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BUT, as he had disasterous frontal work and wanted to shave his head for the forseeable future, he opted for scar revision and I agreed with his reasoning.

I shave my head for the exact same reason. To me it's the lesser of 2 evils to have the scar showing rather than the bad HT work I had done. Although the scar makes me extremely selfconcious.

I do agree however that the scar was not all that bad but only he can make the decision based on how much the scar bothered him.

Look into Matristem Acell wound healing powder. It's FDA approved and is now being experimented with in HT scars in some doctors practice.

Im not sure what you want him to say? If there was news Im sure you'd all have heard by now. Would you rather hear a bunch of B.S? Be patient if it works out we'll hear about it, but if it doesnt Im sure we'll still hear about it as well. I think Dr. Cooley has proven himself trustworthy up to this point.

Awesome result!

Cody,

Unfortunatley at such a young age you have a very extensive amount of loss, which mean the likelyhood of you becoming a NW6 or 7 is great. Because of this you are NOT a good candidate for hair transplants and anybody who tells you that you are is flat out crazy! Yes you could have a procedure done and may even be happy with the results for the short term but in the long run you will continue to lose hair and it will eventually look unnatural.

2 things to consider however! 1st shaving your head is in style and it looks as though you have a nicely shaped head for this paticular type of hair cut, and 2nd because you are so young- you have time on your side and they are vigerously working on a "cure" for MPB because there is so much demand for it. So PLEASE dont make any harsh decisions at this point. Shave your head and move on until there are better options!! Just my opinion. Good Luck!!

travel a little further south to see Dr Feller, True, Dorin, or Bernstien. Or North To see Dr. Rahal or Simmons. Just my opinion though.

Did he show you his before pics/scar? Or did he just claim to have had a procedure with the doc? Be careful of consultants who claim they've had work done by the doctor. Alot of docs use it as a ploy to decieve you. It happened to me.

the scar at the back looks scary. would be interesting to see how it heals over time

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Awesome! Great density with such a low # of grafts!

I think its a good option to camoflauge scars but not to give the appearance of 5 o'clock shadow. I believe you may regret the decision if you tatooed small dots on your balding head.

mrcool20, 1st off I would take it because if your thinning up front, down the road you may start to thin outin the back.

2nd I agree with mmhce. I believe Propecia and minox also help with the front as well as the back. Just not as well. While I believe that propecia can stop crown loss altogether and maybe grow some hair back, I also believe that it just slows down loss in the front 1/3rd which is a definate benefit. I have no proof that this is the case but I can tell on my own head that there is a clear differance between the frontal 1/3rd and the back 2/3rds and Im a diffuse thinner which means I should thin out evenly thru out the whole top of my head. I have slowly "almost unnoticabley" been thinning on the front 1/3rd since I started propecia,and havent lost any hair in the back 2/3rds but before propecia I was thinning rapidly through out

Just amazing! Looks great! This is one happy camper I bet.

Dr. A,

This a great result like usual, however "and I hope you dont take this personal" I think you need a better camera and also need top down pics ,closeups, side shots, etc. maybe not against the blue backround either.

Have you see any of his patients in person? I have! Not pretty! He's an advertising machine. If he was a good doctor he wouldnt have to advertise. As bad as Bosley and MHR IMO.

Dr. Konior,

Once again you produce another phenomenal result. I have a feeling if you posted here more often there would be more of an argument of just who is the best hair transplant surgeon in the world. Great work!

Biotin seems to improve the health of hair but will not help to re-grow it if thats what you are looking for.

Very nice and natural result!! One more session and he'll be golden!! Great job Dr. H !

No bench presses where you have to arch your back and no crunches or sit ups where you have to strain your neck. Other wise you should be fine. Just to be safe though I would think you should start off with light weight on all exercises. Good luck!!!

Other than the fact that your hair appears to be combed forward it looks like a solid result. How many grafts were moved?

Your propably shedding. This is common. It happened to me and many others. If the hairs were strong enough they'll come back.

Your balding! Get on minoxidil and propecia.

To say your going extremley bald is a bit over exagerating though wouldnt you say? There are guys on here that would kill to have the head of hair you have.

I dont agree! I think your hair looks great short.

This guy must know that he was going to provoke this kind of response. Screw it. Go for it buddy. Dont come back here crying if things go wrong for you though.

Very nice! I dont often agree that NW6+ patients should have HT's but he seems to have great donar qualities and obviously had almost 100% growth. Dr. Simmons you continue to impress me with your work and Im sure others agree.

azn_guy_001,

What did Dr. Cooley say about how long to keep the sutures in ? I know that sometimes if you wait to long it can have the opposite effect and actually make the scar worse by leaving "tracks". If Dr. Cooley recommended Biofine then I would go with that. If you exercise I would wait a month or so before returning to any strenuous routines. I've also heard that vitamin E oil works well for scars and also wheat germ oil has been recommended as well. These both may be about the same as Biofine though. Maderma is overated.