jsmith

it is hard to tell from just that one pic; it does appear you have a lot of hair--most posters on here 30 and over would love to have that much hair; at 35 I would say your hairloss is more likely stabalized; so in conclusion, I feel you don't need one, but due to your age and minimal loss, I think you would be a good candidate to refine/slightly lower your hairline

thanks for the reply jotronic

thanks doc

thanks janna, and alsocooleyfied;

thanks hairbank and chucky for the replys

maybe i'm just worrying too much; but 2 weeks (the scabs were gone) to 6 months postop,can you hurt the grafts in anyway by styling coming etc..during that period, it was a struggle trying to style my hair to get it to look presentable befor going out in public; I would put surfhair in the hairline where the grafts were placed, comb the hair up to create volume and blowdry and repeat if necessary to get it to look "right." The grafts are secured at 2 weeks post op so there really is no way to damage them unless you had a severe trauma right? I just want some piece of mind; nothing ever bled or anything

maybe i'm just worrying too much; but 2 weeks (the scabs were gone) to 6 months postop,can you hurt the grafts in anyway by styling coming etc..during that period, it was a struggle trying to style my hair to get it to look presentable befor going out in public; I would put surfhair in the hairline where the grafts were placed, comb the hair up to create volume and blowdry and repeat if necessary to get it to look "right." The grafts are secured at 2 weeks post op so there really is no way to damage them unless you had a severe trauma right? I just want some piece of mind; nothing ever bled or anything

Thanks everybody for the replys

Is it safe to take accutane at 6 weeks post op. I was on low dosages about a year ago. Then quit 6 months before my surgery. I get acne flare ups on and off and i want to get back on it. It is the only thing that clears my acne. I don't want to damage my grafts. They say hair loss is one of the side effects, but it never caused more hair loss. My only concern is I don't want to jeopardize the grafts.

Is it safe to take accutane at 6 weeks post op. I was on low dosages about a year ago. Then quit 6 months before my surgery. I get acne flare ups on and off and i want to get back on it. It is the only thing that clears my acne. I don't want to damage my grafts. They say hair loss is one of the side effects, but it never caused more hair loss. My only concern is I don't want to jeopardize the grafts.

That other forum is terrible. They recommend some really really crappy clinics just to make money, which in some cases defeats the purpose of going to that site in the first place. It used to be very popular and the they started banning discussions about Doctors that were not recommended by the site and they went straight downhill from then on. Its pretty much dead now except for Bill. They have a really screwed up way of recommending Drs, where they seem to let just about any Dr be recommended if they pay the price and they only get kicked off reluctantly after more than one exceptioneally crappy result. (Thats if they dont manage to censor it before it gets out) I mean, anyone who has done a bit of research online knows that the Farjo clinic has never produced a single decent result. Ever. At least not that they have shown. Why would you recommend that? Dr Barry White and Dr Jennifer Martinick are two examples of this. These Drs were recommended on that site so patients went there becasue of that recomendation and got butchered. A clinic cant be recommended as excellent until prooven guilty of crap work. Its not fair to the people who do their research there and it certainly undermines the credibility of that site. It happens that Farrel censors some discussions but on the whole this site still has credibility since ultimately it has the patients wellbeing as a priority, not profit.

That other forum is terrible. They recommend some really really crappy clinics just to make money, which in some cases defeats the purpose of going to that site in the first place. It used to be very popular and the they started banning discussions about Doctors that were not recommended by the site and they went straight downhill from then on. Its pretty much dead now except for Bill. They have a really screwed up way of recommending Drs, where they seem to let just about any Dr be recommended if they pay the price and they only get kicked off reluctantly after more than one exceptioneally crappy result. (Thats if they dont manage to censor it before it gets out) I mean, anyone who has done a bit of research online knows that the Farjo clinic has never produced a single decent result. Ever. At least not that they have shown. Why would you recommend that? Dr Barry White and Dr Jennifer Martinick are two examples of this. These Drs were recommended on that site so patients went there becasue of that recomendation and got butchered. A clinic cant be recommended as excellent until prooven guilty of crap work. Its not fair to the people who do their research there and it certainly undermines the credibility of that site. It happens that Farrel censors some discussions but on the whole this site still has credibility since ultimately it has the patients wellbeing as a priority, not profit.

yes; one word MHR--piece of shits! Wide ass scar; pluggy look--3 hair grafts at the hairline; only 1300 grafts--they said that "I may never need another surgery again. and "it will be very dense cause we put a lot of grafts in a small area"--fucking bull shit; every fucking day I have to spend an hour strategically styling my hair to have it look presentable and have a baseball cap as a "backup." For example, I'm going out to dinner for my mother's b-day on sunday; I do not want to wear a hat, but I will depending on my "hair day." See, something that simple, has had me worring all week; I'm sorry, but it was not like this before my HT.

so does this case give any validity to that Dave Joseph cat; or is that like comparing apples and oranges

Thanks for the info NN; I will check out Milesdaily's blog also;