BaldPatient2

11 months, hair is dyed darker

Why did you dye it darker? My hair is naturally dark but I wish I had brown or blond hair so it would look thicker because there would be less contrast between the hair and my scalp which is white. That was one of the challenges getting a HT with full density.

Second surgery: 9 months results. Photos taken today

Looks like she just simply dyed he hair darker.

I disagree. If she has white scalp, coloring the hair will make it look even thinner because it would show the contrast between dark hair and white scalp,

I'm visiting the clinic in few days to take photos. I will ask Doug to post the photos here. The photos taken by clinic might be more accurate.

After pictures 6 months after 2nd surgery (2583 grafts) taken today May 2017

Before pictures: 6 months after 1 st surgery with Dr Wong. July 2016

Wrong. The area below the scar is already thin

Hi All,

 

I had 4175 grafts FUT by Dr Rahal in early October. Im at a month and a half, and I just realised the microscope I use at work to inspect circuit boards and the like, works rather well as a sort of 'pregnant lady ultrasound' for my newly growing grafts.

 

I thought the images might be interesting. I reckon about 3-5 percent of my grafts are growing, and most of those are at 2-3mm or so. There are a few grafts that look like they have made it already to 6-7mm, but they may be the native hairs. The native hairs seem to be very weak and thin and light in colour, whereas the new grafts are very thick, strong and dark, but I guess its possible that some of the old hairs are as thick and as strong as the new ones.

 

I have included a photo taken of a key on my keyboard for scale, and also a photo of a ruler, each division on the ruler is 1mm, so as you will see, the area the microscope covers is about 12.5mm wide (its probably designed as half an inch wide area)

 

I have also included a photo of the back of my head, where the donor strip was taken, to compare density etc, and I have also included a photo of the scar at the side of my head. As you can see, there is a little scab left there and there is an area of no hair in the middle, presumably from shockloss and the scar tissue.

 

Please let me know what you think, and what your theories are on what those little hairs are and how things might change.

 

I will update this thread with more photos as the grafts continue to grow.

 

Pete.

Actually it might be your native hair

In male pattern balding, hair follicles actually shrink; they don't disappear. The hairs are essentially microscopic on the bald part of the scalp compared to other spots.

Going Bald? Hair Follicles Are Still There, Just Shrinking - Medical News Today

It's minor surgery so no need to knock people out unnecessarily which can be dangerous.

 

A lot of people fall asleep due to jet lag having travelled thousands of miles for procedures. I slept 90% of mine with a little help from vallium. I'm sure the latter could be arranged so long as you aren't planning on driving anywhere after the procedure.

You need to flip over in the middle of procedure, Because you have to lay on your stomach during donor extraction and crown work (not the most confortable position).

Who did his procedure? General anesthesia requires an anesthesiologist, it is extremely dangerous if not monitored by a specialist, when I was put under general anesthesia for my wisdom teeth I had to pay an anesthesiologist separately to be administer it and monitor the procedure. .

Why did you need that ? I had my wisdom teeth extracted under local anesthesia. It.took only 5 mns and all you feel is just the pressure of the dentist tools. Also you will feel more pain after waking up ( dizziness) than just being patient during those 5 mns.

Temple corners are the "corners" or edges of your hairline.

Temple peaks or points are your sides, sometimes also called temporal peaks.

 

Temple corners are an essential part of the hairline, but the front hairline is the most important. Temple peaks are key for a natural younger look and require fewer grafts, but few doctors do this area very well.

 

This is what I did about my temple corners with a Fue procedure with Dr. Bisanga:

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Using Dr. Konior's patient as an example to show each region:

The temple peaks are the triangles pointing to your eyebrows. Someone with receded temple peaks like me will have a straight line. It didn't bother me much as I needed more grafts to add more density to the crown.

Address the front and maybe temple corners, then on a final procedure do the temporal peaks as icing on the cake.

Dr Wong told me he wouldn't do the temple corners without the temporal peaks ( triangles). He said I will look funny having temple corners filled up but without temporal peaks (straight line).

Yes Yes Yes!

"but I "saved" a bunch of money"......lol

I paid a lot of money to a local doctor for my first surgery here in Canada almost the same as what top clinics charge and got very poor results. I would have saved money by traveling to third world country and probably got better results

That's a valid point in most cases, what I wanted to write is also the hair graft counts, for example techs placing multiple hair grafts in the hairline and temple points (recent case on this forum). I'll edit it a bit.

 

 

During my surgery, I heard the doctor giving directions to technicians "put singles here" , "put larger grafts in mid-scalp". So the doctor is also responsible of supervising the technicians work

- using the wrong hair direction and hair angle as it leaves the scalp (*if techs are involved in graft placement phase)

I asked a techinician this question when she was implanting the grafts and she told me that directions/angle are determined by the incisions that the doctor makes. So this is not the job of technicians

- removing the grafts for extended periods of time outside of the body

(most say 8 hours is the upper limit, but the longer left outside the body the lower survival rate)

 

Mega sessions can take 10-12 hours

I started massaging my scalp 10 days post-op and all crusts and scabs were gone by day 13 or 14. I followed the post-op instructions very carefully. I was just worried about a friend rubbing my hair with his hands when it was dry 5 weeks post op but I think it will not have any negative effect at this stage.

 

What do you think?

According to Dr Bernstein Grafts are solid after 10 days and plucking hairs won't dislodge grafts. If there was no bleeding, nothing to worry about.

Hey everyone,

 

I had my hair transplant 5 weeks ago and a friend decided to be funny and rub my hair back and forth for 2-3 seconds in the transplanted area since it was short (he doesn't know that I had a HT).

 

Will this affect my transplanted hair or am I being paranoid? I know that by maximum 2 weeks the grafts are anchored and it would be really hard to affect them.

 

Any replies or professional advice would be really helpful, thanks

If you're too careful not to rub the recipient area, that means you're not cleaning it well.

After 10 days , you should be more agressive in the shower rubbing the recipient area using your fingers pads with Shampoo to remove the crusts. If you leave the crust and dead skin , it might slow down the growth.

I think the most common scenario of failed HT is the lack of density. There are fewer cases of wrong direction of transplanted hairs and pluggy look, but the main complaint is related to density issue. What causes the lack of density ?

I understand. But what would happen if you didn't wash it off? And let's say you wash it of before going to sleep would letting it breathe for 10 hours really matter?

I'm not a doctor but to my knowledge the follicles live underneath the skin, so they don't need to breath air. All they need is the blood flow underneath the scalp. what they grow above the skin ( the hair) is dead.

It will be very expensive if/when released though

 

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I don't think so , it will drop the prices of hair transplant surgeries because it takes less time than FUT/FUE

How many surgeries have you had, one was with Dr Wong but the first FUT was with another Doctor?

 

There needs to be a good density of hair above the scar to be able to conceal it better so I expect you have been left better margins of hair quality above this would have been a deliberate decision. The position of the first scar will have a bearing on what the quality of the hair that you have left under your scar is like.

I was left with a big scar with the other doctor, but Dr Wong repaired the scar by removing scar tissue from previous surgery. Now I have a smaller scar. I'm just wondering if it's common to have a density contrast between the areas above and below the scar as you can see in the photo.

Thinner hair around the ears is normal and it seems to correct itself under the scar at the back of your head.

Maybe it's a coincidence?

But why is it thicker just above the scar, only below the scar the whole area is thinner?

I had 9000+ grafts in multiple surgeries.

I think it was like that also before my last surgery. Only when they shaved my donor area two weeks ago I realized this contrast in density below and above the scar. Why I'm having two distinct zones of density ?

Ok this is a picture of the scar taken today 12 days after my second surgery with Dr Wong, just after I removed the staples. My head was shaved before surgery

As you can see there's a density contrast between the areas below and above the scar.

Is it expected?

. Mine started to wear off in areas and at first I just suffered a little no wanting to make a fuss. In hide sight I should have just spoken up.

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Same happened to me but didn't want to ask for too much anesthesia, I was afraid it would cause a lot of swelling after surgery