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I feel like I am in the same boat... I'm about 2.75 months and I definitely see growth already... however there are some areas where there is growth and then some small gaps between where my original and new hairline... hopefully it will all fill-in in the coming months. GOOD LUCK!

great results!

sweet we have one of those thingys in my gym.... i just get so bored using that damn thing.

What exercises are people doing? Seems like things like sit-ups are probably not to be risked.

I have this wheel thingy for ab exercises that i want to start using but I dunno if its going to stretch my scar...

Originally posted by Mr. GQ:

I wonder if the scar is easier to see with black hair as well.

i'm afraid that's the case since the black and white contrast is more accentuated.

You mean black and yellow...

I've been worried about scar stretching as well. What i've been trying to do when exercising is avoid exercises that make me look down. Mostly doing a ton of cardio and keeping my eyes straight ahead when doing any other workout.

Thanks for the input guys. I think it also has to do with hair characteristics. I am asian, so we are not super dense compared to other ethnicities... I wonder if the scar is easier to see with black hair as well.

I think you will find that most people on the forum are anti-laser comb. They "could" offer some benefit, but probably not worth the money. Probably the results are not consistent enough among different people... who knows you maybe one of the lucky ones.

nice results Eman! I think your results are looking really good. I'm at the 2 month point myself... and honestly my concern right now is more with my scar than anything else... your scar looks great!

I'm wondering what people feel like is a good time point post-transplant to know how short you can cut your hair without seeing the scar? I'm about 8 weeks now post... I remember cutting it with a #6 at around 4 weeks and being able to see the scar line... Right now I use clippers with a #7 and can't see the scar unless I hold a mirror to the back of my head and look closely. I realize that at 4 weeks some of it was probably due to shock-loss... however I'm getting afraid to approach a #6 clipper now.

I see posts of people shaving down to a #4,#3,#2 clippers... but how long is that post transplant? If I could get it to #3 or #2 I would be pretty happy.

I'm wondering what people feel like is a good time point post-transplant to know how short you can cut your hair without seeing the scar? I'm about 8 weeks now post... I remember cutting it with a #6 at around 4 weeks and being able to see the scar line... Right now I use clippers with a #7 and can't see the scar unless I hold a mirror to the back of my head and look closely. I realize that at 4 weeks some of it was probably due to shock-loss... however I'm getting afraid to approach a #6 clipper now.

I see posts of people shaving down to a #4,#3,#2 clippers... but how long is that post transplant? If I could get it to #3 or #2 I would be pretty happy.

Can we get a little more info? How long from the procedure was your post-op pic? Who was your doctor who performed the procedure. I think the post op pics are very blurry....

So 7 weeks post-op... is all the prickly hairs i feel on my scalp grafts growing out or grafts that haven't fallen out yet?

So 7 weeks post-op... is all the prickly hairs i feel on my scalp grafts growing out or grafts that haven't fallen out yet?

I sure hope not... i'm exactly in my mid-twenties!!

I'm about 7 weeks post-op... it is not noticable with a #7. If I start to go lower it gets noticable. With a #5 it is clearly noticable... i'm hoping it is just shock loss however. I've been putting neosporin on the scar everyday now for the past few weeks.

looks like awesome donor hair to me.

I think you should have really good results with a decent doctor given the curly characteristics of your hair.

Hello,

I was wondering if anyone has noticed a difference in the shedding of their grafts in areas where it was previously bald and areas where there is still hair but just thinning? I'm 5 weeks post op now and I feel like I still have some stubborn grafts still hanging around in areas where I have hair but its just thinning. In areas where there was essentially no hair or where grafts were placed to slightly lower my hairline, the grafts are all but gone. I feel like i'm back to how I look before I got the hair transplant (which is fine, cause I know it should only get better from here).

Hello,

I was wondering if anyone has noticed a difference in the shedding of their grafts in areas where it was previously bald and areas where there is still hair but just thinning? I'm 5 weeks post op now and I feel like I still have some stubborn grafts still hanging around in areas where I have hair but its just thinning. In areas where there was essentially no hair or where grafts were placed to slightly lower my hairline, the grafts are all but gone. I feel like i'm back to how I look before I got the hair transplant (which is fine, cause I know it should only get better from here).

sounds normal to me.

How hard would it be to grow hair follicles from stem cells? Can't we already grow skin from stem cells.... how much harder would it be to grow hair cells when you we can already do this?

http://www.webmd.com/news/2008...lant-from-stem-cells

Is it a matter of lack of funding from the industry to look into this direction?

probably loss from the procedure. From what I remember there was constant blotting of the head to wipe away the blood, that probably thinned out some hairs.

I've noticed that most of the grafts in the area where the doctor slightly lowered my hairline aka where there used to be no hair have fallen out. Leaving a slightly weird look where I have 5 or 6 grafts surrounded by nothing.

I know this is bad, but i tend to feel around those sparse grafts between my finger tips and they come out easily if i give them a slight tug. However, there is no blood or anything. It's now 20 days post op... is that normal. I know everyone says that grafts are secure 10 days post-op and should be fine as long as there is no blood.

The answer is YES if you are unhappy with how the state of your hair currently is. You have to realize that it is not going to get any better and it will only get worse. If you are not happy with how you looked with a shaved head then YES you should get a HT.

However, you should know that the best case scenario would be that you get a HT and take propecia and rogaine to stop further loss and it actually does stop further loss. Most likely scenario is that you can expect to get another HT as you continue to lose hair.