3382 grafts - Lupanzula

[hsrp10]

They are jealous of your recent HT surgery.. (just joking lol)

[Bill - Seemiller]

KO,

 

A few posts were inadvertently flagged because it contained trigger words. But there was no problem with the posts so I approved them. Sorry for the inconvenience.

 

Best wishes,

 

Bill

[KO]

Thanks Bill.

[andy_+_+]

Hi Ko, great looking work by the doctor and great write up.

 

I have a couple of questions:

(1) Why did you choose FUE over FUT?

(2) I imagine you cast a wide net for doctors and slowly eliminated doctors.

What other doctors were you considering?

[KO]

1) I chose FUE in order to be able to keep my hair short. The length I wear my hair, the scar would be visible.

2) Actually, I did the opposite. I had a list of doctors and I would have been comfortable going to any of them. My view was that all were doing quality work and would be difficult to separate in terms of quality. Basically Konior, all the Belgians and Lorenzo.

[wibbles180]

This is a thread definitely worth following ! Happy growing KO , I think you made an excellent choice in surgeon !

[DavidAnderson]

KO,

 

Congratulations on your surgery with Dr Lupanzula I know you have done your research taken your time and have made a good decision. Looking forward like others to following your results.

 

Good growth to you.

[KO]

^Thanks David, appreciate it.

[KO]

Day 11

[Ernie]

Day 11

 

Wow KO, so clean on day 11. Good luck and happy growing.

[KO]

Thanks Ernie, hope it continues.

 

So far it looks like my native hair is continuing to grow, but my new recruits are not. I believe we can expect them to jump ship over the next few weeks.

 

 

Day 21 below:

[KO]

Doesn't implanted hair grow a little bit before shedding? I'm in the middle of W4, and implanted hair is not growing yet.

[Sultsay]

Growth cycle of transplanted hair is very variable, this depends on different factors such as the stage of hair growth, duration that they have been out of the body.

Certainly, post transplant, hair growth is not the same for all hair , some continue to grow, some shed, some grow a little and remain dormant for a while and some prick through the skin and stop. For them all to become mature and grow simultaneously time is needed. This is where the patience come and the time mark of 12 to 18 months.

 

I am currently 10 days shy of 4 month mark, I see my transplanted hair growing as mentioned and they appear to be in different stages.

[hsrp10]

Agreed, transplanted hair growing out initially is not a prerequisite to a successful procedure.

Most just sit there until they shed and only a small handful will grow uninterrupted

[Pma]

Hey ok,

 

Good to see you've had your procedure done, you are a good example of someone who done lots of homework before jumping in. All looks very neat and tidy, good luck man and happy growing of your new recruits early next year

[Pma]

Ko not ok haha predicted text

[KO]

^Thanks yo.

 

As an aside, has anybody noticed persistent flaking all over the scalp in the weeks post HT?

 

Also, looks like I was wrong on one count, the transplanted hair has definitely grown a bit, will post photos soon.

[thelook]

Hello KO,

thank you for your detailed report!

 

Looks like nice and clean work, this should be a very good result

 

Wish you happy growing and all the best!

[menosmolas]

Hey KO, yes, I have also some flaking --specially in the transplanted area, meaning within the frontal-- after the HT (2.5 months post now). I have not have it before, so I assume that is likely related to the procedure. It is noticeable but not a big thing, in any case.

 

By the way, congrats for the procedure, hope it will go very well. In case it may be somehow helpful, to mention that most of my transplanted hair was holding till the 6th week post-op, but it was growing very poorly. From the 6th to the 8th week, most of the shedding occur (difficult to say, but maybe I lost 60-70%), whereas the rest of the hair started to grow at a normal pace.

[KO]

Week 6, still have retained a decent number of implanted hairs, as per menosmolas above. I suppose they will fall over the next two weeks. Flaking has reduced a bit after I massaged the scalp. I occaisionally get bursts of acne, with a few zits popping up on the scalp and am getting some now, checking with doctor to see if it requires treatment.

[Bald36]

Looks good so far to me. I think I read that zits are a good sign (for once).

[KO]

I learned that I was being too gentle with my scalp, and over the past week I've been firmly massaging it with my fingertips and indeed, there are a lot of dormant hairs that were just sitting still on my scalp, I believe they matured after month 1. So they've come off and now it looks like the ugly duckling stage...Also the pinkness wasn't there the first 3 weeks postop, but emerged after day 21.

[jcs87]

Very interested in Dr Lupanzula's work. Looking forward to more updates. Good luck KO!

[KO]

Hey all, I might post some photos but overall, nothing much has changed in Month 3, but I do note a bunch of "tree stump" hairs. What's also interesting is that some of the hairs on my scalp aren't tapered in the usual way. Normally miniaturized hair tapers away from the thickest point at the root into the tip, whereas here, some of my hairs have a bulb-like thickness at the tip, followed by a thin shaft. I'll see if I can get some of those.

 

As an aside, even though I'm balder now than before the op, and I'm still in my ugly duckling, I just don't think as much about my hair. Maybe it's because I feel I've done all that I can, but it's a big change from before. I've been buzzing my sides shorter than before, which helps a lot, and obviously is a big advantage for FUE.

[Spanker]

Hey all, I might post some photos but overall, nothing much has changed in Month 3, but I do note a bunch of "tree stump" hairs. What's also interesting is that some of the hairs on my scalp aren't tapered in the usual way. Normally miniaturized hair tapers away from the thickest point at the root into the tip, whereas here, some of my hairs have a bulb-like thickness at the tip, followed by a thin shaft. I'll see if I can get some of those.

 

As an aside, even though I'm balder now than before the op, and I'm still in my ugly duckling, I just don't think as much about my hair. Maybe it's because I feel I've done all that I can, but it's a big change from before. I've been buzzing my sides shorter than before, which helps a lot, and obviously is a big advantage for FUE.

 

I had that feeling too, as far as having done all that I could. I think there is some peace in that.