biolizard

So .... Exactly how long does it take for that VERY noticeable and odd looking purple discoloration to fade in the recipient area? I have that exact same problem. I'm relegated to permanent caps for the time being. I'm going on 3 weeks out post op from a 2000 graft FUE. If not for that awful and very obvious purple discoloration of the entire recipient scalp area, it might not be so conspicuous as to what I had done. Im try to be discrete and not tell people. Now, I'm ready for that to go away, but it doesn't appear as if it's going to fade anytime soon. Looks like it's here to stay a while. Are we talking months and months?

I would not recommend at HT at this point to anyone either. If I could undo what was done, go back to my older more natural looking hairline, and get a full refund I absolutely would in a heartbeat. Also, the hairline looks very different for me, Im having much trouble getting use to it, cause I've never had a rounded hairline like that at anytime in my life. So to me it doesn't look like "me". It's a strange feeling walking past a mirror. I'll pass final judgment in another year or so following my HT. as I'm just over 2 weeks out. I'm now more self conscious and embarrassed of my hair than ever. It's my own fault for jumping into this to hastily. I'm chalking it up to a midlife crisis. Hindsight is always 20/20 and now looking back I can clearly see my expectations were likely not realistic, and my knowledge of post transplant hair care was very very lacking. Now after educating my further, I can clearly see the mistakes I likely made. Now I'm stuck. Stuck a weird place. So now what am I going to look like as I continue to lose native hair. I will look SO BIZZARE!! I've take a situation in which I was indeed self conscious about my appearance, and in 5-10 years time, likely made it 10 times worse. I've even considered the possibility electrolysis of the implanted hairs as a future option to undo parts of the HT if needed. But that will be more money and further trips to a doctor. I still can helping feeling that I should've just left well enough alone. But I jumped in, I booked the date, and gave my down payment very quickly. After they required a 10% down payment I just convinced myself to go through with it no matter what and to suppress and ignore the doubts I was having (after all I didn't want to forfeit my down payment). I was just too naive to know what I was getting into. I just thought it would help me look at little more youthful if I got a little of my hair back. Looking back I wish I would've just cancelled the surgery, forfeited the down payment, shaved or buzzed down my head to a close cut, and accepted the natural aging process with dignity. That's what I SHOULD have done. And because I refuse to take Finasteride, my future happiness with my HT is very much in jeopardy. I'm going to have some very difficult decision on what to do with myself in 5-10 years as my native hair loss continues. Im not sure what the heck I'm going to do? but now I've forced myself into a position in which I may need even more HT. To be honest, as the days press on from my HT I grow increasingly more regretful of my decision to jump into a HT. It seriously may become the most expensive, biggest mistake of my life!!

I just had my FUE and I'll be very honest. I'm having some pangs of buyers remorse. I'm only 2 weeks out from my 2000 graft FUE, from what I can tell the surgeon did a good enough job, however , I will have to wait and see for 1-2 more years to know for sure. I probably should've spent more time researching things BEFORE I let them start permanently altering my hairline. After researching Finasteride more in depth, I've now concluded that the potential side effects are UNACCEPATABLE for me to consider taking this drug. Before my HT, I just thought 'yea, sure I'll take it, whatever it takes to get some hair'..... But now I'm honestly scared shitless of that little pill and the devasting capability it has to bring into unsuspecting, well meaning, people's lives. So since I'm not willing to take Finasteride, I'm thinking I probably should NOT have done the HT. But I won't know for sure until after the fact. If I get decent looking hair for another decade of my life because of the FUE, then HELL yes, I'll have considered it worth it!!!! But it won't know until after the fact. Same goes for you.

I'm 43 with NW 2/3 receding hairline, hair loss has been slow but steady for more than 2 decades now. I just recently had a 2000 graft FUE in order to AVOID having to take Fenasteride. I may do one more HT FUE in a decade to fill in if needed but that's it for me. NO PROPECIA! NO FENASTERIDE! Beyond that, I'll just clip down the hair super short and rock and roll with the Bruse Willis Andre Aggassi look if needed. For now I plan on a post op regimen to compliment my FUE of: -Ketoconazole shampoo - Rogaine foam - biotin Perhaps I should not have done the FUE if I wasn't willing to take finasteride? That's a valid argument and one I should've probably mulled over for a much longer time. But impetuously I saw and opportunity to grab a little youth back and in hindsight I likely decided too hastily to jump into a HT. Im chalking it up to a mid-life crisis is my excuse. However, it's too late now to go back and undo the HT. If I loss too much hair I'll deal with that when it happens. But I may get a full decade out of the FUE? Idk? I may severely regret ever having the HT done in 3-5 years? Idk? Too early at this stage to make those kid of predictions. But .... One thing I know for sure....... whether I have hair or not, I have a wife that loves and cares for me; AND since I'm NOT taking Finasteride little sparky will be happy and plugging away for many more years! With or without hair I will still be getting sex, and my Jimmy will remain in tip top functioning working order. Hair loss is undeniably bad, yes, but the side effects of finasteride are utterly annilating and completely destroy and CRUSH happy marriages and wreak havoc on otherwise productive and happy lives. Is hair worth rolling the dice on that too? I'm already taking a gamble that the HT turns out good. I'm only willing to risk so much for hair. Go to Propeciahelp.com forums and Read for yourself the accounts of people's lives who were irrevocably trashed because of the Fenasteride side effects, then decide for yourself.... Is it worth it?

I'd love to hear more from others with personal experience on with this. I'm a 43 year old NW 2/3 ......2 weeks out from a FUE. Wondering what type of postop regimen I should follow. I realize that there is nothing more effective than Propecia/fin astride currently on the market for maintaining and even regrowing hair. However, the side effects scare the crap out of me. What I find most bothersome is the fact that the side effects can persist for a long time after discontinuation of the drug; and in some cases have shown to be permanent! With a 2-10% side effect rate, that's something that's not to be downplayed. Reading some accounts of those who has been irreversibly maimed by this drug, it's absolutely devasting and utterly destroyed these people's lives. Scary stuff. I mean, I'm happily married (my wife would love me even if I was bald); however, introducing the possibility of ED and all the emotional bagging that that brings with it into my marriage could have very deleterious effects to my happy marriage. That said, I of course paid a boat load of money for my FUE. It is surgery, and surgery is painful and carries its own set of risk, the recovery process is not 'fun' by any stretch of the imagination. So obviously I would want to do what I can within reason to maintain the hair I have so I don't have to have another FUE for a very long time. I was going to just try : Ketoconazole shampoo Rogaine Foam Maybe a supplement And see how my hair loss progress? But idk? With how effective Propecia in treating andrgenetic allopecia it's kind of hard to say I'm not willing to try it. Any advice would really be helpful for me as well.????

I can vouch for the veracity of his experience with Dr Vories as I had a very similar experience as well. Overall pleased with my FUE experience. However I will have to wait and see as the months pass by, to see how my actual results turn out?? I've been taking pics shooting videos and may do a YouTube video which I may link here.?? My one suggestion would be that I would have preferred they strongly recommended at least a full week off from work following this; not merely just a few days. (Ideally I now think you should get 2 weeks off if possible.). Being back to work after just a fews days was not at all feasible in my particular case. I had profound facial swelling and significant donor site pain from around day 3 until days 6/7. All within the normal postop boundaries following an FUE. It was my mistake to try and rush back to work so soon. Having to call in sick to work as a result nearly got me reprimanded. So I would highly encourage anyone to get as many days as possible away from work following these procedures. But that goes for all FUE procedures everywhere. I do realize a nice 'selling point' of the FUE is that it's less invasive, thus has a reputation of having a much more friendly recovery period. But ...... it's still surgery, and in my opinion you should do yourself a favor and not try to rush back to work in just 3-4 days.

This is so eloquently written. Everyone who is considering a FUE HT would be advised to read this post first.