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Thanks Mrjb for the reassurance. Do you have any pics? It is now about 3.5 months postoop and I am seeing a lot of little hairs in my hairline area where no concealers were used, but little on my midscalp where the dermmatch was applied (unsure if this is because it might be camouflaged by the little bit of existing hair there previously). I stopped using dermmatch about 2 weeks ago but I have continued Toppik. Will keep you posted.

hi robert. i saw your pics and they look great. did you use any concealers postoperatively?

I had a HT with 2800 FUs in June 2005. It is almost 3 months postop and I have seen no growth as of yet (still early though). My fear is that I also have been using DermMatch and Toppik regularly since week 3 postop although I have been washing it out ALMOST every evening before I go to bed to allow my scalp to "breath". I fear that this might affect growth. I have emailed 3 consultants this week representing 3 well-known HT places and I have received 2 responses so far. One said that it should be ok if washed out daily. The other said to avoid them altogether as it can damage HTs and even nontransplanted hair. For HTs they said in their experience when used regularly it sometimes only achieve 70% of results. This obviously scares me thinking that I have made a huge mistake and have "wasted" valuable donor tissue. I will keep you all updated. Hopefully over the next few months we can get some answers from people who have had HTs who have used such concealing agents postoperatively. Any comments greatly appreciated.

I had a HT with 2800 FUs in June 2005. It is almost 3 months postop and I have seen no growth as of yet (still early though). My fear is that I also have been using DermMatch and Toppik regularly since week 3 postop although I have been washing it out ALMOST every evening before I go to bed to allow my scalp to "breath". I fear that this might affect growth. I have emailed 3 consultants this week representing 3 well-known HT places and I have received 2 responses so far. One said that it should be ok if washed out daily. The other said to avoid them altogether as it can damage HTs and even nontransplanted hair. For HTs they said in their experience when used regularly it sometimes only achieve 70% of results. This obviously scares me thinking that I have made a huge mistake and have "wasted" valuable donor tissue. I will keep you all updated. Hopefully over the next few months we can get some answers from people who have had HTs who have used such concealing agents postoperatively. Any comments greatly appreciated.

Interesting question. I had a HT with 2800 FUs on June 2005. It is almost 3 months postop and I have seen no growth as of yet (still early though). My fear is that I also have been using DermMatch and Toppik regularly since week 3 postop although I have been washing it out ALMOST every evening before I go to bed to allow my scalp to "breath". I fear that this might affect growth as well. I have emailed 3 consultants this week representing 3 well-known HT places and I have received 2 responses so far. One said that it should be ok if washed out daily. The other said to avoid them altogether as it can damage HTs and even nontransplanted hair. For HTs they said in their experience when used regularly it sometimes only achieve 70% of results. This obviously scares me thinking that I have made a huge mistake and have "wasted" valuable donor tissue. I will keep you all updated. It would be interesting to know how the original poster made out as it was only 4.5 months for him when he posted this. Hopefully over the next few months we can get some answers from people who have had HTs who have used such concelaing agents postoperatively.