carl kolchak

I have been looking into this as well.

I know i won't be satisfied with the number

of grafts extracted from the donor region.

I'm still waiting for a larger sample of

Bht results,before making an assessment

of Bht. Would help if a few more doctors

gave it a try.

cheers

where do you live???

Uh not for personal reasons,just how close

are you to a top ht surgeon??

I wouldn't bother dealing with the Penn& Teller

Doctor/Nurse team again

You need an opinion from a ht surgeon that you

would feel worthy of performing an ht on your noggin.

He should give you a much more informed assessment.

Wow,that's a closeup.So much so i can't get

a feel for your degree of baldness.

thinning those grafts seems recommended.

Not an expert on that though.

Is that picture a 3D photo?If i stare at it

from an inch away with unfocused eyes will

i see a landscape painting???

you do seem to have good hair characteristics

so i think HT could produce some impressive

results.

Post another pic that would let me see the

forest for the trees.

just my random thoughts.

Excellent post Dr.Epstein.I think it is only

natural for people to underestimate how much

hair they will lose in the crown.its rather

depressing to contemplate.

So most people have no idea how much hair

they will lose in the crown until they do.

What about Body Hair transplanted into the

crown??? this way you can keep the donor area

banked for the front

is this a dermatologist with Ht experience???

If not, i'm not sure you will get much in

terms of useful that you haven't already read

on the various forums.

the main characteristic of the drugs you are taking

is prevention not regrowth.So although they are not

giving you the results you want,i wouldn't throw out

the baby with bathwater.That is unless you have ascertained

you are still losing hair while taking them.

have you looked into fue or Bht???

How bald are you at this time???

How fast are you losing your hair????

Yeah i have corresponded with a number of

people with similar gripes about being misled

in terms of the results one can expect from

2-3,000 grafts.I'm not sure the term Lowballing

would be an accurate description,but more

like a lack of communication on just what

one can expect from 2-3k grafts.One guy

initially thought that most of his grafts had

failed to grow,but when he looked closer realised that it was just his expectations were way too high for the number of grafts moved.

regards, Carl

Be careful when reading on HLH.

The shill volume is cranked to 11 over there.

That being said,I really think it comes down

to sheer quantity of grafts once you have

located a quality ht surgeon.Unfortunately

quality Ht surgeons are in very short supply,

so that is why sites specialising in ht are

so frequented compared to say dentistry sites where there is at least a certain standard of care.

So,your interest in Body Hair Transplants

is well placed,as i think the more grafts you

receive, the better your result will be.

I'm still awaiting more developments in

the Body Hair trans field myself.I'm concerned

about yield and such.But i have come to the

realisation that 6,000 or so grafts from

my donor area will not give me the look/result

i want.Not even close.

regards carl

I would agree that one must be careful with

dense packing and squandering grafts early in

the process.I'm starting to see an attitude

amongst patients that they can get dense packing

because they believe Fue and Body Hair Trans

will cover up any areas they can't cover when

they are "stripped out".Seems a bit premature

for people to believe that.

Otoh,i think the term "appearance of fullness"

is ht marketing hype.So I believe one should come to the realization that Ht Density isn't full head of hair density in appearance.Not

by a longshot.Your bound to be awfully disappointed with your procedure if that is

your expectation.

First the thread is dead,and then you bring it back from the grave.

anyway,about the show.it's based on a real life sportswriter named

tony kornheiser(sp?)If you see pictures of tony he has very little

hair himself which he use to style with a silly combover that

he has since abandoned for the most part,not enough hair left.

You can see Tony Kornheiser on that Espn show with Tony Wilbon.I can't

recall the name of it now,although i have seen it plenty of times.

i'm not sure if i mentioned this previously,but Jason was on the

Howard Stern show last month to promote his show.He referenced his

hair a bit and said he was wearing make-up for character reasons

and to reduce the shine coming off his head.Maybe he was joking

about the latter.the pictures on that link page are from very recent

charity events,did you see the dates???

was the original poster given a wrong quote

then??? he did write:

2,500 grafts for $12,500.

yes this board is for inquiries and i did take the time

to answer your query, replete with an excellent link providing extensive

photographic evidence.Now i did offer a few sardonic

replies,when for some reason you didn't want to see the

evidence before you.I was curious not offended.

yes,people are entitled to their opinions.But some

opinions have more grounding in facts than others.

If someone claims to me that Mini-Me is taller than

Shaquille Oneal,i could say that they are entitled

to their opinion.I have to admit that a few other

descriptions would come to mind,but hey whatever.

Now if i'm an optometrist and i ask someone to

read the three letters on the eye chart which

i Know are JKL,and that person replies that

they are CDE,and i tell him no, the letters are JKL,

and the patient keeps insisting that they are CDE,

then i would start considering whether that person

has a visual disorder of some sort.

Just for kicks,i sent those pics of jason to 3 other

people who cannot find a a hide or hair of ht evidence

on Jason.

If this makes me a prick,so be it

you mean he had some hair transplanted into

his costanza bar but neglected the hairline

and the crown??? that would be incredible

in and of itself,and there is no visual evidence

of it either.

this isn't a matter of opinion.what your claiming is the equivalent of stating that

Mini-Me is as tall as Shaquille O'Neal.

Forget the Opthamologist,I strongly

suggest you seek therapy

hey i was just looking farther down that page

and surprise surprise;Joanne Worley is still

alive. Who knew?!

I'm still utterly fascinated that two people

here see Ht work in Jason's current photos.

Please tell me more

You need to post some pics before the fellas

can give some specific advice.

Norwood 2 means different things to different

people.

try to have pics from different angles especially back,top,sides.the front view(driver licence/ passport style)can be quite misleading.

Regards, carl

I wasn't sure from your reply whether you got

the first link to work.

If so--you do have to give it a moment--and

you think he has had work done then you have

some sort of visual disorder.

just a bump.

could someone kindly reply,and tell me

if they can see the first link.

this is the first time i have used one

of those tinyurl things.

thanks

it is a bit too early to worry about the grafts

not growing, like the gents above mentioned.

I think the bigger concern may be that when

they do grow in you might be disappointed with

the results if your expectations are too high.

I believe this is a quite common yet little

discussed psychological facet of hair t's.

regards, carl

He hasn't had any work done.

hopefully this link works now.

JA's current hairstyle

Clearly no work.just some scattered remains

from his Constanza bar.

removed latter link to avoid confusion

I haven't seen him recently,but you are probably

looking at the remains of his Costanza bar.(that

ridge he had that was like a bridge connecting

the two sides". Maybe Bering Strait land bridge

would be a more appropriate refernce given

its slow descent into the sea of baldness.

Anyway,i think its just makeup he uses to

reduce the shine coming off of his noggin under

the tv lights. I heard him refer to this when

interviewed on Howard Stern a month or so ago.

He doesn't appear to me as a guy in too much

angst over the loss of his hair.

I'm one who thinks the claim that 50% of

original density gives the "appearance of

fullness" is mostly rubbish.Just compare

someone with ht to someone with a full head

of hair to see what i mean.

Terms like "appearance of fullness" "extensive

coverage" are marketing/sales terms that the

ht industry uses to advertise and lull in those

with visions of restoring a full head of hair.

they can't honestly/legally claim to give you

back a full head of hair,but they like to use

such phrases to lead you into thinking they

can.

Obviously if you densely pack a small area,

this will leave you with less in storage to

cover the remaining balding areas.one of the

biggest oversights i think prospective patients

make is to not fully understand how much hair

one can lose in the crown area.rather depressing

to consider but one should have a plan for it.

Donald has to be delusional.i mean that's an

obvious hair flap on the left front of his

noggin.plus who knows what other products

go into the architectural stylings that make

up his combover hairdo.

looks like a transplant from what i remember.

he should try putting a small hair piece

in the crown region.would look much better.

Although he might be worried that the NY Post

will goof on him.

are you using propecia already?? i couldn't

quite tell from your post.If not, at least

visit a dermatologist,and see if they will

prescribe you propecia.If you are in an area

with a reputable ht surgeon they can have

a close look at your head,and give you a better

diagnosis.NO reputable surgeon will consider you a candidate for HT.

Once you get the prescription for propecia,

instead of taking one pill a day as indicated,

take a 1/2 pill every day.There are numerous

studies showing that one's benefit from a 0.5

dose per day is pretty near the same as a 1.0

dose per day.i have even seen studies where

patients have derived benefit from 0.33 pill

per day.

As for topicals,stay away from them for

now.see how effective the propecia is for

at least a year.

post a pic.it will give people a better idea