Rossybop

Yeah I might have shed a bit within a week, I'm not fully sure though. Defo been shedding lots and lots these last few days though, all the hair is coming out with the scabs. I'll check yours out now bro. Cheers.

Happy Xmas everyone Ok I'm now 16 days out of surgery. I've only really started taking the scabs off in the last 3 days or so, most of them are gone now. Since removing the scabs I can finally see a lot of the transplanted hair. Upon removing the scabs a lot of shedding has been taking place. Its hard to tell exactly how much but I've probably been shedding in the shower, I've been shedding as I ease the scabs off every day and when I rub my head and what not sometimes I shed. I did notice my first few hairs come out at the hairline around day 11 or 12. I assume this is all normal? The transplanted hair is a bit weird though. Apart from being a bit less dense (a lot to do with shedding perhaps) I find the texture and look of the hairs a bit different. They kind of spike out of my head whereas the native hair is flat as a pancake. They also look a slightly different colour and they feel very soft or strange. Most of them have grown a bit, some more than others, but a lot of them look and feel a bit fragile. The right side is definitley less dense than the left but I think this is because more shedding has occured on that side. I know that shedding is normal especially at this stage but some bits are shedding more than others so thought I'd post this here to see what people think. Also looking at pics from 5 - 8 days post-op the right side seemed to have less little hairs than the left but I think I read somewhere that this can occur because shedding can start taking place as early as 4-7 days post-op. I'm just wondering is this pattern of shedding totally normal and do the transplanted hairs usually look and feel a bit odd, and fragile, and do they often appear to have less density and growth than the native hair at this juncture? Cheers - Ross.

This is an interesting as I started to worry a little today. I'm 15 days out of surgery now and I notice as I've been washing the scabs off a lot of hairs come out with the scabs. My recipient area is going scant. I was so gentle with washing that the crusting kind of concealed things up until like day 12 but since then I've been rubbing away at the crusts and shampooing the recipient area with more vigour and the recipient area is now almost free of crust but it looks very scant with regard to new hairs. Also the new hairs are kind of spiking out which is a bit different to the native hair. I'm sure I'll probably lose the rest of the new hairs in the next week or two and I'm sure this is all probably normal but the paranoia is there... Its reassuring to see somebody say that shedding can start one week and continue to week 6, this at least makes me feel like I'm within the "normal" remit.

Looks like good work.

Wow! Gone in 2 days of rubbing. Nice. I think I'll start scrubbing harder when I take showers from now on.

Cool man. I wouldn't have thought of your method. Maybe I'll try it out. I've basically resumed showering as normal but I don't leave my head under the water for way too long and I'm quite gentle with touching/shampooing the recipient areas. I think I'll defo start doing it twice a day until its free from flakes and scabs. Cheers.

Wow. Fuck. That's mad because a lot of doctors actually reccomend washing a via cups of water a day or 2 after surgery. Scary shit!

Ok cool. I didn't realize it was so messy making separate threads. Note taken. Cheers. I've resumed normal showers but I'm remaining cautious of having scorching hot water on my head. I actually started washing 2 days after surgery, I was advised to start washing one day after surgery. For the first 11/12 days I washed my hair by pouring cups of watery shampoo over my head. So you reckon two washes per day is a good idea and moisturize, did you rub moisturozier onto your crusty recipient area?

Cool. They were quite bare but what difference would it make if they weren't quite bare?

Haha cheers bro. I'll see if I can copy and paste this into the original thread later. If you think everything is looking normal then that's good to hear. I never thought to start using conditioner, maybe I will do that. I guess I'll give the head a good rub with shampoo in the shower this evening 😊

Ok guys I'm now 14 days out of surgery. Is everything looking normal? I might start scrubbing/shampooing the recipient area more aggressively to get the scruffy appearance cleaned. As you can see its still a bit crusty there. There doesn't seem an awful lot of growth or activity in the recipient areas other than that its been healing up. The donor is free from scabs, there's no pain in it and I think its probably healed properly. The mid-scalp and recipient area has been a bit numb since surgery, its still not come back to life but I think the numbness is starting to fade a little bit and I believe this is normal. Feedback would be apprecieated. Cheers. Also last night when grooming a tiny bit of a scab came off at the hairline and a hair came with it. I assume this is normal at this stage?

I don't know, but I'm nearly sure I've just maipulated them to curl to the left through years of hard work.

Do you think it seems fine, nothing too risky or extreme about it? Cheers.

The doctor did the incisions himself. Hopefully it comes out looking cool and nice and natural, and not totally bizzare.

The thing is I think I've actually mutated the direction of the hairs through years of putting pressure on them. Before I started forcefully wearing combovers it was always straight, I started stylinh it from left to right becuase the left side receded faster than the right. I'm hopeful that it will turn out well but there's the small worry that it will come out looking odd. My hair fallls flat down my head too, not up into the air, I hope this is not an issue, and I hope a bit of styling gel will give me some flexibility.

Very interesting input. In fact yield/density would be a big concern for me so if that is not a problem then I have less to worry about. Can you see from my pictures how odd looking my pattern of growth was from the years of whipping it over to one side. I believe my doctor purposely angled the grafts so that they will follow that pattern of pointing to the left direction, I am fine with this so long as it blends naturally with the way things are anyway. A little bit of styling gel can always give me extra flexibility if I want it. It would be bad if they came out in a very crazy fashion that doesn't fit with the way it naturally grows.

I believe angling the grafts is important for a HT. As far as I know it dictates which way the hair grows. For years I have been combing my hair over from right to left because its accomadated my growing bald spots. My natural hair however is very straight, it grows out very straight, or at least it did before I started whipping it over 10 years ago. So, after 10 years of whipping the hair from left to right it appears as if my hair is sort of set on shooting out to the left unless I train it to do otherwise. I believe this was strongly taken into account during my procedure and the new grafts were angled in such a way that they will follow the pattern that has been forced into my hair through years of styling. As this pattern of mine is forced and not entitrly natural could it have an impact on my overall graft yield and appearance? It would be very sad if the graft yield was damaged because of this, or if the hairs come out pointing in very silly directions. If it comes out looking well though I'd be happy.

I'm sure money is a motivating factor for a lot of them but patient well-being, ethical behaviour, pride in their work and so on, they should be considered highly important components too. I actually think you're wrong; I think hair loss can be a very debilitating problem for some men, and women, and I think that very satisfying hair restoration can have a profound impact on a patient. Giving somebody the confidence to go out dating is very socially significant. If I could start my life on a clean slate again I'd consider studying medicine and maybe consider hair restoration and I certainly would not be motivated to sell gimmicks for cash. There are doctors on this site that give out free advice with the patient's best interest in their stride. I disagree with your perspective.

And Dr Cooley is highly trusted too.

Wow. Saifi supports this stuff. Its not jammed down your throat or anything but there's definitely an intent to promote it.

Nothing for hair loss you say. Upsetting to see trusted doctors flogging this stuff.

Has anyone noticed in many transplant cases there is white flesh attached to the hair follicles. After transplanting the hair in some cases this white flesh protrudes from the scalp, its very detectable. What is it and what does it mean? My transplant didn't look anything like that, there was no white flesh visible on my scalp.

Oh yeah man the hard sell is never a good thing. Hard selling is criminal in my opinion.

That is so funny! What clinics did you go to in the UK and what were they pushing? Did you get a good job in Turkey? 😮

Wow, if this is the same Dr Wolf - the one in Cincinatti - that I just Googled it looks like you went to a top guy. I bet it was pricey enough without the added gimmicks lol. Funny to think a doctor of his status would sell novelty stuff for extra money like that but there you go. Yeah I've not often been recccomended the stuff in barbers but have noticed them too. Maybe if my hair transplant works really well I'll buy them.