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Latinlotus, What was his reason?

It stands to reason that a larger strip extraction/excision would be more painful. But can we make an assumption notwitstanding each persons idiosyncrastic pain tolerance?

"Does it help?" Depends on if you believe it helped you before. "Any effects or side effects?" "Does it damage the transplanted hair or grafts?" Immediately after surgery, transplanted hair follicles are susceptible to UV radiation. At 3 weeks I think they should be fine, although some recommendation is to protect the scalp from radiation of a month. "Has anyone ever used the lasercomb after surgery? " I haven't.

This seems highly irregular. As far as I have been informed, anaesthetics are only prescribed when there is evidence of sufficient pain inducing trauma. How this evidence is measured is beyond the scope of my knowledge as I am not a medical doctor. You need to check with your surgeon as well as your family doctor if you are indeed very much pain. I must take your word for it (that you know what your pain tolerance is), as woman who has had Caeserian sections for delivery.

The only real future is stem cell research, cloning and gene manipulation. Years to come. Not too sure if in our lifetimes.

GENES Your body will recognize and reject another's biological tissue/genetic material as a pathogen/virus.

HairHope, Can you upload some pics so that we can see what your hair looks like 5 yrs later? Thanks.

Post Operative Washing: Day 0: (day of hair restoration surgery): Just relax. Do not wash your hair at all. Day 1: If at all possible, visit your hair restoration clinic for a postoperative hair wash. If not, fill a cup with water mixed with shampoo and pour it gently over your head several times. Gently massage the shampoo into the donor area, cleaning the area around the scar. Day 2 and 3: Fill a cup with water mixed with shampoo and pour it gently over your head several times. Gently massage the shampoo into the donor area, cleaning the area around the scar. Wash donor area normally working around the scar with care to work off any dried blood. Apply as much pressure as needed however, avoid using so much pressure that it causes pain. Day 4: Assuming that your shower pressure is reasonable and not too harsh - let the water from the shower head hit your head normally. Massage shampoo in your hands until it lathers. Gently touch the grafts with the shampoo in the palm of your hands and gently touch with your finger tips. Avoid any massaging of the transplanted hair at this point. Continue washing donor area normally from this point on paying extra attention around the scar as to work off any dried blood and keep the area clean. Day 5: Repeat the instructions from day 4 however, add very gentle back and forth motions with your finger tips through the transplanted hair. Avoid using your nails at all costs. Day 6: Resume normal hair washing but be extra gentle with the hair grafts. Day 7+: Begin showering twice a day normally however, use a little extra care of the follicular unit grafts. Spend 10 extra minutes in the shower both in the morning and evening massaging with shampoo the hair grafts in a circular motion with your fingertips in order to start working off the scabs. Avoid using your fingernails at all costs. Do not apply a lot of pressure. The trick is to apply a constant circular motion to gradually work off the scabs rather than simply picking them off. Picking the scabs should be avoided at all costs. Whatever scabs don't come off in the shower will come off after subsequent showers and circular massaging. Additionally, when you come out of the shower and after looking in the mirror see some loose scabs, feel free to perform additional soft circular massaging over the scabs in front of the mirror to work off loose scabs. Scabs still tightly secured to the scalp should not be worked too much. These scabs will come off after subsequent showers in the coming days. Patience is important and don't force anything off. I have found that by using the above method, scabs typically come off between 8-12 days. At 24 hours you take a cup and put shampoo in it put it under the faucet to create foam and pour over the grafted area. The donor area you can wash normally. Rinse the same way. This is the instructions for 7 days. We feel it takers a full 7 days for the grafts to be well seated.

Can't decide, These are some topics that you can start with: 1.consideration of the patient's goals (long-term and short-term), 2.the current level of hair loss, 3.the worse-case-scenario level of hair loss, 4.the hair supply versus demand, 5.donor hair density, 6.follicular density, 7.scalp laxity, 8.hair shaft diameter, 9.wave/curl of the hair, 10.hair/skin contrast, 11.whether or not a patient is on an oral or topical therapy to retard hair loss, etc. I have not thought about asking questions concerning blade size, so you've raised a good point there. Most if not all Coalition doctors practice the trichophytic closure technique, but still ask him.

I think European countries have higher restriction standards, though countries in the old Soviet block are somewhat "experimental". Third World Countries....well... For me hair at the side of my head becomes thick, but MPB still continues on the top though at a retarded rate. I don't if that happens to other persons, but I believe can the basis for a further detailed response.

Good question. Can you cut a 1 mg pill into two equal parts? Perhaps the benefit to cost ratio (in industrial/economic terms and individual patient terms) of manufacturing a 0.5 mg pill just isn't worth it? Like I said good to question all alternatives.

Is it standard procedure, or is it possible to implant follicles into the trichophytic closure during the closure procedure so as to greater conceal the scar?

Is it standard procedure, or is it possible to implant follicles into the trichophytic closure during the closure procedure so as to greater conceal the scar?

What are the main reasons for disparative growth, such as in this case?

Good information Dr. Carman...thanks!

Cue, They're all right. After 10-12 days your grafts are secure and sweating wouldn't affect them. Even before the 10-12 days mark, minute bits of moisture (perspiration) which is a product of your own body should not affect your own grafts. Just like if you get a cut on your hand and there is perspiration around it, it does not affect the healing process. I am not a doctor, but perhaps the perspiration may actually have some healing properties...who knows. The important thing is that you wash the scalp as the doctor has instructed you to, to minimize residue build up.

Any comments on these sorts of questions.

"please tell me how much is FUE per graft for NY doctors such as Dr. Feller, Dr. Bernstein, Dr. Epstein,Dr. True and dorin?" You'll have to do the work yourself, by calling them up for consults...just like everyone else. Generally FUE is more expensive than FUT and there is greater risk of damage to the extracted grafts. "As well as the strip and do they perform trichophytic in their strip HT?" They all perform trichophytic closures.

"My doc placed the grafts on the right side of my head and his tech placed the grafts on the left side. My ride side seems to be shedding faster than the left side. Any reason for this?" Probably just your mind playing tricks on you. I doubt the doctor would even let the tech onto his premises much less put grafts in your scalp if he didn't implicitly/explicitly trust him. The medical sphere relies heavily on confidence and you will have to also. Sorry "does early shedding on the right side mean it's going to grow back sooner on this side?" Yes. Telogen precedes anagen.

NOURKRIN=snake oil. Just like all other "marine" products. Better to try cod liver oil/artic fish oil.

By the time your 60 yrs old, being NW6 won't matter to you. You'll have OTHER problems. The whole intention of surgical intervention is to delay the hairloss process and maintain your image while you are young. That's all. Sure there are older gentlemen who pursue transplants, but the vast majority of men are in their late 20's and early 30's (in their prime). And my personal opinion, is that most seem to be about NW3. And yes even if you progress to NW6, the work will stand up on its own. That's why the first line of attack is to reconstruct the forelock and hairline.

It's ironic that you've had something major as surgery and can't remember the details. Tightness also depends on the amount of HT you had in the past. 5-6 months is normal. Check out this link: http://hair-restoration-info.c...011094793#5011094793

Eman, 1.Was this a personal choice to wait this length of time to remove the sutures, was it your doctor's specific recommendation, or is it that sutures require more time than staples? 2.Should one use this measure of force when dealing with the donor area, immediately after the procedure? Thanks.

Great experience, Welcome to our community Hopefully you would've had conducted photodocumentation from such time back, and continued documenting your progress up until now, and can share with us how technology has changed over the course of time,(by developing a hair restoration blog, here on this forum.)

Dr. Wong, Thank you for the valuable contribution! Since Asian hair is more difficult, can we assume that African-American hair is easier to work with?