dustinp

Dr. Keene responded to me and said;

"You do have some significant shock loss for the size of your surgery, however, I am confident it is temporary"

I am using minox. on the donor area. . . guess I gotta wait it out now. . . thanks for all the advice everybody!

Originally posted by Bill - Associate Publisher:

Old Baldy,

 

No, she usually harvests the strip on the occipital bump.

 

Atomic,

 

There's nothing unsafe (at least in terms of scar stretching) about taking strips above the occipital bump, only below. There have been several situations doctors take higher strips. Obviously, the concern here is that if the patient progresses to a level 6 or 7 on the norwood scale, then he may lose some of the transplanted hair. But doctors I've talked to regarding this approach carefully consider an individual's characteristics, risk of future hair loss, and hair restoration plan.

 

It appears that Dustinp and Dr. Keene have discussed this as indicated by his last response.

 

All the Best,

 

Bill

Hello again, I measured and my scar is 1 1/4 inches above the occipital protuberance. . . I am 28 and hair loss started (very, very, slowly and only in the front) when I was 22. . .Is there a way a doctor could look at your hair and "predict" that you may have a good chance of not getting to a 6 or 7? Chances are this wouldn't happen until I was pretty old. So you are saying worst case, I lose my transplanted hair when I would have lost it in the back. Dr. Keene told me she looked at the the hairs in my (higher up) donor area and that they were not "miniturized". . . I was under the impression they would hang in there for life. . . Thanks for the help everyone

And by the way, I have only sent these pictures to Dr. Keene AFTER posting them here. . . so she has only had 1 or 2 days to get back to me. I am sure she will respond (if not on this board) to me soon. . .

I asked her that very question (before the surgery, I am just curious that way) she told me everyone is a little different. I "carry" my donor hair a little higher, she told me. Also, take a look at the picture. I measured my two fingers at the last knuckle, the red line is exactly 1.5 inches long. I think it is a small amount over 3 inches from hairline to scar. . . but the first inch is very fine "baby" hair. . . what do you all think?

Oh, also, yes, I had been taking the finestride for exactly 30 days before my surgery. And it has been 5 weeks and 3 days since my surgery. . . so 10 weeks on finestride. . .

My wife adds that by looking at the sides, or ends of the incision, there is absolutely no shock loss at all. Did someone say this would only be caused by the closure being to tight? At any rate, I would much rather lose a little hair than bleed out . But why wouldn't I have "lost" it on the sides??? And by the way, I am not meaning for this to be a blow towards Dr. Keene, she and her staff were great! We should all be aware of the risks involved with these types of procedures from the begining. . .

another. . . as you can see. . . I actualy lost most of the hair BELOW the suture line. . .

I can comb it down to hide it but I really don't care what it looks like right now. . . as long as it comes back. . .I will post a few pics, one with a line drawn where the actual incision was. . . Also, I wear my hair a bit long in the back at the bottom so it is deceiving, but I feel that my donor hair was taken somewhat higher than most I have seen. Any comments??? thanks everyone.

good. . .thanks!

I hope so. . .that will be another proceedure in and of itself just to put FUE's in that area. . .

strip. . .it says it in the post's title. . . just down at the bottom it's hard to notice. . .

Just wanted to know what any of you may think about this. . . check out the picture. . . my HT was only 30 days ago, but is this normal? Should I expect it to grow back??? Sorry for the crapy picture, I don't have anyone here to take it for me right now. . .

Thanks everyone!

Dustin

Just wanted to know what any of you may think about this. . . check out the picture. . . my HT was only 30 days ago, but is this normal? Should I expect it to grow back??? Sorry for the crapy picture, I don't have anyone here to take it for me right now. . .

Thanks everyone!

Dustin