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Hehe, Bob. You looked great in the vid, by the way. All's well here. Hope same with you.

Heya, Bobman! As you know, I haven't been on the hairloss websites very much for some time. I decided to have a crack at it this rainy Saturday in NYC, and here I find this gem. Great stuff! I got a real kick out of you noting that if the tires are <span class="ev_code_RED">BALD</span> you don't wanna drive that car. Don't we all know it!!! You and I both picked brand new Hassonmobiles!

I removed my staples at 15 days after my second surgery.

Beautiful result. I agree with Phil: No other clinic of which I know posts the kind of high-rez pics and video that H&W does. I love that last [side] pic; It doesn't get any more honest than that. Great result, great honesty!

Very sad. Rugger was such a funny, passionate and good-natured guy. Met him several times and always loved his sharp-witted banter. Rest in peace, friend.

<span class="ev_code_RED">Right here, friends, is the heart of the problem: Deceptive advertising. Armani's website has, for the longest time, been showing STRIP results to FUE candidates. It's unbelievable that he gets away with it.</span>

Neither (although they do have lots of patients). It's because they (1) are honest and ethical in posting candid pics, for good or for bad, and (2) they typically do excellent work, so they are not ashamed to show candid pics. The correct question should be: Why isn't every single doctor posting honest, up-close, clear pics and video? Well . . .

Your confirmation that many feel uncomfortable about it reaffirms my position: It was done to make Jon feel uncomfortable, embarrassed, even humiliated. The post was vile and ill-spirited. This has nothing to do with Armani or Eric's response, but I'm just interested why the testicular part of the post bothers you? (For what it's worth, my brother was diagnosed and successfully treated for testicular cancer, so the way people talk about it is something that interests me). Though I agree the sharing of a patient's medical information as a scapegoat for bad transplant work is both uncalled for and transparently bad practice, I just wondered why the testicular bit was so objectionable to some posters. Frankly, I wish more men were less squeamish about talking about testicles, it may save their lives one day!

Notjustyet, I couldn't agree with you more. Even if he just said "cancer," but was the testicular part necessary? Yes, of course -- it's Armani. Shane and company. They're good at responding like attack dogs. Vile. I felt a pain in my gut just reading it. Jonrctim, I wish you the best with your health and your hair.

OK, this is just too funny. I make my first post in quite a while, having been attracted to this pretty funny thread. After my post, the main forum refreshes and this is the result:

Might I recommend a low-carb diet?

BOO!!! Just wanted to break the silence. Also, in light of what what Dewayene said about removing the old plugs, don't be so sure you can completely reverse things because scarring on a hairline may be noticeable. Every removal site will have scarring. Period. Surgery = scarring. The only question will be how noticeable will it be or, more importantly, will it be noticeable to the naked eye. In Dewayne's case, where one hair was left in, the answer is probably "no." But, if Dewayne were to shave his entire hairline (the equivalent of your going completely bald), I suspect scarring would be readily visible, and people might suddenly start staring at your forehead and wondering "hmmm, what happened there?" I suspect that lasering them out would be the better option but, even then, you have scarring from the '98 incisions.

Hi, everyone. I've just updated my blog with my two-year (final?) pics. Your feedback is, as always, appreciated. Here are some of my favorites: I can hardly enumerate the number of ways in which my HT's have changed my life. The journey all began here, on the Hair Transplant Network, one hour before my scheduled Bosley surgery. I owe you big time, Pat.

LOL I just wasted 5 minutes doing a thorough gd search and was about to discredit you because he used the term in only one thread in which you, too, appeared, and it was not directed at you personally. Lawyers . . .

Hiya, HB! Jees, how could I have been away for so long? Good to see you, my friend. I'll be posting new pics in about a month -- my 2-year shots! Knock on wood, things are holding up great. I didn't expect it, but I actually have seen thickening since month 18. Go figure.

Whoa! I log in for a friendly visit and this thread tops the list. Well, as a former "leading poster" in this forum I know that Pat is often caught in a tough spot balancing free speech against keeping the forum intact. Based on the various posts in this thread thus far, it seems clear that most people favor NG2GB's reinstatement. One thing I know of Pat: He'll think things through and, if he agrees that a position is logical and appropriate, he will have no problem reversing himself. Sometimes it might take a few drinks to get that kind of clarity, but it usually follows.

I'm sorry to be so blunt, but since when is it ethical for a doctor to take batting practice on a live, human head? Why don't doctors just go and get an apprenticeship under a skilled surgeon and learn from someone skilled? This is outrageous, coming here to ask US for advice. Are you guys sure this is not a joke?

Simple. Just look for this hairline:

Bill, it would be a total coup if you made it out!!! I'll even buy you a drink!

<span class="ev_code_red">2007 HAIRGEEK WINTER MEETUP AT ROCKEFELLER CENTER Sunday, December 9, 3 pm Rock Center Caf???© Rockefeller Center 20 W. 50th St., New York, NY 10020 near Fifth Ave. 212-332-7620</span> So far 6 of us, including Spex, will be meeting. Any other NYC area hair-loss sufferers or HT candidates/recipients are welcome. Please respond here if you would like to join.

I can call it Legal Locks.

Glock, thanks! Thrilled is certainly an applicable term here. Mike, that is some compliment. H&W's way with hairlines is one of the main reason I chose them. Bill, this is where my journey all started. Even when I take some long breaks, I'm always part of the family. Uncle Bushy ain't goin' anywhere. As for starting my own salon, check out my medicine cabinet: Between that and the combs, I can start up a side-business, don't you think? Jason, I'm not sure . . . but if you come over we can test them out and see.

Thanks, NN. These last few days of "thanks giving" have made me reminisce a bit. I recall the years of fair loss, followed by hairpiece-hell. It was this site which saved my butt from Bosley the morning of my scheduled surgery with them. And the camaraderie and wisdom of so many posters helped guide me to where I am now. It's nice to have hair back, and to be able to style it is a real treat. I'm just learning, too. Here is a new set of combs I just bought: It's gonna take me months to master these. Thanks for your kind words and sentiments, NN.

Many, many years ago, a man named Abraham Lincoln wrote the following: <span class="ev_code_GREEN">A Proclamation. The year that is drawing towards its close, has been filled with the blessings of fruitful fields and healthful skies. To these bounties, which are so constantly enjoyed that we are prone to forget the source from which they come, others have been added, which are of so extraordinary a nature, that they cannot fail to penetrate and soften even the heart which is habitually insensible to the ever watchful providence of Almighty God. In the midst of a civil war of unequaled magnitude and severity, which has sometimes seemed to foreign States to invite and to provoke their aggression, peace has been preserved with all nations, order has been maintained, the laws have been respected and obeyed, and harmony has prevailed everywhere except in the theatre of military conflict; while that theatre has been greatly contracted by the advancing armies and navies of the Union. Needful diversions of wealth and of strength from the fields of peaceful industry to the national defence, have not arrested the plough, the shuttle or the ship; the axe has enlarged the borders of our settlements, and the mines, as well of iron and coal as of the precious metals, have yielded even more abundantly than heretofore. Population has steadily increased, notwithstanding the waste that has been made in the camp, the siege and the battle-field; and the country, rejoicing in the consiousness of augmented strength and vigor, is permitted to expect continuance of years with large increase of freedom. No human counsel hath devised nor hath any mortal hand worked out these great things. They are the gracious gifts of the Most High God, who, while dealing with us in anger for our sins, hath nevertheless remembered mercy. It has seemed to me fit and proper that they should be solemnly, reverently and gratefully acknowledged as with one heart and one voice by the whole American People. I do therefore invite my fellow citizens in every part of the United States, and also those who are at sea and those who are sojourning in foreign lands, to set apart and observe the last Thursday of November next, as a day of Thanksgiving and Praise to our beneficent Father who dwelleth in the Heavens. And I recommend to them that while offering up the ascriptions justly due to Him for such singular deliverances and blessings, they do also, with humble penitence for our national perverseness and disobedience, commend to His tender care all those who have become widows, orphans, mourners or sufferers in the lamentable civil strife in which we are unavoidably engaged, and fervently implore the interposition of the Almighty Hand to heal the wounds of the nation and to restore it as soon as may be consistent with the Divine purposes to the full enjoyment of peace, harmony, tranquillity and Union. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Seal of the United States to be affixed. Done at the City of Washington, this Third day of October, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, and of the Independence of the Unites States the Eighty-eighth. By the President: Abraham Lincoln William H. Seward, Secretary of State </span> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- In the spirit of Thanksgiving, I have authored my own version of the above: <span class="ev_code_red">A Hairloss Proclamation. The year that is drawing towards its close, has been filled with the curses of malnourished scalps and perishing follicles. To these perils, which are so constantly suffered that we are prone to forget the source from which they come, others have been added, which are of so horrific a nature, that they cannot fail to penetrate and harden even the heart which is habitually insensible to the ever watchful eye of Almighty Woman. In the midst of a follicular war of unequaled magnitude and severity, which has sometimes seemed to non-sufferers vain and futile, needful diversions of wealth and of strength from the pockets of balding men have not arrested DHT, HT surgeons or techs; the scalpel has diminished the borders of our baldness, and the meds, and possibly even low level lasers, have yielded even more abundantly than heretofore. The HT population has steadily increased, notwithstanding the waste that has been made in the [bosley] hair mills; and the baldies, rejoicing in the consiousness of augmented self-confidence and imagined virility, are permitted to expect continuance of years with large increase of ego and perceived importance. No human counsel hath devised nor hath any mortal hand worked out these great things. They are the gracious gifts of the Most High Doctors who, while dealing with us with lust for our checkbooks, have nevertheless remembered mercy for our bald predicament. It has seemed to me fit and proper that they should be solemnly, reverently and gratefully acknowledged as with one heart and one voice by the whole Balding Public. I do therefore invite my fellow sufferers in every part of the globe, and also those who are in denial and those who are sojourning in fantasies of hair cloning, to set apart and observe any Thursday they see fit (or Monday, for that matter), as a day of Thanksgiving and Praise to our beneficent Hair Transplant Surgeons who dwell in sprawling mansions [and drive fancy cars]. And I recommend to Them that while offering up the ascriptions justly due to Them for such singular deliverances and blessings, they do also commend Their tender blades [or needles] to all those who have become hairless, lost their temples, hairlines or crowns, and fervently implore the interposition of their Almighty Hands to heal the wounds of the scalps and to restore them as soon as may be consistent with the Divine standards of the ISHRS. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Seal of the HLH forums to be affixed. Done at www.hairtransplantnetwork.com this 22nd day of November, in the year of our Lord Doctors two thousand and seven. By the President Hair Geek: Bushy</span>

Hi, everyone. It is now 18 months since my second hair transplant with Dr. Hasson. I am now probably 100% grown out. My blog is updated, and I'm posting some nice, full-sized shots here. This is probably my final picture update, and I'm eager to hear your reactions. Here are pictures with flash: Without flash, it all looks more dense: And here is a fun pic I recently took, right out of the shower: What do you think?