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Hi guys, must say your scar is undetectable! When's the birmingham meet!? Gonna try my best to be there!

I'll definitely be at the Birmingham meet!! Gutted I missed the Manc one, sounds like it was very informative!!

My girlfriend took my staples out for me!! However Dr Feller did provided me with a specific tool used for the removal of staples! If you can get hold of this tool anyone can do it!! Maybe try your local pharmacist. As long as the tool is sterilised I imagine it would be fine!

Hey awry, just out of interest what colour do you use??

That's great news!! I'd definitely recommend you use hairspray to prevent the toppik from being visible!! Just use enough to prevent the wind from moving your hair!! The lock in mist, you can buy directly from the Toppik website, is good stuff but far too expensive!! Regualr hairspray does the same job!!

I have the week off work that week so I may be able to make it!! The only problem being that I live in London so it will be a bit of a mission?? What are the plans??

In my experience, you're in big trouble if you use nanogen on the hairline and a girl wishes to rub her fingers through your hair!! However if it's just on the crown you can get away with it by the lego effect (see below)! I've used nanogen religiously for the past couple of years and although application and paranoia can be a pain in the a**e it has prevented others from knowledge of my hair loss! The only way you can get around a girl from finding out is by the lego hair effect!!! This is putting so much hairspay on the covered parts that a tsunami wouldn't budge it!! That in my experience is the only way round! I've had the stuff in my hair for 3 days with nobody knowing by using the lego effect!!

Also it's normal for a lot of the stuff to fall out during application, my sink is a complete mess when i'm done!!

Pre nanogen and the extent of my loss in the front third!!

Hi ramozk1, I've never used toppik but have used nanogen for the last two years, although they're different brands I imagine they do the same thing! Concealers like toppik are great if you have a substantial amount of hair to use it on! If it is used on a relatively "bald patch" it will just look like paint on your head!! When you say it doesn't work do you mean that it's is not effective in concealing your thinning top, or that it doesn't bond to your existing hair?? I have not left my house in the last two years without being covered in nanogen (or in a hat), luckily nobody has ever noticed it! I put it on my thin areas (and on the hairline), blend it in by patting it then cover my head in hairspray to make it completely wind proof!! Could you post any pics with no concealer on to see how extensive your loss is?? I have put some pre,post nanogen pics below! First one is post nanogen application!

Sounds good mate, congrats and happy growing!

Cheers Pete, I remember u guys well!! How's the progress? Last time I saw u it was trip number 2 to Dr Feller!!

Cheers guys, very warm welcome indeed! Yeah i'll post some more pics at the 5 month period and so on until the longest year of my life ends!!

Looking good mate!! It seems that should really start kicking in, in the coming months!! The pics show a pretty substantial difference from pre-op to now!!

Thanks stevo! I see you're a recent Feller patient!! Happy growing to you too, i'll also be looking forward to seeing your pics soon!! It'll be good to see all you guys at a UK showcase later on this year when we'll all be around 75% grown!!

Thanks for the welcome Richie!! I agree!! Can't wait to show my bro in a years' time!! I'll definitely be attending the next UK showcase hopefully showing off my rockstar haircut, LOL!! I can see you're just a stage in front of me!Hope i'll see your updates in the coming months mate!

Cheers Chucky! Yeah, very pleased I got it over and done with, as I say, my bro's choked he's lagging behind! Have u had any work done by Dr Feller?

LOL!! That's right my bro did contact you first!! I should be thanking him really! lol! I'll keep you updated monthly with my progress so the pics can be posted!! All the best bud!

Hi Rambler, Our hair loss patern is identical but I'm a stage ahead of him in terms of actual loss! He started taking propecia around 6 months before me (which may explain why) and his loss seems to have come to a stand still. With the aid of concealer nobody's ever noticed he's losing it and i suspect that's why he let me be the Guinea Pig!

Hi guys i'm a new addition to the forum but am by no means a novice in the field of hair loss (although only 24 years of age)!! Like many, i started to lose my hair around the age of 18 and at my ripe age of 24 my once full and thick hairline had completely deteriorated and I decided that something had to be done!! I was close to making a huge error by resulting in a UK hair transplant, however through countless hours of research on the net (and information ascertained on this brilliant forum) I knew that if I wanted fantastic results then a trip accross the pond was mandatory!! Choosing a Doc for me was never really a difficult task after meeting Spex for the first time a couple of years ago!! Let me tell you...this guys hair is immense (thanks to the work of Dr Feller)!! Spex is a great guy and i'd recommend anyone in the UK contemplating surgery to contact him for a chat... After my chat with him, and riddled with jealousy, I decided to do my research on Dr Feller!! After 6 months of vigorous research (and thinking time) I could not find one bad word written about him! However, being as indecisive as I am I could still not force myself to book!! I then was given the opportunity to attend a UK showcase lead by Spex where lucky Dr Feller patients could show off their newly grown and trendy haircuts ( a catwalk show for the balding man)!! Now, this made me jealous, and after seeing some of the results I was ultimately influenced in making my decision!! As if I needed any more persuasion! I got a chance to meet Dr Feller in the flesh (in the UK). He definitley lived up to my expectations... a comforting man who was direct in telling me exactly what I needed!! I went ahead and booked my procedure for xmas time 2007, i'd always wanted to see NYC at xmas so I was essentially killing two birds with one stone! The day of the surgery was a nervous experience however Dr Feller being the comforting man he is managed to rid me of my nerves! The surgery passed quickly and by the time I knew it I was back in the UK! I'm now 3.5 months post op and am already started to notice substantial growth!! My identical twin brother (also contemplating surgery) is bitter, so bitter he wants to book for a procedure this summer with the Doc. I've had major problems posting my pics so i've sent them all to Spex who will post them for me!! Thanks to Spex and Dr Feller for making it such an easy decision!

Cheers buddy! Yeah it seems i'm just starting to grow now...i'm hoping it will start to thicken up now over the next couple of months!

I've just buzzed my hair down to a grade 4 around the back and sides. The scar is virtually invisible even this short!

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