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baldcasanova

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  1. some things take time. Im 5 YEARS out and my scar still hurts. THATS a problem I am ready to correct. But when vacay comes up Ive always delayed for a FUN time. time to disppear for a week and do something about this. Ive been massaging my scalp for years and now finally I have a little laxity. next step is a consultation.
  2. beginning to be a NWIII? I hope this guy realizes he will lose more hair. It's been 5 years now since my 3rd HT and I can say you keep losing it! but great work. An HT goes SOOOO far in perception. Let me tell you. I never would have gotten to where I am without it i think. but i often wonder if i didnt how i'd look. with the scar I can never shave it now!
  3. Yep, scars suck. But you become a master of layering your hair on the sides to cover the scar. i'm up for a revision myself. mine never healed well. Darius
  4. looks good. keep the sides shaved down to keep everything even
  5. I am now almost 2 months out from my 3rd HT. No real growth yet, so no pics. i had a bit of a problem with the donor scar which I'm working with the doctor on. more on that later.
  6. Thought I'd share an article I recently read in Esquire. See attached. I don't think any of these products have been proven to conclusively regrow hair, but I could be wrong.
  7. Thought I'd share an article I recently read in Esquire. See attached. I don't think any of these products have been proven to conclusively regrow hair, but I could be wrong.
  8. noticed cuttino's head today and saw the scar. Looked like an HT scar to me... but very pronounced and too wide for a millionaire to sport. you'd think he went to a top doctor. we'll see how he looks in february.
  9. cool, I will now create a blog. Looks like my next procedure will be 12/14/07!
  10. anyone know how much cooley is charging these days?
  11. hi all, I just wanted to provide an update here. I am now 2.5 years out, and unfortunately my hair loss has continued. I'll admit I have not been good with the meds. I'll try to post some pictures soon as I dont have a good camera at my disposal but trying to go and pick one up. So I've lost a lot of my natural hair and whats left is the transplanted hair. Unfortunately I am disappointed to see that my older look is returning. Needless to say I am starting my research again to hopefully get in contact with a good doctor. Its been a great couple of years though. My career has been good, life, and all that goes on in my world. I can afford the next ht no problem but hoping this is the last or second to last one because I just don't want to continue going down this road. I do a lot of cosmetic work each day, and have been over the last 2 years because I have NW5 features. I use toppik and have been over this time but quite frankly thats annoying to use sometimes as well when you have advanced hairloss. anytime you have to scratch your head you get this gunk under your nails, not to mention you become so dependant on using it that when you decide to rinse it out (which for me I try not to each day) the soap takes all the oil off my scalp which makes it hard to style for some reason. I try to a few times a week but that routine i am weary of. but then again who wants sweaty smelly hair? and btw if you dont use toppik, it has a powdery smell. so i am thinking to go in for the max like 2,500 or whatever the doc can give me and hopefully that will finish me up. my hairloss at this point is at a point where you can definietely see my scalp and a shine protrudes through the hairs left over. I have become quite the makeup artist over the 4 years I have been battling hair loss, but i look forward to the day when I wont cringe when someone gets close and wants to touch my hair because i have so much crap in it. one thing that has really pissed me off over the years is the scar left over from my first HT with dr straub of torrance ca. After I had left some remarks a few months ago Straub tried to contact me several times offering a revision, but the funny thing is I let him already do 1 revision! Can you believe that I still have pain in the donor region? I dont think that is normal. After my 1st HT i had so much pain in the donor that I shaved my head to get a good look at the donor area and to my surprise I took some tweezers and pulled out a 2 inch piece of plastic wire that the dr used to stitch me up. I am wondering if it is still in there, because it is still tender to the touch. After I received my HT from dr de yarman in SD, i saw a lot of posts here talking about how deyarman cuts his grafts so small and basically custs his 3s and 4s into 1s and 2s to get more grafts and that his HTs look thin. i guess you can imagine how that makes a guy feel to hear those things, and guys come on here all the time and get shit about their hts which doesnt help them at all. i will say this. I am still glad, despite the scar problem, and continued hair loss and cost, that I got an HT(s). I like the way I look with hair, i look better in photos, and people arent afraid of me when I had a shaved head. I have pretty strong features so when I used to shave my head in the past, a lot of people felt intimidated, and told me. Ive managed to get in and do what I need to professionally and now Im looking forward to ending my personal struggle against not only baldness, but against the constant upkeep!!! i dont care if it costed 10k i will get it done and wont care. as long as I go to the right doctor. you can see that I have been on this forum for many years. I may not have 7,000 posts, but I try to poke my head in now and again, check out photos, offer insight, and just look around. A lot of people recommend Hasson and Wong in Canada, Dr Cooley in NC, Dr True in NY, and I'm not sure if there are any other real bad ass doctors out there these days that the community is recommending. I'm going to be around until I finally get this done, and probably hang out for the 1st year to keep my progress updated. My goal is to get this done during my 2 weeks off from work in december. I am definitely not going to go the route of shaving my head this time. No friggin way. besides, my hair now is so damn thin the doctors probably wont need to! so thats my long post for the year. I may not have done a complete mental dump, but the foundation of my thinking is here. Feel free to follow along with my progress. Hope to hear from you soon. Cas
  12. i don't think you will be happy with your HT, unless your goal is to simply start to cover up your bald spot. your best case scenario is that the doctor used 1s and 2s as then it could possibly look normal, but i am afraid that you will most likely not be happy with this first HT. but, just get another to fill in the gaps. so don't fret too much, you'll just need to get the same amount in 6 months if you can to fill in. best of luck.
  13. looking good. I'm finally ready to get me another HT also. i wonder how far 5k will get me these days...
  14. looking good man. not sure if you are going in for more. a few more grafts will help with your density
  15. i have used and use nizoral but it does dry your hair out. i wouldnt use too much of it. from the look of the pics in your photo album your hair has returned. Good for you. If you love having hair dont over process it. im a big toppik fan as well the stuff really helps. unfortunately in my case im just about down to only implanted hair on the top, which is only 3000 so its time to get 2000 or so more and then i'll look better. best of luck to you. one thing, remember rogaine is a forever thing. once you stop your regrown hair will fall out after 90 days or so. after 5 years on it, ive grown tired but whats a guy to do when you want to maintain your youthful vitality in the form of hair.
  16. thanks for the info guys. I was thinking of trying this stuff as I really dont like the topical solution. I am already using propecia which after a few years also is a CHORE, but ill try this stuff too. One thing to note, once you start, Can't stop!
  17. Hair Transplant doctors are held in a special place in many patients hearts as they help bring back a lot of confidence and self respect. Lets face it, to us on this board, baldness is a serious issue that truly affects us, so placing our trust and respect into a physician to restore our vitality and perform a pretty significant surgery is a lot. This doctor seems to have been a very ethical, caring doctor who prided himself in delivering top notch results, that in turn most likely kept him very busy, and always on the top of many christmas card lists. Its sad to hear that he died from cancer, because treatment for cancer i hear is really really tough. I hope his suffering was limited and Im sure he is now in a better place. Rest well, doc.
  18. yeah man that was a pretty sick photo. not sure the purpose of showing that, but it is reality sort of like ogrish. and thats what we all looked like before we were sewn up. but i was very hesitant when i posted to not include the bloody photos out of respect for queeziness some may have. at least put a warning on your title.
  19. robert, interesting pic. the animation is kewl i agree with the others... but first let me say congrats to you ifloss! whatever helps you feel better , its good. i think the doctor really spaced out your grafts, so you may not achieve much density, but since you are planning more and more, that may help you get "Blow dryer" results. I dont know if you will with what you got. But, good luck on your journey, and keep us posted! cas
  20. hbt, you are right. its lighting for sure. thanks for the positive feedback. at almost 7 months, im content and looking forward to the future. ill be back in the doc chair soon as i can scrounge up another 7k or so. do you have any other plans as well? oh, i just wanted to caveat that my previous updates were actually taken outside. So the lighting was natural lighting. Perhaps I should take some more pics outside for consistantcy. hbt, im curious to see how your pics come out in natural lighting as well. Do you see a big difference? cas
  21. Hey guys, thanks alot for your feedback. I really appreciate it. so far I am very happy with the results. although my hair isnt very dense, I m happy to at least get coverage. For some reason I was off of propecia for a while but I just got my pills in the mail the other day from dr. d so now im set for the next 4 months. I admit, i still need to use toppik and the other meds of course, because im sure the remaining hairs wantto come out. when i go in the sun my hair does look a little thin, but i only had 2200 grafts done and it covered up all of my balding head. but everyday my hair shafts seems to get a bit wider and stuff so i am optimistic for the future. one thing is for sure that i dont feel bald any more, my temples are covered, hairline re-established, my super huge bald spot has been greatly reduced, people do not stare at my hairline any more (maybe a little but i dont really notice at much. some people just do that), and the older i get (im 31 now) the less it will be an issue. well because 1.) i started on this id say relatively young, and also because i will be getting more work done in the near future. most likely another 2000. i can see why guys get multiple procedures, because the process is not that bad. However, you can look at my growing time throughout the months and i can say it was really embarassing going to work the first few months. i mean see my 1 month pic? I couldnt even wear a hat to work (corporate media buying firm, jeans only on friday and i wore a hat... f*ckem). it really was embarassing. but now i dont think anyone remembers that at all because now im coming in with brown scalp (meaning with hair) but one thing is for certain, now i dont feel like i need to wear a hat all the time (and before there was no way you wouldnt see me in a hat) this was the case since i was 19 years old. having had to wear a hat during my formative years really took a toll on my self perception and confidence. this forum has always been a sort of escape because who can you really discuss something as personal as hairloss with? It really helped and continues to help me get on a road to recovery so my hats off to everyone who contributes to this forum because it has really been a great resource for me. cas
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