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BaldingInReverse

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  • Gender
    Male
  • Country
    United States
  • State
    NJ

Hair Loss Overview

  • Describe Your Hair Loss Pattern
    Receding Hairline (Genetic Baldness)
    Thinning or Bald Spot in the Crown/Vertex
  • How long have you been losing your hair?
    In the last 5 years

Hair Loss Treatments

  • Have you ever had a hair transplant?
    Yes
  • Hair Transplant Surgeon
    Dr. Tejinder Bhatti

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  1. Here we are. Crossed the 5 month threshold. The days have dripped into weeks which have matured into months. Countless hours staring into a mirror, countless nights hiding under a hat. All the uncertainty and doubt that has plagued my conscience for so long. All of the despair begets the sole question; am I satisfied with my procedure thus far?.......ummmmmm hell yeah! These 8 pics show 4 angles at 2 different hair lengths. The 4 untrimmed pics show my hair growing on its own, untouched for about 2 weeks. The other 4 show me right after buzzing down to a #3. The difference is minimal but I thought it would be fun to illustrate how the hair doesn't really grow in cohesion yet. I'm still in the growing process. Not much else to say guys, feel free to share your thoughts and enjoy the waning days left in the summer!!! @sydthekid yup, still stickin' strong to Dr. Bhatti's recipe of the daily pills.
  2. Guys, thank you for your kind words - it really does help. Everybody who has gone through this procedure has had moments of doubt, they're lying if they tell you otherwise. I'm no exception. There have been times I questioned this whole crazy thing. One month passes... then two... then three. You look in the mirror inspecting your scalp for micro-hairs popping through. Is it getting better? Is the procedure a failure? You live life day-by-day but you'll go insane if you treat your hair transplant as a day-by-day operation. It's more like a month-by-month type of thing. Once it's done and you're 2 weeks post-op you're better off just forgetting the whole thing until at least Month 6. @densedream Yeah, life can be a nasty SOB but I really do have high aspirations for this procedure. I could care less what the internet MDs have to say about my age. I visited several surgeons recommended on this site and they all told me the same thing; I'm a great candidate for a hair transplant. That being said, I do have to address the crown within the next couple of years. I'm thinking one more procedure of about 1500-2000 grafts.
  3. Though I respect the opinions of everyone above me, I firmly believe that it's a little more complicated than a simple "no." It's just not that black-and-white. A young candidate is not necessarily a bad candidate. There are a lot of factors to take into account. First off, and most importantly, you didn't post up any pictures. This community would get a better feel for where your nephew really stands if you posted some pics. How bad is the hair loss? When did it start? How's the donor area looking? Is it stabilized? Is he on meds? How's the family tree's hairline looking? What are his goals for the potential procedure? Yes, I will concede that 95% of the time, a young man should forgo a potential life altering procedure for a few years and wait to see what the mirror shows in 3 or 5 or even 10 years. Most young people want the procedure done to lower their hairline anyway. Which, as all of you know, is on top of the why-not-to-get-a-hair-transplant list. Very few people my age were as seriously progressed as I was. My action was immediate. I was on rogaine at 17 and fin at 18 but despite my best efforts and fruitless pleas to my hair to stay, it vanished by the time I was 20. I had consultations with several doctors, all recommended on this forum, who all told me that my case, though rare, was not isolated. They had worked on patients as young as I. I strongly recommend that your nephew take a look at my thread. I just posted my 4 month pics about 15 minutes ago and progress is going great.
  4. Hope everyone is enjoying there summer. I know I certainly am. Anyway, thought I'd give an update so here it is, my belated 4 month post-op photos. I didn't want to give a skewed view of my progress, so I took these pictures myself under the harshest indoor lighting possible. You can clearly see the continued steady growth and it keeps getting better and better. What do you guys think?
  5. Thanks for all of your support guys. @Voxman - no it's not a convertible I went with an Infiniti Q45, gotta keep it classy haha. @Johnboy71 - yeah, tell me about it. It friggin' SUCKED!!! @ California & @ Tav1 - thanks for your support! Thought I'd upload this collage of sorts to help give you guys a true, blue accurate idea of where I stand at this point. Pictures 1,2: Pre-op (yeah, I know - I was THAT BALD at 20) / Picture 3: Immediate Post-op / Picture 4: One month exactly / Picture 5: Two months exactly / Picture 6: 3 months plus 3 days. I myself am blown away by this time line and really think it illustrates how far I've come. When my friends see me hat-less they all comment on how much I've thinned out. That's because they haven't seen me without headgear since I was 18. No exaggeration. The fact that it's thin doesn't matter to me at this point. The fact that it's even there coupled with the knowledge that it will grow does matter.
  6. First off I want to sincerely apologize to anyone who messaged me or asked me any questions via a thread. I've probably logged in 2 or 3 times since my 2 month update. My general interest in this site has waned since the procedure - but that's a good thing. I see a lot has happened on here in a month - Goodbye BUSA, FUT VS FUE thread with Dr. Feller, etc. I took these pictures myself, the quality of the photos should be better than my other updates, I finally have a respectable phone with a great camera. It's been a championship month for me. Besides the steady growth of my transplant I turned 21 and bought myslef a luxury car for my birthday New hairs continue to sprout up all the time and as you can see in the pictures the hair has taken a definitive shape and now will begin to thicken. The pictures really do all the talking so I'll leave it at that!
  7. When I was doing my countless hours of research browsing through this forum, thumbing through hundreds of different cases, the one thing that annoyed me more than anything was the impatient patient. The guy that claimed his procedure was a failure 2 months in, only to have incredible results by Month 6. It's funny how I have become that guy. To an extent. I mean the results speak for themselves. My hairline is already defined and hairs keep poking through daily. I feel the pins in my head (the hairs growing in) and the donor area is not even noticeable at first glance. I'm confident enough to walk out of my house without a hat for the first time since I was 17. And I gotta keep reminding myself; I'm only 2 months in! This isn't even 20% of my final result and I already look younger now than I ever have in my adult life. Fantastic, is it not? So until the next update. Oh, and RIP Late Show with David Letterman - don't Dave's final week!
  8. I get what your saying, I really do. But I have found that the brunt of unsatisfied patients feel the way they feel because of unrealistic expectations. Given this guys situation and the results I personally feel the operation was a relative success. You can see growth in the pictures. I think this patient is misdirecting his anger at his surgeon when he should be directing it at his genes. It is unfortunate, but true. There is really not a lot he could do.
  9. I'm not denying that this patient is unsatisfied, I'm just questioning why. His last update was 4 months ago. He was completely bald before his procedure with a bad donor area. I think the results are satisfactory. Though I don't agree with your assertion that transplants sometimes don't work I will concede to the fact that this patient is a clear example of the natural limitations of a procedure.
  10. All I see are demeaning, empty words from a disgruntled patient. In other words, where are the pictures? The true before and after pictures. Do this forum, and more importantly yourself, a favor and post various angles of yourself pre-op, then the final results of the first transplant then the final results of this transplant. I could be mistaken, but I think I remember you saying you were advised by other doctors that a transplant wasn't right for you. Your donor area wasn't exactly abundant in the first place. Dr. Bhatti is a physician not a magician, were you really expecting Elvis hair? What exactly were your expectations? Seriously. Re-reading your posts, it seems you were dubious before you even had this procedure.
  11. Agree with Blake, it's hard to tell. I don't blame Dr. Bhatti one bit, if he sees anything indicative of diffused thinning, why would he make you travel all the way to India just to send you home. Darker skin doesn't help the pictures either. See an expert then see another expert. If multiple MD's give you the okee-dokee than move forward. In any case, meds should be of service to you.
  12. I would go back to your Doctor ASAP to make sure there's no problem. Not 10 minutes after my procedure was finished I bent down to put my shoes on and the wet guaze placed on my head fell off. That alone damaged a handful of grafts and they had to be re-fit into place. The grafts are extremely sensitive for the first 6 days, so I would go back to my surgeon if I were you
  13. Sorry for the late reply BUSA and no the crown was not addressed. As you can see in my pics, the crown area is still holding on, even though it's getting thin. I'll probably go back to Dr. Bhatti in a year or two, depending on when things get really smooth in that area. I'll need another 2000-2500. I may even go back for a 3rd procedure as a touch, but that's years down the road.
  14. Today marks one month plus one day since I had my procedure. I don't think the pictures resemble anything unordinary. It's not fun losing the transplanted hair. As you can see about 80% or so has fallen out. Whenever I shampoo I still see a few hairs coming out so I'm not sure when the loss is supposed to completely stabilize, but it should be within the next few weeks. Redness lessens and lessens every day. The donor area is a lot better too and in the coming month should look even better. It does itch a lot, though.
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