FormerlySamson

Thanks for the support. I feel very good going into this. I hope to be her best patient yet. I am running 7 miles a night for the past month so I am hoping the blood flow will help out the procedure results in the long run. Ready to hold up the columns again, Samson

lorenzo, Here is the link to the link about percentages of graft survival over time. (site link not allowed here) There is also an article on this same topic in a medical journal that reports similar findings. I'm sure it varies per patient. Dr. Keene has just informed me that she will take strips in increments as follows: 1st day one section of the strip the first four hours and one section of the strip the second four hours (all total 1/2 of the strip procedure the 1st day). On the second day a repeat with the second half of the strip also divided in two four hour increments. I feel confident that I will not lose more than 5% of my total grafts with this procedure given the well thought out strategy of timing the harvesting and placements by Dr. Keene.

Just making those statements about her doing the placements as to emphasize my personal preference and confidence in the choice. However, I'm sure there are skilled techs at many clinics. Its just that I don't know the track record of an individual tech or who they are and their names are not posted on this forum for me to gather evidence of results. I guess this is just the scientist in me coming out.

I think Dr. Keene plans to cut half of the strip one day and half the next. At least that is what she told me on the phone so I believe that to be her strategy. I don't mind the two day surgery plan since I only live 1.5 hrs from her clinic. I suppose the only drawback is getting shots twice but I think this technique allows her to do all of the work which I prefer. Techs come and go but Dr. Keene has demonstrated consistently good work according to these forums and other docs I spoke with so I trust my scalp to her hands. At least I know with some consistency what I am going to get as an outcome with her doing the graft placements rather than what the latest hired technician could be learning to do on me at another clinic.

Dear forum members, I am scheduled to have a 2 day megasession for a 4500+ graft, strip procedure with Dr. Sharon Keene on Feb 17 and 18 of next month. I was wondering if any of you had experiences with 2 day megasessions who were formerly NW5 or NW6 and had good results. If any of you have had your work done with Dr. Keene, I would love to see before and after photos to indicate your levels of success with large strip megasessions. I am particularly interested in your success with graft survival from these megasessions as I will be in surgery for 8 hours each day for both days totaling 16 hours of grafts being handled. I was made aware from an article on the ISSHRS website that after 4 hours there is a 10% loss of graft survival. Dr. Sharon Keene indicated that they would only take the grafts in increments over the course of the surgery as to allow blood flow to continue to the awaiting donor grafts over the 8 hour period. I was very happy to hear that this technique is being used as I do not want to lose even the 10% since I will be using all of my available donor hair in the one surgery and am a Nw6 (see attached photo). I will be posting my before and after photos on this thread upon 3 months post procedure and then a year afterward. I am very hopeful as I am aware that Dr. Keene is an outstanding surgeon with a solid track record and trained by the best. Cheers

Dear forum members, I am scheduled to have a 2 day megasession for a 4500+ graft, strip procedure with Dr. Sharon Keene on Feb 17 and 18 of next month. I was wondering if any of you had experiences with 2 day megasessions who were formerly NW5 or NW6 and had good results. If any of you have had your work done with Dr. Keene, I would love to see before and after photos to indicate your levels of success with large strip megasessions. I am particularly interested in your success with graft survival from these megasessions as I will be in surgery for 8 hours each day for both days totaling 16 hours of grafts being handled. I was made aware from an article on the ISSHRS website that after 4 hours there is a 10% loss of graft survival. Dr. Sharon Keene indicated that they would only take the grafts in increments over the course of the surgery as to allow blood flow to continue to the awaiting donor grafts over the 8 hour period. I was very happy to hear that this technique is being used as I do not want to lose even the 10% since I will be using all of my available donor hair in the one surgery and am a Nw6 (see attached photo). I will be posting my before and after photos on this thread upon 3 months post procedure and then a year afterward. I am very hopeful as I am aware that Dr. Keene is an outstanding surgeon with a solid track record and trained by the best. Cheers