Decided to give ht a second chance

[worried]

Sorry I haven't kept up my blog but I was a bit disillusioned after the first ht. I had 2150 graphs the first time to try to get rid of waring a hat all the time . The graphs were spread form front to back which left everything very sparse especially the crown. So then I bought a second house and remodeled it and kinda stopped thinking about this site and ht's in general. The hat and bare crown kept bothering me so I decided 12-20-07 to go back and get just the crown filled in. The doc said you might want to put some in the front to to reinforce it abit so I agreed but reiterated my concern was the crown. The aim was 1500 graphs 1000 for the crown and 500 in the front. What I ended up with was 1278 graphs with 1000 in the back and 278 up front. The transplant went well and the doc fixed up the old scar better than the last time. I have no swelling in the front and really no pain anywhere. I don't know if I'll be happy with the coverage or not but I'm sick of the hat and or using dermatch to hide the crown, even though I like the results from the dermatch. After the first transplant I barely had enough hair to use dermatch but was amazed with the results of the product.So I never posted the final results of the first ht but i just added a couple pics of the second ht. Again I went to MHR in CT. with Dr. Scott Boden. There has been no information good or bad about this dr. MHR doesn't seem to get any good comments but I'm trying to base my reviews on the doc not the corporation. I am reserving judgement till after the results of this transplant. I feel Dr. boden is very caring and proffesional and the staff was also very pleasent and caring. The price for the second ht was dramaticlly lower since they wanted me to be able to achieve my goals. This time he covered the birthmark I had on my crown which has never had hair on it. Hopefully the graphs will grow. Anyway I will try to keep my progress updated for other people to see this time to help others decide on ht's and my thoughts on Dr. Scott Boden. MHR might not have gotten any good reviews but I want to rate the Dr. not the reputation of MHR. Any comments good or bad are appreciated and any thoughts about achieving a full look on the crown area. Most people want the front filled in and don't worry about the crown I guess but I do. Thanks Scott AKA Worried

[notgoing2gobald]

well I certainly hope for the best results for you. Im just a little curious why you went to MHR after seeing so many bad reviews of them on here? None the less, I still hope you are satisfied with your results.

[thanatopsis_awry]

You haven't received a terribly large # of grafts, particularly in your latest HT; especially when attacking the crown, it takes a lot to make a dent from what I have seen. Not having any idea of your level of hair loss your graft count may or may not be appropriate to your expectations. I would definitely recommend posting as many pre-op post-op pics that you can; the proof really is in the pudding, and you would indeed get some very accurate feedback from the forum.

 

As for the whole going to MHR thing....I do agree that the bottom line is how good a doctor is; frankly, if Dr. Feller/Hasson/Shapiro/etc. worked at MHR, I would be going to *MHR to work with them. However, like you mentioned, you were not able to find any feedback -- positive or negative -- on your specific doctor. A bit of a gamble, imo, but you seem to be knowledgeable about what you went into this time so your chances of being satisfied are relatively good.

 

Here is to hoping you can provide the first positive feedback on Dr. Scott Boden!

[Michael1]

eteran

Hair transplant is definitely the alternative for baldness. I had at least I received 2267 grafts on 9/13/06 and 1892 on 11/12/07., which were done in 2 separate sessions, and it took 6hours or more for the painless procedure. It's quite an experience. My next goal is to watch my hair transplant grow in density to my hairline and crown. If you were thinking of having a hair transplant, I would prefer that you research the DR's or choose Dr. Mejia who provides this procedures. Dr. Ricardo Mejia is my recommendation for hair restoration and hair transplants in Florida,Also, It's well worth for the money! Great investment.

[Bill - Seemiller]

worried,

 

Welcome back to our community - it's been awhile since you've posted.

 

At this point, what's done is done. You've already had hair transplant surgery with this physician so hopefully it will turn out the best. I can make no comments positive or negative about this particular doctor

 

If you would like us to at least evaluate the work, feel free to post your immediately postoperative photos on our forum so we can see the strategic placement of the follicular unit grafts.

 

Without pictures it's hard to get a good feel for how your surgery might turn out.

 

Best wishes for restoring your hair!

 

Bill

[worried]

i did post a couple pics on my hair bolg i just haven't had the time to figure out how to add the link for the blog to my post. It's been really hecktick around here lately. to much going on . as to why i went back to dr. boden it seemed to me he did a good job i just didn't realize that it takes allot of graphs to fill in the crown to my satisfaction, Nobody even realized i had a hair transplant which I gues is a good thing. except my father who sais what having you been doing to get your hair to grow back your crown looks like the bald spot is shrinking and you look like you have much more hair.

[Bill - Seemiller]

Worried,

 

I took the liberty of adding your hair loss weblog link to your signature for you.

 

I'm sorry to hear that you were having some photo upload problems. On our discussion forum, only 300K photos can be uploaded in a discussion thread like this one whereas up to 500K photos are allowed in a photo album. Perhaps this is the problem you were having.

 

I see that in your hair loss weblog that you only posted your first hair transplant up to 4 months. How do you feel about how your first hair transplant turned out? Do you have pictures 9-12 months out from your first one?

 

Your 2nd hair transplant postoperative pictures are a little hard to see since there is a bit of glare and taken from a distance. However, if you have only received 1000 grafts in your crown, due to the large area of balding, expect that there won't be a lot of hair density though hopefully with high growth yield, you will have a good foundation of hair coverage.

 

I hope you'll post more pictures in your blog for us to see.

 

Best wishes in restoring your hair,

 

Bill

[worried]

I never ended up having any photos taken after the 4 month period after having problems uploading them and finding someone to take them. Like I said before Iwas suppose to get 2500 graphs the first time and it ended up being like 2150 instead. And it seems they spread these out all the way from front to back so there was no dense packing anywhere. so the front was thin and the crown got a thin coverage but the only thing some what dense was the middle because thats where I had the most hair to begin with. The most important part was the crown for me since this is why I wore a hat. It seems like everyone is mostly only concerned about the front but the crown bothered me the most. I went for 1500 this time for the crown because thats about what I could afford. But the doc conviced me to do 1000 on the crown and reinforce the front abit with 500. ended up getting onlt 1278 grapghs which 1000 went to the crown. The total graphs to date is only 3428 which is not all that many to try to cover the crown and front. after following your transplants Billerous and others I see it takes large amounts of graphs to cover especially the crown. There was hair growing on my crown after the first ht enough that my dad started asking questions about what was going on. To the other gentlemen that was trying to get me to donate to his ficticious charity I went back to dr. boden because I thought they did a good job but I think my expectation with the number of graphs I was getting wasn't realistic. This time I have no swelling or discomfort so I'm somewhat glad I didn't get to many graphs at once. Plus money is a major factor in what I was able to do. I am going to wait and see what the results are this time and save money for more graphs at a later date. Where I go will depend on how this session turns out. And I will reserve my jugment of Dr. Boden till then. Also I will try to get some better pics I didn't realize they were'nt close up enough.Last time it took a long time for the redness and all to go away and I wasn't looking foward to going through it again. This time wasn't a big deal at all. I'm not one to take loans or charge things so I do what I can in cash only. Thanks for adding the link Bill. I get the finatride for 20.00 and chop it into 4's so it last 120 days and also use monoxidal from costco for 20.00 bucks for 3 months supply. I wish I could really meet someone in person to see a ht because I find pictures don't always tell the whole story. hair wet and dry and a whole lot of other things make pics somewhat deceiving.I hope I'm doing the right thing and I know no one noticed that hair was added to my hairline so thats a plus anyway. Thanks.

Scott