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if you cut proscar into 8ths it will be just as effective and be only $2.50 a month, thats super cheap. anyone can afford that. your hair is important to you i presume, and itll be a worthwhile investment.

good luck

yup totally possible. sometimes the doc will transplant hairs there so dense as if there was no hair to begin with, as theyll likely fall out, this is a safety measure. so if ur sure they are on their way out id go for it. hopefully it doesnt recede past that too much

sorry, this isnt an experienced based answer but i think its definately possible to moderate success with the right doc. the hairs i dont think will ever grow to long but thats besides the point. however, even with a hair in the white dot hair, the white dot will persist and will likely be just as visible...the white dot represents missing pigment in the skin from deep scar tissue, not the lack of follice.

keep in mind this, should u ever go in for future FUE, your doc will need to be able to differentiate the BHT from native hair as if he uses that for your transplant youll be sorta screwed. if the scarring is apparent enough he'll likely be able to tell, but not guarenteed.

Dr Feller,

Have there been any patients as far along as the two you posted that haven't shown any noticeable improvements?

Originally posted by mmhce:

We need to be careful to make a distinction between naturally shed grafts and what I think "bananas" is referring to, which is loss of transplanted grafts before they have permanently fused to the recepient area (i.e. infant mortality/premature failure)

 

It is possible to lose up to 10% of transplanted grafts prematurely, because they did not become viable due to X (unknown) and H (Human) factors.

but he's losing the hair not the actual graft, right? so it shouldn't be a problem if there is no bleeding? if there is no bleeding it means the graft is still intact.

am i wrong? if you lose some hairs when some scabs came off, is this bad too then?

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Janna,

What do your patients do to minimize scabs and redness?

Originally posted by Fookinhair:

dr Feller,

 

My understading is that DHT levels will determine the rate/extent of MPB and that PRP treatment does not affect DHT levels. Is this correct and if so can you expain why you think PRP may still be a viable treatment to counteract hairloss over the long term?

that is correct, as far as i am aware...you know how minox works on some people to grow hair without messing with dht, well i assume that prp works similar in that sense, but yet completely different. it offers the hair follicles growth hormones and other "stuff" that can help hair grow, or maybe even fight back, in turn slowing down the mpb process or even reversing it. of course im not educated in it, but hope this is of help, there are plenty of posts talking about what you're asking, do a search and it will help.

You can remove them via fue, which will leave scarring, and have them placed back into the donor.

OR you can have them removed via laser or electrolysis, they leave no scar, and they DO work 100% in permanent hair removal, speaking from experience.

gl!

If nape hair was suscepticle to MPB, I would still do it IF it had a good growth/yield track record. I definately don't mind "renting" a few hairs for a softer hairline....HOWEVER, I spoke to Dr. Feller a little bit about this, and he was against the idea. Hopefully he can reply in detail and in his own words about it. It looks awesome on paper, and I am still holding out hope on it (because I really want it to be a viable option lol), but am not jumping into anything right now after talking to Dr. Feller. Hoping he reads this thread!

wow luca, you definately have an issue there, luckily fixable. strongly urge them to fix it, it really is their mistake, that was just bad planning, really bad.

luckily, the actual transplanted areas look GREAT, which is the most important thing, it's really dense, so there is no denying their ability of high yield, just that fact that they did not exactly plan real well in terms of placement.

Bill,

I think that's impossible, as the PRP is injected to the scalp, and any residue would had been washed off after 2 weeks.

It's possible it sped up growth, and all those new hairs really made a difference in hiding the visible scalp, though they may be short still.

Thanks for answering Dr. Feller!

I only asked because in the below photo I felt, even for only 8 months, it looked very sparse...the amount of grafts. I figured that you did less than average density to cover more area, but wasn't sure. If I'm looking at it right, in the visible areas it looks like around 8-16 grafts per sqcm on average?

Spex, Dr. Feller, or Fender, do you know how many grafts were planted into the frontal hairline region?

are these your new transplants, old, or native hairs?

definitely not until all the scabs are gone, careful that there nothing sticking up or out that you can knick.

Sounds like a good plan, and well thought out.

Glad to hear that you're getting good results after not so great priors, as they can be really discouraging to the point where you don't ever want to think of an ht again. ha

If you're thinking of Feller for FUE, why didn't you choose him for the strip?

eager to see how things are going with him, been about 9 months now?

im always amazed at how fast the hair grows from 3mos - 6mos...looking real nice!

nice, thanks for these. ive always been interested in how it would look after buzzing it down.

are you planning on going in for more density, or saving those grafts for when you bald in the future?

p.s. nice hairline design!

I don't usually save links but I'll definately be on the lookout. From personal experience, my first FUE...now four years later, some hairs are still kinked/frizzy looking.

Originally posted by Ron J:

From my understanding, the kinky/frizziness in appearance the grafts take on is a result of the 'shock' from being transplanted. In the vast majority of men it's very common & in time (even 18 months+) the hair returns to it's natural characteristics. It's really not too surprising that the transplanted hair doesn't initially grow in w/the same characteristics from which it was taken; since it goes through various cycles as a result of the transplant: dormant resting phase, return as fine baby hairs, etc. But, once the process of maturation takes place the hairs soften & return to their normal chaaracteristics.

 

In the meantime, you could always straighten your hair via chemicals at the barber/stylist. I would rather have to TEMPORARILY deal w/curly hair than a big flaming bald sea of scalp.

Thanks for this, shock makes sense.

Though it is not always temporary, I've seen some results 5-10 years down the line where those characteristics remain. If it was temporary I don't think anyone would really care, because that's such a small price to pay.

I wonder what could be done to lessen the shock a graft goes through, if anything. PRP, special aftercare, anything. Also wonder if any research has been done to aide in less shock.