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From the album: Hair Transplant 2, Dr Lindsey, 221211
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From the album: Hair Transplant 2, Dr Lindsey, 221211
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From the album: Hair Transplant 2, Dr Lindsey, 221211
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From the album: Hair Transplant 2, Dr Lindsey, 221211
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From the album: Hair Transplant 2, Dr Lindsey, 221211
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From the album: Hair Transplant 2, Dr Lindsey, 221211
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From the album: Hair Transplant 2, Dr Lindsey, 221211
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From the album: Hair Transplant 2, Dr Lindsey, 221211
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From the album: Hair Transplant 2, Dr Lindsey, 221211
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From the album: Hair Transplant 2, Dr Lindsey, 221211
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From the album: Hair Transplant 2, Dr Lindsey, 221211
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From the album: Hair Transplant 2, Dr Lindsey, 221211
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Thanks Dutch. As it happens, I'm meeting Drs Hasson and Wong on Saturday for a consultation to assess my donor supply and what my future plans might be. I hope something like replicel comes good in time to make a difference for me, though I hold out more hope with the rapid progress being made in transplanting of beard and body hair by surgeons like Bisanga - I have plenty of donor supply there! Rod G - re finasteride and libido, if it's any consolation, I came off finasteride after 13 years last autumn, and my libido has come back pretty strong - to about 80% of what it was before I reckon. Though I'm now over 40 which may explain the other 20%. -
Hi Dutch - I may try the approach of half a tablet of finasteride every other day, but only as a last resort. Ultimately, having a libido is more important than having hair. Your plan sounds a sensible one, good luck. One long-term concern I have is over what happens when all donor supply is exhausted but native hair continues to fall out around the temples, sides, and back. That could look odd.
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Hi Dutch - I may try the approach of half a tablet of finasteride every other day, but only as a last resort. Ultimately, having a libido is more important than having hair. Your plan sounds a sensible one, good luck. One long-term concern I have is over what happens when all donor supply is exhausted but native hair continues to fall out around the temples, sides, and back. That could look odd.
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Thanks for the feedback guys. RCWest - I came off finasteride because of the effect on my libido, which has since come back, so pretty certain the two are linked. As a result, I won't be trying finasteride again, so will almost certainly end up around NW6. Therefore, I will be planning future HTs on the basis that some areas will have to be left with a thin covering - due to insufficient donor hair for a full covering - I wondered if anyone else had worked out a similar plan with their surgeon.
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I wondered if anyone who has had a hair transplant is now NOT using meds - finasteride, minoxidil, etc? These meds are generally recommended as the best way to preserve existing hair. Personally, I've come off finasteride because of the side effects, and I'm now trying minoxidil, though without great expectations. Ideally I would prefer not to use any meds, and use surgery to deal with future hairloss. However, this is complicated by the fact that I'm likely to end up around a NW6, based on family hair loss history. Is anyone else in a similar boat? Have you planned your hair transplants on the basis that you won't be able to cover all balding areas, eg. the crown, so settle for a thinner covering in those areas? This is the situation I am in, interested in how others may have addressed it.
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Looking good, and should be plenty more progress ahead.
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I used Vitamin E oil on the scar for about two months after surgery, as advised by Dr Lindsey. Just a small amount, gently rubbed in. I had a check up with the nurse at my local GP last week to see how the scar looked and she had a job to find it... So Vitamin certainly hasn't done me any harm.
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Hair transplant take 2 – Dr William Lindsey
Albion71 replied to Albion71's topic in Hair Transplant Reviews
Hi all. Latest blog update here, six weeks post-op. Not much to report other than steady healing, but there are hardly any pimples whereas at this stage following my previous HT I had loads in the recipient area. Hope that is a good sign. -
These photos were taken on day 45, just over six weeks post HT. I haven't suffered much - if any - shock loss, so my hair now looks pretty similar to pre-op, aside from a little redness in the recipient area. This is largely covered now by the native hair. The main contrast with my previous HT is that I have not suffered from any pimples bar a couple of tiny ones. By this stage following my previous HT I had pimples popping up all over the recipient area. Is that a sign things are healing more normally? The other main difference is that the scalp was not as red first time round - I'm guessing that's down to Dr Lindsey packing the front hairline more densely this time. The scar is a little red, but nothing out of the ordinary. When I went to see my barber for a trim, he said the scar was the best he had seen out of about 20 HT cases whose hair he has cut. I started using minoxidil foam four days ago. I tried Minoxidil once before about five years ago, for about 6-9 months, with partial success on the crown, but I didn't like the greasiness, and it made my beard much tougher. Hoping it will help cover up a bit more of my thinning crown. I am off finasteride completely.
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From the album: Hair Transplant 2, Dr Lindsey, 221211
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From the album: Hair Transplant 2, Dr Lindsey, 221211
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From the album: Hair Transplant 2, Dr Lindsey, 221211
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From the album: Hair Transplant 2, Dr Lindsey, 221211
