baldcasanova

im 31 and i have the same MPB. *sigh* well i just had a HT we'll see what happens.

i think the patient was stupid to go back 30 times. maybe thats just my opinion.

Kansas,

Welcome to the forum.. The best advice I can give as far as a doctor would be... to read the forums. Look under Experiences, look at the photos, read read read.

this should help arm you with some information and insight in to which doctors are preferred .

Cas

Nizoral is not a daily shampoo though. The directions say it should be used every 3-4 days for up to 8 weeks or as drected by a doctor. Then use only as needed to control dandruff...

# of grafts, photos, etc?

welcome to the REAL hair club!

Here is another article on Italy's leaders HT.

Berlusconi happy about new hair

Italy's Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi says he feels 25 years younger after having a hair transplant.

Berlusconi plans to lead the centre-right into the 2006 elections

The Italian media had been speculating about his hair since August, when he appeared in a pirate-style bandana.

Recommending cosmetic surgery, Mr Berlusconi, 68, said his implanted hair had been growing marvellously.

"I am very happy to have subjected myself to such pain," he told reporters. A year ago he also had cosmetic surgery around his eyes.

"I think this should be regarded as an example ... I now feel 40-42 years old in all aspects of my life," said the billionaire leader, who was recently cleared of serious corruption allegations.

'Showing people respect'

In August, he surprised reporters by wearing a white pirate-style bandana on a stroll with UK Prime Minister Tony Blair, whom he hosted at his villa in Sardinia.

Berlusconi kept Italy guessing when he sported a white bandana

Mr Berlusconi on Thursday extolled the virtues of cosmetic surgery.

"It is a way of showing respect to those who share your life, your family. It is a way of showing respect to those who expect you to represent them on an international and national stage," he told reporters.

Mr Berlusconi had cosmetic surgery around his eyes during the Christmas holidays last year. He confirmed it a month later.

He also disappeared from public view several times during 2004, emerging afterwards with a new look.

Originally posted by Smoothy:

DO NOT POP THE ZITS!!!!!! This could cause infection of surrounding grafts. Just apply a Hot compress frequenty until they go down. This should have been outline in your post op instructions.

Also, start using a shampoo for normal to oily hair (make sure you shampoo daily).

thanks for the advice guys. I dont recall the doc telling me that, but I'll try the compress, Bactarin. I feel another coming on as we speak.

damn, made it seem like you were going off to war!

good luck.

not necessarily.

i am popping more zits on the top of my head after the HT--- than I did when I was growing facial hair.

i feel sorry for the mirror.

i am popping more zits on the top of my head after the HT--- than I did when I was growing facial hair.

i feel sorry for the mirror.

if that small area is the only area that got transplants, i can only guess from that view between 800-1000

Originally posted by spoon:

Cas, you must have mis-read.

 

Thinkingaboutit, which surgeon did you pick? I think this business about buzzing down the recipient area is a lot of hype. Some guys seem to use it as some sort of proxy for comraderie, as if getting a boot camp haircut admits you to a club. It's definitely not a requirement.

spoon, you are right. I was thinking the donor area. Got the words confused.

LET ME TELL ALL OF YOU THIS. GETTING YOUR RECIPIENT AREA SHAVED SUCKS!!!!!!!!

especially when your hair is on the way out anyway , it takes so long to grow back. I am 2 months post op and it is just now coming back and getting thicker. its been a very wierd 2 months.

Bobby,

Dr. Knows best.

Cas

2000.

no more piddily 300 sessions. I did that with my first. That does nothing for aestetics.

all i can say about buzzing the recipient area is that thats the area thats going to be cut out anyways. then sewn up. so when all is said and done, there will not be a buzzed area in the back. just a suture line that you will have regardless.

good luck!

Nice dude, perfect!!

Originally posted by HairBeThere:

well, actually if your using a doctor because he is recommended on a site, then there is a lot you should learn. That's why we call it research.

 

A physician should be choosen due to research!

 

Not a site. Though it is an excellent start, but look at some of the excellent HT physicians that are not part of this site.

 

That was a really dry unthought comment, cas.

 

Something strange is going on here, and I am starting to get leary of certain comments.

HBT,

sorry, man. Didnt want to ruffle any feathers.

I was just asking a rhetorical question. I personally am happy for you and your growth. i know what its like to be a bald young man and go through a surgery to repair it.

Cas

Originally posted by Pat - Publisher of this Community:

HairBeThere,

 

Congratulations on your hair growth. I know how exciting it is to have new hair and to go from a thinning to a thickening man.

 

You are certainly ahead of where you started from. But I do think your results, while natural looking, are not as dense as they should be given what current surgeons can now do. Your immediate post op photos also showed that your surgeon's technique was very invasive and your grafts were spaced far apart.

 

The end result of such a surgical technique is marginal and thin growth.

 

I know we all want to offer postive encouragement on this forum. But I must be frank about what I see.

 

I recommend that you seek out a surgeon for you next and hopefully last surgical session who can do a large session of dense and highly refined grafts. To learn more about recent advances that enable surgeons to use very tiny incisions and grafts that can be dense packed with minimal impact to your scalp visit http://www.hairrestorationnetwork.com/dense-follicular-units.asp

 

I know that if you are happy with your current results you will be much happier with truly state of the art work.

 

I hope you understand that my reservations about your last surgery are intended to be in the best long term interest of you and others in our community.

 

Pat

Funny Pat said this. Didnt HBT win the contest , from a doctor reccomended on this site? I guess we shouldnt use that doctor.

Originally posted by Forum Moderator and Satisfied Patient:

Originally posted by Smoothy: now maybe the crown will still be thin because there is not enough donor to provide natural coverage to hairline and front then to do the crown.

Exactly the conundrum that most of us find ourselves in. At 26 with my level of aggressive thinning I have planned for this same scenario. No, I don't and won't have a "wall of hair" up front, but I do have a hair line. The crown, I am still leaving in the "hands" of Avodart and Minoxidil.

Hair loss sufferers must have a sensible plan to abide by. Luckily, it is easier these days than before. It is by no means PERFECTED, but with a skilled hair restoration physician to help guide a patient, the donor hair can be used wisely enough so that the most possible coverage can be achieved sensibly.

-Robert

SD,

you should post some pics with your hair combed back. I think all weve seen are pics with your hair combed forward. Thoughts?

Originally posted by Forum Moderator and Satisfied Patient:

Originally posted by baldcasanova:

lones,

 

the scar sucks but if you go to a good surgeon it wont be bad - in fact with a good surgeon you can wear your hair after getting it trimmed with a 1 guard and it wont be noticeable.

 

there always is FUE also.

That's pushing it just a little bit, Cas. A #1 is really, really short. I get my hair cut to a #2 and my scar can be seen in the right light after that for a couple of days. It all depends on your remaining donor area hair, your healing characteristics, and naturally, the skills of your physician.

-Robert

okok maybe a 2 then. personally i cant go even there cause I got patches from the first ht. perhaps i need to get some fue. thinking about it at some point

i would suggest not using nizoral. i have a bottle and right before my HT my doc told me the stuff doesnt really work, and it really really dries out your hair.

i would recommend trying a new hair style, maybe a buzz (if you have a good shaped head).

the meds you are using should be enough, but i would stop the zinc. there is no proof that stuff stops hair loss.

let me just add that i know what you are saying...

take a look at my pics from my surgery ..im stressin out too --no hair up top and using toppik to conceal. it looks like shit but im am holding out hope it will start growing back soon, although i know it will, eventually

I have been thinking about the "appearance of density" and i have come to the conclusion that I would love that. right now i have the appearance of my bare scalp, and since this an aestetic (eye pleasing) surgery anyway, then I figure thats all good.

Cas

lones,

the scar sucks but if you go to a good surgeon it wont be bad - in fact with a good surgeon you can wear your hair after getting it trimmed with a 1 guard and it wont be noticeable.

there always is FUE also.