Dr feller /uk patient /richie48/2100 crown grafts 2007 - 2011..brand new update !

[richie48]

Hi all , my name is Richie and I'm from the UK .

 

These are pictures taken approximatly every 12months from when i had 2100 crown grafts with Dr Feller in November 2007 , the first pic is before my transplant but a year of been on 1.25mgs of finasteride .

 

Dr Feller had to create a double crown swirl to immitate my original double crown , this ht is very natural and has been undetectable , even under close scrutiny when a friend I had told let it slip to others , I bluffed and told them it was just meds , they inspected my crown at close range , even moving my hair with there fingers , there conclusion was that I hadn't had a ht done ! hahahaha .

 

Please note how the transpalnted hair continued to improve in texture every year since .

 

I am going back to Dr Feller in Jan 2012 to have the front tweaked , I will post again soon with pics of my hairline but for now I wanted to share my experience with Dr Feller so far .

 

As well as 2100 crown grafts I take 0.8mgs of finasteride daily , without side effects .

 

Richie

[waisal]

Excellent result, good luck for January and Thanks for the advice about the blood tests

[hairthere]

Looking good bro! Is your plan to just address the front next go around?

[richie48]

Thanks guys

 

Waisal , no probs , I'm just glad you got your results sorted

 

Hairthere , yes I will be going back to see Dr Feller in January 2012 to have the front temple points tweaked .

 

I will be posting some pics in the near future showing what I need , but felt I needed to re-introduce myself to the newbies on this site .

 

richie

[MyNameIsRich]

Excellent results, so at this stage you've only ever had one HT, correct?

Also - are you still on propecia and rogaine? If yes, how long have you been taking the meds?

[orlhair1]

Looks really good......really nice coverage and very natural.

[richie48]

Mynameisalsorich hahaha

 

Thanks bud , I have only had one ht , 2100 crown grafts with Dr Feller , I am due to go see him again in New York in January 2012 for approximatly 2000 grafts to my front hair line and temples by strip method , I usually wear my hair longer , surfer style and it parts to far back into my temples and really bugs me , so thats what I hope to have addressed in January .

 

Due to my research I know and accept there are limitations too both FUE and FUT . But for me I accept that my donor will run out if I continue to have hts without foward planning , so I want the most yeald from my own precious finite supply of transplantable follicals , so chose to have a further FUT transplant , safest way for most yeald for the best value for money with one of the best surgeons , whom I know and trust .

 

I have copied an earlier post about my med use below to answer your questions about finasteride ......

 

I started on minoxadil cream and 1mgs propecia ( brand name of finasteride ) in 2006 .

 

By 2007 I had ditched the minoxadil cream , it didn't seem to help any regrowth and occasionally irrritated my scalp .

 

I also switched to 5mgs of generic finasteride ( proscar )in 2007 , I cut these into 4 pieces and took 1.25mgs daily .

 

By 2009 I started to cut the 5mgs of finasteride into 5 pieces and took 1mg daily .

 

In 2010 I started to cut the finasteride into 6 pieces and I now take only 0.8mgs daily , I did this with no noticable loss of hair .

 

I have suffered no side effects , no drop in libido or loss of erections , I do however believe I have become more of a calmer and more focused person , my girlfriend has noticed this also , is it the finasteride , I don't really know but it coinsided with me starting on the meds .

 

However I did notice my seamen become more watery after I started using the meds .

 

Due to wanting to start a family I have recently had my testosterone , thyroid and sperm count checked , my testosterone levels where higher than average , my thyriod is fine and my sperm count was also higher than the average , on average most men have between 20-200 million sperm per edjuculation , I had 140 million .

 

I have included a link below to one of my older posts showing pics of my improvement from meds only and my blog which has loads of close up pics of before , during and after , please take a look .....

 

 

Hair Restoration Site for richie48

 

 

http://www.hairrestorationnetwork.com/eve/155471-dr-feller-uk-patient-richie48-then-now-two-year-trip-meds-9-month-hair-transplant.html

 

orlhair1 , hi

 

Thanks bud , I have never sold my ht as a wow result , my pics have always being an honest account of what can be realistly achieved with good planning , good research and a top surgeon , I think my results are good enough to stand up to scruntiny and I have never really had a complimantary hair style for ht work hahahaha but it works and it has enabled me too wear my hair as I wish without being the bald guy in the room .

 

I have just had all my hair cut short , it's part of my plan for next years ht , I'll explain it all in a new thread with more pics of my short hair , this has given me a new out look on Dr Feller's work , with respect to naturalness .

 

Dr Feller recreated a double crown , which makes my hair "tuft" up in the middle , this is exaclty as mother nature had it when I was a child , before the onslaught of male patern baldness , because I have had my hair long since my ht grew in , I had never realized this before .

 

This has given me a new appriciation of how good and natural looking the first ht was and this is something we rarely discuss about hts , its always density , graft count , cost , FUE or FUT etc etc , I'll post up these new pics soon in a new thread .

 

Thanks spex !

 

cheers guys

richie

Edited November 25, 2011 by richie48

[richie48]

i hope nobody minds me bumping this , it helps show were i was and were I now am ,and proceeds my new thread ,

 

 

 

thanks richie