hope you can get your desired result, it's important to plan your hair transplants for future hairloss to avoid these types of situations.

HTsoon look at he's pre op pics there was no native hair in the recipient area to lose

Man I think u need to chill out big time. I seen ur pics and everything looked normal. You are 2 months post HT and have completely lost the plot. Surely you done your research before having this procedure. You have to wait it out for another few months to see the results. I can't tell whether u are very young or need a physche evaluation. You obviously had a totally different idea of the procedure you were having. Even the professional footballers/actors have all had to wait 6months to a year for their result yet you are displaying a very immature impatience. I don't mean to sound harsh but relax man you haven't lost a limb in a car crash or anything in 6months you will probably be delighted with ur result

This is rather peculiar as there didn't seem to be any native hairs in ur frontal 3rd to lose to future hairloss judging by ur pre-op photos. It does appear you are lose transplanted hair but for that to happen they would have to have been taken from outside the safe zone which I don't think was an issue for you. A stab in the dark from me would be dense packing 4,000 grafts into a frontal 3rd might be a bit harsh on the scalp and also all done in one day?? U are best contact the clinic. Perhaps a more experienced member than me may shed some more light on it the possible cause. I'm disappointed for u mate

Hi i was wondering if anyone could tell me which surgeon performed Anthony Stokes' (the celtic footballer) hair transplant? Thanks

I'm pretty sure the purpose of this thread was to get opinions, as someone who's Norwood 6 and has had a hair transplant I think I'm qualified in giving my opinion, not sure what makes you more qualified have you had a hair transplant? The only hairloss that really matters is Norwood 2-4 that's the range that's still salvageable and worth saving, above that you're bald, it is not wise to risk your sexual health for a minuscule amount of hair. This is my advice as someone who's Norwood 6 and has had a hair transplant, at Norwood 6 you don't have to get on propecia as long as you plan your hair transplant wisely and you have realistic expectations. Plus minoxidil works quite well.

Again i see KO is beating the "get on fin or you are doomed" drum. I'm wondering if he works for Merck every response he has involves get on FIN

You're not thinking about this clearly. One thing matters, are you going to lose a lot more hair? If so, just imagine being bald with some transplanted hair on top. (If your pattern is not expected to advance much (say NW3 at age 55) you will probably be OK). HT's have serious limitations in what they can do, and if you're not on meds before doing an HT you're not setting yourself up to succeed. If you are afraid of meds, you will need significantly lower expectations.

 

MPB is a moving target, you are covering an area of your lawn that is losing grass with grass from another area. There is only one way this can end.

Every post that you contribute seems to involve you saying more or less "go on FIN, or forget HT" I'm wondering why you are so hell bent on forcing it down everyone's throat. just an observation. peace

I think currently he charges 6.30 euro per first 1000 grafts and 5.30 euro per graft after the first 1000...but you may be able to negotiate a small reduction on these figures depending upon size of procedure and overall cost. One thing is that his charges are competitive and reasonable including some free complimentary therapies available At current exchange rate of 72p to 73p sterling I think these prices are comparable to the standard of good clinics

Haircules could you tell us Wat he charges per graft please? Collins is €10 a graft which us shocking

Best of luck dolph you have taken the plunge

No problem man, I agree with gillenator if you want you can always do low dose every other day, but its your decision ultimately I respect your choice, I just wanted to chime in with my first hand experience since I've been in your shoes, it's been year and a half now and my hairloss hasn't really changed, been doing the dermaroller, lipogaine, nizoral, and I'll throw in RU58841 a few times a month as a DHT blocker, most important thing is to not be too aggressive, frame your face, reinforce your sides, and if you have grafts left over or if you want use body hair for the crown. You'll get s descent look I think you'll be satisfied with, will it be perfect, no far from perfect but it'll be a lot better than where you are, which is ultimately where we want to be as hairloss sufferers. I think you'll be happy based off of what you've said you have realistic expectations with careful planning it'll be a success even if you go balder down the line, how and where you place your grafts should make it so it'll look like natural progression of hairloss.

Appreciate the advice guys. Love the debate between KO and HTsoon as it always is with FIN it is controversial. I appreciate both opinions but must say HTsoon is very close to my own situation so it is nice to see there is some hope for us NW5/6 and it might not all be doom and gloom with the right game plan

I totally understand. I hope it didnt seem like I was trying to push Fin on you. I was just trying to relate the potential effects of having a HT without halting your loss. Hope it all works out well and you get the hair you deserve.

Thanks for the advice guys after the surgery when all healed I think I will give RU a go and see how it works for me. FIN is a no go for me. even though many never get sides the potential for them is too much of a risk for me.

That is completely up to you. I'm just relaying likely reality.

That's not true plenty of alternatives to finasteride and plenty of guys who dont take fin with good results. Take care!

 

Romperstomper plenty of guys have not experienced sides, but there's also a lot of us that have, luckily it wasn't permanent, my suggestion is if you want take a very light dose and see how you feel do it,however sexual health at a young age is way more important than having hair and being castrated. I'd rather be Norwood 10 and have a functioning penis than have Brad Pitt hair with a limp noodle for life.

A limp noodle for life ??? Very well put my friend. f**k that, the wife would kill me ? even taking a light dose scares me with the potential sides people mention

I appreciate the honesty magnum PI I wear my hair pretty short like a 3mm at the moment so even if I get the FUE and frame the face and and do frontal 3rd I could prob achieve a pretty decent look that way if/when my original hair bids fair well. Also maybe ill have to have a couple of procedures. I don't want to believe that without meds a HT is pointless

Wow biolizard that was pretty strong on the say no to fin argument ? which makes a pleasant change. Everyone here seems to be on it. Reversing a HT, recipient hair fue back into donor area?? The is something I have never heard of and I would have to ask why would you want to do that? Thanks for ur input also?

How old are you?

I would strongly suggest getting on Fin asap. You will lose those hairs that you mentioned. Fin can help you hold them for years longer.

Also you have to be REALLY sure you have the donor to get you looking good and normal for the long run. This is a LONG TERM decision.

You're not necessarily destined to fail, I think the most important thing is that you haven't noticed much more hairloss. Not everyone get sides from fin I did though, but if you're scared of fin you can try RU58841, it's a topical DHT blocker, it doesn't give permanent side effects like fin. You could take really small doses of fin during your hair transplant to reduce the chance of shock loss then you can come off.

...but if you're norwood 5 and you're only having hairline and frontal third, this will already result in an 'island', no?

Hey Russel Crowe - what are you getting done,

You know ur films ? I'm getting 2500 grafts FUE

Hi all, must mention how great again I find this site for support and info. I have took the plunge and am booked in for my HT in 4 weeks. Iv been researching for 6months so I am well informed at this stage. Iv started feeling nervous these last few days. as much I am looking forward to the procedure I can't help but worry that it will all be in vain because I'm not on finestride. I am on minoxidil daily and nizoral lasercomb and herbal supplement but I'm realistic about what all that stuff can do opposed to fin. I'm heading towards a Norwood 5 and after a lot of debating mega sessions of 4000/5000 grafts etc I settled on a more conservative surgeons recommendation of 2500 grafts mostly likely hairline and frontal 3rd framing the face as the priority. Future loss is my massive worry and being left wit an island etc. Should I have thrown the towel in? Or am I right to give it a fight?

Thanks for the feedback guys. Voxman it is important if I want it to remain a secret if not then it wouldn't matter a dam. But if suddenly after 2 years I start growing my hair out after 10 days of been out of the country I will surely raise a few eyebrows ha

Hi, I shaved mine to 2.5mm that is just under a number 1 and did so anytime after day 14 onwards. You should be clean and healed well by then to do so and have no issues with doing this.