Shearak

Hey Spanker, I am 4 months now and will start a new tread shortly with my progress. The brow lift didn't actually raise my hairline by that much, but it did remove the larger grafts, pitting, ridding and scar tissue. I wouldn't have been able to just camouflage the larger grafts because I would have had to lower the hairline more to place single hairs and that was not an option with my hairloss. I was on Propecia for about a year and it caused serious side effects and I had to stop taking it.

Sorry I haven't updated in a while, but when I got back from the procedure I had to travel overseas and wasn't able to post any updates. The procedure was great. Dr. Rahal originally quoted me 2500 grafts to repair and hide the brow left scar and the the previous mini grafts along the hairline and frontal areas. At the end I ended up get 3490 grafts and he was able to take out most of the donor scars (3) from the previous transplants. Dr. Rahal was also able to add additional grafts on the hairline and midscalp area because of the larger graft count. The techs trimmed down more hairs on the midscalp after getting additional grafts in the middle of the procedure. I was happy about the larger graft count. Hoping to get a nice dense coverage in my hairline, frontal and midscalp. Dr. Rahal indicates I have additional grafts around 2000 - 2500 for my crown, but knowing my own body I think I can get more like 3000+ for the crown. One thing that I can't emphasize enough is to do the scalp exercises if you want to get a larger strip. I started doing the scalp exercise for about 4 month before my surgery and I believe that made a big impact on my graft graft. Graft Counting 1 unit grafts -717 2 unit grafts - 2060 3 unit grafts - 713 Total grafts 3490 Total hair - 6976 Attached are pre and post op pictures and day 3. I will start a new thread and post my 1, 2, 3 month pictures. Supplements recommended and my protocol: Saw Palmetto: 160mg x 2 Super B-Complex: x 1 Glucosamaine, Chondroitin, MSM complex: x 2 Vitamin E 400 IU: x 1 Fish Oil 2400 mg: x 1 Vitamin C 1000 mg: x 1 Start using my laser device (IGrow) after one month per Dr. Rahal's advice.

Hi thedude, Sorry to hear about your hair transplant. It is shocking to see a doctor in the year 2014 still doing dated procedures. I also had a botched hair transplant done in 2000 with mini grafts which took me many years to repair and finally get a mega session of 3490 grafts with Dr. Rahal this past week to cover up the mini grafts and rebuild the hairline and add density. There is is hope so like everyone on here said save up a lot of money and do a ton of research before choosing a doctor to do your repair. This will be a long journey my friend. Hopefully this jerk for a doctor did not waste too much of your limited donor hairs. -Shearak

Hi rev333, Yes the brow lift scar is barely visible and Dr. Wong did a great job. I am actually do to get a FUT script procedure of 2500 grafts to establish the hairline and and frontal area with Dr. Rahal next Monday 3/17. The FUE picture in my post was from a previous repair session before I did the brow lift procedure with Hasson and Wong. I am hoping with all the scalp exercises I have been doing for the past few months that I can get a bigger script of 3500 + grafts to add density to the midscalp and a light pass on the crown if possible.

Hi zyzz, Thanks for the kind words it has been a very long journey. Yes I did actually have Dr. Bisanga remove the grafts vs FUE and another Dr. who I can't menstion on this site. This did help breakdown the grafts some, but the hairline still had a lot of pitting and scar tissue and not to mention it was placed too low. Also some of the grafts that the doctors removed grew back. Here is a pic of the FUE graft removal on my hairline:

It's been a very long time since I posted on this forum and a very long journey for my hair transplant repair. I am schedule to receive 2500 grafts to repair my hairline and frontal area from previous transplants which resulted in a pluggy and unnatural hairline. Not to mention pitting and cobble stoning on the hairline. Background Between 1999 and 2000 I received around 700 or so grafts from Dr. Gianotto in VA in two transplants which was the biggest mistake of my life. Back then I was maybe a norwood 2 and he placed my hairline too low. The grafts were mini with 3 to 5 hairs compacted which grow out like ferns. The hairline had a lot of pitting and raise scar tissue. He also left me with some scars on the donor mainly on the sides. He promised the scars would be hairline in size and not visible and the grafts would be natural, none of which were true. In 2001 I decided to go to Bosley in New York to repair the hairline and add some density to the frontal. I received 1050 grafts on the hairline and the frontal areas. The repair was not a success as I still had hairs on the temples which Bosley was not able to remove and the hairline was still pluggy and unnatural. The procedure made things worse. From 2002 to 2004 I went to Dr. Bisanga to remove some of the mini grafts and transplant them back into the frontal and scar. These procedures helped a little, but did not address the pitting and scar tissue on the hairline and also how low the hairline was place. In 2012 I went to Hassan and Wong and had a repair procedure with Dr. Wong. He did a brow-lift procedure basically removed the hairline with the mini grafts scar tissue and pitting. The brow left produced about 750 or so grafts which were recycled and transplanted in the crown. Dr. Wong also removed some of the grafts on the temples, but was not able to get all of them. The procedure made the hairline less pluggy, but I would need an additional procedure to remove the existing mini grafts from the temple area maybe 20 hairs or so and rebuild the hairline and frontal areas. For my second repair procedure I decide to go to Dr. Rahal. In 2013 I did a online consultation with Dr. Rahal. He recommended 2500 grafts to address the hairline and frontal areas. 1800 grafts for the hairline and 700 grafts for the frontal. The goal is to have a softer and natural hairline and add density to the frontal. The linear scar from the brow-left procedure will also be concealed with the added grafts to the hairline. Dr. Rahal also will remove or reuse the mini grafts from my temples. I am hoping that he can get a bigger strip 3500+ grafts and add density to the mid scalp and a light pass on the crown. He also thinks I am heading towards a norwood 6 and I am currently 40. I have attached some photos of where I am now and hoping to get my hairline repaired for the last time. NOTE: I hope I did not gross people out with the brow-left photo.

I will start a new site with my corrective procedures with Dr.Cole and my long journey to a natural looking hair line. Just wish I ran into this site 4 years ago. Anyone wishing to get hair transplants should think twice about going to Bosely or MHR. These guys are out for one thing MONEY in their wallets.

Do not go to bosely in New York. I had 1050 graphs and only 10% grew in. They are very expensive and once you are done with the surgery that's the last you hear from them. They just don't care. Go see Dr.Cole he has an office in New York. Take care,

Has anyone had any work done by him and if so how were the result/s. I had about 1050 FU placed in my hair line and posterior to correct previous work in November 2001. I am starting to see fine hairs come in on the hairline, but no major growth. This may be because of my previous surgeries, scar tissue,etc.. associated with multiple transplants. The hairs in the posterior section seem to be about 2-3 inches. I am just concerned about the hairline hairs, it's been almost a year and I am just seeing fine hairs come in here and there. I don't think he did a bad job as I don't see any cobblestoning or scars like my previous work. I am also hearing negitive things about Bosley and will I just want to hear from some who has had work done my Dr.Grossenbacher before I judge him. Thanks, Shearak

Has anyone had any work done by him and if so how were the result/s. I had about 1050 FU placed in my hair line and posterior to correct previous work in November 2001. I am starting to see fine hairs come in on the hairline, but no major growth. This may be because of my previous surgeries, scar tissue,etc.. associated with multiple transplants. The hairs in the posterior section seem to be about 2-3 inches. I am just concerned about the hairline hairs, it's been almost a year and I am just seeing fine hairs come in here and there. I don't think he did a bad job as I don't see any cobblestoning or scars like my previous work. I am also hearing negitive things about Bosley and will I just want to hear from some who has had work done my Dr.Grossenbacher before I judge him. Thanks, Shearak

Has anyone had corrective work done with Dr. Edwin Epstein of the Stuart Medical Group in Virginia. He is on Pat's list of recommended doctors in Virginia. I need to have corrective work done on my hair line from previous hair transplants. Anyone with info about Dr.Epstein please reply. Thanks again

Has anyone had corrective work done with Dr. Edwin Epstein of the Stuart Medical Group in Virginia. He is on Pat's list of recommended doctors in Virginia. I need to have corrective work done on my hair line from previous hair transplants. Anyone with info about Dr.Epstein please reply. Thanks again

Thanks everyone for the great support and info. I will be sure to keep everyone updated on my corrective surgury. By the way I will be going to New York to see the two remaining Docs Bernstein and Beehner. Wish me luck. Thanks again everyone.

Mike1651: I am also thinking about seeing Bernstein and Beehner, as Vogels approach to be honest is really scary and like you said would be hard to hide the scar. Sounds like we both have the same delema. I really like the idea of sketching a hairline over the old mini's or plugs and then removing any that would stand out. Did this help bring your hair line a bit higher. Mike who was your Doctor,Bernstein or Beehner and how much if you don't me asking did he charge you. Thanks again

Gary- I just had a consultation with Dr.Vogel yesterday and he sugguested to raise the anterior hairline, temporal recessions and soften the pluggy appearance. The excised strips of plugs would be recycled during the same procedure and transplanted acutely to create a new anterior hairline. I also had a consultation with Dr.Cole about a month ago who sugguested removing some of the plugs recycle them back to the hair line as FU. He said this would make the hair line softer and more natural in appeareance. I really don't know where to go with this. I would perfer Dr.Coles approach. Can anyone offer any other options and also sugguest any other doctors who have done corrective surgury such as in my case. Thanks again