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shanks396

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Basic Information

  • Gender
    Male
  • Country
    Saint Lucia
  • State
    AL

Hair Loss Overview

  • Describe Your Hair Loss Pattern
    Thinning or Bald Spot in the Crown/Vertex
  • How long have you been losing your hair?
    10 years +
  • What Best Describes Your Goals?
    Maintain Existing Hair

Hair Loss Treatments

  • Have you ever had a hair transplant?
    Yes
  • Hair Transplant Surgeon
    Dr. John Diep
  • Current Non-Surgical Treatment Regime
    Rogaine Foam

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  1. Thank you very much Dr. Diep. You've changed my life in an amazing way. Now, I feel much more confident about myself. The transformation is nothing less than a miracle. And I genuinely mean it. If you're looking for a similar experience, then I strongly recommend that you look no further. I had my hair transplant surgery in my crown area. The bald area was approx. 5 inches in width, and 3 inches in height. Yeah, it was pretty big, and I didn't realize till the day of the surgery. We did around 2500 grafts. And I've always understood that the crown is difficult to do because of spherical shape. Therefore, I had reasonable expectations, and wasn't aiming for a miracle really. However, to my surprise, things turned out way better. I can't thank Dr Diep enough. On the day of the surgery, I got up there pretty early around 6am. The entire staff was all set and ready for me. Filled out a few more paperworks. I was all nervous and anxious. Didn't really know what to expect here. And Dr Diep comes in with his big smile. That was very comforting. And the process was kicked off in no time. It was a long one. Had pizza for lunch - pretty tasty!! I think I was done around 6pm. The doctor told me things are looking really good, and he done dense packing of the grafts. But then again, he told me that since this is the crown area, we may have to revisit this again with an additional transplantation. I was very confident with his work, and I was certain that things will turn out to be just fine. And so it did. For the next 3 days, I visited the clinic for regular head wash. Nothing major there. Thanks to the recliner, and a neck pillow, sleeping wasn't a big problem. During the surgery, and days after that, I didn't experience any pain whatsoever. Absolutely nothing. No heaviness on my head. My recovery days were just like any other day. Days passed by, and I was super scared about touching my grafts. On Day 7 onwards, you're supposed to scrub the scabs. Since I was super scared, I was just pouring water over it. Dumb idea. The doctor told me that no harm was done. And I scrubbed it off on Day 14 instead. Three month into it, my donor area wasn't looking great. Like everyone else, I started to get worried. Called up the clinic, and the super nice staff set up an appointment with the Doc right away. I was recommended to use Rogaine. And in a few weeks, the donor looked great again. Six months went by, and there wasn't any fancy magic happening in my crown. It was almost like before. Was worried again. Can't help. Another appointment was setup. This time I was given a A-Cell injection to speed things up. And in 2 weeks, you could see somethings happening. And then in a couple of months, things started to get exciting. And very soon, the entire effort started to show results. Almost 1 year into it, this is the best decision in my life ever. No more Topic, no more hiding. Nothing. Thanks to the cold winter, Beanie became a big part of my life. I wore it for 6 months. Overall, I want to thank to Dr Diep and staff personally. They are the Best!! Don't wait. Just get it done and be over with it. I promise, you won't regret it at all.
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