NicNitro

January 18, 2007

Originally posted by NervousNelly:
Hairpie??

Should we send some of these photos to the other poster entitled "Scared-It's in a few days"? Oh come on--I'm not that cruel.

Nic--You are truly going to be transformed. You're in my top 3 for sure.

If a person faints seeing something on the internet, can we hear him fall ?

January 18, 2007

New photo's were added to the album here on this site.

January 17, 2007

Thank you Pat

January 16, 2007

Mine as been a heck of alot better than #1.

Less swelling, less scabs, etc.

January 15, 2007

thank you Bushy

January 15, 2007

Originally posted by nobuzz4me:
{I was married at 30 so I had a full head of hair while I was single}.

Dammit Nic, see what getting married does for you!

Now I know what MPB stands for:

Marriage Promotes Baldness

It promotes a bunch of other stuff too !!!

January 15, 2007

Originally posted by studentjay:
buzz, I am just like my father, he was at my stage when he was 22, now at 59 his is still the same, early loss in my family is common, but no one goes further, so I am sure mine will not change either, its been the same since I was 22.

I prefer to do this now at a young age so I can enjoy the most important part of my life, why wait like nick until I am in my 40's and married, life is pretty much over by then. Too bad he could not have done this 20 years ago instead of suffering so long. I feel bad for him, but better late than never.

I was married at 30 so I had a full head of hair while I was single. In the early and mid-90's the HT industry was still ugly and or still maturing. (better techniques were still on the horizon)

I focused during this time on power lifting competitions, family and my business. It was around the age of 40 that I didn't like what I saw in the mirror, I felt the missing hair prematurely aged me. So at this point I felt there were several doctors that could get the job done so that I didn't look like frankenstien.

January 15, 2007

Originally posted by NervousNelly:
Mr. Nitro,

Do you have donor hair like a beaver pelt?? Has anyone measured your head?? Man you're going to start some pissin wars with this thread. In all my research I have never heard of a donor area like that other than a non-balding individual. The results look great! You must be thrilled. Good on ya.

Beaver pelt & horse hair <-- all in the same month

Besides H & W... no, no one has measured the head on my shoulders.

January 15, 2007

Originally posted by studentjay:
Nick,

I am so sorry you have to go through so much surgery to regain your hair. I hope this last one will give you an acceptable look. I guess I am pretty lucky, I only need 5000 grafts.

Jay: No worries here ... I could have stopped with 6279 on the first HT and been very happy. However I knew I had the donor hair to make a complete transformation and at 46 years old that my hairloss was stable (with meds & age).

It wasn't till I was 29 years old that I begun to lose some hair - by 34 it had recessed alot.

I waited till I was 44 years old to have my first HT after studying the industry for 10 years.

January 15, 2007

Originally posted by John_in_NC:
you look great Nick.

I have a question regarding the beefing up on the center of the hairline: is that to give it a puff look or was it thinner than the rest? I think you did the smart thing by only reinforcing the first few cm of the hairline...your crown will thank you soon

DR. Hasson & I agreed that my natural hairline has a part down the middle caused by the formation of my skull. I had a thinner look in this area and we felt that it could be enhanced to look better by adding additional graphs.

January 15, 2007

Thank you - I waited awhile to come here, it seemed like there was a pissing contest going on that I didn't want to get sprayed with.

It seems to be over so I thought I'd post here as well. I know people get stuck on favorite sites (like me), so there might be a few who don't venture out.

January 14, 2007

In HT#1 I had 3754 placed up front and 2525 placed in the crown.

HT#2 had 1230 singles up front and 2898 multiples in the crown.

Total: 4984 up front & 5423 in the crown.

If memory serves me correctly in HT 1 I had around 1800 singles. Roughly then 3030 singles and 7377 multiples.

I am not sure if H & W keeps track of 2,3, & 4 graph counts, but I will find out.

Let's assume: 75% were doubles, 20% were triples and 5% were quads.

Doubles: 5532.75 * 2 = 11,065.5

Triples: 1475.4 * 3 = 4426.2

Quads: 368.85 * 4 = 1475.4

Singles: 3030

Total: 19,997 <-- this is a conservative guess, based on facts from the count sheets I saw during the HT operations.

January 14, 2007

Numb

I was told by Dr. Hasson that I have 4000 to 5000 left in my donor bank. I will not have a 3rd strip done. Because of the original bridge of hair which is about 2,000 graphs, (the strip of hair that went straight across the middle of my head) I will stay on avodart and wait and watch.

Then if for some reason I need the fill in work I have donor hair left for repair work.