My Experience with Dr. Feller - 3K grafts

[repo-man]

I had my initial hair transplant procedure with Dr. Feller yesterday. I got to the office around 7:30 and we got down to business. We discussed the plan and our goal of 3,000 grafts and he drew the approximate placement areas and took a number of pictures. We talked about increasing the total number of grafts and he advised that I stick to the 3K to cover the front part of my head. Though he could have easily gone up, he recommended that I keep my reserve just in case things get worse later on, since I'm only 28.

 

The strip area was buzzed down and Dr. F drew the strip that was to be used. We then went to another room and I lay in a massage chair as the local anesthesia was applied. This was the most painful part of the day. If I were to describe them, they felt like little pinches in the scalp. Dr. F then cut the strip and the techs began harvesting the grafts. He then applied some local anesthesia to the recipient areas and started making the necessary incisions.

 

During the graft placement process, I had two techs working on me the entire time while a third provided irrigation to the area to keep it moist. Dr. F would pop in and out to double-check things and make sure we were on track. At the end of the day, we got about 3,168 grafts. After the grafts were all placed, he did a final check and I got the post-op instructions verbally and in writing. He also took post-op procedures at the same angles as the initial pictures from comparison purposes.

 

My experience with Dr. Feller and his staff was phenomenal and would highly recommend him and his staff to those who are considering an HT!

[repo-man]

I had my initial hair transplant procedure with Dr. Feller yesterday. I got to the office around 7:30 and we got down to business. We discussed the plan and our goal of 3,000 grafts and he drew the approximate placement areas and took a number of pictures. We talked about increasing the total number of grafts and he advised that I stick to the 3K to cover the front part of my head. Though he could have easily gone up, he recommended that I keep my reserve just in case things get worse later on, since I'm only 28.

 

The strip area was buzzed down and Dr. F drew the strip that was to be used. We then went to another room and I lay in a massage chair as the local anesthesia was applied. This was the most painful part of the day. If I were to describe them, they felt like little pinches in the scalp. Dr. F then cut the strip and the techs began harvesting the grafts. He then applied some local anesthesia to the recipient areas and started making the necessary incisions.

 

During the graft placement process, I had two techs working on me the entire time while a third provided irrigation to the area to keep it moist. Dr. F would pop in and out to double-check things and make sure we were on track. At the end of the day, we got about 3,168 grafts. After the grafts were all placed, he did a final check and I got the post-op instructions verbally and in writing. He also took post-op procedures at the same angles as the initial pictures from comparison purposes.

 

My experience with Dr. Feller and his staff was phenomenal and would highly recommend him and his staff to those who are considering an HT!

[repo-man]

Thanks Spex, I'm doing everything possible to heal as quickly as possible!

[repo-man]

FYI, I've finally set-up a blog to show some pictures. I have pics pre-HT, day of and 4 days later.

 

http://www.hairtransplantnetwork.com/blog/home-page.asp?WebID=689

[vik0809]

looking good, xtremely clean,,

i am at the 2 week mark and almost forgotten that i had a procedure done except when i look in the damn mirror and tingling every now and then... the 1st days were the most uncomfortable thankx to the staples,,not so much pain..

 

just curious why did u stop with the front and not go further back to the crown..

mine was more mid -scalp and crown !

heal well....

[repo-man]

Congrats on coming this far! I'm counting down the days until I can get the staples removed. I have no feeling above the strip up until the crown area and my head feels tight.

 

Initially, I was thinking of doing the crown as well to minimize the down-time and discussed this with Dr. Feller. He recommended that I wait for the remainder just to see if the current hairs that I have on my crown as going to stick around or not. Otherwise, I may have blotches of bald spots which could make things look worse.

 

Once the staples are out, I'm going to start Rogaine foam 2% and see if that does anything. Either way, I plan on working on the crown area next year and hopefully that will be the end.

 

Heal well and grow quickly!

[hairthere]

looks good repo. with your amount of loss i think it's wise to approach it with a 2-pass ht. good growing to you!

[notgoing2gobald]

Congrats, lookin good repo-man! All should be filling in nicely in the coming months.

I noticed on your web log that you had some dark spots on your arm which your dermatologist attributed to propecia. I have read of others experiencing this as well. Did your doc have any idea (or does anyone reading this) what precisely causes this?

[repo-man]

notgoing - Spoke to the dermatologist about it and she biopsied two spots and apparently the tests show that an allergic reaction was evident. Not sure what the reason was, but she advised that I stop taking the Propecia and re-test in about 4-6 weeks.