Regular Member Reptile Posted December 5, 2008 Regular Member Share Posted December 5, 2008 Wow, after months of research I've finally booked my surgery date with Dr. Rahal today. I'm scheduled for March 2009. I'm sad with the money I'm putting in but at the same time very excited and hoping for a great end result. I will be getting around 4000 grafts from front to just close to the crown area. I'm already taking proscar (1.25mg) and applying minoxidil daily, okay that's it for now, back to my scalp laxity exercises. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member Reptile Posted December 5, 2008 Author Regular Member Share Posted December 5, 2008 Wow, after months of research I've finally booked my surgery date with Dr. Rahal today. I'm scheduled for March 2009. I'm sad with the money I'm putting in but at the same time very excited and hoping for a great end result. I will be getting around 4000 grafts from front to just close to the crown area. I'm already taking proscar (1.25mg) and applying minoxidil daily, okay that's it for now, back to my scalp laxity exercises. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raphael84 Posted December 5, 2008 Share Posted December 5, 2008 Reptile, Congratulations on your confirmed surgery date. March will be here in no time. Real please for you man, and with Dr, Rahal, Im sure you have made the perfect choice. Plus, with you meds and scalp exercises, you seem to be preparing perfectly. Any pre HT pics for the moment? Patient Advisor for Dr. Bisanga - BHR Clinic ian@bhrclinic.com - BHR YouTube Channel - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcH4PY1OxoYFwSDKzAkZRww I am not a medical professional and my words should not be taken as medical advice. All opinions and views shared are my own. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member PLEASE GROW PLEASE Posted December 5, 2008 Senior Member Share Posted December 5, 2008 You picked a great surgeon. You also have in order . Good luck .Youll be a happy camper next Sept. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member Reptile Posted December 5, 2008 Author Regular Member Share Posted December 5, 2008 Originally posted by Raphael84:Reptile, Congratulations on your confirmed surgery date. March will be here in no time. Real please for you man, and with Dr, Rahal, Im sure you have made the perfect choice. Plus, with you meds and scalp exercises, you seem to be preparing perfectly. Any pre HT pics for the moment? Hi Raphael84, I posted a couple of pics before on one of the topics, here is one I took a couple of months before, I usually shave it down for my hairpiece attachment. Now I'm growing it out a bit (top middle to back portion) but as you can see the front is pretty much bald and from the middle to back is thin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member Clint69 Posted December 5, 2008 Senior Member Share Posted December 5, 2008 Reptile, I too have booked my HT with Dr Rahal for February 2nd. I will also be receiving approximately 4000 grafts. Good luck and I will be posting my results post HT. I am extremely impressed with Dr. Rahal's results and I am very excited to get it done. We should be looking pretty good come August and September. Take care, Clint My Hair Loss WebLog Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member Eman Posted December 5, 2008 Senior Member Share Posted December 5, 2008 Congrats to all of you for choosing Dr. Rahal!! The experience you have before, during, and after surgery is top notch with him and his wonderful staff. Now begin counting down the days until you head in to the chair!! Reptile- I would consider beginning to not wear the hairpiece to get people used to seeing you without hair. When healing post surgery, I believe it has been found to be better not to wear the hairpiece for survival of the newly transplanted hair. Maybe begin wearing a hat or something so people get used to the change. Just a suggestion. If you haven't already, you should discuss post-op use of the hairpiece with Dr. Rahal. My initial HT thread: done and done!! Check it out... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member Reptile Posted December 5, 2008 Author Regular Member Share Posted December 5, 2008 Originally posted by Clint69:Reptile, I too have booked my HT with Dr Rahal for February 2nd. I will also be receiving approximately 4000 grafts. Good luck and I will be posting my results post HT. I am extremely impressed with Dr. Rahal's results and I am very excited to get it done. We should be looking pretty good come August and September. Take care, Clint Thanks Clint, I hope you all the best also! I'm hoping if there are any cancellations or changes before my date on March 20th then I can get that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member Reptile Posted December 5, 2008 Author Regular Member Share Posted December 5, 2008 Originally posted by Reptile:Originally posted by Reptile:Originally posted by Eman:Congrats to all of you for choosing Dr. Rahal!! The experience you have before, during, and after surgery is top notch with him and his wonderful staff. Now begin counting down the days until you head in to the chair!! Reptile- I would consider beginning to not wear the hairpiece to get people used to seeing you without hair. When healing post surgery, I believe it has been found to be better not to wear the hairpiece for survival of the newly transplanted hair. Maybe begin wearing a hat or something so people get used to the change. Just a suggestion. If you haven't already, you should discuss post-op use of the hairpiece with Dr. Rahal. Hi Eman, I did discuss with Dr. Rahal and he strongly recommends against wearing a Hairpiece post HT. I wanted to wear it 15-16 days Post HT with clips around the back and sides and maybe tape in the front, nothing touching the grafted areas. I will have to see what I can do as my current job is an office job where I attend meetings and meet with clients, so it is difficult to wear a hat. I know Pat on here was also wearing a hairpiece post surgery with clips, I do work from home on occasion up to around 3 days a week, so in reality I would probably have the piece on 2 out of the 7 days in the week and even on those 2 days I would take off the piece when I got home after work. But I will see what I can do as Dr. Rahal still believes to not have a foreign object touching the grafts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member wantego Posted December 5, 2008 Senior Member Share Posted December 5, 2008 Hey Reptile is there any way you could get some time off to avoid taking any chances with the hair piece? People sometimes laugh at how cautious I am since my HT but I believe we make such a large investment financially and emotionally in these HTs that we should baby our grafts as much as possible. I wanted to wish you the best of luck. 4374 grafts-7/2/2008-Dr Rahal 485 singles 2336 doubles 1526 triples 16 quads 9809 total hairs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member Reptile Posted December 6, 2008 Author Regular Member Share Posted December 6, 2008 Originally posted by wantego:Hey Reptile is there any way you could get some time off to avoid taking any chances with the hair piece? People sometimes laugh at how cautious I am since my HT but I believe we make such a large investment financially and emotionally in these HTs that we should baby our grafts as much as possible. I wanted to wish you the best of luck. Thanks for the good wishes wantego. I wish I can take more time off from work, I could take around 3 weeks and then another week to work from home making it 4 weeks but I need to save my vacation for the summer. I will be taking a week off from work and then work from home another week from home so no wearing a hairpiece or even a hat for around 15-16 days. It's what I do after I will have to see. If I do take the route to wear the hairpiece, I would probably only do it 2 days out of the 7 and wear it only during office hours and then take it off when I get home. Thanks for your comments. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member Eman Posted December 6, 2008 Senior Member Share Posted December 6, 2008 Rep- With the amount of time and money spent for the procedure, I would recommend you do not wear the piece at all...I realize how hard that would be. "Suffering" a couple of months without the piece will allow your scalp to breathe and heal correctly. Also, it won't hinder growth. I have read about several people on this and other forums who have not got the results they expected due to the wearing of the piece. People are used to seeing you one way now, so like I suggested earlier, you may want to remove the piece, shave down and go with that look until the HT. My initial HT thread: done and done!! Check it out... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member DeDom Posted December 6, 2008 Regular Member Share Posted December 6, 2008 Clint, Reptile - congrats! Rahal is top notch. Give my love to Sylvie (Front Desk of the Adams Airport Inn) ;-) @ reptile: Eman is right. Don't take the risk of poor growth. You shouldn't wear your piece in the next couple of months. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member azza786 Posted December 6, 2008 Senior Member Share Posted December 6, 2008 wow...so many rahal patients in such small space of time...this is going to make comparisons with one another soo much easier...we may as well open up a 'rahal results' thread where guys like us update each month to show each other our progresses and where we are heading to..just an idea lol....anyways good luck to you reptile...if you are staying at adams inn, you cannot miss moe the taxi driver, hes a legend- im sure dedom and eman would agree lol! 3608 grafts with dr h.rahal, june 2007 1623 grafts- dr h. rahal, november 2008 total- 5231 grafts My Hair Loss Website Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member DeDom Posted December 6, 2008 Regular Member Share Posted December 6, 2008 I LOVE MOE!!!!! (and Janna) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member Byehair Posted December 6, 2008 Senior Member Share Posted December 6, 2008 I remember a time when H&W were top dog in the HT rankings. Dr. Rahal's good work and compassion as a surgeon has seemed to pay off nicely. Especially in his pocketbook. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member Reptile Posted December 6, 2008 Author Regular Member Share Posted December 6, 2008 Originally posted by DeDom:Clint, Reptile - congrats! Rahal is top notch. Give my love to Sylvie (Front Desk of the Adams Airport Inn) ;-) @ reptile: Eman is right. Don't take the risk of poor growth. You shouldn't wear your piece in the next couple of months. Sounds good, thanks for the comments, I haven't looked for any place to stay yet, so "Adams Airport Inn" is pretty close I'm assuming. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member Reptile Posted December 6, 2008 Author Regular Member Share Posted December 6, 2008 Originally posted by azza786:wow...so many rahal patients in such small space of time...this is going to make comparisons with one another soo much easier...we may as well open up a 'rahal results' thread where guys like us update each month to show each other our progresses and where we are heading to..just an idea lol....anyways good luck to you reptile...if you are staying at adams inn, you cannot miss moe the taxi driver, hes a legend- im sure dedom and eman would agree lol! That's a pretty good idea Azza786, I don't mind having such thread. I will look into Adams inn, Moe eh, okay I'll keep him in mind, I can picture him as The Simpson's character, lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member Byehair Posted December 6, 2008 Senior Member Share Posted December 6, 2008 At the Adams Airport Inn, ask for a King Suite. They are much larger than the regular rooms and definitely worth the few extra bucks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member Eman Posted December 6, 2008 Senior Member Share Posted December 6, 2008 Adams Inn is perfect as the staff is used to seeing us guys in the blue hats and they are super accomodating. The cost is also less than some of the other options. It is not the Ritz or even the Marriott, but it is clean, the staff is helpful and won't look at you as though you are an alien. My initial HT thread: done and done!! Check it out... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member DeDom Posted December 7, 2008 Regular Member Share Posted December 7, 2008 Ask for room no. 120. I think my room was much bigger than Azzas (126). And it's only a few metres to the breakfast buffet and to the ice machine which is very important. Even much more important: Sylvie (the girl at the front desk) has Moes cell phone number. You'll need it... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member wantego Posted December 7, 2008 Senior Member Share Posted December 7, 2008 I stayed at the Crown Plaza because I figured it would be good to be close walking distance to a lot of restaurants and stuff. It also had free internet access/computers in their business office. Too bad I didnt find out about the free computers until my 4th day in Canada. They also have a nice restaurant/bar in the hotel. It is farther away from the doctors office than the Adams so it cost me around $20-$23 (including the tip) in a taxi each way to the doctor. 4374 grafts-7/2/2008-Dr Rahal 485 singles 2336 doubles 1526 triples 16 quads 9809 total hairs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill - Seemiller Posted December 7, 2008 Share Posted December 7, 2008 wantego, You're having a second surgery? If I am correct, you are only about 6 months out from your first and already have a nice thick head of hair. Where are you going to put more hair? Bill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member wantego Posted December 7, 2008 Senior Member Share Posted December 7, 2008 Originally posted by Bill - Associate Publisher:wantego, Your having a second surgery? If I am correct, you are only about 6 months out from your first and already have a nice thick head of hair. Where are you going to put more hair? Bill LOL I said I stayed at the Crown Plaza not that I'm going back. 4374 grafts-7/2/2008-Dr Rahal 485 singles 2336 doubles 1526 triples 16 quads 9809 total hairs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill - Seemiller Posted December 7, 2008 Share Posted December 7, 2008 Nevermind Wantego...you can just ignore me today. I thought this was a new post, but it was the second page of your original post. I think I need to get more sleep Bill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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