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TomA

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  1. I just finished a touch up session with Dr. Madhu in Hyderabad. Everything went well. He transplanted 320 grafts into the area around my scar line via FUE. He didn't charge me for the session as he considered it to be an extension of the previous work. Amazing customer service there. As usual, everyone at the office was wonderful. I did get a bit of bad news, however. He said that my donor area is probably too sparse for any more work.
  2. Thanks for your replies! Sorry, I've been out of the country (and still am) for work. I posted this just two days before I left and only now had the time to come back. I will try to answer all of the above questions in this one post. I took these photos with my iPhone. I will post some better photos later, but I think these are fairly representative of the 9 month result at a normal distance, I can say that my hairline is EXCELLENT. I couldn't be happier with it. I no longer have an issue with scalp show through anywhere along the hairline when my hair is parted on the left. You cannot detect any problems along the hairline even at point blank range. My concern is not so much the shock loss behind the ears. I did have extensive shock loss after my first transplant, but it corrected itself by the eighth month. This time it didn't. It's not that I am happy about it, of course, but it is what it is--correct me if I am wrong, but I don't think that has much to do with any specific physician. In any event, the area could be viewed as naturally thinning. I do think this means a third strip surgery is out of the question though--correct? My pressing concern is the visible lines above the thinning areas. They can be noticed quite easily even when my hair is fairly long--and the thinning begins right at the line, it is not gradual. Dr. Madhu has emailed me noting that the scarline issue can be corrected with FUE, and I will write back as soon as I finish here. I'm guessing you could remove grafts via FUE above the line and place them in the scar or below the line to even things out.
  3. These are my 9 month results. The front looks great, but the scar line area looks like a problem to me. This is is freshly cut with a number 7 guard. Some of the problem is that the hair below the scar line is very thin, but the other issue is that the scar line itself is quite visible.
  4. Your hairline is a lot better, and good enough now to use a concealer. I think you will be very happy with something like Dermmatch at this point.
  5. Agree about the Dermmatch and the fibers. The fibers make a huge mess and don't seem to add that much.
  6. Strange. Maybe your email is going to their spam box? I set it up while I was in Bangkok by phone. I wired the money and then called immediately afterward ant they confirmed having received it.
  7. TomA

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    I have been wondering about three questions that I have not seen answered elsewhere: 1. When, if ever, is it too late to start using treatments like minoxodil/dutasteride/finasteride? In other words can an NW5 or 6 start using these meds at age 60 and see an improvement? 2. I remember that Rogaine had a drawing of a guy with different levels of hair loss and it said that if your hair loss was worse than this, it may not work. Is this due to the LENGTH of time someone has been losing hair, OR is it referring to the person's genetic NW destiny? 3. I know that minoxidil is only for the crown. If someone has more hair loss than that, again say NW 5 or 6, would it still work in the crown area? 4. Finally, the drawing seems to indicate that it may work on a completely bald crown, which I didn't think was the case.
  8. Where did you get Dutasteride?
  9. Why would he have lines? I think the way that is should be done would be to simply darken an entire area evenly and fade the color to the edge of the area. In addition, I would think that this would be a more effective solution AFTER a transplant IN THE TRANSPLANTED AREA. Therefore you would not lose the hair when you get older. Any comments?
  10. I have noticed that my hair is better when I use two different types of shampoo and rotate them. I typically shampoo once with a creamy shampoo and once with a clear one (like Nioxin). This leaves my hair very clean and tends to work a lot better than just using one shampoo over and over again.
  11. It's true about the closure method, but that has nothing to do with the shockloss--they are totally separate isues. The "shocked" hair will start to grow back in 6-8 weeks. You (and I) are going to look bad until then.
  12. Oh, hell.... I guess that means I need to post some pix soon... :mad: :rolleyes: I was hoping to wait until the shockloss was gone...
  13. I had VERY bad shock loss just behind and above both ears after BOTH transplants. I'm about two months out and look normal EXCEPT for that--and it is quite obvious. Since I had two different docs, this is something that it probably just related to my specific scalp. I doubt that it could have been prevented with current technology Honestly, when I go in for a third surgery one day I am considering asking the doc not to cut above the ears and to limit the donor region to the back of my head. Is this possible? I know that this would result in a lower graft count...
  14. I actually wondered about that before and it seems logical, but I too have never heard it mentioned before. Are you sure it's new hair and not just normal MPB shedding?
  15. I live in Bangkok 3-4 months per year and have an apartment on Ratchada Rd. I'll actually be in Hong Kong at the end of November, so I won't be in town when you are there. I can't really give you advice about a hotel as you haven't specified a price range. With no limits, for example, I am likely to recommend the Mandarin Oriental, Dusit Thani, or JW Marriott...
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