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Hi Guys I had my first transplant almost 4 years ago now and i am nervously researching a second proceedure. What i need to do before proceeding is to re-evalute a hair restoration plan and goal for myself. To do this i would like to get exact or as close to exact numbers of FU/Cm square i have naturaly growing in my donor area. I know this varies from person to person. is there machines ,cameras or proceedures Ht docs can do to accuratly deternine this number? thanks for your help guys..

Thankyou Bill i will get some photos together and email you in the next day or two. cheers

Hello Bill Thankyou so much for your input. It was much appreciated. You mentioned that perhaps a transplant is not for me,well thats true i think however the problem i have is that i have already had one. I had a 15oo Fu proceedure done here in Australia about three and a half years ago at the age of 31. Its fair to say i was unprepared and ill informed when i made my decision,based purely on my emotional feelings at the time. Unforgivable in todays day and age where all the information needed is at your finger tips. My emotional response,particularly toward my scar and what the future held for me was not good,not good at all. Bill,i need your help,infact i am desperate for your advic as i need to move forward with my life and hopefully get an outcome i can live with. Would you mind or be available for me to contact you directly. if so it would be absolutly much appreciated. thankyou

hi the B spot (MAtt) the only thing i am really interested in or questioning (forgeting the NOs ie CM square because its all relevant to an individual) is the general theory of a 50% illution of fullness?thats really all? Mattj..I will tell you how this theory could be used as a gimmick to suck you in...Everyone of us on here who has concidered a hair transplant would have asked themselves when concidering it "do i have enough donor hair to cover my head" "how does this aea on the back fill in the top"...then the doctor says, yes good question well the answer is the human eye does not notice hair thinning until it reaches under 50% of its density therefore you have plenty of hair to cover your head. This is what is told to you within the industry from consiltations. The question should be simple..IS this true or not? if not, then that is a gimmick to sucker you in...simple

hi guys,thanks for your input.. My point is really this. I know i have roughly 60 Fu per square centimetre at the most part of my donor area,so in theory that would have been the case in my balding area (roughly). So,i should get a "perceived" full density by having 30 Fu grafts per square centimetre. Same as if someone with a donor of 90 Fu per Square centimetre should need 45 Fu to do the job. This is the theory i am led to believe.

hi all I have read and heard numerous times that when balding you dont notice a visible balding to the naked eye until you reach below 50% of your original density. Therefore when transplanting new hairs if you aim for that 50% mark you can achieve a great result. In theory going on that you should actually recieve an excellent density result. Is this actually true or just a load of crap they spin to suck you in? It seems sometimes,and i am one of them that you will believe anything that sounds this good. Is it too simplistic for me to then calculate the number of grafts i need and amount of hairs needed to cover my balding area in CM square by cutting a peice of paper 29cm long by 1cm wide (29cm square) and using that as a guide? Say the size of a 1500-1900 graft proceedure for me. With that theory i should be able to vitually double the area of that paper to indicate how much surface area of my scalp i can cover? Does this sound silly or has anyone use this theory or believe it is usefull? thankyou all.

Hi guys. I was hopeing for some thoughts from any Australians on here that have had any proceedures done from any Ht Doctors in Australia. Namely from Dr Martnick or Knudsen. I am interested in what you guys think in terms of comparing the two?would you do a proceedure with either of them or go overseas?or if you have already are you happy?would you do another?Do these two have good reputations globaly? thanks everyone..

hi all,thankyu so much for your input so far. MP96 do you mind if i ask who SMG are,is that Shapiro?

Hi all I thankyou all for your help in advance. I am a 34 year old guy from australia who is in desperate need for help. I had a HT surgery when i was 30,1500 grafts and like many am now "locked" in to the process. If i could turn back time and just shave my head i would in a second but unfortunately that is no longer an option for me. As i look to continuing with more surgeries i really need to know,Who is concidered the best in the world?if i continue with more of these surgeries i want to know i am atleast in the best possible hands. So if there is a list available or some sort of popular consensus on who is the best then i am desperate to know. A doctor combining strip and fue i think would be appropriate for my cicumstances. Thanyou all again for your time and advice.