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Hi Centurian, I also had plugs by a UK Clinic that looked terrible. I hid under a cap for a decade and thought I would have to do that for the rest of my life! I discovered these forums and from there on things changed and I no longer wear/hide under a cap any longer I know how your feeling!! Its a terrible feeling and I am certain you will be able to get a satifisfatory repair by one of the leading HT Drs. I went to Dr Feller (Feller Medical in NYC) I have had 2 repairs/HT's by Dr Feller...and I am so pleased I found these forums or I would never have even known it would have been possible! I now have a full (appearance) head of hair and no longer feel ashamed about my balding and pluggy head. I wish u the best...I hope u feel exited about the idea of getting repaired as I know I did as I wasnt even interested in my future until I had my repair...wish u all the best.. hope this helps!

Hi Ceasar08, I havent read through everyones replies but after reading this reply I didnt think I could have put it any better than M&M. 1st off... just from my own experience with the waiting game... its a mind game that can really get to you. The chances are if your having a HT that you are someone that is a little self critical and will not feel comfortable with anything thats not quite right and needs attention. All these thoughts play havok when waiting around for the grand results! I can confirm i was just the same as you mate. I also had un-even coverage on the left side.. it was quite noticable to me for a good time. It did thicken up and level out but this took the best part of 12 -14 months. I dont want to give you any cause for concern as I really believe you will be in far better shape when you have reached the time scale I mentioned above.. but.. also... I think its important for everyone embarking on a HT not to rule out that a 2nd procedure to 'fill and thicken' the areas a bit that you really feel would look more desireable with a bit more hair to thicken it up! I think this is a healthy and good approach to have. If someone is laying all there cards down for a certain 1 time pass to deliver every time... I think that can lead to a false sense of certainty. I am not ruling out your still right on target as stated...I was in the same shape and it make a real turn around in the last half of the waiting game...or HT Roller Coater! The best advice I can give is... dont panic just yet!! U have a long way to go dude.. I wish it wasnt such a along wait but most of us have been in the same boat so we know where your coming from with your worries its perfectly natural to feel this way.. hang in there.. it will all sort itself out! Wish all the very best for you!

Sorry I'm a bit slow to reply to all your replies! Thanks very much for the postive feedback! it was cool reading them through. It really was good to hear my post has helped a few of you guys, but worry not..it does all work out in the end. Thanks for ALL your replies.. also.. further down the line when your thinking about new hair styles.. and you can burn all those hats.. you can really smile! All the very best of results everyone!

I thought this might help one or two people riding on the rollercoaster of highs and lows.. I know what it was like post op for me.. even after having 3 HT's.. (2 world class HT's by Dr Feller). I think its still a Roller Coaster ride even for experienced guys who have been there already... if your an impatient bloke like me... it makes it seem twice as long just to wait till the end of each passing day to check up on the lastest signs of a single hair popping up!? lol :blink: (it seems nuts but I was checking every 30 minutes!) a top tip is get a hobby or fix up something that has been gathering dust or some other long term project. I fixed up and restored my old car.. took my mind off the HT and I ended up with something pretty shiny afterwards... (that wasnt the top of my head!). Also got back into fitness and started excercising a bit more.. and set goals and targets that kept me motivated and lost the spare tyre I was carrying around. Most people will visit the post op roller coaster... its worth knowing your not alone... u'll think its all gone tits up because its not fully grown out by 4 months post op... :huh: (yes...I did! ) I have to say... I wasnt happy at 3 - 4 months after HT no.1... but its easy to forget thats the very start of the regrowth journey stage... by 10-14 months... take another look and see how things have changed! If your still not sure... its time to grab the 'pre op pictures' and compare how you looked before. Pre op pics and a great way to remind yourself where you was at! It still amazes me how you can watch every single day and not realise how much hair has come through at around 6 months... its when you grab the pre op pics and wonder how you didnt see the hair growing back all over the top of your head! It grows sooo slooowly that you cant even tell anything is happening! :unsure: from there on.. the following few months were more noticable with more coverage. I am now approx 14 months post my 2nd HT... and I can honestly say... the quality of the hair that Dr Feller placed in the front 3rd is improving all the time. I am seeing the mid/top/crown area (in a thin strip about 2" wide) is now thinner than the front where previously there was no hair! I am going to talk with Spex about having a bit more in the mid section behind the front 3rd in the near future... I know I am in safe hands with Dr Feller... his team have turned my life around... to think I would be in the position to have another HT after the mess I was in before will be more than the icing on the cake.... it will be the icing on top of the icing on the cake! I'll post up more about this when things have been discussed a bit further with Dr F and Spex. This was mainly a quick post... just to give some positive feedback to all the guys sitting and waiting for things to take off... it will! Just hang in there... its worth the ride! This was me before (with an aweful embarressing center parting!) and after.. 18 Months post the 1st Feller HT.. and going a bit crazy with it... (too long without hair does this to you!) I never thought this would be possible a few years ago... I looked terrible... and felt terrible.. this is the best decision of my life... and cant say enough thanks to Dr Feller and Spex!! (also guys like PB... BM.. etc etc for the constant support is beyond the call of duty) and to everyone else that has helped... hope I can help a few others along your journey Heal... wait a bit... Grow a bit...and hang about a bit... Grow some more.... and you'll be on your way to a happy hairy future! Its just a pain the the ass waiting!

hey Lemonsours...I'm a fellow Nobel victim. Dont rush into the nearest clinic.. I personally wouldnt go to any UK HT clinic ever.. but this is why we do our research and make the best decision for the best result...(Why chose 2nd best?) as its a long time to wish you had made a different choice after its too late. But I know how ur feeling with the unatural hairline you have from Nobel. Please consider travelling to the USA or Canada where you have peace of mind 1000's of guys like you and me have been before to get a result that can be pleased to show off and no longer be scared of showing off. I can simpathise with you as I also was sucked in by the really poor treatment/result I received by Nobel Hair Clinic!! Did you ever meet the Nobel Clinic Dolls Hair plugs salesman Allen Foster? nightmare on legs! My hair looked so bad that I never took my cap off for 13 years afterwards until I finally discovered these life saving forums. After much research and 'not wanting to travel over the water' ...I decided to travel over the water! It was the best decision I have made. I went to Dr Feller after seeing how much experience he has with repairing poor blokes previous UK work that I was displaying on the top of my head at the time! The whole experience was a world apart from Nobel, I can only recommend to you who I have had experience with myself, but my results I have had from Fellers has meant...I havent worn that dam cap for almost a year!! be it wind... rain...sun...or snow! which is something I never thought I would be able to do again without feeling very humilated....now I just have peace of mind that it looks as good as anyone elses hair. The entire trip over there wasnt daunting at all.. before I went I just thought this is a big deal to travel all the way to the USA.. but...infact...it wasnt a big deal at all. I caught up with some movies on the plane and time 'flew' in more ways than one! I really wanted to visit NYC as well...which I fell in love with and want to go back again sometime. I hadnt travelled anywhere since I was 20! so I think I was long over due a trip! All the best...and be happy in the knowledge that your Nobel result will not be a problem for much longer.... I'm sure u'll be in safe hands in the near future take it easy.

Hey Stevo... I caught up with u'r journal... awesome how far u've come! This latest work will really be great to see when its grown thru.. looking forward to seeing this later in the year! These names are cool.. I might need to get some gold and chains to carry it off... Thanks SteveyD!

Bill, Haha! That was halarious! Every one of those made me laugh! Thanks balody!

Hi Bill! lol.. I may have to cahnge it I think soon... as it really isnt badhair now. I remember reading through all reports on your HT journey and it really was back when I was in a bad way... I found it really helpful so thanks for all the information you provided me with that really was helpful. Thanks everyone I am more surprised than anyone after such a long journey how well its turned out now.. when I think back.. I really never thought I was ever going to reach my dream of having natural full head of hair again... so this is a massvive thing for me! It wasnt just a case of an easy thing to get this far.. hair loss is a real serious issue and I wish everyone can get a result they are really happy with.

Thanks my friend, it really has been a 'hell' of a journey at times..... Thanks and all the best

Today with the new style in the sun... I showed you indoors with it like this before... but this is in sunlight.. I wont post anymore pics.. sorry there are so many I just wanted to show in the sun like this as I think the 1st style was just brushed forward and didnt look this good.. :blink: Cant tell you how amazed I am.

Thanks everyone.. yes Pete.. 12 months will be cool.. but I have really had enough of waiting so this was perfect timing! lol.. I am not good at waiting for a train to arrive let alone a HT to grow.. so this was painfully slow. Thanks again really appreciate it. All the best to everyone no matter who your work is with or where you go.. just grow well!

Thanks Spex (and BMac) I truely appreciate all the help you have given me along the way. For the 1st time today I showed the 1 and only person that knew about my HT (My Mum!) when I just got back from my 1st HT in Dec 2006... I showed her the post op work... and today 15 months later I asked her to see what she thought! She couldnt beleive it! Seriously she was amazed and this was outside in daylight and also under a very bright bathroom light.. she said it looked really thick and she said the never knew I would get 'real' hair back like this! She said she expected very fine tiny hairs all over.. lol. This really made my day.. she was laughing in disbief! Big thanks again Spex... and to all here whwo's be kind to support me and Feller Medical of course. Just wanted to say... all the pics I showed before were the 1st I took ...and they were after a wash and not gel or anything. But today I used some gel... hardly any at all... but I can make it into a messy style like that... and this is it after very small amount of gel (I dont like using much as I dont think its good for the new hair thats still coming through). But I am very comfortable with this style.. it was taken by the window but indoors.. I am getting closer to looking like my avatar now!

Stevo... cheers mate.. your always really supportive ... yes I can see tiny hairs in there but I no longer study them as much... I couldnt even see anything happening before I had any hair there

HAHA... I hear what your saying about the name.. it doesnt quite work now... but it is a reminder of how far I've come. Yes... ditto the Spex and Feller quote! Thanks Richie

Cheers bud.. I really shocked by those before pics... I didnt think I would be but jeez... I am even more happy now!

Hi guys... (I am a member of a few forums so I am copying to make this easier, thanks) This is how I arrived where I am now... its a bit of a long read... but seemed the best way to point out how I arrived here from the start! Most of you know my posts have been a bit of a disappointment on occasions over the last 16 months! (the famous post op. Roller Coaster didn't disappoint!) I had some real ups and downs... due to my newly named 'Hybrid Head!' lol... (Dr Fellers name for my rare combined hair textures) but I am now one very happy guy! I am only 5 months post my 2nd Feller HT (which was November '07). If anyone here is new to HT's and needs confirmation about 'will this look natural?' (if carried out by Feller Medical) then I'm am one of the best candidates to confirm this... I had some disgusting 'work' carried out by Nobel Hair Clinic and I wasn't sure I was going to ever get my hair back to a standard I could be happy with.. I am a really fussy person in life.. to my own detriment. Which is why hair loss effected my life so much! 13 years ago...I was a really happy bloke! Each and every hair I lost.... was yet another piece of lost confidence to me.. after 2 years of this sadness seeing my hair looking more like my granddads at just 22 years old!... I headed to 'HDC' http://www.hdc.co.uk/ for a revolutionary 'hair system' or 'Liquid Skin!' replacement... this was the latest 'non-surgical' hair replacement that would be a strand-by-stand hair replacement weaved through your own 'liquid skin' !! WOW... awesome!? (a secret technology that you were not aloud to see before you handed over your cash!!!) so.... yes.... I walked out of there at 22 years old wearing A WIG! at a cost of around ??1800! I was so desperate... I just wanted to trust everything they told me that they saw me coming a mile away! I cant believe I ever wore a WIG! I find it very hard to believe how desperate I really was to do that and after 2 weeks... of gluing it after it came unstuck every few days I threw it in the BIN! So during this time things went further and further downhill.. I shut myself away in my room... stopped hanging out with my best mates as if I stepped out the door and the wind blew... my 'heavily gelled head would turn into a flapping wing of glued hair and my secret would be forever known by all my best mates! I couldn't let them find out I was losing my hair!! so eventually I lost touch with them all. Next in line... I saw Nobel Clinic UK advertising on TV how you can have your hair easily fully restored with a Hair Transplant! I saw the pictures of these 'before and after' guys.... and I was sure this was going to give me back my life! So.... This was the result of the 'before pictures you are seeing on here! bad pluggy grafts that just made me even more of a recluse for the next 11 YEARS!! (no joke! I was on anti depressants and was seriously thinking what am I bothering waking up for every day!) Hair Loss to me was such a serious problem it seemed my whole life just turned from happiness to complete unhappiness. Then 11 years later after Nobel butchered me up... I was watching TV... and saw a documentary with Shaun Williamson (Barry Eastenders! lol) and he was having a hair transplant!!!! THIS HAPPENS TO BE THE 1ST TIME WITHOUT ME REALISING IT... I HAD STRUCK GOLD! After watching this... I thought this is a long shot... but 'I wonder if theres anything on the Internet about Barry's HT?' I did a quick search ...and found a new world of hair transplant Forums!! I HAD NO IDEA anything like this existed! It was like I had found a new world!! I kid you not.. I was ready to give up on life and now I found there are 1000's of guys posting all about HT's and about how you should NEVER HAVE A HAIR TRANSPLANT IN THE UK!!! (YES, I KNOW!!) Before this I didnt have a PC. I asked all the usual questions on 'Hair Loss Help' ... and posted my pics... and the response was amazing... I then met a bloke you may have heard of called SPEX! After more questions and answers... I was booked into Feller Medical for my 1st repair work on 4TH DEC 06 and the rest is history! and how I am here today... one of the 1st days I am feeling like I have a new start! I went out for the 1st time yesterday in public... NO GEL... NO CONSEALER... NO HAT... NO PROBLEM! B) The repair work I have had carried out has been .... 1st HT on Dec '06 = 3160 strip into front 3rd 2nd HT on Nov'07 = 1800 Strip into front 3rd (my 1st did not yield as much as I had hoped due to all the previous scaring but a 2nd session was always going to be needed to cover those nasty old grafts) My scar had some stretching the 1st time around.. this 2nd time... I haven't taken as much notice as my hair is now longer and will wait until around the 10 months mark.. when things have reached a more settled stage. My crown has not been touched yet... but I will like a further hair transplant in the future to fill this in even though it is not really that bad... I have a good idea it will only be a narrow area that will thin further in the future. Here is my transformation.... so far.... (5 months post 2nd Feller HT) Before... Nov' 06 Post HT no 2. April '08. Thanks to everyone here thats given me AMAZING support! The ups and downs have been made far easier with all the great guys on here that take time to give there support... BIG THANKS EVERYONE Thanks to Dr Feller and all his team and Spex, PB etc. Badhairuk. (Hybrid-Head!)

Hi guys... (I am a member of a few forums so I am copying to make this easier, thanks) This is how I arrived where I am now... its a bit of a long read... but seemed the best way to point out how I arrived here from the start! Most of you know my posts have been a bit of a disappointment on occasions over the last 16 months! (the famous post op. Roller Coaster didn't disappoint!) I had some real ups and downs... due to my newly named 'Hybrid Head!' lol... (Dr Fellers name for my rare combined hair textures) but I am now one very happy guy! I am only 5 months post my 2nd Feller HT (which was November '07). If anyone here is new to HT's and needs confirmation about 'will this look natural?' (if carried out by Feller Medical) then I'm am one of the best candidates to confirm this... I had some disgusting 'work' carried out by Nobel Hair Clinic and I wasn't sure I was going to ever get my hair back to a standard I could be happy with.. I am a really fussy person in life.. to my own detriment. Which is why hair loss effected my life so much! 13 years ago...I was a really happy bloke! Each and every hair I lost.... was yet another piece of lost confidence to me.. after 2 years of this sadness seeing my hair looking more like my granddads at just 22 years old!... I headed to 'HDC' http://www.hdc.co.uk/ for a revolutionary 'hair system' or 'Liquid Skin!' replacement... this was the latest 'non-surgical' hair replacement that would be a strand-by-stand hair replacement weaved through your own 'liquid skin' !! WOW... awesome!? (a secret technology that you were not aloud to see before you handed over your cash!!!) so.... yes.... I walked out of there at 22 years old wearing A WIG! at a cost of around ??1800! I was so desperate... I just wanted to trust everything they told me that they saw me coming a mile away! I cant believe I ever wore a WIG! I find it very hard to believe how desperate I really was to do that and after 2 weeks... of gluing it after it came unstuck every few days I threw it in the BIN! So during this time things went further and further downhill.. I shut myself away in my room... stopped hanging out with my best mates as if I stepped out the door and the wind blew... my 'heavily gelled head would turn into a flapping wing of glued hair and my secret would be forever known by all my best mates! I couldn't let them find out I was losing my hair!! so eventually I lost touch with them all. Next in line... I saw Nobel Clinic UK advertising on TV how you can have your hair easily fully restored with a Hair Transplant! I saw the pictures of these 'before and after' guys.... and I was sure this was going to give me back my life! So.... This was the result of the 'before pictures you are seeing on here! bad pluggy grafts that just made me even more of a recluse for the next 11 YEARS!! (no joke! I was on anti depressants and was seriously thinking what am I bothering waking up for every day!) Hair Loss to me was such a serious problem it seemed my whole life just turned from happiness to complete unhappiness. Then 11 years later after Nobel butchered me up... I was watching TV... and saw a documentary with Shaun Williamson (Barry Eastenders! lol) and he was having a hair transplant!!!! THIS HAPPENS TO BE THE 1ST TIME WITHOUT ME REALISING IT... I HAD STRUCK GOLD! After watching this... I thought this is a long shot... but 'I wonder if theres anything on the Internet about Barry's HT?' I did a quick search ...and found a new world of hair transplant Forums!! I HAD NO IDEA anything like this existed! It was like I had found a new world!! I kid you not.. I was ready to give up on life and now I found there are 1000's of guys posting all about HT's and about how you should NEVER HAVE A HAIR TRANSPLANT IN THE UK!!! (YES, I KNOW!!) Before this I didnt have a PC. I asked all the usual questions on 'Hair Loss Help' ... and posted my pics... and the response was amazing... I then met a bloke you may have heard of called SPEX! After more questions and answers... I was booked into Feller Medical for my 1st repair work on 4TH DEC 06 and the rest is history! and how I am here today... one of the 1st days I am feeling like I have a new start! I went out for the 1st time yesterday in public... NO GEL... NO CONSEALER... NO HAT... NO PROBLEM! B) The repair work I have had carried out has been .... 1st HT on Dec '06 = 3160 strip into front 3rd 2nd HT on Nov'07 = 1800 Strip into front 3rd (my 1st did not yield as much as I had hoped due to all the previous scaring but a 2nd session was always going to be needed to cover those nasty old grafts) My scar had some stretching the 1st time around.. this 2nd time... I haven't taken as much notice as my hair is now longer and will wait until around the 10 months mark.. when things have reached a more settled stage. My crown has not been touched yet... but I will like a further hair transplant in the future to fill this in even though it is not really that bad... I have a good idea it will only be a narrow area that will thin further in the future. Here is my transformation.... so far.... (5 months post 2nd Feller HT) Before... Nov' 06 Post HT no 2. April '08. Thanks to everyone here thats given me AMAZING support! The ups and downs have been made far easier with all the great guys on here that take time to give there support... BIG THANKS EVERYONE Thanks to Dr Feller and all his team and Spex, PB etc. Badhairuk. (Hybrid-Head!)

Thanks for this reply, yes.. it had crossed my mind.. but I dont like porridge much! I didnt even care about losing my money! (at the time) I just felt like a freak and hid away from friends for years and years!

Thanks balody, I can understand that you want to see more bad UK work. (I havent seen any good work yet from UK!) I have seen more than I need to see to tell me, I am not a one off incident. But I dont want to go into this in detail as it would take a while or mention other people that may not want to be spoken about. In some respect, I was lucky to have not gone back like many guys do that are told they need more work to 'improve it'! This is shocking! They lose all there donor hair and end up without any posibility of a USA/CANADA repair! (when I say USA/CANADA... I am presuming we all know the best Dr's in these countries! I havent named names purely as i dont know if I should, but in this case.. Dr Feller or Hasson & Wong would be either of my choices if I was looking and new to this, of course there are others which are very good but some which are not like Bosley!) So.. I have something to be grateful for.. but inside... I am far from grateful for what they did to me OR to other people. There are only 2 clinics in the UK that have any remote chance of not leaving you worse off. The 2 I have read and seen in the UK are Farjo and Rogers. The better of these 2 I would say would be Farjo but this is only better of these 2 in the UK! Rogers seems an ethical dr.. but the results have not been good from hearing about them at 'repair' consulation meetings! and hardly ANY evidence of any of his results.. THIS IS A WARNING SIGN! Compared to the high quality work in USA/CANADA.. the HT skill of the Dr's is in a different league there! This is just my own opinion though. If you would like to have a UK HT.. its all about your own personal goal... But why an earth would anyone take this risk? It just doesnt make any sence when there are the best Dr's waiting and you know your in safe hands from the 1000's of posts from successful patients on these forums. I wish everyone the very best... sorry to type so much.. Take care.

Hi everyone, I havent posted on here for a long time... since I had my repair with Dr Feller (this was in Dec06). I can only tell you that I had a very bad experience with Nobel Hair Clinc in UK. I also know of other guys that have been left with equally bad results. They took a fairly big strip and I have been told from that size scar, they would have removed at least 1500 grafts! But, all they gave me was 200! and I presume the rest were thrown in the dustbin as scrap! This is something I am totally gutted about and I have lost a great deal of self confidence about for years. I am now 7 months post op (repair) and things are looking up! I didnt even know there were any world class Dr's in USA?! I was so upset about my situation and it was getting worse... well.. tbh... I was looking for some last help on the internet as I was suffering very bad depression and i wasnt in a good way at all... thats all i will say. But I can show you a few pics of my Nobel UK surgery... and also below is my repair so far as I am approaching 7 months next week. After the UK surgery..I was left with terrible scar tissue that I still have and will never lose! There 'results' left me with what looked like pubic hair on my hairline and every hair was pointing a different direction and very thick and uncontrolable.. the donor area was a thick scar from ear to ear (it making me a bit upset even thinking about it as i type this) My repair work has been slow but this is mostly down to all the scar tissue slowing this new growth down I think. But I'm almost at 7 months after Dr Feller repaired my bad UK work. I had 3100 grafts in the front half and also my scar with 80-90% repaired with a couple of small areas that I will FUE to fill the gaps.. but also my scar has stretched a bit since. This was post op.. This is me at the moment at 7 months.. I feel it is only right to share my experience with you guys who are considering having your HT in the UK! as mine ruined my life and I would only say to anyone considering a HT.. please just buy a plane ticket and go to USA or Canada. I havent even been on a plane since I was a little kid and did the whole journey alone, and even though I was a bit nervous to start with travelling this far. I quite enjoyed the experience and I actually saved money as the currency rate is so good. Hope this is useful to someone.. and I wish you the best in your judgement. I am not 'Pro' any top USA/CANADA clinic... there are some great HT dr's there and the choice has to be personal and your own, but your results will be superb if you chose wisely. But I am anti-UK clinics as I have seen and talked to other guys that have been treated just as badly or worse than me. Take care guys.

Sorry for being stupid... but I cant find your web log? I went into u'r profile... but no web log in there. I cant even blame the beer either... cos I'm only drinking Coke.

Hi Tisab / Bill.. Bill... One thing you may have overlooked? It looks like that the size of the scar (from the photos) this looks as big (if not bigger) than my donor scar when I was butchered by Nobel Hair Clinic (uk). In my case, just because they only used '200 grafts' from my strip.. they actually BINNED (threw in the garbage) over 1000 grafts (without me knowing) which they took from my strip! So unfortunatley with this case of 500 being 'used' it is likely they binned at least 1000+ grafts from Tisab also, which is very sad situation (I'm sorry to say). So not such good news. Also, Tisab.. your HT is very similar to mine that I had in 1995. I had my Nobel surgery when I was just 23 years of age. This is what they gave me! I lived with this 'BadHair' for 11 years before I found these forums! I was very pleased to see there were 'GOOD GUYS' out there like Dr Feller! (who just repaired me a few weeks ago). I can relate very much with your situation Tisab and wish you the best in the future. The really sad part of this is how much donor hair they wasted .... it really is frustraiting how they can get away with doing this kind of 'work' to you / us. At least you have found this forum before you went back to them!! Take care mate.

Hi guys, I know this is a funny time to update u all.. (Christmas day! 3.45am here in the UK) but I am here so it seems a good time! lol. I have had lots of shedding.. 100's of hairs every (day) time I washed my hair (its very patchy now). I would say it started about 14 days post op. Its now been 3 weeks today since my op. I also have had shock loss, the whole length of the strip scar. The loss is underneath the scar running approx. 5mm all the way along underneath the scar. So there is an obvious thick white line running around my head (I do have it buzz cut to approx a 3 grade so its more obvious). I think it takes many months for this to grow back from what I hear? But the top of the scar hasnt lost any hair. This will grow over the shock loss area and will cover it so its less noticeable with time.. whilst I'm waiting for that area to grow back in. I didnt notice the hair shed from this area (below the scar)... it just seemed more noticable soon after the staples were removed. The redness of the recipitent area is very good for 3 weeks post op.. I have been using pure Aloe Vera every day after the staples were removed.. twice a day if I remember to do it. The scar is also going down and using Aloe the same on that. I noticed the donor area scar is just slightly ichy on the odd occation, this will be due to the Aloe healing it I think... but its not too annoying...and not that frequent.. just thought I'd mention it for anyone's wondering. I'll keep u posted again soon! <STRIKE>Happy</STRIKE> Hairy Xmas everyone.

Bill... once again... thanks loads for your kind words of encouragement cheers. Hairbank.. really appreciate it... I am very pleased with the way its healing.. but time will tell how it will look in a few months when everything has really settled down. But the early signs really are very promising. Thanks again... happy healing and growing to all.

Sounds great Grateful!! and I repeat what was said above! pics if possible would be very nice to see please.