Regular Member zxcv Posted February 18, 2009 Regular Member Share Posted February 18, 2009 HI I am new to this forum...unfortunately I did not looked into this forum before doing my hair transplant ( I will regret it for the rest of my life)... I did my hair transplant FUE 1.5 years ago (frontal area)...but unfortunately it went really bad and I am really depressed about the results. and I want to find out what I can do about it? Laser hair removal is an option..but I wanted to know is there any other option that will allow me not to lose my transplanted hair... As FUE is the latest technique..is it possible to redo the FUE all over again on my frontal area... I would look forward to all your input in this matter... Regards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member zxcv Posted February 18, 2009 Author Regular Member Share Posted February 18, 2009 HI I am new to this forum...unfortunately I did not looked into this forum before doing my hair transplant ( I will regret it for the rest of my life)... I did my hair transplant FUE 1.5 years ago (frontal area)...but unfortunately it went really bad and I am really depressed about the results. and I want to find out what I can do about it? Laser hair removal is an option..but I wanted to know is there any other option that will allow me not to lose my transplanted hair... As FUE is the latest technique..is it possible to redo the FUE all over again on my frontal area... I would look forward to all your input in this matter... Regards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member mmhce Posted February 18, 2009 Senior Member Share Posted February 18, 2009 zxcv, Welcome to our community Please upload some pictures. " FUE is the latest technique.." FUT is also quite advanced. take care... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member Zup Posted February 18, 2009 Senior Member Share Posted February 18, 2009 Hello ZXCV, Sorry to hear about your experience. First off, in what regard did the procedure go, really bad? Poor and irregular growth, larger grafts on the hairline, mal direction of the hair, hairline to low, pitting, poor spacing...please provide detail of your specific concerns. Laser hair removal is one way to try to remove poor work, as you indicated you unfortunately loss the hair that you paid to have transplanted, along with losing a percentage of your precious limited source. Just yesterday, we did actually what you are inquiring about; we punched out old FUE units on a patient's hairline and moved them (therefore utilizing the hair and not wasting it). While also doing more FUE to enhance and improve the area. It may be possible, that no corrective work is necessary and all one needs to do is more work to hide it and the previous work will serve simply as added density. In this case, one can turn "foe in to friend".....Photos would be helpful. Patient Educator, Shapiro Medical. Going on 20years with Dr Ron Shapiro......not a regular poster, I leave that to Janna Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member zxcv Posted February 18, 2009 Author Regular Member Share Posted February 18, 2009 HI I have attached one pre op pics and will attach few post op...pics.. My hair were straight and the natural curl was in "downward" direction..but after the transplant..my hair is growing in all the direction but straight... I comb my hair in bacjward direction in order to make some sense out of it..but it just does not work... Hopefully u guys can comment and provide me with some useful info of how to correct this problem... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member zxcv Posted February 18, 2009 Author Regular Member Share Posted February 18, 2009 here are some more..post op pics.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member zxcv Posted February 18, 2009 Author Regular Member Share Posted February 18, 2009 another Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member zxcv Posted February 18, 2009 Author Regular Member Share Posted February 18, 2009 sorry..now another Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member zxcv Posted February 18, 2009 Author Regular Member Share Posted February 18, 2009 and another Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member zxcv Posted February 18, 2009 Author Regular Member Share Posted February 18, 2009 and last but not the least Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member zxcv Posted February 18, 2009 Author Regular Member Share Posted February 18, 2009 Zup Hi thank you all for your email...I really dont know how to explain...nothing seems to be working..i mean all the hair are irregular...i use to have smooth straight hair...but now they are anything but straight..they are curly and i cannot comb them in any direction... I have attached some pics..my be you guys can understand the problem well and can recognize where the problem is ? as far as i m concerned i think none of the hair make any sense...I use loads of gel every day and just comb my hair backwards..just to make them look bearable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member zxcv Posted February 18, 2009 Author Regular Member Share Posted February 18, 2009 attaching some..pics just 1-2 days after the operation Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member zxcv Posted February 18, 2009 Author Regular Member Share Posted February 18, 2009 one more Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member zxcv Posted February 18, 2009 Author Regular Member Share Posted February 18, 2009 and the last one... Please help!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member Petchski Posted February 18, 2009 Senior Member Share Posted February 18, 2009 Looks like the angle of the hairs is the problem. Where did you go? -------------------------------------- My Hair Loss Website - Hair Transplant with Dr. Feller Dr Feller Jan '09 2000 grafts Dr Lorenzo Dec '15 2222 grafts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member zxcv Posted February 19, 2009 Author Regular Member Share Posted February 19, 2009 Hi Yes i think there is a problem of the angle...Is it possible to correct it... I need some feedback on that..because its has just ruined my confidence.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member zxcv Posted February 19, 2009 Author Regular Member Share Posted February 19, 2009 I have contacted couple of HT surgeons recently and talked to them about my problems and I am in touch with them for any possible solutions.. I have looked at this forum and its recommended surgeons...I visit Pakistan regularly..I have seen that Dr Humayun is the recommended doctor from Pakistan..Does he do FUEs as well? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member Zup Posted February 19, 2009 Senior Member Share Posted February 19, 2009 Couple things: in your immediate post-op photos the work looks nice, very clean, no red flags of bad work. It is hard to determine from the immediate post-op, the angle of the transplantation, there is not much length to the hair, even the results a year and half later do not show the mal direction, so much. I am starting to think that the transplanted hair taken from the back simply has a wave that the native hair in front never had, and this is frustrating you when you try to groom your hair, in that you have very little control and it is not styling the way you want. If there are mal- directed hairs they can be punch out, hopefully there isn't many. In many cases, it is not necessary to punch them all out anyways, just the most anterior ones, the harshest ones based on size and severity of angle....simply the one that draw the most attention. Usually it is then necessary to do a little more work around it, that is consistent in angle to overwhelm them and blend properly. Last, I am curious about the red dot on the hair line a year and half later? Patient Educator, Shapiro Medical. Going on 20years with Dr Ron Shapiro......not a regular poster, I leave that to Janna Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member zxcv Posted February 19, 2009 Author Regular Member Share Posted February 19, 2009 about the red dot..the thing is that when i had the transplant..there were no red dots at all..every thing looked nice..but after 4-5 months..when the hair started to grow..the red dots started to appear every where..so whenever any new hair started to grow..a red spot would appear..looking as if there is a wound... They have disappeared now.. About the angle and wavy hair..The thing is that the hair are not wavy at the back...what is actually happening is that my normal hair grows a few cm in upward direction and then bends downwards thus giving me the look as i had in the pre op pic.. The problem with the transplant hair is that they start to grow at a much lesser angle and then bend in upward direction...it looks like my normal hair is just rotated by 180 degree and then transplanted... So whats happening now is that if i leave me hair without using a gel.my normal hair grow upwards and then start to go down..my transplanted hair start to grow in the flat direction and then go up..thus both hair get entangled with each other giving a very bad look...and i just cannot do any thing about it... Similarly i cannot comb my hiar in left or right direction..it just does not work as they dont look right.. so the only option left for my is to comb them backwards just so that they make some sense.. I will forward some more pics to make my point..it looks much worse then it looks in the pics... the transplant hair just move left or right and then go in the upward direction... I hope I explained the problem correctly as it is in my mind.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member zxcv Posted February 19, 2009 Author Regular Member Share Posted February 19, 2009 some more pics Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member zxcv Posted February 19, 2009 Author Regular Member Share Posted February 19, 2009 another bad transplant pic.. I hope this pic will give you some idea...what i m talking about Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member MikeTheDane Posted February 19, 2009 Senior Member Share Posted February 19, 2009 While the result is definitely subpar, do not dispair. I have confidence in any recommended or coalition doctors ability to give you a better density and provide an excellent touchup. Completely laser'ing away is not a very good option. It will also leave scars, and on a barren area. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 11/04-07 - 800-1600 ish grafts - danish clinic - poor results 12/02-08 - 2764 grafts - Dr. Devroye - good result but needs hairline density 03/12-10 - 1429 grafts - Dr. Mohmand - result pending Feel free to visit my picture thread My Hair Transplant Photos - Surgery with Dr. Devroye Young lads below 25 unite! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member Pk-hair Posted February 24, 2009 Senior Member Share Posted February 24, 2009 Not an expert, but I think you just need to train it and it will get use to the direction you want it to go. When I had alot of hair and when I have baby or new hair growing wild, I would just come it the way you want it after a shower and soon it should move on it's own. For stubborn hair, gel it. See it this way at least you hair a full head of hair. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member zxcv Posted February 24, 2009 Author Regular Member Share Posted February 24, 2009 well I do that all the time ...the thing is that when the hair are not transplanted in the correct direction...it cause a lots of problem and sometimes using gel also does not help very much.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member wylie Posted February 25, 2009 Senior Member Share Posted February 25, 2009 Find a coalition doctor, schedule a consultation, let them examine you and they will likely recommend the area that was worked on to be filled in by a competent surgeon. The good news is all of that can probably be hidden nicely and you have plenty of donor available, the bad news is another procedure to fix the last one. It could be alot worse, I wouldnt worry too much Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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