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DenverBuff1989

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  1. Its highly likely the 1st week aftet surgery you will be very sleep deprived from having to lay on your back during sleep and spraying saline spray once every 2 hrs. And then there is the itchiness, possible swelling, etc. You may feel totally normal after a week, but I wouldnt wear a hat for the first 2-3 weeks post op. Id be too nervous it could make a graft fall out or otherwise hurt the healing process. And without a hat it will be obvious to others something has gone on.
  2. Happiness is all about expectations. Some nw 6 or nw 7s may be fantastically over the moon to transform into a nw 3, etc. Check out the recent thread by Melvin "is there such a thing as a perfect HT"
  3. @Navthedon your operating surgeon may have taken donor hair outside of the 100% safe zone. Its actually pretty common practice. If the doc predicts you will never be a natural NW 5 or 6, they may take donor hair from these less safe regions. And if the doctor predicted wrong and you are indeed naturally a NW 5 or NW 6, then it makes sense you would be losing this transplant hair. Stopping Fin just makes the situation worse. You were on it for quite some time so assume you didn't have sides, not sure why you stopped. If you have no compelling reason to stop taking it, you should hop on it again asap.
  4. Thanks Melvin. I know a large part of this forum is used to help newcomers avoid mistakes and learn from others, but it genuinely is distressing and just makes me feel bad when I'm busy at work and get a notification reminding me of a bad surgery I had 2 years ago. I have moved from that. No hard feelings, but yes please don't tag me anymore. Thanks.
  5. @Melvin-Moderator I've hardly had the worst HT on this site (even tho my 1st one was pretty bad) so I'm really surprised to see my name dragged into this random thread? It doesn't even have to do with any Colorado hair docs, or a gap in the hair, nothing related to me. For the record my 3rd hair transplant is 4 months in and starting to grow in great and I am happy with the results. Of course I absolutely would have gone off in a different initial direction, but ultimately my hair is much better from its native state and I am happy with the results. My end goal is actually to move away from this site, because hair transplants are not my life. Its like a recovering alcoholic whose whole life revolves around AA meetings. How about only pinging my username when its actually relevant to a thread? And even then, I'm just going about my day and don't really care to get an email notification from some little hairloss forum. It's basically 15 guys with 10,000 posts whose claim to fame in life is they've had a bunch of hair transplants. And the rest are normies who ask what they need to, and then move on, because a cosmetic procedure shouldn't define your life. Great moderating, bro.
  6. I'm not sure of any red-handed evidence Tom Brady has had work done. But IMO he has. Is it all just a big giant coincidence that 90% of celebrities, athletes, other 1%'ers have flawless hair? When by age 50 85% of normal men have some degree of hairloss? Obviously there are the Jeff Bezos of the world who just dont give af, so perhaps there is that.
  7. IMO bald gene predictors is a bit of a junk science. There's really no firm way to tell how you will end up. Something like height can definitely be more readily predicted based on parents, family, etc. But even if every male in your family is a wolverine, there is still a chance you can experience hairloss. I think age of onset can be a better predictor of future hairloss than family genes. For example, if you have perfect hair up until say 40, then start experiencing very minor hairloss, chances are you will never be a NW7. Whereas if you start experiencing significant hairloss in your early 20s, chances are the Norwood reaper will continue to haunt you...
  8. actually one more reason to hop on the Fin train haha
  9. @Saul Goodman any update on your plan of action? Are you just going to wait and see what happens?
  10. for all my previous HTs I saw the first signs of growth around 4 months almost on the dot. You aren't even at 4 months yet. I know waiting sucks but theres nothing odd yet with no growth at 111 days.
  11. If its really stressing you out you should contact the clinic and just be completely honest and ask for their input. They may just lie or beat around the bush, or you may find actual reassurance and they will rationally tell explain the ins and outs of your particular hair transplant. I know its a lot mentally to put yourself out there and be honest with the clinic that you are anxious and potentially unhappy with the work they did, but what do you have to lose?
  12. thanks @Dr. Suhail Khokhar and @DrTBarghouthi! I feel good taking the prednisone.
  13. yes I was reading prednisone is commonly given post-op. So assume there is no negative interaction, still good to make sure. @DrTBarghouthi thoughts? Thanks!
  14. Hi all, 3 months and 6 days since my last hair transplant. I've been dealing with completely unrelated tinnitus which sprang up 3 weeks ago, and was prescribed today 2 weeks of 60mg prednisone (I think it titrates down as I progress through the 2 weeks) to help with it. Just wondering if there is any interaction between prednisone and hair growth, hair transplant, etc? I'm right on the cusp of hair growing from this transplant and would hate for this steroid to affect it *the ear doc I saw thinks the tinnitus is stress related and just prescribed the prednisone as a precaution. I will definitely not be taking it if it will impact my hair transplant - ringing in my ears be damn*d. Thanks.
  15. Think about all the homeless people using hard drugs who have beautiful NW0 hair. Substance use (or abuse) can perhaps speed up hairloss if you are already predisposed to it, but will not cause hairloss on its own.
  16. from my own personal experience, its not that I don't want coverage, but that doctors are hesitant to operate on it. Many balding crowns still have a bit of hair that covers it. The worry is that by adding grafts to the crown, this can permanently shock loss the hair thats already in there, negating any positive effect. Furthermore, crown loss can enter its "final balding phase" later than the hairline. Someone who has a decently balding crown at 30 and gets operated on, can end up with massive crown loss throughout their 30s, necessitating the chase of further HTs. Dr. Diep, Dr. Harris, Dr. Feller, and a rep for Dr. Shapiro all concurred with the above when I presented my NW3, moderately balding crown. Dr. Konior had no problem quoting me for the crown, but thats bc he is a wizard so anything is possible with him. I was in the end able to get my crown operated on after much pushing on my end with Dr. Harris. He agreed to do 400 grafts, which he carefully explained to me is not would enough to fully cover all my crown, but enough to have a positive effect. He only did 400 vc he placed it in very selective areas that wouldn't transect with the hair thats already there. I agree with your above point there is a fine line in terms of crown loss. A mild "bald spot" is no issue at all - even teenagers can have crown bald spots. But if your crown loss gets severe enough, without a HT you really might as well shave it off bc even a 10/10 hairline will not make up for a horrible crown.
  17. As the title says, when is it safe to use hair product - specifically paste/gel - post HT?
  18. @Saul Goodman if you go to my profile-> topics my first topic shows the gaps. Those pictures are a bit dramatic for effect, and my hair looked "ok" (but not good) with the hair longer, but there was never one second I thought it didn't need to be fixed. If you do end up determining that these are gap areas, I would not have McGrath repair your hair, even if he offers free of charge (which is an industry standard custom, not out of the goodness of his own heart). Having gap areas is very amateurish. It also makes me question the ethics of the doctor, does he/she really even care about the end-result for the patient. IMO all HT doctors would be aware and cognizant if they were leaving their patient with gap areas, so to be OK with wrapping up a surgery like that and essentially forcing patients into repair surgeries is just pretty rotten. Especially because they could simply just add more grafts right then and there and fix the issue! It doesn't hurt to follow up with Mcgrath, but be direct and give your honest opinion. I'm concerned he will say something like "oh its just shock loss, it will grow back and come back to me in 10 months and we can reassess, etc." And then you patiently wait 10 months, just to be in the same situation. Whereas if another more qualified doctor confirms the hard truth for you, you can just eat the loss and have a repair surgery booked in 9-10 months time with an elite, qualified surgeon. It will of course be more expensive than a free repair from McGrath, but I wouldn't trust him for 2nd go around.
  19. @Saul Goodman in my own experience, my gap was evident right after surgery. The doctor had underestimated the graft count, and instead of ethically putting more grafts in during surgery as needed (I would have been completely fine paying for these extra grafts), apparently decided to only put in the grafts I had paid for beforehand, even if it meant her own work would be subpar. She even said to me as surgery wrapped up "your front could use more grafts in another procedure, but I think it will blend in well as is". What a lie... It was my first HT and I was not knowledgeable about HTs at all and was very naive, so I thought this gap was "shock loss" and thats what the doctor kept telling me. In the end it was all fixable, I "just" needed another surgery to fill in the gap. I don't mean to be biased with my own personal experience, but IMO you clearly have a gap in the right temple area and in the mid-scalp, and because it seems like you have had this since the surgery, this is not shock loss and hair will not grow there. If I were in your shoes I would definitely reach out for a 2nd opinion from a different, elite hair doctor. It's hard to know if the operating surgeon will be honest with you, especially if they have made an obvious error. They very well may pull the "shock loss" excuse on you Your gap(s) are not as significant as mine were, so as @Melvin-Moderator said, perhaps the hair will cover it and blend in well. However, this does not make it right at all, and its not what you paid for. You may be very limited in hairstyles you can do. Furthermore, if you have further hair loss, the gap areas will just get bigger and it will turn into a huge mess. The pessimistic scenario is that these gap(s) will not blend in well as in the current state. In either case, I assume you would want a repair surgery. You did not go down the HT journey expecting unnatural gaps in your hair. I sincerely hope I am wrong and am just blinded by my own experience, that's just my 2 cents. In my own situation it was all fixable in the end.
  20. what really gets me are old Skid Row-types who have absolutely stunning NW0 hair. It seems destitution and heroin is great for your hair (jk I kid)
  21. yea for real. its strange how popular a combover and other horribly receding hairstyles were. Maybe wigs were more popular back then too. These days, with so many options available, society basically forces guys to have a full head of hair or be slick bald. Its a huge no no to have a combover or grossly receded temples, etc.
  22. hair envy is no different than anything else in life you were born into. Perhaps you are 6'2" and will never know the struggles of being a short man. Perhaps you were born with a trust fund and will never know what it's like to deal with the stress of debt, loans, mortgage. Etc. Etc. Etc. I'm also not sure why you chose the above example. Sure, the guy has more hair than Putin. But Nalvany is clearly a NW2 at minimum. Definitely does not have enviable hair.
  23. tbh I think your natural look was totally fine! looks like you have the beard, physique, and facial structure to carry the bald look really well. However, of course no one wants to be bald, so understand going the HT route. Piggybacking what others have said, crown growth takes longer than the hairline bc the crown has less of a blood supply going to it. Just be patient and put concealer on it on occasions you need to have it covered. I really like your hairline. You really lucked out with that result, going to a chain-type HT place. Try not to go crazy examining your hair under very bright light. There are plenty of examples on this forum, where objectively very good, end-result HT's, when you look very close up and under very bright light, you can see its not as dense as native hair, etc. Its one of those things that's not in the marketing material.
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