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Thnx for the replys. Im barely touching them. When I had my staples out, they told me the grafts look really. I still spray to keep moist. It just looks weird. But I have been really babying them. I was wondering if I just left them and not touched them. Would that have a negative affect on my growth.

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Wow, Cant believe its been 2 weeks so far. I have been happy so far with my HT. I am just have a a little trouble with crust.(Im just gonna gently massage them if they fall out good if not then I just gonna leave it). The Big goal of no grafts falling out before 2 week has been reached. Hopefully the grafts stay as long as they can. I know the shedding process is next.:( I am liking my daily updates I think I will continue with them.:)

 

Update: I talked to my Doc. And i took another shower and shampooed all the way to the scalp . Most of the crust are gone

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So i am starting washing 2 times a day. I have been gently massaging the scalp in the shower after i get it wet with a cup.(Still dont want to put my head under the shower).. Besides that, all good:)

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Newbie50-Thanks for sharing your post op photos and comments. Very helpful since I am considering HT soon. I am now in the process of trying to qualify doctors,but not finding anything close to St. louis.

Thanks again for the updates

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I have been working a super early shift at work lately, like 3am. I wear a hat at work. I have been feeling little pricks like the hairs are growing or pushing through the remaining scabs. Has anyone has experienced that. Besides that it Looks really good to me so far:) Pics have been all after Showers

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I have been working a super early shift at work lately, like 3am. I wear a hat at work. I have been feeling little pricks like the hairs are growing or pushing through the remaining scabs. Has anyone has experienced that. Besides that it Looks really good to me so far:) Pics have been all after Showers

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I had some shedding today. I could only tell 1 graft from the HT was in the bunch. It had a white dot on it. I was a little worried it was the bulb but no blood so it should be just normal. My wife said it looks like the grafts are growing. I dont know if thats possible?:)

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I went to my primary doc today, she was really impressed with my scar progression. Also since Im on Propeicia I need to get my PSA checked...Anyways I have been checking my hat for HT shedders not many in there which is good:)

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3 weeks down, low shedding, hoping I can go from this look to growth. I have seen others go through the process like this. I know week 4 is big shedder week. So we shall see:)

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For me the shedding was lasting till week 4. And it is hardly or very few these days. Not sure if got any pimples yet...And some <3-5% of the transplanted hairs started growing write from the HT. It looks like you got some good quantity of the transplanted hairs growing right away..

 

Just let one more week elapse and see how it goes. And thumbs-up for the back-back pics. They say let not give a damn care on the hair for 3 months. Well..nobody can afford to do that :)

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Hello all, Today I had some soreness at the donor area. It has been really itchy back there. The front have been going really well. Alliswell- I totally agree with you. I saved for a year for this HT. Besides buying a home or a car. This is the most expensive thing I have ever done, and not knowing if it will work, damn right I will stress when I think it's not going well. Thats why I update everyday. So when someone else gets a HT. They can look at my post and compare. Its all about helping:)

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Today, I noticed a lot more hair in my hat, and my head feels dry. I sprayed it a couple of times. Having less soreness in the back but still itchy. My hat had some crusts in it as well:)

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Newbie,

 

Just curious what you are spraying on your scalp at this point in time post-op?

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Wow. I have made it almost a month now. It has been a really great but stressful 4 weeks. I hope the next 4 weeks can show even more improvement. As always Daily updates will continue..thnx :)

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OK,

I started week 5 off with a bang. Before I had the HT, I would run 6 miles a day on my treadmill. I would take some pre- workout drink called Cardio Cuts. Today is the first time I got back at it. I went 4 miles today. I sweat a lot so right after I was done I did a gentle head rub. I would say about 10 hairs shedded out. So I jumped in the shower and used baby shampoo and about 7 more came out. I did 2 rounds of hair wash and after the second round no more shedders. The first 3 pic are from right after the workout. And the next 3 are from after the shower.:)

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