Jump to content
FORUM RECOMMENDED SURGEONS

Acrobaz

Senior Member
 View Profile  See their activity

  • Posts

    263

  • Joined

  • Last visited

 Content Type 

Posts posted by Acrobaz

    A New Surgical Instrument for FUE Procedures

    in Open Hair Loss Topics

    Posted

    Petchski - the alien pen thing, you're right! It's been bothering me for ages, but I now realise that Doctor Feller is in fact Doctor Who.

     

    Think about it:

    - secret passion for inventing

    - regularly helps hapless Brits

    - attractive assistant

    - non-descript building seemingly larger on the inside and full of technological marvels

    - and now he's invented a sonic screwdriver (see attached pic)!

     

    I think we should all be told the truth.

     

    On a more serious note, nice work. I'd be keen to see some multi-media about this and to learn if and how this device might increase the sort of yields usually associated with FUE.

    sonicScrewdriver.jpg.3e86686f2ca91c159a447793fbea2126.jpg

    Query re Paul Mitchell "Tea Tree Hair & Body Moisturizer"

    in Hair Restoration Questions and Answers

    Posted

    Thanks for responding guys - I think I'll leave it on the shelf for a little while yet ...

     

    HairHope - I like the money-saving tip; it's so obvious I wonder why hardly anyone thinks of it! I seem to recall a thread (sadly I didn't bookmark it) where someone said that Nizoral can have an adverse effect on the young hair growing from grafts. If I find it again, I'll let you know.

     

    I have read mixed reports on the internet about the virtues of Vitamin E oil, but that's probably another thread altogether.

    Query re Paul Mitchell "Tea Tree Hair & Body Moisturizer"

    in Hair Restoration Questions and Answers

    Posted

    I am six weeks' post-HT.

     

    After seeing me dab tea tree oil onto recipient area spots and parts of my donor area, my wife bought me the above Paul Mitchell product. It's a leave-in conditioner and skin moisturizer and, given its ingredients (tea tree oil, lavender, peppermint etc), I wonder if it is a good product to assist in keeping the recipient area moisturized and healthy.

     

    I'm not expecting it to work as a hair thickener or anything. I just wondered if any of you out there had tried it and had any views. Since the op I've been on Johnson's baby shampoo and no conditioner. I've also kept off the Nizoral shampoo in view of comments I've read on threads about it interfering with growth.

     

    Comments welcome.

    Looks like 2 weeks!

    in Hair Restoration Questions and Answers

    Posted

    Hi Space

     

    Check out my weblog, where I recount my return to work using concealer post-op. My work involves being the focus of everyone's attention - and it went fine. I attach a picture of me at 21 days post-op, wearing Nanogen after a 3,200 FU frontal megasession by strip. There are others on my blog. No-one said a word.

     

    When you were a kid, did you ever go through that thing of having a huge spot on your face that you thought was like Olympus Mons? But actually no-one else noticed - it was just that you were too self-conscious? In many ways, this is the same kind of thing.

     

    Can you get away with wearing a hat at work? If so, start wearing one a while before the op, so that people get used to seeing you in one. Also, if your chosen surgeon prefers to shave down the recipient area, as many do, wear a buzzcut for a couple of months before the op so that your work colleagues get used to seeing you with short hair.

     

    But everyone heals differently, so there is no easy answer.

     

    Best wishes

    SANY0009.jpg.3d85ff817366b528bcd1a0d133bc1f3e.jpg

    7 Years on, still going strong

    in Hair Transplant Reviews

    Posted

    Those are super slick photos above. I haven't done that since I was about 25. Which was, coincidentally, about the last time I had a need for a comb.

     

    Joe - I showed my wife these pictures yesterday. You'll be delighted with her response: "So that's what we've paid for? Ok, that's money well spent. He looks great!" icon_wink.gif

    QUESTIONS -- 9 month mark (slow grower)

    in Hair Restoration Questions and Answers

    Posted

    Hi Ceasar08

     

    Notwithstanding your understandable reticence, perhaps you might try posting some photos of your present look and the pre-op look, showing (of the current photos) both the ones that make your results look better than you think they are and the ones that you think make them look worse. Those on this forum with more experienced eyes than mine might be able to see through the lighting issues and offer some reassuring words.

     

    You are a thoughtful and considerate poster and it would be nice for you to receive some thoughtful and considerate feedback. I really hope it comes through for you soon mate!

     

    Regards

    Using iPhoto to post weblog photos (IT question)

    in Off-Topic Posts

    Posted

    Folks - I use a MacBook Pro and have been editing and posting photos to my weblog using iPhoto.

     

    The only thing I can't seem to do it take full facial profiles and then apply those black-out box things to disguise my features. I'd like to do that, because a full facial profile is a helpful and honest angle when showing gradual improvement after an HT procedure. At the moment, I am using close-ups and odd angles in my weblog, but I'm not convinced that they show the whole picture (as it were).

     

    Can anyone please offer tips about how I can get get black-out boxes using iPhoto? I can't find them anywhere and suspect that the answer is really obvious.

     

    Regards

    First HT not so satisfied result, waiting for second HT results

    in Hair Transplant Reviews

    Posted

    I have spent some time since first reading this thread wondering whether a response from a Dr Feller patient like myself might be seen as unnecessary cheerleading. There's probably little point everyone chiming in unless there is something new that can be said.

     

    I will add one only specific point, for the benefit of newbies lurking around and perhaps revisiting whether, in view of what they have read here, they should consider surgery by Dr Feller: there is nothing I have read in this thread that causes me to have the slightest regret about my decision, after much thought and research, to choose Dr Feller. Quite the opposite, I feel vindicated. For the psychologically inclined, this is not cognitive dissonance resulting in confirmation bias.

     

    Let me say why. One of the factors that drew me to him (quite apart from his track record) among the many world-class surgeons recommended on this forum was his strident, gutsy, passionate and opinionated stance on everything from lasercombs to the risks of HT procedures. That was the guy I wanted on my side, and that is still the case. Not someone with a cuddly bedside manner and a nice line in sentimental posts. Just like I would want PGP on my side, snapping and cajoling, if I had suffered from a bad HT experience.

     

    The thread should serve as a reminder of risks and the importance of the management of expectations, as also should this thread: http://hair-restoration-info.c...66060861/m/777102981

     

    On the general points discussed, there is nothing I would choose to add to the more thoughtful and considered posts by Bill, Thana or Ceasor08. Although, reading some of the exchanges, I was frequently reminded of this:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ak3zVvKmtoE&feature=related

     

    Best wishes to you UHT.

    Dear Young Guys,

    in Hair Restoration Questions and Answers

    Posted

    Originally posted by thanatopsis_awry:

    Over the backdrop of all the words to come before this, do what you will be doing with increased gusto and confidence; there really is not much more to fear than fear itself. Hairloss wrecks our confidence and zest because it impacts our perceptions of how we will be received, and so hampers our desire to do and to act, which then influences our levels of contentment and "happiness". No matter how true it is (or isn't) that our hairloss will be influencing our treatment by others, we still have ultimate authority. Whether you get a HT or not you will be judged; sometimes by bad people and sometimes badly. And when you do have hairloss, or haven't gotten the "perfect HT", it's actually all the more key to not let the perceptions of some put a leash on you acting for you. Getting a better grip on this now will just make you all the more powerful if you do get that "perfect HT".

     

    Bravo Thana - well done. We all need to work on our self-esteem before we work on our looks. The two are connected, but we can and should deal with them as discrete issues.

     

    Bill - when I see posts like this, sometimes I wonder if we need an "all time top 20" section, one containing essential posts for "newbies" without the arbitrary "bumping" that we might then forget to do. If and when that happens, this one should be there!

     

    Good wishes to you Thana.

×
×
  • Create New...