Regular Member Xephis Posted September 17, 2015 Regular Member Share Posted September 17, 2015 Hello HRN community, I'm writing in here to report my hair transplant progress. It's been 9 months since my surgery and it's been a wild ride to say the least. Being a silent spectator of the forum posts here at HRN, I'm glad I made the right decision going through all the experiences (good and bad) posted by various people here. Background: Indian Origin, straight hair, thinning hair, receding hairline since 19yrs of age, family history of hair loss, consistent non-veg diet, ex-smoker, no medications used prior to HT. Doctor: Chose Dr. Radha Rani Palakruthi because of her results, patient reviews and her one patient per day policy. On meeting her I realized how charming and affectionate of a person she is. Looking at my pictures Dr. Radha adviced that I'd need around 3200 grafts for a healthy and dense hairline, assuming that the donor area would be healthy. At 26 years of age, these below are my pics pre-op. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member Xephis Posted September 17, 2015 Author Regular Member Share Posted September 17, 2015 After the surgery I was advised by the Doc to get on medications to minimize further hair loss. Finasteride and Minidoxil soln. everyday was prescribed. My donor site was quite healthy thus the Doc was able to get 3542 grafts implanted. Below are my pics post-op 1 week pics: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member Xephis Posted September 17, 2015 Author Regular Member Share Posted September 17, 2015 (edited) In about 25 days post-OP I started experiencing SHOCK LOSS from under my donor site, which was quite a SHOCK for me. Below are the pics: I called Dr.Rani and inquired about this, she told me that this was uncommon and happens to some patients and advised me to apply minidoxil to the area everyday. Edited September 19, 2015 by Xephis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member Xephis Posted September 17, 2015 Author Regular Member Share Posted September 17, 2015 The dreadful period begins, all them grafts be gone just the grafted texture remains plus experiencing SHOCK loss plus the scar- red and scary as ever, Just hoping for the best to come. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member Xephis Posted September 17, 2015 Author Regular Member Share Posted September 17, 2015 Little growth is visible from the grafted area, still negligible for what should be expected. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member Xephis Posted September 17, 2015 Author Regular Member Share Posted September 17, 2015 BOOM ! And we have some progress. Sorry for the lack of pics in the past few months, How's this for progress ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member 88mph Posted September 17, 2015 Regular Member Share Posted September 17, 2015 Looks great, you must be very happy? Hows your FUT scar at the back, has it settled down? Link to my Dr Path FUE surgery blog http://www.hairtransplantnetwork.com/blog/home-page.asp?WebID=3100 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member Mick50 Posted September 17, 2015 Senior Member Share Posted September 17, 2015 Looking really good, wow that was some shock loss in the donor must have been stressful at the time, congratulations great result Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member Xephis Posted September 17, 2015 Author Regular Member Share Posted September 17, 2015 Looks great, you must be very happy? Hows your FUT scar at the back, has it settled down? Happy would be an understatement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member Xephis Posted September 17, 2015 Author Regular Member Share Posted September 17, 2015 Looking really good, wow that was some shock loss in the donor must have been stressful at the time, congratulations great result You have no idea, that shock loss gave me shocks for many days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member Xephis Posted September 17, 2015 Author Regular Member Share Posted September 17, 2015 For those wondering how much my HT procedure cost me. The Doc charged $0.76/graft, which totaled to about $2689. Prices given here are in US Dollar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member Mick50 Posted September 17, 2015 Senior Member Share Posted September 17, 2015 Bet it did, but luckily you came through, at 9 months still more thickening to come Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member voxman Posted September 17, 2015 Senior Member Share Posted September 17, 2015 Nice result! In what seems like just hours... I'm serious. Just look at my face. My Hair Regimen: Lather, Rinse, Repeat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member DancesWithHair Posted September 18, 2015 Regular Member Share Posted September 18, 2015 Looks Great! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member iwokeuptoabaldpatch Posted September 24, 2015 Senior Member Share Posted September 24, 2015 That looked a super clean densely packed job from the 6 days post op.even than i knew it was gonna be good despite the lack of 3 months progress... That is what a ht result should be every time for 3000 plus grafts of your norwood scale The hair doesnt look wiry ,dry,kinky like much of the results in the subcontinent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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