broski

On 4/28/2023 at 11:03 PM, Tomi said:

Hey broski thanks for the kind words. Wimpole are super conservative. If I could go back I would have pushed for more like 3,500 but I understand the conservative approach. They were worried about my donor looking north blown so they wanted to see how it looked after a year. After 6 months it is looking super thick back there and I believe I could take another 2-3 k and plan to unless I get considerable density in months to come. Finasteride is also helping so could possibly avoid it. I wouldn’t dissuade you from Wimpole but I would consider options in Spain or even Poland that would do more like 4K for the same price. But Wimpole in my opinion feels like a safe option and I would consider using them again for a second pass next year. If you are really considering a ht I would say just do it, I’m really glad I did. Good luck

Hey Tomi, thanks for your reply and insight. What kind of stage were you at after about a month ? am trying to work out timings and was wondering if you had any pictures of around the month and 2 month mark ? 

also how are you looking now ? 

hey mate - i just read your 6 month update and was blown away by your pics. it looks really good to me. i still haven't booked mine in but am tempted after seeing yours - the only thing is im sure i have less than you did to start with and they quoted me only 2400. in an ideal world would you have wanted more done than the 2800 ? how did your donor area hold up and could it of handled more ? 

On 11/8/2022 at 2:07 AM, Tomi said:

@broskiyeah it looks like clean work to me, can’t see the donor area any more and minimal redness in the recipient area. Looks, for the most part un noticeable to the untrained eye at this point don’t feel weird walking around in public like this at all. Still feels a bit numb though but I’ve been told that’s normal and can last a month! He said when he was doing it he could have fit another 1000 grafts (it was a tough call as to how many they could fit without damaging my native hair) which is good to know because the transplant was pretty front heavy and I’m expecting (unless I get a great result from fin) that my crown will still look thin so, I’ll see how my donor heals and see how many more grafts I can potentially take to do another ht in a couple of years. But I think that is probably another draw back of Wimpole, they seem to suggest 3000 is probably the maximum they would do in a day. Maybe that’s a good thing because anything more than that, I’d expect the surgeons would become fatigued. I was there from 7.45 until 4.30.

Sorry for the slow reply and thanks again for the updates / advice.

i’m now taking 1mg of fin per day - have been for about 3 weeks and i can see new little hair growing in the places that were previously barren. They are just little fine hairs so not sure if they will develop into anything more. Maybe i should look at ways to help this.

How‘s it all going your end ?  

11 hours ago, Tomi said:

My advice to you is to start taking finasteride now. See how you go with it and how your body reacts in the way of stopping your hair loss and potentially improving it and wait 6 months. 90%+ chance it will work and you won’t have any sides. Then in that time you will see an update from me with final results. I feel like they are a fine choice, sure not the best but I’m not regretting it. The months after your procedure are full of exciting highs awaiting the result and also full of uncertainty so I wouldn’t want to give anyone any advice right now aside from taking fin before your procedure so you can rule that out as a potential issue and stabilize your hair loss now. I had a women called sha (I think) who seemed very professional and I felt comfortable with. But the proof is in the pudding and we will know soon enough if the final result is satisfactory. Here’s a updated picture day 12 post op 

thanks for your advice - and while i'm no expert i think that looks really good. how is your donor area doing ? did they say they could have taken more that 2800 grafts or was that towards the top end ? 

ah thanks for your reply - are you taking 1mg daily ?

i recently visited wimpole and was also recommended the same surgeon you had but like you am a little concerned by some of the comments from other users about wimpole in general. do you remember who did your extractions ?

hi Tomi, i hope your recovery is going well ? i was wondering if you had experienced any side effects to taking finasteride and what dosage you have gone with ? 

On 10/26/2022 at 8:23 PM, Speoj said:

I’ve been chatting to Russ, Mani’s coordinator. Got in touch with him directly through the Mittal clinic website 

thanks very much 

amazing - good luck with it all - am looking forward to following you journey  

7 hours ago, Tomi said:

@broskiyeah sure why not. I think the more unbiased information out there the better for the next generation of dudes struggling with hair loss. I’m all for breaking the stigma and having a better approach towards a condition that is causing people anxiety and depression. If there is something we can do to help then we should be doing it 

Thats great - thanks so much - i will be following. You have your surgery tomorrow don't you ? 

good luck Tomi, are you going to post your story ? 

Hi, who did you initially speak to when you contacted Dr. Mittal and did you do it through his website ? 

hey hows this all going ? any updates - i hope its working out for you  

this is looking great !!

following - good luck