When should you officially revisit your doctor for checkup?

[asiandude]

How long after procedure should you visit doctor to address concerns/satisfaction level?

[Cant decide]

I would say at 6 months you should have a good idea if your HT is off track. I would visit the doc at that point.

[asiandude]

Can a doctor estimate the success factor after 6 months? If I had 1200 grafts done, how can I tell what's the estimated percent success?

[hairIcome]

Asiandude Why don't you put some pictures up? (PreOp, PostOP, 3 Months and 6 Months). I think some knowledgeable people like Spanker, Nick, Matt or AgentEye can chime in on the progress of the growth.

[irishsailor]

I think 6 to 8 months is reasonable to go for a review. If you live quite a distance away, maybe Skype yr doc and see if he can review yr case that way.

[Nick153452]

Asiandude Why don't you put some pictures up? (PreOp, PostOP, 3 Months and 6 Months). I think some knowledgeable people like Spanker, Nick, Matt or AgentEye can chime in on the progress of the growth.

 

If that Nick character is indeed me, you are overly kind

 

In regards to the post, I agree that 6 months is generally a good enough time to go see your Dr. However, between 6 months and 12 months the hair does continue to mature and thicken. Doctors recommend that you don't even evaluate your results for the first 6 months.

[Spanker]

Really, anytime you feel the need to is a good time IMO. But unless you have had a remarkable event you probably won't get much more than that you need to wait and see until after 8 months or so. I think this case is a good illustration of how some cases, at 5 or 6 months can look like trouble to some and really turn around.

 

http://www.hairrestorationnetwork.com/eve/170457-2565-grafts-dr-alexander.html

[rev333]

until the 12 month period most docs will address your concerns re: growth and density with:

 

"Let's wait to see the density fill in over the next (fill-in) months, and then we can address your concerns at that time."

 

...and rightly so.

 

Nothing really should be done in terms of adding more grafts before 12 months and

Nothing could be done to increase density or hasten growth but adding more grafts

 

but in the end, most HT are fixable if you are not satisfied

 

it's a 12 month waiting game for further adjustment though

[tacolinowest]

Really, anytime you feel the need to is a good time IMO. But unless you have had a remarkable event you probably won't get much more than that you need to wait and see until after 8 months or so. I think this case is a good illustration of how some cases, at 5 or 6 months can look like trouble to some and really turn around.

 

http://www.hairrestorationnetwork.com/eve/170457-2565-grafts-dr-alexander.html

 

nice example spanker , i myself am 4 months post op and am a little worried, very little growth and the growth thats there is sparse

[1978matt]

If that Nick character is indeed me, you are overly kind

 

 

lol, yeah. I assumed he means Matt from Rahal but I can't think of any other Nick

 

6-9 months is probably a good time but they are only going to say it can take 18 months. However, at least you may be able to get some reassurance that there has actually been some growth.

[Janna]

We like to see patients at 6 months and 12 months post op. We send out a reminder letter for our patients to either send pics or come in for an evaluation. At 6 months follow up, there's more growth/maturing of hairs to follow but it's a good time for us to evaluate if the patient is progressing as he/she should.

 

You'd have to check with your physician/clinic to see when they like to review patients.