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  1. A quick bathroom mirror pic as I’m at the DMV to get a replacement driver’s license. I’m a few weeks away from my one year mark.
  2. Dr. Cooley in North Carolina. He books out about a year in advance, but he's known for natural hairlines.
  3. Did they not remove your first scar during your second strip surgery?
  4. Yes, I don’t see my new PCP until March so I went to an in-network walk in clinic.
  5. Yep, had them removed at an urgent care tonight. The nurse said “it looks like he did embroidery on the back of your head!” 🤣
  6. I heard back from my doc and he said all looks perfectly normal and that I should go ahead and have them removed. Thanks for the advice!
  7. I did, will probably wait until I hear back. Should be just a couple days at most.
  8. I’m almost 3 weeks in and should have my sutures removed on Wednesday. These pics are from a few days ago.
  9. This was day 3 after my first in-home shampoo. The redness subsided and by day 7-8 the scabs had fallen off. It looked just like a buzz cut in the transplanted areas. I don’t have any photos of that.
  10. Dr. Cooley recommended 2500, or +500 to address the crown with a “sprinkling”. As far as FUT vs FUE, I already had a scar from my first procedure so I didn’t see any reason to press for FUE. My understanding is that FUT tends to have a higher graft survival rate and FUE can cause a diffuse thinning in the donor area if a large number of grafts are removed.
  11. I had an FUT procedure and I was told to keep the sutures in for 3 weeks. By that timeline I should have them removed in a couple days. The donor scar line is still a bit tender when light pressure is applied. Normal? Just want to be sure I’m healed enough for suture removal. Seems like from what I’ve read 3 weeks is a little on the longer side and should be fine.
  12. Probably, but I have to ask anyway! It’s day 8 from my procedure and after my shower and drying my hair with a hair dryer on cool I noticed some white flakiness on the recipient area. I used gentle, circular motions with the pads of my fingers and some of the scabs easily came off into the sink. In some of them, there were hairs. I know the hairs will shed in 2-3 weeks and that the scabs should be coming off around now, I’m just wondering about the hairs in the scabs. Is this normal? Photo below.
  13. I'm almost 7 days post op and wanted to share some pics. Planned on 3000 grafts with Dr. Cooley, 2500 frontal + 500 crown, and ended up with 3416. That was a happy surprise! 1 - 1042 2 - 1487 3 - 887 These pics are all from the day of the procedure. I posted another, lengthier post here if you're interested in more.
  14. In the post op papers I received from my surgeon, he says "Remember that the grafts will usually enter a dormant stage around 2-3 weeks post op. Don't be alarmed if you see the hairs begin the shed. Sometimes a small amount of tissue can be attached. This is normal and what we expect to see." I don't know if this is what you're seeing, but I'd definitely check with your doc in person if you can.
  15. Day 3, first home shampoo. Starting to get tingly and itchy in the recipient areas. Took my first home valium to get some sleep tonight and boy was it tasty.
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