Gorpy

The only thing I would consider doing is some highlights. Might be fun to play with it.

Thanks NN,

I think your results will be equally impressive. Hang on through the doldrums, you'll see.

Gorp

Well, it's time for a 2 year update. I've also redone my photo album to use smaller files that load faster.

In today's world of modern transplants, grafts contain a naturally occurring "follicular unit" or FU. FU's contain from 1 to 4 hairs. For more info on FU's look here.

I also am a fan of Dr. Rahal's hairlines.

Coloring it? You mean like platinum blond or something like that?

Dr. Konior does excellent work. Your hairline will look great after having a procedure with him.

Thanks Bill and HairLossCure.

NW-4 here. I don't think my HT is detectable, other than the fact that I have a lot more hair now. It causes some strange stares from people that knew me pre HT, but I'm confident it's from just having a bunch more hair than before. Everything looks very natural to me.

There really is nothing detectable about this HT. You could inspect all you want and it would not be obvious to you. Is there a level of thinness? Yes (It's not as thick as my native hair). But over-all it's pretty thick and gives me a good look.

Look here to see my pre-HT look.

Looks very good Baxter. That's a heck of a lot of hair. You'll soon need to invest in more combs

Very nice P-40. Thanks for keeping us updated.

Depends on the situation. Personally I had great results from 1000 grafts, but it was only to add density on an already solid base.

Thanks for reopening it.

While I agree that Grace came across as crass, unprofessional and inconsistent in her arguments, I don't agree that she should have been removed because of that. She pretty much kept her arguments to a couple of threads. Others who in the past have tried to attack every thread did deserve to be banned.

I personally did not spend much time on her posts. I know you probably felt obligated to respond to every point she was trying to make, so it took a lot of your time.

I thought there was some progress in convincing her to post some pictures, so I was looking forward to that. Although I'll agree that she was probably just pulling our chain and never would come up with them.

I just hate to see censorship like that. Now she'll use that as ammo for one of her future young and impressionable clients.

I don't see the humor in your response.

Gary,

Those are good results for only 1500 grafts. Is that FUE or strip?

Dr Alexander,

Why do you not mention 4 hair grafts? Do you place 4 hair grafts? Dr. Rahal who has a similar technique to yours indicates on his website that he does not use 4's either. Is there a technical reason for not using 4's with lateral slits or is it just a preference not to use them? What do you do with the 4's that you find? Can you please explain?

Thanks.

Bill,

Why would you lock that thread. You kicked Grace out and we each have our opinion about that. Now you lock the entire thread, which serves what purpose - to censor us from giving our opinion?

Gorp

Bill,

Why would you lock that thread. You kicked Grace out and we each have our opinion about that. Now you lock the entire thread, which serves what purpose - to censor us from giving our opinion?

Gorp

Hi Jagdish,

Naturally occurring DFU's are not like minis as explained in Dr. Keene's web site here. They are hairs that are naturally close together, in line, but with a small gap in between. Normally they would be dissected into two FU's, but keeping them together can at times be advantageous.

And to answer your question, no they would not be placed so close together by making two incisions. That might be possible, but typically a doctor is distributing grafts evenly over an area based on overall density of placement, e.g. 50 grafts/cm2.

As a crude example, consider the following representation of the placement of hairs:

DFU (3 hairs placed as is, using a 1.5 mm blade) -

'll_l'

Same hairs split into two FU's using .7mm blade placed at 50 grafts/cm2 -

'll__l'

Now, getting into things like TFU's is scary and getting a bit carried away, depending on the details of how they are placed.

Gorp

Gorpy is a Pimp Daddy. He really just hangs in a mexican restaurant everyday doing tequila shots and occasionally going on-line to fight with Jotronic.

Life is good! Can you you think of a better job?

No, seriously, I'm going to polish up my resume. I got serious skilz.

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<LI>I've recorded over 1000 posts.

<LI>Grace likes my hairline.

<LI>I've been elevated to Pimp status.

<LI>Last but not least - I made Jotronic eat his hat (believe me, that's not easy). *

* Not a real act. Any attempt to portray Joe as eating a hat, implied or otherwise, is unintentional. Likewise, eating hats is not advised by me or any party associated with me. The fact that I look like Johnny Depp is purely coincidental. Do not attempt this at home.

Slowly thinning had a 2 day procedure with Dr. Limmer.

http://hair-restoration-info.com/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/346...931054823#7931054823

Gorpy -

The most logical and systematic engineer of Arizona with the best hairline this world has ever seen.

Wow! A great compliment from a beautiful woman. I'm feelin' good!

Grace, do you like older guys ?

You know, I have to agree with some things here: As you know, I have always had a bit of a problem with clinics and their hired cheerleaders. Now, the trend is to require clinics to post more pictures? That can be good and bad. It's always good to see results, but will it result in more cheerleaders being hired? I hope not.

That's cool B Spot. You have a tremendous amount of knowledge to share.

Your post op picture is so dark, it's really hard to determine the level of improvement. Do you have a picture with similar lighting to the pre-op picture?

Thanks Bank,

Good to have you back. I am still seeing sprouts so yes, it should even improve more.

I don't think this is the typical 1000 graft procedure. Dr. Keene really, REALLY loaded me up with hair this time. With so much underlying hair, it provides a great illusion of coverage now.