Regular Member hitherehair Posted February 12, 2018 Regular Member Posted February 12, 2018 (edited) Very pleasant experience with Dr Bloxham. I'm now 2 months 2 weeks post op. I'll answer any questions you guys have. I'll be updating this album every monday night. The pics are from the first 2 weeks then I started to take one pic a week. .https://www.icloud.com/sharedalbum/#B135Uzl7VCpbDf Edited February 12, 2018 by hitherehair
Senior Member hairlossPA Posted February 12, 2018 Senior Member Posted February 12, 2018 very interested in following your case. any pics of the donor region? please update as much as possible.
Regular Member hitherehair Posted February 13, 2018 Author Regular Member Posted February 13, 2018 Thanks for checking out my post "Hairloss!" I just added my weekly pic along with a picture of the donor. From now on i'll do my best to add a pic of the donor as well. From what I understand, 2 months and 2 weeks post op means that i'm on the home stretch of the ugly duckling phase. Apparently, 3 months is when I can expect to see new growth and it can't come soon enough! I must admit that i'm not thrilled with how the donor is looking. Granted, my hair is buzzed short, but I wouldn't expect the scar to be so obvious at this point. Should my scar be so plainly obvious at 2 months 2 weeks post op? https://www.icloud.com/sharedalbum/#B135Uzl7VCpbDf
Regular Member Macbernal Posted February 13, 2018 Regular Member Posted February 13, 2018 I just had a FUT and I can’t wait for these damn stapes to come outta my head lol does it feel better when they do ?
Regular Member hitherehair Posted February 13, 2018 Author Regular Member Posted February 13, 2018 Yeah the staples do suck. They don’t feel good coming out either.
Regular Member hitherehair Posted February 20, 2018 Author Regular Member Posted February 20, 2018 My thread isn't exactly setting the world on fire but i figure i'll continue updating anyway. I'm approaching 3 months and i've started to see some notable growth. The latest pic in my album was taken this evening. https://www.icloud.com/sharedalbum/#B135Uzl7VCpbDf 1
Senior Member hairlossPA Posted February 20, 2018 Senior Member Posted February 20, 2018 My thread isn't exactly setting the world on fire but i figure i'll continue updating anyway. I'm approaching 3 months and i've started to see some notable growth. The latest pic in my album was taken this evening. https://www.icloud.com/sharedalbum/#B135Uzl7VCpbDf i’m following! if anything update it for me please how’s the donor region looking? definitely looking like some growth. good luck!
Regular Member Midwesterner Posted February 20, 2018 Regular Member Posted February 20, 2018 I am officially following now too!
Regular Member Justin77 Posted February 21, 2018 Regular Member Posted February 21, 2018 I'm also following hitherehair My thread isn't setting the forum on fire either haha, I think there's just not as much activity on here as there used to be. Lots of people viewing the threads though so don't think your updates aren't helping people. Glad to see you've started growing! My 1700 FUE with Dr. Konior - October 19, 2017
Regular Member Goldenboy Posted February 21, 2018 Regular Member Posted February 21, 2018 All the best with your results hittherehair! I'm a couple months behind you. I don't want to raise alarm bells but it looks like cobblestoning scarring has formed in the recipient? Or is that normal for this stage? Rahal FUT, 2800 frontal grafts (30/1/18) http://www.hairrestorationnetwork.com/eve/189021-dr-rahal-fut-2803-30-1-18-a.html
Regular Member hitherehair Posted February 21, 2018 Author Regular Member Posted February 21, 2018 What's up Goldenboy! I asked Dr Bloxham about that a couple weeks back. He said it's all normal and should clear up as the weeks and months progress. All i know is that hair is growing out of the recipient, and early for that matter!
Regular Member Goldenboy Posted February 21, 2018 Regular Member Posted February 21, 2018 Good to hear man Rahal FUT, 2800 frontal grafts (30/1/18) http://www.hairrestorationnetwork.com/eve/189021-dr-rahal-fut-2803-30-1-18-a.html
Senior Member fortuneplant Posted February 21, 2018 Senior Member Posted February 21, 2018 hitherehair, how's the strip? Is it still reddish and noticeable? It's my fourth month this week and mine is still reddish but definitely lighter than the previous months. Although my original expectations is that the redness will be gone in six months.
Regular Member hitherehair Posted February 21, 2018 Author Regular Member Posted February 21, 2018 Hey Fortune, I haven't been able to get a good look at it so I couldn't tell you in regards to redness. However, it's definitely noticeable that something has been done to the back of my head. It's hard to articulate but it looks as if I have a "ledge" back there. Check out the donor pic in my album, i took it last week, you'll see what i mean. I'm hoping that as the months and weeks progress it'll start looking more normal. Perhaps you know- how long does it take for the donor to heal up fully?
Senior Member fortuneplant Posted February 23, 2018 Senior Member Posted February 23, 2018 Both of us are FUT and probably just a month or so apart when we did our HT. My hair is long and puffy enough that it covered my donor completely. My donor has healed up well in the past four months, the scar is clean and am hoping that more hair will grow around the area to cover the strip.
Regular Member hitherehair Posted February 23, 2018 Author Regular Member Posted February 23, 2018 Yeah our concerns don't align exactly. You're cool with leaving your hair long in the back, i'm not. I want to keep the back and sides as short as possible so i'm watching my donor intently. I wish there were a way to poll bloxham patients and find out the shortest they can keep their hair in the donor.
Regular Member Justin77 Posted February 23, 2018 Regular Member Posted February 23, 2018 I didn't have FUT but I've followed a bunch of FUT cases on this forum, and it seems like the scar improves considerably over time. Your scar looks like it's healing well, and you're still very early in the process so it's only going to get better from here. Not sure how much a poll would help to determine how short you can go in the back because everyone's situation is very different (healing, hair characteristics, etc). How short are you hoping to be able to go in the back? A 3 or 4? My 1700 FUE with Dr. Konior - October 19, 2017
Regular Member hitherehair Posted February 26, 2018 Author Regular Member Posted February 26, 2018 Update: I've officially hit the 3 month mark. I think i'm ahead of the game because i started noticing signs of growth last week. I also added a new before pic to my album as well. The pics may not be in order but they are dated so you can follow my progress. Cheers!! https://www.icloud.com/sharedalbum/#B135Uzl7VCpbDf
Senior Member hairlossPA Posted February 26, 2018 Senior Member Posted February 26, 2018 Update: I've officially hit the 3 month mark. I think i'm ahead of the game because i started noticing signs of growth last week. I also added a new before pic to my album as well. The pics may not be in order but they are dated so you can follow my progress. Cheers!! https://www.icloud.com/sharedalbum/#B135Uzl7VCpbDf hows the donor/scar region? has the hair grown to cover it yet?
Regular Member hitherehair Posted February 26, 2018 Author Regular Member Posted February 26, 2018 Hey hairloss.. The hair has grown over it completely. At 6 months i'll get a haircut and try my best to take a pic of it. I can tell you that its not tender or sore and I don't think it'll give me any problems. You check out my latest before pic? If I end up with an average result anything will be better than living in that miserable state!!! Also, that was taken about a year and a half before my transplant. At the time of transplant i was definitely a cozy norwood 6
Regular Member Midwesterner Posted March 1, 2018 Regular Member Posted March 1, 2018 Your 3 month picture looks so familiar! We could have been twins then! I definitely see new growth. Awesome!
Regular Member hitherehair Posted March 6, 2018 Author Regular Member Posted March 6, 2018 Posting my weekly update. Chugging along! https://www.icloud.com/sharedalbum/#B135Uzl7VCpbDf
Regular Member hitherehair Posted March 12, 2018 Author Regular Member Posted March 12, 2018 3 month 2 week photo added to album https://www.icloud.com/sharedalbum/#B135Uzl7VCpbDf
Regular Member Midwesterner Posted March 14, 2018 Regular Member Posted March 14, 2018 Looks like things are happening!
Regular Member velton33 Posted March 16, 2018 Regular Member Posted March 16, 2018 I love following your progress hitherehair. Things are really starting to happen. Can't wait to see what growth the coming weeks will bring. As you know, I'm a few weeks behind you and it is such a treat to be able to follow these stories and know what is in store
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