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I thought I would come back and post my 2 year results Hair Restoration Journal -two years Those of you who remember my blog know I tried to be as brutally honest with the pictures and my experiences as I could be. These pictures are also worst case ones and if you compare them to my earlier ones taken in similar conditions you might notice something Appreciate all comments, good or bad Pred

http://www.hairtransplantnetwo...opyID=4637&WebID=920 Here is the link to my 15 month update Regards Pred

Thanks Guys I'll post updates up to 18 months so that people can follow the entire process

Here an update at 13 Months http://www.hairtransplantnetwo...opyID=4236&WebID=920 Regards Pred

I'd back that one up I forgot my scar at month two http://www.hairtransplantnetwo...opyID=2205&WebID=920

Bill How much Donor do you reckon you have left for further procedures?

What i like about the result is that he can part it from left to right or right to left, cut it short and he has real flexibility. I don't lose on the crown and I never really thought that crown work is really vital, what is important is how a HT frames you face, this one does what was required. A word about "Tom and Jerry"- The internet is a jungle in which you can be attacked from all sides by people who will never have/take the chance to say to your face what they say through the PC. Bill does a great job making this site a serious site, that's why I have posted my blog here over the months. We all need to remember that everyone one has a right to their opinion, as long as it is qualified and if we don't like what is posted under our input we can always turn off the computer and do something else

I'm leaning myself out the window on this but I would agree with you about propecia, it does lead to some degree of erectile disfunction, which you can correct with Viagra, which is a killer drug for the hair

Vince What i think happened is this The planned 3000 could not be harvested due to laxity problems, so Dr Rahal took the 2886 he could get. He put two fours in the frontal hairline on the right that add a lot of density and I guess the missing rest would have been planned into this area I need to really reiterate that Dr Rahal and his team have my respect and gratitude and is one of the practices in the world.

Hi M1A1 You know the concept of "moving on" is a strange one, as if a HT is the turning point in your life and afterwards you do the things you never had the faith in yourself to do before. I'm not more confident my quality of life has not altered, women don't stop me on the street to run their hands through my hair- It's subtle difference. Guys hoping that a HT will change their relationship to women have missed the point anyway. When your in your 40's you see buildings burning down all around :-)and you'd better have more in your Arsenal than a nice HT. Doc Rahal did a good job for me, but maybe I'm a little too cynical to expect an improved quality of life from an additional 5000 hairs. However whoever does this operation and goes to the end deserves the respect anyone can give; regardless of what it means for him. it is bastard ride and those who take it are an exclusive club.... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xdCrZfTkG1c

Looks Super But why did he make the hairline so jagged? Did you ask for that?

Thanks for your inputs guys One thing I'm not looking for is sympathy, I know a lot of guys would take hostages or hold up banks for my result- Though I never wanted to be compared to a Norwood 6 result Here is a pic taken one month before the procedure http://www.hairtransplantnetwo...opyID=4064&WebID=920 It shows it was going fast and I've come a long way since then What I wanted to show in this thread is an honest assessment of where I am. Despite the rollorcoaster ride I never criticised my surgeon, even by implication; because he did the best job possible with relative poor laxity and an average donor. (He got 2886 out planned was 3000) I've not been calling him up or sending mails, because the problem, if there is one lies with my shedding. I've taken proscar 1.25mg a day since March 2008, i don't touch anything else- minox I can't use as I get heart palpatations-Not so good for 41 year old. Cause I realise that HL is progressive and I certainly aint gonna get back to where I was at 20, or even 30 http://www.hairtransplantnetwo...opyID=4065&WebID=920 If I have my reservations, that's not a reflection on anything other than the chemical make up of my body and I can fully understand that anyone apparently complaining about a result like mine, would be a "red rag to a bull" for guys who have severe loss, or botched transplants behind them. But it's all relative and each person has different expectations- I know a beautiful woman, who is a real head turner- I'd give her 9 out of 10, but she never smiles because her teeth look like a row of bent over gravestones. I asked her why she was not prepared to accept that if everything else is perfect, a slight imperfection is a benefit. All she see is the imperfection- nothing else BMS. I guess when you latch on to an issue you lose sight of the entire picture- That is also the danger

i'd like also to reiterate here that Dr Rahal is a top doc and there is no way to get a total result if you have 5000 hairs planted into and area where you lost 20000. I came pretty close though, and I only wondering why it is getting worse and not better.

All these pics were taken this week Considering "The good" Certain pictures you can take- and I stress it is about certain pictures, can make it look really good indeed. No argument there. "The bad" Look a little closer and your getting into the world of cover ups again, your noticing a hell of a lot of hairs on your basin "The Ugly" Stip away all nice lighting, brush it back in force and see where you really are. I've lost a lot of grafts, I don't know why, but it seems to coincide with extreme itching I'd be interested in knowing why or what I may have been doing wrong. If you look at the last pic. The left does not have the graft density, that was originally planted. I won't be going to Dr Rahal to complain, cos two months ago I had the result I wanted, I don't know why it's slipping now, but I won't blame my surgeon. He can put them in, but he can't control if they stay or not. I can also live with my result very happily, assuming it does not get worse. What I'd like to know is how did I get here as I was at the point of a perfect result-That I will be asking him. Looks like the second HT is something I have to assume is unavoidable. Keep the faith Pred

Hi All I'm 3 days off 12 Months, some of you might have followed my thread. http://hair-restoration-info.c...861/m/7591070404/p/6 As a Clint Eastwood fan I've divided my 12m blog into 3 sections: The good http://www.hairtransplantnetwo...opyID=4058&WebID=920 The bad http://www.hairtransplantnetwo...opyID=4059&WebID=920 And the Ugly http://www.hairtransplantnetwo...opyID=4060&WebID=920