Bachstrad

Yes I did consider Dr Fellers generous offer but there were only 200 grafts to be found in the donor site in the UK and Dr Beehner made me an offer I couldn't refuse ; 600 + grafts he promised and he actually found 753 on Oct 16th (and he said he left behind 200) so imo the trip was worthwhile for a guy my age.

I had the extraction procedure done by Dr Beehner - google Bachstrad Beehner which should bring up some photos but if you only have 20 you could cover them with a HT ?

Going to Dr Beehner for a try at filling in behind the hairline. Will be quite a turn around if it comes off - pictures, good or bad to follow in new year.

As request a while back (I grew it in summer break to remind me what it looks like) Hair is 1 inch gelled back. Density is not bad but I would need several hundred behind the hairline as I have on the left hand side (centre photo)to give some depth to the hairline . Crown is not an issue.

I too had my first HT in the seventies and like you I have hardly any donor hair so my question was going to be how did the beard hair take but I guess it's probably too early for you to give an answer yet.

He is a true professional in every sense. I've seen him twice so can I have 2 votes

Dr Feller, your transplant work is exceptional but with the horse shoe shape at the front I am limited to shaving it down or a comb over and I gave up with the comb over. If I could get it filled in I would grow it but fue is not in my price range. Dr Beehner did re transplant some of the plugs and no complaints but I would need about 1000 behind the hairline to blend both sides before I could grow it back.

A couple of photos after dermabrasion and a few extracted plugs, both procedures from Dr Beehner. Only marks left are freckles. This was a second procedure because apparently with plug removal there are always a few that still grow so a second pass is required and while I was there Dr Beehner also did some dermabrasion. Unlikely to be of any interest to anyone under 45 but now I know that "old school " plugs can be reversed, and without breaking the bank.

Waterloo, to my knowledge all plugs were sutured . I think the photo was taken during the procedure. I would say 3 months were needed before I had the confidence to go out hatless. It seems to be healing from front to back for some reason and at 6 months the front half has almost fully healed imo so the next 6 months should heal the rest. Come summer I will get some sun on my head and should be good to go.

Yes I had a procedure with Dr Feller and I was very impressed at having a hairline for the first time in 30 years but just having a hairline is one dimentional and reality is not so I still needed to get rid of the plugs which could still be seen from the side and the back. Unfortunately I didn't have the donor to camouflage enough of the head as I was butchered about 30 years ago.

Hi Spex, I'm fine . Hope you and your new family had a good xmas. I put the photos up as I found it so hard to find any myself of large plug removal. I took a chance going to Dr Beehner but I think I made the right choice. As for any more work, possibly get the stray hairs left behind taken out but other than that I don't contemplate anything although if anyone can recommend a good place for dermabrasion in the UK I would be interested.

6 month pics of plug removal by Dr Beehner. So far so good imo.

plugs removed at 6 months

If my memory serves me right, Elton John had his transplant in France(Paris I think) by 2 brothers circa 1976.

Im seeing Dr Beehner next month (volcanic ash permitting) for a repair involving plug removal if that's any use to your info gathering but maybe not if you only had strip procedures.