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As well as the pics, give us your age and briefly state your goals for your desired results. Do you want high density, overall coverage, lowered hairline etc.. What do you expect from a hair transplant? Also if possible include a pic of the back of your head in the donor area so your donor density can be assessed. How much hair you have to give directly affects your current/future thinning to desired goal ratio.

Nice interview Bill, you did a fantastic job and your voice sounded just fine.

More than likely your new hairs will have fallen out, and you will have some pinkness in the area where your new hairline is. You probably won't have many ( if any ) of the new stubbles but like I say, most likely, you will have pinkness. That said, there have been some that have had no pinkness after a couple of weeks. It also depends on the size of the procedure as to how much trauma your recipient area goes through. It also depends on your own unique physiology. Too many individual factors to tell you what "is" going to happen for you with any exact certainty. As blowdry said, plan for the worst. Expect that you will have visible pinkness in that area and plan accordingly. This is something that just can not be absolutely accurately determined beforehand.

Everybody's different. Some have had no detectability as soon as a little over a week but I would say for most the pinkness in the recipient area typically lasts 1-3 months. At 6 weeks post that's the only visible indication I have but enough that I am still wearing a cap. If you are having crown work only you might be able to get away with it a little easier.

Looks nice Joe, also looks like the rest of your hair is fine with no thinning. You got a nice head of hair. With the substantially lower hairline I think you will be really pleased.

Dewayne, Saran wrap, what the? You mean like the hermetically sealed application or the loose indoor biosphere for organic gardens type? I've never heard of the saran wrap usage. You must have woke up in a sweat inside the wrap?

Go for it! Sleep will become your friend again :-) Your grafts are secure and as long as you are not bleeding ( aside from possibly a little from the staple holes ) from your donor scar you should be just fine.

Hungryhoss, You'll probably shed your new hairline, sad but true, Wait until day 10 or so and it will look really good before it starts going. Where are you recuperating in South America? If you say Colombia I will be really jealous .

Thanks ngtgb, it's not that bad really, I'm healing super fast but this strange shedding thing surprised me. I don't see a difference by looking at it so far, just hope it stabilizes.

Oh, just hunker down and be more ugly, that should be easy Thank you for the reassurance Dr. Tessler and Jotronic.

Oh, ok I misunderstood. It makes sense now as I re-read your post. Thanks

condoguy, I would think if it happens 2 years after a procedure it would be normal thinning progression, but just weeks afterwards makes me think it could possibly be due to overall scalp trauma as Bill suggested. The donor area on top is still numb so maybe this has a direct affect. During week 2-4 I also noticed pretty bad dryness ( dandruff ) in the numb area, and *only* in the numb area, which wasn't there before the surgery but has since cleared up. Now I'm finding this is happening in the donor area too above the scar where there is/was no loss whatsoever. .

Good that you have heard about this before. The area though is inches away from any grafts, no where close really but only on top in the back but outside of the safe donor area. Where natural loss would occur in that "half circle" area near the back top. I did get a little shock loss near the scar, which makes perfect sense, but it is returning fortunately and I didn't experience any shock loss in the immediate recipient area. I've never used any meds and never will. I'm pretty sure about this. I would rather know the real state of my loss and deal with it as it comes. I went to Dr. Hasson instead of Dr. Wong but haven't asked him about this. .

I haven't asked my doctor about this. Thought I would see if anyone here knows or has some related experience. I'm clinging to the hope that this is just normal for me, or that all my fuzz pawing may be the cause. .

Is it possible or normal that a transplant in the frontal region of the scalp would cause either shock loss or accelerated thinning near the back/top ( not the crown ) where there were no grafts placed? I just got out of the shower and was rubbing the hair there over the sink and a lot of hairs came out. Maybe 1000 after 3 minutes. They say normal is approx 50/100 per day. I wouldn't say they are exactly miniaturized but not full strength either. If I pinch a group there I can get 2-3 hairs at a time in some spots. I gotta admit, since I had the HT ( 5 weeks post ) and especially since my latest buzz to even out the hair I have had my paws on my head a lot. This may be a factor? I'm in trouble huh? But I have to say in fairness to my fear, I have been finding a lot of hairs on my kitchen floor for over a year. I was always surprised by how many and that I never noticed any thinning in the months afterwards, but I never have directly rubbed my hair like I did tonight over a counter so I can't compare that from months past. Maybe I'm just a fast shedder/re-grower? p.s. To all the propecia pushers out there .. Not an option, I just wont do it. .

Is it possible or normal that a transplant in the frontal region of the scalp would cause either shock loss or accelerated thinning near the back/top ( not the crown ) where there were no grafts placed? I just got out of the shower and was rubbing the hair there over the sink and a lot of hairs came out. Maybe 1000 after 3 minutes. They say normal is approx 50/100 per day. I wouldn't say they are exactly miniaturized but not full strength either. If I pinch a group there I can get 2-3 hairs at a time in some spots. I gotta admit, since I had the HT ( 5 weeks post ) and especially since my latest buzz to even out the hair I have had my paws on my head a lot. This may be a factor? I'm in trouble huh? But I have to say in fairness to my fear, I have been finding a lot of hairs on my kitchen floor for over a year. I was always surprised by how many and that I never noticed any thinning in the months afterwards, but I never have directly rubbed my hair like I did tonight over a counter so I can't compare that from months past. Maybe I'm just a fast shedder/re-grower? p.s. To all the propecia pushers out there .. Not an option, I just wont do it. .

Bill, Yeah it wasn't that hard and at 7 in the morning I had no one to do it and was soooo ready to get them out. I just took them one by one and it took a while like you said. vik, If you must do it yourself it is possible, just take your time. They come out very easy and painlessly. You might catch a hair or two which does sting but other than that ... .

Dr. Charles Brown isn't in the Coalition? ... uh oh.. .

Dewayne, By now you have 2500 new holes in your head and probably felling pretty good about it. congrats, hope everything went well. .

vik, I did mine myself. Dr. Wong did give you a staple remover right? It's not really that hard to do yourself if you have a swinging medicine cabinet mirror and a large vanity mirror in your bathroom where you can see all the way around your head? I also took my time. Do 10-20 or so, take a break, do 10 more etc.. .

Photoshop! Soon he will be sporting his newly sprouted stubbles .

NG, 8 hours after the blood oxygen returns to normal. Quitting Smoking Timeline .

I would say as well as yield as a main factor, also the possible damage to the donor from the FUE extraction method. I'm not an expert but the way I understand it, it's not that simple. For example, if the patient has a very thick donor area I would think FUE becomes even more difficult with respect to collateral damage to the surrounding units that "aren't" being extracted. You can get the grafts your after, but your possibly destroying several in its wake. If you use a smaller punch to protect against this, you might damage the ones that are being extracted. Which I suppose would directly relate to yield. I would imagine that cutting a strip you lose a small share of good units in the donor too by default, but recipient yield shouldn't suffer as a result from strip extraction. So maybe yield "is" the primary issue? as opposed to lost donor grafts? .

Looks good Pete, especially the scar. Your healing nicely and excellent work on the closure by Dr. Feller with hairs coming through the scar. Do you think those little stubbles are actually permanent grafts coming in? I am only 4 weeks post and am seeing the same things dotted around the transplant area. Early growth? How many grafts was your procedure?

Hey guys, I took the blog down temporarily whilst updating it. I will be putting it up again soon. Guess I could fix it up tonight. Everything seems to be going good. I'm one month post-op and have lost 80-90% of the newly planted grafts. I think I may have a few "early sprouters" too even at this stage but can't be for certain. I'm definitely in the waiting phase though so after I put the blog back up it will be a while until new entries are posted, or unless a miracle or something happens. .