Dr. Gabel Patient: Ken’s HT Journey - 2 month update

[Steven Gabel, MD, FACS]

These are a little late in coming but here is Ken’s 2 month progress update. He had 2,569 grafts placed into the frontal aspect of his scalp and hairline. He has been coming to the office for photos and video so others can follow his experience month by month. At this point, Ken is starting to let his hair grow back in.

 

Ken's 2 month videohttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ae2BU920zA4

 

At month 1, he shaved his head; at this point in month 2, the transplanted hairs have gone through the shedding cycle.

 

Edited May 9, 2011 by Steve Gabel, M.D.
Adding video

[corvettester]

Ken,

 

Thanks for contributing to the community. Grow well!

 

 

Corvettester

[Steven Gabel, MD, FACS]

Spex and Corvettester

I appreciate the response.

 

We were a little late getting these up; Ken’s 3 month post will be up in a few days with video.

Its starting to come in.

[Ken1967]

Doc

Its wild seeing my photos up. It was great seeing you today. Just watching the change from these photos and now today is really cool. Can’t wait to see what you do with todays photos and the video.

See you next month.

Just like a said in last writing, do your homework; find a doc that going to go all out for you; I was lucky to find one right here in Portland. What was really cool is that even on Saturday, he was taking care of his folks that he did surgery on the last few days. When i had my surgery, it was nice that the staff was available to do the cleaning. It gave me tons of confidence that he was there for me when I had questions.

Ken

[Steven Gabel, MD, FACS]

I finally was able to get the video up.

 

Ken's hair is in the dormant phase of the time frame after hair transplantation. He does feel tiny hairs starting to grow. He completely shaved his head 2 week ago and is going to let it grow out.

 

Ken will be back next month to follow his progress.

[multiplier]

Looks great. But is there a scar? I didn't see one and he obviously shaved. Are there any back-of-the-head photos?

[Steven Gabel, MD, FACS]

Multiplier

 

I’m in the office today. I’ll check to see if I have any donor area photos; if so, I’ll put them up.

[ziggy00]

Dr. Gabel,

 

Ken talked about numbness on his scalp in the video. Through your experience how common is it to have numbness two months post op?

 

Thanks! Looking good so far!

[Steven Gabel, MD, FACS]

Ziggy

 

Numbness of the top the scalp is very common after hair restoration surgery. The nerves that innervate the scalp are "stunned" for a while, and most patients experience complete return of sensation to the top of their scalp 2 - 4 months following surgery as the nerves "wake up."

[Steven Gabel, MD, FACS]

Multiplier

 

Here is a photo of the scar at two months that you asked for. The scar has shock loss around it, and when the transplanted hairs start growing, the hairs around the scar will also start growing. I”ll make sure to continue to put in photos of the scar to watch it mature as well.