Administrators Melvin- Admin Posted October 15, 2022 Administrators Share Posted October 15, 2022 1 hour ago, HairRun said: wow, all that in 3500 grafts, Do you have thick hair ? No, that’s three surgeries I believe over 7k grafts. 1 I’m a paid admin for Hair Transplant Network. I do not receive any compensation from any clinic. My comments are not medical advice. Check out my final hair transplant and topical dutasteride journey: View my thread Topical dutasteride journey Melvin- Managing Publisher and Forum Moderator for the Hair Transplant Network, the Coalition Hair Loss Learning Center, and the Hair Loss Q&A Blog. Follow our Social Media: Facebook, Instagram, Linkedin, and YouTube. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Melvin- Admin Posted October 15, 2022 Administrators Share Posted October 15, 2022 @captaincalico How many grafts have you gotten in total? I’ll fix the title. I’m a paid admin for Hair Transplant Network. I do not receive any compensation from any clinic. My comments are not medical advice. Check out my final hair transplant and topical dutasteride journey: View my thread Topical dutasteride journey Melvin- Managing Publisher and Forum Moderator for the Hair Transplant Network, the Coalition Hair Loss Learning Center, and the Hair Loss Q&A Blog. Follow our Social Media: Facebook, Instagram, Linkedin, and YouTube. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member captaincalico Posted October 15, 2022 Author Senior Member Share Posted October 15, 2022 I believe it’s 7400 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member davidn Posted October 16, 2022 Regular Member Share Posted October 16, 2022 @captaincalico did Dr Mwamba tell you if you had any grafts left? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member captaincalico Posted October 16, 2022 Author Senior Member Share Posted October 16, 2022 8 hours ago, davidn said: @captaincalico did Dr Mwamba tell you if you had any grafts left? I think I have a fair few left yes… I have very thick natural hair…. I reckon I probably have a 2000 or so left without affecting the donor too much 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member Etownone Posted October 16, 2022 Senior Member Share Posted October 16, 2022 Best results I've ever seen when judging from your starting point. Congrats. I'm jealous. I've had 6 HTs, over 12k grafts... And your result is much better then mine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClinicAudit Posted October 17, 2022 Share Posted October 17, 2022 This is absolutely mind-blowing stuff. I truly cannot believe how good these results are. Pure insanity. I am so happy for you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member jjsrader Posted October 17, 2022 Senior Member Share Posted October 17, 2022 Poster's original hair is in the top 1% of possible donor-hair quality. Keep this in mind. Regardless, well done thus far. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Melvin- Admin Posted October 17, 2022 Administrators Share Posted October 17, 2022 36 minutes ago, jjsrader said: Poster's original hair is in the top 1% of possible donor-hair quality. Keep this in mind. Regardless, well done thus far. That’s true, great results are a variety of factors. Good surgeon, good donor, quality of hair. If you have all these factors, you get a hall of fame result like this. 2 I’m a paid admin for Hair Transplant Network. I do not receive any compensation from any clinic. My comments are not medical advice. Check out my final hair transplant and topical dutasteride journey: View my thread Topical dutasteride journey Melvin- Managing Publisher and Forum Moderator for the Hair Transplant Network, the Coalition Hair Loss Learning Center, and the Hair Loss Q&A Blog. Follow our Social Media: Facebook, Instagram, Linkedin, and YouTube. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Al - Moderator Posted October 21, 2022 Moderators Share Posted October 21, 2022 Wow. This is an incredible transformation. Isn't it great to get rid of the hair piece and still be able to have all that hair? Al Forum Moderator (formerly BeHappy) I am a forum moderator for hairrestorationnetwork.com. I am not a Dr. and I do not work for any particular Dr. My opinions are my own and may not reflect the opinions of other moderators or the owner of this site. I am also a hair transplant patient and repair patient. You can view some of my repair journey here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member Blane123 Posted November 18, 2022 Regular Member Share Posted November 18, 2022 (edited) Getting my transplant done in two days with Dr. Mwamba These results are what made me choose him Edited November 20, 2022 by Blane123 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member WhereIsMyMind Posted November 19, 2022 Regular Member Share Posted November 19, 2022 On 11/18/2022 at 3:28 PM, Blane123 said: Getting my transplant done two days with Dr. Mwamba This results is what made me choose him Same. I like to tell myself im a similar case. Hope i'm not wrong lmao Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member Blane123 Posted November 20, 2022 Regular Member Share Posted November 20, 2022 On 11/19/2022 at 5:05 PM, WhereIsMyMind said: Same. I like to tell myself im a similar case. Hope i'm not wrong lmao This is my first day of the surgery here and I am already very happy! The Doctor and the team are very friendly and professional. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member Gramatik Posted November 21, 2022 Senior Member Share Posted November 21, 2022 Nice result...Enjoy it 👌 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member captaincalico Posted November 21, 2022 Author Senior Member Share Posted November 21, 2022 Hey one and all ! Sorry again for being a little quiet ! Life gets in the way at times ! I am scheduled for March for my last 1.200 grafts with Dr Mwamba for my vertex and crown. The plan was 9.000 grafts from the beginning and we have had close to 7.500 grafts harvested so far so this should be my final surgery. He went quite light on the crown and vertex area as we wanted to see what medication (Dutasteride Mesotherapy and Topical Dutasteride) could do there. There was definitely a big improvement on medication and the mesotherapy sessions but I will need a final 1.000-1.500 surgery to fill the entire head. Density on my hairline and frontal third is as thick as I would have hoped and I am still only at 6 months post op so expecting more thickening in the next 3 months. Overall my life has completely changed with hair and could not recommend FUE CLINIC and Dr Mwamba enough 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Melvin- Admin Posted November 21, 2022 Administrators Share Posted November 21, 2022 7 hours ago, captaincalico said: Hey one and all ! Sorry again for being a little quiet ! Life gets in the way at times ! I am scheduled for March for my last 1.200 grafts with Dr Mwamba for my vertex and crown. The plan was 9.000 grafts from the beginning and we have had close to 7.500 grafts harvested so far so this should be my final surgery. He went quite light on the crown and vertex area as we wanted to see what medication (Dutasteride Mesotherapy and Topical Dutasteride) could do there. There was definitely a big improvement on medication and the mesotherapy sessions but I will need a final 1.000-1.500 surgery to fill the entire head. Density on my hairline and frontal third is as thick as I would have hoped and I am still only at 6 months post op so expecting more thickening in the next 3 months. Overall my life has completely changed with hair and could not recommend FUE CLINIC and Dr Mwamba enough Absolutely incredible 🙌🏼 1 I’m a paid admin for Hair Transplant Network. I do not receive any compensation from any clinic. My comments are not medical advice. Check out my final hair transplant and topical dutasteride journey: View my thread Topical dutasteride journey Melvin- Managing Publisher and Forum Moderator for the Hair Transplant Network, the Coalition Hair Loss Learning Center, and the Hair Loss Q&A Blog. Follow our Social Media: Facebook, Instagram, Linkedin, and YouTube. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member captaincalico Posted November 21, 2022 Author Senior Member Share Posted November 21, 2022 59 minutes ago, Melvin- Moderator said: Absolutely incredible 🙌🏼 It’s getting there bro ! The final op I think will give me great coverage. Maybe even enough so that I have no need for any fibers anymore! (There are no fibers on my hair in the above pic) incase anyone questions it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member HappyMan2021 Posted November 21, 2022 Senior Member Share Posted November 21, 2022 @captaincalico can you please share how many days each of your surgeries with Mwamba was? I saw Mwamba for a 3 day procedure in June and felt 3 days was a bit much. Im seeing him again in January for 2 days. I feel 2 days is enough but part of me is worried I should have booked for 3 days😂 im a repair patient so its a bit different than yourself, but still just curious how long each of your surgieries was. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member captaincalico Posted November 21, 2022 Author Senior Member Share Posted November 21, 2022 1 minute ago, HappyMan2021 said: @captaincalico can you please share how many days each of your surgeries with Mwamba was? I saw Mwamba for a 3 day procedure in June and felt 3 days was a bit much. Im seeing him again in January for 2 days. I feel 2 days is enough but part of me is worried I should have booked for 3 days😂 im a repair patient so its a bit different than yourself, but still just curious how long each of your surgieries was. Thanks First was around 2 days / possibly 3 …. I can’t actually remember 😂 I’m pretty sure it was 2 very long days ! I think you’ll be fine, if they have recommended that amount of time then they strongly believe it’ll be done in that time. The others only spent one day 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member HappyMan2021 Posted November 21, 2022 Senior Member Share Posted November 21, 2022 1 minute ago, captaincalico said: First was around 2 days / possibly 3 …. I can’t actually remember 😂 I’m pretty sure it was 2 very long days ! I think you’ll be fine, if they have recommended that amount of time then they strongly believe it’ll be done in that time. The others only spent one day Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member JP28 Posted November 24, 2022 Senior Member Share Posted November 24, 2022 On 11/21/2022 at 6:48 AM, captaincalico said: Hey one and all ! Sorry again for being a little quiet ! Life gets in the way at times ! I am scheduled for March for my last 1.200 grafts with Dr Mwamba for my vertex and crown. The plan was 9.000 grafts from the beginning and we have had close to 7.500 grafts harvested so far so this should be my final surgery. He went quite light on the crown and vertex area as we wanted to see what medication (Dutasteride Mesotherapy and Topical Dutasteride) could do there. There was definitely a big improvement on medication and the mesotherapy sessions but I will need a final 1.000-1.500 surgery to fill the entire head. Density on my hairline and frontal third is as thick as I would have hoped and I am still only at 6 months post op so expecting more thickening in the next 3 months. Overall my life has completely changed with hair and could not recommend FUE CLINIC and Dr Mwamba enough Looking great! Are you planning on shaving your head in March? I’m wondering how your hair looks like with a short hair cut. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valued Contributor Gatsby Posted November 24, 2022 Valued Contributor Share Posted November 24, 2022 @captaincalico you are completely unrecognizable from where you started. An incredible transformation! 💯👌 GATSBY 'UNPLUGGED!' 15,671 (3 surgeries) Grafts FUE+BHT Dr. Sethi Eugenix Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member captaincalico Posted November 27, 2022 Author Senior Member Share Posted November 27, 2022 Hello everyone … hope you are doing great! I have a question Does Creatine cause an increase in hair loss ? There is a lot of info out there which is Infact myth … I’m pretty sure it doesn’t cause any increase in loss … especially to transplanted hairs … any opinions are appreciated! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member WhereIsMyMind Posted December 3, 2022 Regular Member Share Posted December 3, 2022 On 11/27/2022 at 4:00 PM, captaincalico said: Hello everyone … hope you are doing great! I have a question Does Creatine cause an increase in hair loss ? There is a lot of info out there which is Infact myth … I’m pretty sure it doesn’t cause any increase in loss … especially to transplanted hairs … any opinions are appreciated! Hi. It all stems from one small study they did with a Rugby team assesing their DHT levels after ingesting creatine or not which did infact increase it a lot which sparkled this debate for ages now. Since then, it has been reported several times why this study has no scientific value, the sample and the way it was done can't prove anything. In fact, no one has ever reproduced same results ever again. Problem is not many research going into this to finally debunk it. I made my research on it and from all I gathered simply put, the general consensus is: "Creatine monohidrate *might* slightly alter DHT production, but its so negligible that it should have no impact on any hormonal or hair loss related problems" Again, there is anecdotal evidence of people saying it did affect them in the internet... So... I think best approach since whatever it does will be mild, just trial and error and conclude for yourself. Become your own study I am going to do the same... GL! 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Melvin- Admin Posted December 3, 2022 Administrators Share Posted December 3, 2022 I would like to induct @captaincalico into the forum’s hall of fame. Like if you agree, I will create a thread with all of the nominees. 14 I’m a paid admin for Hair Transplant Network. I do not receive any compensation from any clinic. My comments are not medical advice. Check out my final hair transplant and topical dutasteride journey: View my thread Topical dutasteride journey Melvin- Managing Publisher and Forum Moderator for the Hair Transplant Network, the Coalition Hair Loss Learning Center, and the Hair Loss Q&A Blog. Follow our Social Media: Facebook, Instagram, Linkedin, and YouTube. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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