curiousgirl

Yes, it was Dr. Wolf! He seemed very nice. I was living in Chicago at the time, so him & Shapiro seemed like the best options to drive to at the time. Is Wolf still active? I hadn't seen him mentioned on here except for posts from years back. I would've gone thru with an FUE if I had had the chance, but the procedure just got put on the backburner.

I had a procedure 6 months ago with Arocha. I was ready to travel by air while I was researching, but I lucked out having a recommended doctor on this site within driving distance.

I'm having the exact same issue at 6 months... Right side is noticeably thicker & darker than the left. I'm assuming it's because of the shockloss & regrowth patterns, & it's also all growing on old scar tissue. The right side started coming off within just a few weeks postop, while the left didn't completely come off until a couple of weeks after that. So ever since, the right side has been consistently faster in growth, while the left side was taking its sweet time. The top has been taking longer to darken up too. They're all starting to slowly fill in, & I'm seeing & feeling new hairs pop up all the time. I've been taking pics every month, so I know there IS a lot of progress. But yah, it would be SO much nicer if it all grew just like the right side!

Yaaaah, I was wondering about Peterson. I started following him last year & got introduced thru a Stefan Molyneux video, where you can see their faces very clearly. I thought initially that he had nice hair.... But then as I happened to be searching for some of his past videos, I noticed some on his channel from a few years back where he had the beard & an obviously different hairline. He's definitely had work done It looks fine though.... I wouldn't have thought otherwise.

6 months... got it! This may be a silly question that's most likely been answered a bunch of times by now, but it's been tricky trying to search for a straight forward answer. How long do new hairs actually come out of the head? This past week, I noticed I had some new ones poking out on top (the part that's been slower to grow in because of the delayed shock loss)... spiky feeling for a few days, then they smooth out. So how much longer should I expect new hairs like that to pop out? Do new ones pop up over several months still or longer, & when are MOST of the implanted hairs out as they continue to grow? Or is that different for everyone? I keep hearing percentages on some videos (like 45% growth), but I don't know if they're talking about the hairs that've already come out, or the length of the hairs that've already been growing. I noticed a chunk of regular hairs that were shaved from the strip site have grown in & are already a few inches long, while the implanted hairs are obviously not that long... darn. The longest ones on the right side are almost as long as my pinky tip to the knuckle.

I'm in a similar boat. I'm right at 5 months. I felt like posting a thread about it, but I wasn't sure about how to word it... so I'm glad this topic came up. I have hair growing, but I'm getting impatient too. One thing I've noticed is I have so many hairs at completely different lengths because the shock loss happened in 3 different stages, plus there're some new ones coming in. So it's really hard to gauge how long it should be. The good news is that it's looking darker every week as the longer hairs get longer. Looking at it on a daily basis, as well as checking in on 4 month, 5 month, & 6 month videos of other people, has me hopeful & frustrated at the same time. I have noticed some women's videos (mostly black women is what I find), their hair doesn't seem to grow in as quickly as some men do at that same stage. So is there a sex difference I should know about that affects growth, or does that even matter? Also, I had considerable trauma to my head as a todder.... so I'm positive that's a factor. I'm TRYING not to think about it so much, but it's impossible not to because I still have to keep it covered during the day. I just try to stay busy & am looking forward to the summer.

I'm one of those special cases. Tissue expansion was suggested to me when I was a teenager in the 90s (very limited technology back then), but the necessary time off didn't sound desirable for an active teen. I had a phone consultation with a surgeon up in Ohio over a decade ago, & even then, it sounded like tissue expansion was possible, but not really necessary. He would've done an FUE then. I couldn't afford it at the time & I was too busy finishing grad school, so I opted to wait until later once the technology was better. Now even with a special case like mine, it doesn't seem necessary at all. I'm glad I didn't have to hole myself up in the house for months!

I live in Austin too. I noticed Dr McGrath was here in town, but I went with Dr Arocha instead because he was highly recommended on here, & there were positive remarks stated about his hairline work (which was a HUGE concern of mine), & my hair loss is a special case. I didn't see McGrath mentioned on here much at all when I researched it this past summer. I'm over 4 months post-op, & so far this new hairline will look nice once it grows in more. I've seen many videos online, & some of them were women that went to places like Bosley... eek! I can't vouch for McGrath's work, but I chose to pay more & travel slightly for a reputable surgeon. I'll need to get another procedure as well... hopefully this year or next.

Thanks again, Gillenator! It's been a while, & I'm around 4 1/2 months post-op, so I'll share another quick update... The hair continues to grow... slowly, but surely. Maybe I should stop looking in the mirror every single day, but it's starting to thicken up on the sides. The only thing I'm worried about is that the top hairs aren't growing in as thick as they are on the sides. I'm guessing (& hoping) that this is because those side hairs fell out from shock loss a few months ago before the top hairs? I've been watching monthly videos of random people to see what kind of growth they have, & it looks pretty similar & consistent... so I hope it thickens up soon on top. I know it doesn't grow in evenly, I just wished it would. Now that it's actually been colder in Texas, I'm trying to wear a beanie hat more often than a headband so that the hairs can get more air. In the meantime, I've been playing around with hair extensions... I never realized this was such a thing with modern women's hairstyles. Once the tops hairs grow in more, I can mix these in to cover a few bald patches fairly easily, & it'll look a lot more natural than a hair piece. I was a bit worried about how I was gonna cover it before. But luckily, both of my parents had thick hair in their youth, so I'll be able to cover up a good deal. I'm looking forward to playing around with where I'm going to put the hair... but it's still gonna be months, probably not until the summer, until I can wear the extensions by themselves without wearing some other scarf, headband, or hairpiece. All in all, it's so nice to see hair growing in onto a large area where not much hair has existed since I was a toddler. It'll be refreshing to not have to feel so self conscious about it in the near future. Here's to more hair growth... And cheers to the New Year!

Hey, I'm almost 3 months post op & thought I'd post a quick update. I don't have any good visible pics to share yet, but I AM getting hair growth! I saw the Dr a couple of weeks ago & even then he said it was good seeing the hair starting to grow at that early of a stage. I was barely starting to see baby hairs poke out about mid October / 2 months post op, which was encouraging to see. He did PRP the day of surgery to help stimulate the scar tissue, & the hair is growing just fine.... So when it really starts growing, a lot of the surrounding scar tissue will be covered even more. Some general things... The strip site is looking good & clean. The sensation on my head FINALLY went away after a couple of months. It felt like it took 4-EH-VOR for my head to feel normal again!! It was driving me nuts. I can still see & feel it under my hair pretty easily (when I pull my hair up), but it's covered very well with my thick hair. I'm hoping some of the short shaven hairs that fell out around it will grow back & make the strip less noticeable. I did have an abscess of some sort on the right side of the strip that wasn't clearing up last month (it wasn't painful), so I was given antibiotics & it cleared up within days. The scabbing left from that area is almost finally gone. As the hairs are starting to grow in, I'm getting some red bumps. There're a couple of them right now on the right side. They feel tender for a few days, & then go away.... I'm assuming these are normal because there wasn't hair there before? I only had a couple of pimples early on, but that was about it. All in all, I cannot WAIT until the hairs really start growing in & get longer, & I'm very glad I was finally able to go thru with this procedure! I've had to cover my head with hairpieces since elementary school in public. My eventual goal is to ditch them, but I'll have to have another HT to fill in the rest. But if this hair grows in right, I hope to pull my hair over to the left side to cover those spots behind the new hairline until I can have an FUE in the future. I won't be able to have FUT again... My skin is just not flexible enough. But I can probably get some "alternative" haircut with the hair shaven below to pull it off. In the meantime, I continue to wear headbands & am enjoying them (i.e. Apha Defense & some other brand I found on Amazon), & wear the hairpiece sparingly. I'll try to post some pics in the upcoming weeks & months once there's more progress to show. I'm really looking forward to Christmas time progress when it's 4 months postop

Lol.... I lose hair consistently just from washing my hair! It always sheds when it dries... Just a mere annoyance, really (it's long & gets on my arm). I rarely ever use a hairdryer, & esp haven't post HT. I use my hairdryer more on my dog than I do on myself!

Smells like spam to me.... TLDR I'm almost 3 months post op & I'm still itching!!! It's not as bad as it was within the 1st 2 months, but it's still annoying. It's usually when my head isn't covered &/or late at night. I've tried vitamin E with aloe.... It helps keep it moisturized, although I'm not sure if it helps with itching. Benadryl helps me fall asleep, but that's about it. But yah, I can't wait to get outta this itchy phase. Now that the hairs are starting to noticeably come in, it's itching again. So yay & nay at the same time.

Thanks for the replies... pkipling - Yah, I think my grass grows faster than this, lol. It seemed like the transplanted hairs grew fairly quickly until they fell out. There're still some left & they continue to grow, but I was initially wondering when the new hairs start coming in (most say around 3-4 months), & what they look like before that. I've been taking photos every week or 2 now. Hopefully in a month or so there will be more to notice that the camera actually picks up. The "black dots" are even more noticeable this weekend than they were last weekend, when they were very faint. Annonymous - The area I'm waiting on is the temple because a new hairline had to be created. Most of the videos I see of females have about the same area with 2000 hairs, although mine had to go into the right sideburn as well. I don't feel comfortable posting anything just yet, as this is a specialized case from an old accident... but when I have some pics to post later that look more presentable, perhaps I will. I don't think I'll get any good angles anyway because a camera won't pick up much at this point.

Old thread, but only one I could find about this topic.... I've had the same kind of bump on the right side of my head where the suture line ends right above my right ear. Now it's kind of stuck under the hair growing around it. It's been there for almost a month now... Anything to worry about, or just continue to leave it alone? I had to put ointment on it this past weekend cuz I thought it was coming off, but it's not completely healed yet. It wasn't bleeding or pussing or anything, & it doesn't hurt or feel tender when I press on it, it's just there & really scabby looking. I can't even take a pic of it, it's too dark. And the clinic I had the procedure done is a few hours away... So I can't just stop by there.

I'm at the 2 month mark & in the waiting phase. Some hairs that didn't fall out from shock loss are continuing to grow, but I'm patiently waiting for the rest (or trying to). Just curious, how can you tell when the hairs start coming in? Do you feel it or see it first, or does it just depend? I've never shaved my head like men often do, so I don't really know what to expect. The right sideburn hairs fell out first a few weeks ago & the skin feels rougher, while the left sideburn side feels smoother, as those hairs fell out a week later. It kinda looks like a bunch of tiny black dots or blackheads where the incisions were made, depending on when the individual hairs fell out. So I can't tell if those are the little cuts themselves or if those are the hairs starting to grow in. I have very dark brown hair, by the way.