JD Jones

5 hours ago, Bluelagoon said:

Thanks for posting, JD Jones. I'm curious, would you think you've been graying due to the HT? I made a thread about such possible effects here 

 

I've being going  grey since I was mid to late 20s,I'm 44 now.

I was dyeing my hair in any of the before pics in this thread and also my other 1st ht thread.

You're not supposed to dye it after ht for 6 months (some doctors will say 1 month or 3 months but Dr B says 6)

I may dye it again in a few months when safe to do so or I may continue with the silver fox look!

I'm not sure there's any correlation between having a procedure and going grey.If you were beginning to go grey around the back and sides (which is the most common way) then those hairs were implanted to the front or midscalp I could see how somebody might think they were more grey after ht for sure.

Difficult to recreate exact angles of pics (especially taking them yourself on an average camera!) But this gives an idea,I'm pretty happy for 8 weeks.Had a haircut today and barber couldn't believe the difference since last cut.I expected the crown to take a lot longer than my 1st ht to grow in but it has definitely started now.

8 weeks...

Not much happening as is to be expected, maybe some spickey hairs starting to sprout on the crown,possibly a bit of shockloss in the mid scalp.

Very happy with donor recovery, a really excellent job by Dr Bisanga on that.Bare in mind this is a weak donor area that had severe shockloss after first ht.Now it has had 5500 grafts taken out of it over 2 surgeries and looks pretty OK to me!

6 weeks ago yesterday so i thought I'd do a little update.

Native and some (certainly 1st ht hair and possibly 2nd ht transplanted hair) growing back nicely.Havent worn a hat in a few weeks.Had the sides tidied up a week ago

Donor seems back to normal aswell.This is big for me as I had very bad shock loss first time around.

I can't get over how easy it is the 2nd time around,of course there are many reasons for this.Im happy enough to look like this until the crown starts to grown in,I can feel lots of little spikey hairs there already.

Pics are taken right beside window in bright light.

18 minutes ago, SecondHT said:

Maybe it is still good to wear a hat in order to protect the recipient skin from the sun exposure.

Not in Ireland in February!

Yes,it is a good idea though

Date of 2nd HT was 1 month ago from today.

A few pics and update.

The crown area has completely shed now,thankfully the midscalp where there was hair already hasn't shed  much at all,I really hope that continues.

The front and midscalp may look a bit thin but the reason is i think its mostly transplanted hairs from first ht there now,it's not going to look full at this length.

Redness as mentioned in previous posts was gone in less than 2 weeks and donor looked back to normal aswell.

I have been out a few times without a hat and feel comfortable with it.Thats great in my opinion as I was wearing a hat for the first 3-4 months after ht number 1.

I'm planning to have the sides shaved down to a 2 blade in the next week or so.

On 2/6/2023 at 4:44 AM, Snowman007 said:

Hi,

amazing, Let me know the package/cost of Dr. Bisanga. ping me privately. 

Hi there!

Best to contact the clinic as they have lots of different combinations/costs/factors etc at different price points.

The difference between 2 weeks and 3 weeks....

Shed starting now at the crown,the sooner it starts the sooner it grows back so happy enough with that.

Redness went after less than 2 weeks,no donor shockloss so far which is great as after my first HT I had serious shock loss in donor that lasted 8 months.

Dr Bisanga took note of this and changed up the anesthetic to tailor it a bit more specifically to my head,so far so good!

No issue going out and about without a hat,just looks like a tight hair cut.

Depending on your age but I would be considering something to combat DHT and future loss along with minoxidil 

I think you're safe to buzz the sides after 4 weeks.I know it's very tempting to use fibres!

What is your budget?

Looks good,

Interesting placement pattern as regards the grafts.Are you on meds to prevent future loss?

Had surgery 2 weeks ago today.

Seems to be going well so far.

Redness is almost all gone which is crazy at two weeks.The shed hasn't started yet and I hope it mightnt start at all! No shock loss so far which was a big worry of mine as after my first ht I had bad shockloss in the donor that lasted 8 months.

I think I can see a nice sworl pattern which wasn't as obvious in the days straight after surgery.

Pics taken with flash

11 hours ago, Hah6788887 said:

Congratulations. I see the thread of your first surgery. Your hair looked really full in the front.  Cab you share a photo of your front the clinic took before shaving your head. The photos you shared from the back doesn't really show much from your first transplant. Best of luck

I think the way the hair is brushed forward in the pics at the top of the thread is pretty unflattering. I guess when they are taking before pics at clinics they want to show the hair at its worst.

Here are some of the front taken at clinics requested before 2nd ht earlier this month 

10 minutes ago, hairlossPA said:

it looks like you may have lost some ground in the front/mid scalp as well since your first surgery, no?

either way, this work looks great. excited to follow

Yes i think I did.

I started finesteride in around 2010 but stopped around 2017,I had my first ht in 2020 and I guess some loss continued as I still wasn't taking finesteride. I started back on the finesteride the day of my 2nd ht 10th Jan 2023 (so a total of 6 years of a break from taking it)

Hopefully this will stabilise things.I had felt that due to my age and balding pattern than it had stabilised without medication but I'm afraid there probably was a bit of loss.

Also that's the reason I asked the doctor to put some grafts in the mid scalp this time around again.

@Melvin- Moderator

Wow,what a transformation and what a thread,a whopper.

I just read it start to finish and watched the embedded yt vids (3 and a half hours!)

I learned so much from that,thank you and congrats.

20 minutes ago, SD1984 said:

If I couldn't have got in with Bisanga again I would have gone to Ferreira,I believe he has something like an 18 month waiting list though?

I have not yet discussed a date for a second surgery but I sure hope it’s  not 18 months. That would be crazy. 

Im sure as a returning patient you would get preference and you wouldn't have to wait so long.

Dr Ferreiro is a great doctor and has amazing results.

Rolandas is one of the best I've seen and his YouTube channel is a one stop shop for everything you need to know about HTs.

If I couldn't have got in with Bisanga again I would have gone to Ferreiro,I believe he has something like an 18 month waiting list though?

16 minutes ago, davidn said:

Did Bisanga discuss using beard?

Yes he did but I didn't want to use beard (even though I've a great beard donor area ironically enough!)

I think just he was fairly confident of getting enough grafts from the scalp or he might have pressed the beard issue a bit further.Im pretty sure im all maxed out now and if I did ever want to go for another procedure it would be all beard 

On 1/18/2023 at 9:24 PM, mrmane85 said:

Because they are back to back surgeries I would probably just continue on this thread so it's easy to follow. You can edit  the title so it lets people know the dates of each surgery + how many grafts were used in each one. 

Cheers for the reply!

I decided to start in new thread in the 2nd procedure, can be found here.

5 minutes ago, HappyMan2021 said:

oh gotcha, nvm then. In this thread ,the previoud thread preview link says "Because they are back to back surgeries" so I just guessed that was the case .Nvm then lol.

No worries,that was another poster that said that.

Anyway,pretty much exactly 3 years apart!

5 minutes ago, HappyMan2021 said:

so your last surgery with Bisanga and this current one were only a few months apart? (apologies if you explained this already - I'm at work and don't have time at the moment to read all your previous posts).

What was the reason? Too many grafts to do in one go? Better graft survival having them spaced out?

No,first surgery in Jan 2020,second one Jan 2023.

The 2nd batch of pics are taken on day 8,all scabs are gone and redness is subsiding much quicker than the first surgery.

Hi folks,

I was wondering whether to add on to my previous thread about my first HT with Dr Bisanga but decided to start a new thread instead.

You can can find details of my first procedure here

I had my 2nd on 10th January 2023.

This time I travelled to Brussels.

The goal of this Ht was to fill in the crown and add density to the midscalp.

Some things to note on this surgery, Dr Bisanga had estimated 1700 to 2100 grafts to do the crown.This consultation took place in Oct 2021 and I felt I'd lost a bit of ground since then.I asked the Dr to cover the crown as planned and then fill up as much of the midscalp as possible,I asked him to take as many grafts as he could,he ended up getting  2500.The grafts in the midscalp would be going in amongst native hair and transplanted hair.

My donor was weak before my first ht with 70cm2 pu fu at the back and 55cm2 per fu as the sides,hair calibre was thin.Baring all this in mind he did well to get 5500 grafts over two surgeries. 

As you can see in the pics he went high with the extractions on the back,maybe outside what the conventional "safe zone " might be.He made this call based on my balding pattern over the last few years and my age.Such is the benefits of using the same skilled surgeon over a few years who is familiar with my head!

All in all couldn't be happier so far,any questions fire ahead!

5 hours ago, mrmane85 said:

Any updates @JD Jones?

Yes,I had 2nd procedure with Dr Bisaga on the 10th jan.Ill wait for clinic pics before posting.Not sure whether to start a new thread on ht num 2 or continue with this one,what do most people do does anyone know?