Dr Hasson 2 months happy days

[bonkerstonker]

The reason i put happy days in the title is because considering i'm in the doldrums these are extremely happy days for me in comparison to 2 months post op last years ht.

 

As always my pictures are very real no camera angles from infront of my head looking across my hair to make my self feel better they're bang over the top of my head from a birds eye view, my hair is still a bit thin to move my photos to outside shots but i am sat inside near a window with a fair amount of light coming through i've also added a soaking wet photo that really shocked me when i saw it.

 

I don't think my growth from this ht has really got started yet as there is quite a lot of gaps but i think my flying start is due to minimal shockloss all though there is most definitely shockloss there that should return with the ht hairs.

 

Photos on blog link.

[Icecreamman]

Doesn't look like your in doldrums anymore! Congrats.

[Dutch]

No ugly duckling phase there! Happy growing pal

[mattj]

Your hair isn't quite like Fonzie's yet, but it's early days. Looks like you skipped the doldrums this time.

[Shampoo]

Shampoo Does the pain side of a operation concern you?

 

Not really until I read you had extreme pain during your procedure so it made me curious. I actually had a small transplant about 13 years ago so i am somewhat familiar with the routine. But since mine was so small compared with today's standards I thought maybe pain could play a larger role in mega-sessions due to pain killers wearing off in such long sessions. Sounds like you are saying you are the rare exception having that much pain due to your body's reaction to the drugs.

[bonkerstonker]

Thanks for your comments lads.

 

Shampoo yes most definitely. To be honest when I think back to my first megasession which was 5300 grafts the actual operation was a walk in the park if you consider what you're actually going through I was very surprised by how easy it was. The only bit that is awkward for the average person is the night sleep after surgery but you have strong tablets to take that take the edge of it and when you wake up the next day you're feeling a lot better.

Edited April 16, 2012 by bonkerstonker

[orlhair1]

Glad that things are going well for you Bonkers.......everything looks great.....look forward to following your growth!

[bonkerstonker]

Thanks orlhair. It's a lot easier when fortune goes your way from the start hopefully it will continue.

[Bucksred]

Looks like your on track for a great result, your a top bloke. Happy growing.

Bucks

[MIKIEB]

Looks to me like you hit the ground running on this ht..that looks fantastic to me for 2 months ...keep it up..

[aaron1234]

Usually 2 months is the worst - lowest of the lows. You lucky bastard!

[bonkerstonker]

Thanks guys I really appreciate your comments it's forwards and onwards from here. Aarron I feel your language is quite appropriate. Lol cheers.

[Jazzy]

Excellent results for 2months.

[bonkerstonker]

Tar dudes. It seems i'm pretty lucky this time but i've been wondering if it has anything to do with me leaving the staples in for 26 days making the scar heal better, It's just a thought but i wonder if blood flow to the top of the scalp is better if the scar doesn't stretch, thats the only thing i've done differently this time round and good blood flow would limit shockloss.

 

If you think about it logically the blood has a huge scar to cross as it circulates up to my scalp the scar goes all around my head apart from my face obviously so it can not go round it other than from the front. I may be a long way out but you never know.

[Bill - Seemiller]

Bonker,

 

Your hair looks fantastic man....already only at 2 months. That's incredible. I only hope others reading this topic and seeing your progress so far understand that this is exceptionally rare. The doldrums usually last 3 to 5 months for most patients with only a few sprouts of new hair in between that time frame.

 

Your hair is really going to look fantastic in the coming months.

 

I look forward to watching your transplant develop over the next year.

 

Best wishes,

 

Bill

[bonkerstonker]

Bonker,

 

Your hair looks fantastic man....already only at 2 months. That's incredible. I only hope others reading this topic and seeing your progress so far understand that this is exceptionally rare. The doldrums usually last 3 to 5 months for most patients with only a few sprouts of new hair in between that time frame.

 

Your hair is really going to look fantastic in the coming months.

 

I look forward to watching your transplant develop over the next year.

 

Best wishes,

 

Bill

 

Thanks Bill one thing for everyone to bear in mind is my 9 month pictures from last years ht are outside where light can be very harsh and these 2 month pictures are inside.

 

The weird thing is i am in the doldrums i do see big gaps of missing hairs from my last ht and i don't think any of my new ht hairs have started growing yet i just think the shockloss this time has been way nicer to me, i believe that 75% of my hair from all my prior hts and native born hairs simply just started growing straight away.

 

I have a few theories for this.

 

1 Something to do with the scar allowing blood through to scalp better.

 

2 The fact i had severe shockloss this time last year could have reset all them scalp follicles on a 7 year cycle so were not ready to drop out again now.

 

3 My diffuse hairs on top were not strong enough to survive last years op but this year my scalp has strong ht hairs so stayed in.

 

4 Every dog has his day and i just got lucky.

Edited April 25, 2012 by bonkerstonker

[bonkerstonker]

Oh just another thing I forgot to mention I've been using minoxidil foam on a wet scalp at night as it penetrates the scalp better I've noticed a lot more soft downy hairs this time round and it may also have something to do with the lack of shockloss.