Are u still on meds? How much was the surgery
I am on propecia 1mg per day and rogaine foam twice a day plus a plethora of vitamins that I take daily (as per Rahals Post Op instructions)
The Surgery was no-where near as bad as I thought it would be with regards to pain - its more nerves than anything else!
I had it done on the 28th June and I am still experiencing redness / numbness in my recipient area along with some itching at my donor area - the donor area has not 100% healed and I still have some very small scabs in places.
What is strange is that the hair at the back of my head (just next to the recipient area) can itch like crazy sometimes and the hairs that were never touched can feel like they are tiny pins poking into my head - its not unbearable but clearly there are nerve issues there.
Currently, it looks terrible - which is obviously unavoidable but something everyone needs to understand / accept before they start this process. I think of the long term gains and that is the all important factor.
Due to all the transplanted hair having fell out and the redness etc I am lucky I work in an environment where I can wear a hat daily - the only time I have to take it off is twice a month when I head to the airport.
I will post up pictures of what it looks like now so people can see the ugly duckling phase (will try and get this done later today).
What I find nice is that before I had the hair transplant I would hide my hair as much as possible, I became a ninja with cabooki and nanogen (toppix alternative) and even my long term girlfriend was shocked when I showed her the before pictures because she never saw it as bad as it was - exhausting to keep that pretense going!
Now I just tell people, especially guys who are experiencing hair loss.
If I had known about propecia years ago there's a chance I wouldn't have had to do this so now I tell pretty much everyone I know and instead of judging or making a joke out of it (I work in an environment where that sort of humour is crucial to carrying out the job) they are taking the info and using it for themselves. I've been back at work for under 2 weeks and already lots of guys are booking appointments with their docs to be prescribed propecia.
I suspect more than a few of them will go down the hair transplant route based on my results.
As for pricing, I initially contacted Matt (Rahals patient advisor) back in 2011 and the price they quoted me then was a fair bit cheaper then it is now - luckily for me they honored that pricing. As their pricing has changed I don't know if it would be right of me to disclose the cost (especially when I hope to get the back filled in there!)
I will ask Matt to read this post and hopefully he will comment.
