Senior Member thanatopsis_awry Posted April 10, 2009 Senior Member Share Posted April 10, 2009 Fairly recently I began a process of laser hair removal. Oh, the irony! Anyways, I did my research and found one of the only joints I'd go to in the U.S. Part of the treatment is for what they loosely call "the neck". Basically, the area they zap goes right up into the zone of where your barber might go during a haircut when cleaning up your "neck's hairline". It just hit me that I could be plundering some potentially sweet donor, especially that of "nape hair"...? I'm not sure if nape hair constitutes hair that a barber might shave off when neatening up your neck, or if it's really just the hair that would exist right above that area following a haircut...? I just have this re-occurring nightmare after laser hair removal that I'm destroying hundreds of fine grafts that could someday be used to refine my hairline.. ----------- *A Follicles Dying Wish To Clinics* 1 top-down, 1 portrait, 1 side-shot, 1 hairline....4 photos. No flash. Follicles have asked for centuries, in ten languages, as many times so as to confuse a mathematician. Enough is enough! Give me documentation or give me death! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member thanatopsis_awry Posted April 10, 2009 Author Senior Member Share Posted April 10, 2009 Fairly recently I began a process of laser hair removal. Oh, the irony! Anyways, I did my research and found one of the only joints I'd go to in the U.S. Part of the treatment is for what they loosely call "the neck". Basically, the area they zap goes right up into the zone of where your barber might go during a haircut when cleaning up your "neck's hairline". It just hit me that I could be plundering some potentially sweet donor, especially that of "nape hair"...? I'm not sure if nape hair constitutes hair that a barber might shave off when neatening up your neck, or if it's really just the hair that would exist right above that area following a haircut...? I just have this re-occurring nightmare after laser hair removal that I'm destroying hundreds of fine grafts that could someday be used to refine my hairline.. ----------- *A Follicles Dying Wish To Clinics* 1 top-down, 1 portrait, 1 side-shot, 1 hairline....4 photos. No flash. Follicles have asked for centuries, in ten languages, as many times so as to confuse a mathematician. Enough is enough! Give me documentation or give me death! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member Sonia Posted April 10, 2009 Regular Member Share Posted April 10, 2009 Yeah my cousin had some laser hair removal on his neck. You have to shave the area prior to treatment so just make sure you get someone to shave it to a place where it isn't too high into your nape hair and make sure they only remove that area. Generally the laser does not kill off the finer hairs so I think you should be fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member Maxxy Posted April 10, 2009 Senior Member Share Posted April 10, 2009 I've read of Dr Umar using nape hair in the hairline, I've always liked the idea as I feel it would soften the hairline. I have also read that nape hair is susceptible to loss, I'm not sure I would spend my graft money on nape hair unless thats all I had left or money wasn't an option, however, I wouldn't be killing it with lasers either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member CuriousJungleGeorge Posted April 10, 2009 Senior Member Share Posted April 10, 2009 I, too, have read that such hair may not be as "reliable" as that found in the traditional donor region. As for a "softened" effect, "nape hair" might be helpful, but I think it might be too thin to work on its own. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member Maxxy Posted April 10, 2009 Senior Member Share Posted April 10, 2009 CuriousJungleGeorge, I agree, when I said I liked the idea - I meant as an addition. There is no way nape hair, even if there was enough as donor, could make a convincing hairline. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member latinlotus Posted April 11, 2009 Senior Member Share Posted April 11, 2009 Damn metrosexual HT patients. They are never satisfied. When it the next penis enlargement surgery? I also think that nape hair is not permanent, therefore not worth to spend graft money on this. ******** I am not a doctor. The opinions and comments are of my own. HT with Dr. Cooley on Nov 20, 2008 2097 grafts, 3957 hairs Proscar, 1.25 mg daily, skip the 5th day, started Nov 2007 My Hair Loss Blog - Hair Transplant with Dr. Cooley Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member PLEASE GROW PLEASE Posted April 11, 2009 Senior Member Share Posted April 11, 2009 Hey Thana Whats the best laser for this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member fusion47 Posted April 12, 2009 Regular Member Share Posted April 12, 2009 Hurts like a beeyotch doesn't it? :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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