knox79

Thanks for putting this info out there for people to see. I had my surgery done by Dr. Shapiro and never heard anything mentioned about scalp exercises. Glad to know it for future reference.

Thanks, man. I was hoping someone would think a good hair cut to blend it in would be a good idea. It just seems wrong to cut the hair when it is the only thing there to disguise the donor scar. Know what I mean?

I am almost 3 weeks post-op. I haven't returned to work yet, but I must return next week. I am not happy with the way the scar looks. I am sure my doc did the best he could, but I'm not happy with the way my hair was cut in the donor area. The back looks great. You cannot tell there was anything done there, but the sides look bad. It is very noticable. It makes me wish I hadn't taken 3 weeks off work and would have just faced the music then and saved my vacation time. Ironically enough, pre-operation, I was so concerned with how the top would look, and hadn't given a thought to the donor area/scar since I went to such a reputable surgeon. I didn't let him shave the area, so my existing hair (though sparse) covers the graft area just fine. I would love to hear your opinions about the sides. I was considering having a haircut (just to clean up the area on the sides) and hopefully blend it a little better. Not sure if that would hurt or help?? On a side note, I had around 2500 grafts done and have not noticed any shedding at all. Is this typical? The local doctor who removed the stitches at 14 days post-op said it looks great, and that I may just not lose much. I thought I'd read somewhere that they shed by 3-4 weeks? Thanks for your input.

I am almost 3 weeks post-op. I haven't returned to work yet, but I must return next week. I am not happy with the way the scar looks. I am sure my doc did the best he could, but I'm not happy with the way my hair was cut in the donor area. The back looks great. You cannot tell there was anything done there, but the sides look bad. It is very noticable. It makes me wish I hadn't taken 3 weeks off work and would have just faced the music then and saved my vacation time. Ironically enough, pre-operation, I was so concerned with how the top would look, and hadn't given a thought to the donor area/scar since I went to such a reputable surgeon. I didn't let him shave the area, so my existing hair (though sparse) covers the graft area just fine. I would love to hear your opinions about the sides. I was considering having a haircut (just to clean up the area on the sides) and hopefully blend it a little better. Not sure if that would hurt or help?? On a side note, I had around 2500 grafts done and have not noticed any shedding at all. Is this typical? The local doctor who removed the stitches at 14 days post-op said it looks great, and that I may just not lose much. I thought I'd read somewhere that they shed by 3-4 weeks? Thanks for your input.