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HairIsThere

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  1. Has/does anyone order Propecia/any other drugs for that matter online through a Canadian pharmacy? I've been looking into it and it is so much cheaper to do it this way than with a pharmacy here in the states. Any experiences with this?
  2. I'm going to be contrary - I believe it is OK to get an HT as young as 22 yrs old - which is exactly when I had my first done and am more than happy with the results. If your hair loss has mostly stabilized, as you mentioned with taking Propecia for the last year, then what your hair looks like now is essentially what it will look like several years from now, at least from the middle to back of your head...therefore you would have most your grafts placed in the frontal 1/3 to add density and recreate a hairline (albeit not a "teenage-low" hairline but still a very good caliber one that you will be pleased with). Your hair on the back/sides of your head looks like great quality hair..if I was you I would consult some more docs. If you keep taking Propecia and if I was a bettin man, I'd bet that your hair will look no different now than it will in 2 years. Once you understand everything about the procedure and hone your expectations from grandiose to realistic I think that's when you are ready to go through with it, IMO at least.
  3. Hair, Skin & Nails | Walgreens This is a link to a picture of what the vitamins look like. The brand is Nature's Bounty. Any experiences??
  4. I was wondering if anyone has taken these vitamins and what their experience was with it? Anyone noticed increased growth/thickness in both native and/or transplanted hair? My mom lost her hair to chemo several months ago but has finished treatment....she's now completely cancer free and her hair is now coming back great and pretty thick actually...shes been taking these hair skin and nails vitamins and it seems to be working. I've taken them several years back when I first started losing my hair but if I remember correctly I think it just made it grow faster but didn't necessarily make it healthier.
  5. Hey I'm wondering if anyone knows of a good hair gel/wax/pomade/product that will achieve a 'wet hair' look as if I just got out of the shower that will last all day long? I've noticed that a lot of older men have this kind of look.
  6. Hey I'm wondering if anyone knows of a good hair gel/wax/pomade/product that will achieve a 'wet hair' look as if I just got out of the shower that will last all day long? I've noticed that a lot of older men have this kind of look.
  7. Ok thanks guys! I've also noticed that when I brush my hair or sometimes touch my scalp in the recipient area it's still a little sensitive, I guess it can stay somewhat sensitive for a while?
  8. Hey guys, I know this is a stupid question but I guess I just need some reassurance. Sometimes when I brush my hair some of the transplanted hairs are a little tangled and the brush sorta pulls up on them. I'm assuming that's no big deal though? I'm over 8 months post op and only starting brushing about 2 weeks ago.
  9. Alright so I'm a little over 5 months post op now and I have a few little spots of dead skin in my recipient area that feel sort of raised. It's not scabs or pimples. Most of them have made their way off usually during a shower and when they do they have about 1-4 hairs in them. Is this normal and will it affect growth at all?
  10. baldboy, I think it's a great idea! Go with a good doc from this site and I know you will be happy when it's all said and done.
  11. I would bet that if you love each other enough to get married then she'll love you enough to understand where you are coming from. After all, a marriage is founded on talking with each other about every single thing so as youngsuccess said, just tell her you've really really been wanting to talk to her about something but have felt uneasy about doing so for a while. With that said however, there might be a little bit of compromising. If you let her pick out where everything goes in the house, what furniture you'll have, the colors, etc... then you just might have yourself a deal Oh, you might have to go down a few inches on that flat screen TV too....
  12. I'm sure this guy peed his pants a little after seeing these results at 8 months....freakin awesome work.
  13. There is no definite evidence that Propecia will for a fact quit working in everyone that takes it after "x" amount of years. It's different for everyone and for many it works for a lifetime. Also, you won't just have a "tuft" of hair left after all the rest falls out - if it does. You can attack the front now (which is the most important for everyone due to that framing the face) and save a few thousand grafts to tackle the middle/crown when and if you need that later on. Check out Eman's hairloss blog...he went from being quite bald to having an insane head of hair and 1000-2000 grafts left to do the crown later if he needs it. Let ALL his native hair in the recipient area fall out - it would make no difference at all because that great head of hair is ALL transplanted which will never fall out. Check on Bill's weblog..he has ZERO native hair left. Sure the transplant planning depends on how many grafts you have available, but I don't know just a whole lot of guys who would choose to use their few grafts on sparse coverage only to once again get the "bald guy" look over a dense front. Life's just too short to wait to do what you want to do.
  14. I'm saying that your argument cannot be that due to the fact that mother nature will never grow back our hair, every single one of us with an HT - no matter the age - are risking "looking weird" years on down the line if our native hair for whatever reason decides to fall out.... so I'm still waiting on your argument for why he should wait til he's 30 - TEN years from where he is now?! Also, if he goes with a top doctor from this site, what is your definition of a "worst case" scenario? No doc from this site would do a procedure or 2 on him now only for him to be back at square 1 at 30-35. The only way that would happen is if he is just physiologically prone for that to happen - but every single one of us are potentially wired for that to occur..it's once again a gamble we ALL take.
  15. I'm at about 9 weeks post op and I still have a few grafts that stayed intact and are already growing. It's perfectly ok if yours don't fall out - consider yourself pretty lucky if they don't! Most of mine actually didn't fall out til about 4 weeks too.
  16. Phil, I have no idea what you are talkin about. Obviously, if you go to a hack then yeah worse things could happen like severe scarring and things like that. But as I said in my post, if you go to a recommended doc, as on this site, then they are well respected in the field of hair restoration and will do a good job. I have done my research and if you think he should wait til he's 30 to get one then you clearly haven't done yours. In ANY situation in life there are always what ifs, what if this happens, what if that happens. That's life and there's no guarantees with anything. If he wants some hair back right now then I see no reason why he shouldn't go through with the procedure. Everyone of us with an HT are risking "looking weird" later on down the line with future hairloss - meds or no meds. Mother nature will not bring back our hair with MPB - so that can't be your argument.
  17. Baldboy, IMO I think that if you want an HT I don't see why you shouldn't do it. Sure you may have future hairloss, but any way you slice it, with an HT you WILL have more hair than you would if you just didn't get one at all. I personally think that people put a little too much emphasis on the whole "future hairloss" idea before gettin an HT. If you think about it, even all of us guys who are on meds could very well still have future hairloss...they could quit working at any time I suppose, or people could just quit taking them due to side effects, financial situation, etc... Every single one of us who get a hair transplant are taking this gamble. You do what YOU wanna do and feel is right at the time. I'm 22 and had my first HT back in May. I couldn't imagine going through my 20s without hair. The worse that could happen to you is you get a procedure done now, 10-15 years later you lose the rest of your hair (which could potentially happen to all of us even with the meds), so you shave your head..ok big deal..if you wouldn't have had an HT you would have lost your hair and probably shaved your head anyways. Sure there is money lost there but there's not just a whole lot of things you can spend your money on in this world that are guaranteed in the future - present day TVs, comps, and phones are always days away from being obsolete, cars break down and clothes go out of style. If you go to a recommended doc who will use your donor hair wisely then go for it...I don't care what age you are. Just my opinion man hope this helps!
  18. I've had a pretty persistent pimple off and on for roughly 5 weeks now in the same spot. Every now and then it will pop in the shower or something but will come back in a couple days. Is this bad or fairly normal? I'm at 9 weeks post op today.
  19. I've had a pretty persistent pimple off and on for roughly 5 weeks now in the same spot. Every now and then it will pop in the shower or something but will come back in a couple days. Is this bad or fairly normal? I'm at 9 weeks post op today.
  20. Make sure you seek counsel with a qualified surgeon first and foremost. I mean granted we all need to see some more pics of your vertex and donor areas to fully assess the situation, IMO if you have good donor hair and laxity, then really your level of baldness doesn't matter...you can have successful HTs. Just be prepared it's gonna cost a pretty penny so start saving now. Check out some Hasson and Wong results on here for huge megasessions if you wanna see miracles ...I believe that there is hope for you man.
  21. Hey I haven't contacted my doc...I'm still not sure exactly what's goin on but there really is zero sign of infection on either my recipient or donor regions. There's no discoloration, pus, bleeding, etc... I mean I think everyones hair sorta starts smelling a little bit after a while just cuz it gets dirty/oily but for some reason mine just seems to smell like that a lot sooner than usual. It's really just that "dirty" hair smell but I dunno. I'll probably still give my doc a call on Monday or so.
  22. I guess I'm not too sure if it's my hair or scalp but I think it's my hair. My scalp seems to be a normal color cept maybe a little pink still and somewhat white after I shower. I can feel a few bumps here and there on it but it just seems like a pimple or where a pimple used to be, nothing major I don't think and it also doesn't really itch...I guess I should just ask my doc about it.
  23. Mine's not either but I can notice it after I move my head one direction and then move it back...sorta that "trail" is left and I can smell it. Sorry I know that sounds really weird but I don't really know how else to explain it. My hat also smells like it when I take it off...and the hat is brand new so I know the smell is definitely not comin from that.
  24. This is probably one of the weirder questions that's been asked on here, but I've noticed that my hair has had a very distinct, not so good smell the past few weeks. I take a shower everyday, sometimes twice a day and scrub my scalp pretty generously to clean it (I'm over 2 months post op). At first I thought it might be the shampoo I'm using but I've used about 3 others as well and it still has that same smell starting up a few hours after my shower. Has anyone every experienced this with an HT? Any suggestions?
  25. This is probably one of the weirder questions that's been asked on here, but I've noticed that my hair has had a very distinct, not so good smell the past few weeks. I take a shower everyday, sometimes twice a day and scrub my scalp pretty generously to clean it (I'm over 2 months post op). At first I thought it might be the shampoo I'm using but I've used about 3 others as well and it still has that same smell starting up a few hours after my shower. Has anyone every experienced this with an HT? Any suggestions?
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