Rahal Surgery September 25th, 2008

[tommyf]

The deed is done, I am 36 hours post-op, finally had the strip By Rahal yesterday and without hsstitation can say it is probably the best decision I made in my life. At 44 loss of my heariline was consuming me. anyway got 3250 grafts in the hairline and frontal 1/3. Rahal estimates the hairline at 70-75 density

 

I have to say Rahal is a great guy, very reasonable in dealing with even a bundle of nerves that I was 7 am yesterday. I indicated to him that My main concern was the minimal thickness of my hair(very fine) Where he had not seen me previous to this I expalined that if he didn't think I could get reasonable coverage then I would cancel right there and then and not expect a refund. So he could have walking away with my 10,000 and had the day off, but he felt confident that he would give me a very good cosmetic result. This is the one thing that really convinced me of how good this guy must be and committed to his profession. Right up til then i really thought I couldn't pull the trigger and was seriously thinking about bailing, luckily I had my sister also with me who further convinced me, it was the right decision. She did the pre-surgical consults several months ago and saw a handful of Rahals patients and couold not believe the results, no scars noticeable, etc and she is an RN

Adrian also was a great help and seeing the work Rahal did on him, i was ready to jump in the chair.

Long day, started at 8am and finished up around 5:30. Funny thing I thought th strip removal was going to the hardest thing mentally and physically but I haven't even thought about it much, I had a medium sized scar on the back of my head my whole life from a car accident so Rahal removed most of that with the strip, so I couldn't be happier. His team of young assistants are great and could not treat you any better. They are also meticulous in their work and spent the last hour or so making sure no incisions were left empty.

 

I have the phot0s pre and post to get ready to get up and will keep a monthly update, thanks everyone on this site, who have helped over the past 2 years as I have been researching this. All I can do now is wait the long months ahead, but I have resolved myself to that, hopefully growth goes well. Guys, the one thing I learned here and am so happy I did, as we allways hear on this board, DO YOUR RESEARCH and get to a top sugeon. In the rght hands Guys this is an amazing experience!. Any advice post-op for me now I would appreciate hearing from all you experts, thanks

[tommyf]

The deed is done, I am 36 hours post-op, finally had the strip By Rahal yesterday and without hsstitation can say it is probably the best decision I made in my life. At 44 loss of my heariline was consuming me. anyway got 3250 grafts in the hairline and frontal 1/3. Rahal estimates the hairline at 70-75 density

 

I have to say Rahal is a great guy, very reasonable in dealing with even a bundle of nerves that I was 7 am yesterday. I indicated to him that My main concern was the minimal thickness of my hair(very fine) Where he had not seen me previous to this I expalined that if he didn't think I could get reasonable coverage then I would cancel right there and then and not expect a refund. So he could have walking away with my 10,000 and had the day off, but he felt confident that he would give me a very good cosmetic result. This is the one thing that really convinced me of how good this guy must be and committed to his profession. Right up til then i really thought I couldn't pull the trigger and was seriously thinking about bailing, luckily I had my sister also with me who further convinced me, it was the right decision. She did the pre-surgical consults several months ago and saw a handful of Rahals patients and couold not believe the results, no scars noticeable, etc and she is an RN

Adrian also was a great help and seeing the work Rahal did on him, i was ready to jump in the chair.

Long day, started at 8am and finished up around 5:30. Funny thing I thought th strip removal was going to the hardest thing mentally and physically but I haven't even thought about it much, I had a medium sized scar on the back of my head my whole life from a car accident so Rahal removed most of that with the strip, so I couldn't be happier. His team of young assistants are great and could not treat you any better. They are also meticulous in their work and spent the last hour or so making sure no incisions were left empty.

 

I have the phot0s pre and post to get ready to get up and will keep a monthly update, thanks everyone on this site, who have helped over the past 2 years as I have been researching this. All I can do now is wait the long months ahead, but I have resolved myself to that, hopefully growth goes well. Guys, the one thing I learned here and am so happy I did, as we allways hear on this board, DO YOUR RESEARCH and get to a top sugeon. In the rght hands Guys this is an amazing experience!. Any advice post-op for me now I would appreciate hearing from all you experts, thanks

[indian_balding26]

Tommy,

 

nice to see your post. Can you please share some pre-op photos? Even i have fine hair and i would like to see your pre and post op pcitures.

 

I am thinking of a HT in apr/may08 either with H&W or Rahal(Still deciding).

 

Thanks!

[Eman]

tommyf- glad to hear everything went well.

 

I came in and met you a little after your lunch break and you were right in the heart of the planting process. Not sure you remember meeting me as I probably looked like just another tech, albeit much bigger and uglier!?!

 

Anyway, I got to take a look at the top of your head and it was super clean, just like mine. The design of your hairline also looked great.

 

I am happy that you got over your nerves, as did I; I think we will both be ecstatic with our results!

 

Let me know if you have any questions.

Eman

[Bill - Seemiller]

tommy,

 

Congratulations on your recent surgery with Dr. Rahal. Like Eman above, you too were in great hands.

 

I hope you'll document your progress and share your photos with us by creating a hair loss weblog.

 

Heal and grow well!

 

Best wishes,

 

Bill

[tommyf]

Thanks Bill, eman, all went great, just the long wait now, i know will be hard. Eman thanks for dropping in, we should definitely keep in touch, as I said I should be in chicago within the next month for a few days we should hook up. I am still in ottawa, going to follow up with rahal on tuesday. I guess your as happy as I am, I still can't believe I went through with it. I will tell Adrian to post the pre and post op pics asap, so you can have a look, hope I don't do anything to harm th grafts, Eman when are you going to start using the rogaine, I have read various lengths of time post-op, I guess I will stick with rahals recommended 2 weeks. Anyway, hope all is well and we will be posting as the weeks progress, thanks again everyone here0

 

tommyf

[Eman]

tommyf- enjoy Ottawa!! I am back home already.

 

I will be headed out to Costco to buy Rogaine Foam and begin using it at the two week mark, per Dr. Rahal's orders. I have been told that the foam is less harsh and causes less redness than the liquid form.

 

Would love to meet up when you are coming through Chicago. Keep in touch.

 

Eman

[indian_balding26]

TommyF, can you please create a weblog? I am very eager to see some pictures