hair transplant expectations

[CCS]

If someone is a smooth Norwood 6, they are not going to get great hair like in the pics. Those pics are decieving because they don't show the bald crown. Also, the front is always at least as high as a NW3, and the hair is thin. Yeah, if you don't mind the mature look, it does look better than having no hair there. But I think i would rather shave my head completely even though i don't have a good shape, than put grafts on top of my head. There just is not enough donor hair to cover the top sufficiently if it really starts to go. If you just thin a little, then use topicals and internals and try to regorw it.

The only reason I'm getting hair transplants is because I only have to fill in the front.

most of the time if you are down to 50% density, all of your follicles are alive, and just minaturized. putting grafts in there will not help you regrow them. Yeah, you might look better if you don't get shock loss. But many people on here have extremely week regimens. They take propecia and use rogaine and think that multi-vitamins count as part of a regimen. Don't expect dramatic regrowth on that unless you are one of the lucky 5% or you only need to regrow a little.

But i guess others have already told people to treat it before getting surgeries. some people think that propecia or minoxidil count as enough treatment.

 

[htownballa]

Your posts really confuse me. You say you want to use your grafts to fill in JUST the front of your head and not the top if it goes due to lack of donor supply for the top. Yet you say that if your top goes (which is likely), you will shave your head. I don't understand how you will be able to shave your head after surgery ever again.

 

[CCS]

I'll have a scar in back, but I don't think it looks too bad.

 

[DaveOne]

I don't get it..you just wrote a post the other day about a huge scar in the back of your head.

 

[Hans Gruber]

I'll have a scar in back, but I don't think it looks too bad.

http://www.gourmetstylewellness.com/discussions ... hp?t=29037


que? what gives? :hairy:

 

[CCS]

my current scar is the widest I've every had. If I get one that is thinner again, It will look a lot better. Dr keene did a much shorter strip the last time, which I think contributed to the wider scar. I'll ask her for a longer one next time, like her first one. A 2mm scar does not look that bad. An 8mm one does.

 

[Midiman]

CCS,

Do you have any current pictures of yourself? I know you have a complex regimen and the results of it would be interesting to see.

Thanks

 

[dirtrider67]

why waste your money on hair transplant surgeries if your just gonna shave it all off anyway?

 

[CCS]

who said anything about shaving it off?

 

[hair_tomorrow]

OK - now you're just messin' w/ us

 

[CCS]

only problem is most of my hair loss is where my grafts are, and they will be growing out soon, and you guys won't be able to see the difference between them and new hair een with the best digital camera. Well, I'm sure some professionals could zoom in good enough. only I can see the tiny vellus hairs grown in, and tell them from the grafts. The only reason i'll buzz my hair to 1/4 inch is just so I can see the effects of RU. I hope the GTE does as well as RU, so i don't have to keep buying RU. I still don't know what vehicle is best for GTE, though.