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Anyone else who uses this suffer from dry scalp ?

Been using for about 3 months now and always suffer a flakey scalp afterwards . Also make sure to use a conditioner , but doesn't help that much .

If I use emu oil after use , this does alleviate it , but interested in others opinions.

I have a consult in 2 weeks and I need a haircut soon. Did I read someone that it's best not to have a short haircut before a consultation or am I imaging it? Ideally I'd like to cut it next weekend as I have an event the day before the consult that I want my hair to look fresh for?

Best ask your doc . I was asked not to get it cut too short beforehand .

thanks guys. would a doctor or rep skating round the fact that there not recommended by this site anymore a red flag.

 

because I was just speaking with a doctors rep and asked him why he's not on here anymore he's reply was I'm sorry we cannot help you further with this and we wish you the best in finding another surgeon.

I wouldn't consider a surgeon not being recommended by any particular site to be a red flag . There may well be valid reasons for this .

However , a response like the one above would definately be a no-no.

Your taking a good , sensible approach to your hair loss.2500 to 3k grafts should get you decent coverage .

Do you have any idea what you have left graft wise in the donor area ?

This is my scar at 3 month. I dont know it will get better than this or if the that is red now is going to just turn white and become my scar. In that case the scar will be pretty thick.

Your actual incision line is barely noticeable , even at this stage .

Don't worry about it and see how the hair grows in over the coming months .

thx for you answer.

 

English is not my native language so little hard to explain wha i mean.

 

 

Do you mean that the red is going to turn white over time? Or will some of the red fade away and appear like normal skin? Because sometimes the red line can look pretty thick?

No problem .

Yes the red should fade and the skin will appear normal . The incision line will be a lighter colour , but this may be barely visible depending on the skill of the surgeon and also your own physiology - that is , how you heal .

You had a tricho closure , so your hair should grow through the majority of the incision area .

The tightness will subside a bit when you get the staples / sutures removed . However , your scalp will probably feel tight for a while longer . Even at 4 months post op . I still have a slightly numb sensation , but it feels more normal as the weeks go by .

I've just hit the 4 month mark and the scar is undetectable , even after using clippers on a No.3 or 4 .

The red line is the incision line which will fade to white over time .

Go for it .

Maybe at the same time you can transplant your penis to the top of your head !

Yep, me too.

 

I havent stopped using MX since I noticed it helped, not only the regrowth, but also the healing areas

I've never tried Minox , but know it can be a scalp irritant for some . Will you keep on the Minoxidil ?

Good progress, I experienced shock loss of the recipient and donor area, it got better around 4.5 months, have you discussed the issue with Dr. K? Have you tried applying topical finasteride to the area, I noticed minoxidil really sped things up in terms of growth for me.

Cheers HT.

Shock loss has totally gone now - had the wife do a check of the area the other day and she couldn't even locate the area . I did consult with Dr K at the outset of the shock loss and he pretty much intimated that it was just a case of waiting it out .

I've not tried minoxidil as I thought that at my hair loss level the benefits would be negligible . Only thing I'm using is Nizoral shampoo .

As mentioned earlier in the thread , suffered some shock loss at the donor area . Although you know it's most likely only temporary , there's always that lingering doubt until it subsides .

Below are photos of shock loss at 4 weeks post op . Totally resolved itself now , so hopefully a bit of encouragement to anyone else who's concerned .

So , just hit the 4 month mark . I'm fairly pleased with thr progress to date . Was a bit concerned for a while wasn't were it should be , but seems like many of us feel this way . Still new hairs sprouting and fingers crossed things thicken up over the coming months.

I've attached a few photo's under different lighting conditions which hopefully shows a fair representation .

The feeling has pretty much returned to both donor and recipient , and the scar is healing very well .

Any comments or questions welcome .

I've been laughing for about the last 20 minutes. They replied to my BBB complaint that their charity and community service efforts has been recognized by the President and they were offered a seat in the white house to have dinner to accept the award LOL.

Charity and community service ?

Are you able to post their reply to the BBB complaint ?

Anticipation always worse than reality. You're good man.

Indeed !

A visit to the dentist is more uncomfortable .

What Norwood level are you at ? Dark hair / fair hair ? skin colour ? - these will all be variants on what you may get away with.

I was a NW6 pre-op and had 4000 grafts by FUSS. I had a 17 day period between surgery and return to work . I was hoping to get away with just going in to work and it would have sufficiently grown to avoid it being obvious . Turned out I wore a hat to work and was 2 months before I felt comfortable enough to ditch the cap . The redness to the recipient area lasted a good 2 months , and also shock loss at the donor made it awkward .

I'm fair haired and light skinned , so I think my expectations were overly optimistic at the outset from surgery .

Be realistic in your expectations , and prepare for the worst if things don't go as you expected .

I'm sure he got fue

I thought the same .

I went to Dr K in Istanbul .

It's funny how your mind can play tricks on how you can perceive your own progress .Some days you can feel the progress is good , and yet a day after you can question it . To be fair I'm happy with my progress to date , definate improvement to pre-op .

Threads with updates like yours can give a great yardstick to how things are going ( albeit rates of progress can vary greatly ).

Excellent result .

Was particularly interested in your 4 month photo's as that's the point where I'm at now. You had a lot more hair than me pre-op , but great to see the progress from 4 months on .

A update for you guys.

 

Its been 2 months and 3 weeks. Can se about 30-50 new hairs starting to grow around the hairline.

 

 

Questions: I still feel like im worse now from where i started is this normal at almost 3 months? Can be because my hair is shorter also. Dont know.

It;s still early days , so nothing to be concerned about .I'm sure it will start to kick in nicely over the next 2 months.

I've just hit the 4 month mark and it's just now starting to look fuller than pre-op . It's probably improved more than I imagine in my case , but because we all get impatient and fixated on growth on an almost daily basis , it seems like nothing is happening .

It looks like you had shock loss at the donor in an area similar to mine , but my shock loss was more severe . Anyway , that has pretty much resolved itself now with no sign of it anymore.

Just read the entire thread Tav , and glad you got such a great result , especially after the early problems you experinced .

Good job !

My mistake!!!!! He says 2 months!!! I has 5 months for the shaving of the recipient area. My fault guys!!!!

Ah - our posts must have been at the same time !

It's in the packet he sends home with his patients...

Some docs say you can use concealers as early as 2 weeks post op . 5 months seems a very long period - not really sure what the reasoning would be for suggesting such a long period .

I've just returned from having an FUE procedure with Dr Karadeniz. The operation was spread over two days (Mon &Tue). I had a great experience. I may create my own thread detailing my experience and add pictures if anyone is interested.

Please do.

Not necessarily because the height from the nape to the crown should be the same, what makes the head small is the actual circumference. A lot of guys heads actually get smaller past the occipital area, so normally you look at someone from the neck to the top gradually gets larger. For guys with small heads like myself, the head actually reduces somewhat in size giving me that peanut head look lol. One of the reasons I hated shaving my head but this is s benefit for transplantation because the cm2 area that needs to be covered is small whilst the donor area remains somewhat of a normal size in comparison.

Ah , nice one - you learn something new every day