NORWOOD 6 members who have had HT surgery

[Artista]

Dr Fargo,,wow !

http://www.baldtruthtalk.com/album.php?albumid=289

[Artista]

Another great before and after - another great doctor..
Dr. Sara Wasserbauer

http://www.baldtruthtalk.com/album.php?albumid=850

[baldymcgee]

Very impressive work by hair transplant surgeon Dr Doganay!
I would not want to use beard hair for coverage.

http://www.baldtruthtalk.com/album.php?albumid=789

That's an *incredible* result.

(Though, as always, I wonder if Finasteride was part of the equation).

[Artista]

Very impressive work by hair transplant surgeon Dr Doganay!
I would not want to use beard hair for coverage.

http://www.baldtruthtalk.com/album.php?albumid=789

[Artista]

Great question to ask Baldymcgee !
Hopefully we will get responses. Thanks Bro

[Notcoolanymore]

Question for those NW6-ers who have had hair transplants (or the docs who helped them):

With the progressive nature of hairloss, how comfortable are you with your predicted final loss pattern?

This right here is huge. I responded to a thread earlier today of a guy in his 20's planning to get a transplant without using finasteride. How will you look as you continue to recede? Recession even happens while on finasteride.

[baldymcgee]

Question for those NW6-ers who have had hair transplants (or the docs who helped them):

With the progressive nature of hairloss, how comfortable are you with your predicted final loss pattern?

I've been looking at photos of people like Bruce Willis or Jeff Bezos (CEO of Amazon) and in their younger-days I could imagine them thinking "oh, I just need 2-or-3 thousand grafts and I'll look fine".

But then you watch them over the years and their sides get lower and their back recedes to the point that they're probably beyond help from current HT technology (at least with what I would consider "acceptable" density[1]).

To the patients: how big a concern was/is this for you? How long did you spend with your Doc. talking about this?

To the docs: How accurate are the predicted final loss patterns? Can you get to within an inch? Half an inch?

[1] Yes, this is a personal judgement -- different people will almost certainly have different expectations.

[Artista]

This patient of Dr Dorin's was not a NW6 but his hair loss was extensive enough to warrant hair transplant surgery.

Dr Dorin ,you did a GREAT JOB on this man's scalp!

check this out guys (and gals)

http://www.baldtruthtalk.com/album.php?albumid=628

[youngin]

I am a NW6 and I think with today's technology you could have very good looking coverage for significantly less than times before... if you keep your hair short. Consider if you got about 3000 grafts including frontal 3rd and some diffused scattering through the rest and then you got SMP for the rest. You would have realistic coverage. At least your face would be framed and look good. That's my plan if nothing new comes out soon.

Like this: http://fue-hairtransplant.blogspot.c...alp-micro.html

[baldymcgee]

One more thing,having REALISTIC GOALS is IMPERATIVE l

I wholeheartedly agree with this, the trouble is always around trying to understand what "realistic goals" are.

Sure we understand that "full density" isn't an option and (some) surgeons tell us that we'll only have coverage with certain hairstyles, but I don't think that any of us know what that means practically.

Will we spend our mornings carefully placing each strand and then panicking each time the wind picks up? Will we fret with each haircut about donor scar visibility?

I realize that these questions are virtually impossible for a surgeon (or rep) to answer but these are the questions that worry NW5-6 people.

PS.

And, sure, we can meet transplant recipients but:
a) We have little idea how well results from others will translate to us (different hair, scalp, skin characteristics).
b) I'm not accusing surgeons of dishonesty, but they're far far far more likely to "showcase" the really outstanding results.

[gillenator]

Thanks for the kind words my friend.

If you go to the home page here at TBT, and click on the blogs link, there should be a photo when I wrote some articles for Spencer before the cancer days.

Am holding my lil' pug dog in the photo so it may be hard to tell who's who...

Looking forward to your update pics as your recent procedure matures...

[garageland]

Hi Gillenator,

I am sorry to hear about your lung cancer I am sure that puts the hair issues into perspective. Good for you in the job that you do it. I have over the years always found your posts very helpful, honest and sincere. It would be nice to see the man behind the Terminator avatar.

[gillenator]

Maybe it's time to change my Avatar because that will show what my hair looked like before cancer...

[gillenator]

Hi Gillenator,

Thanks for your interest in my case, do you mean another pass after the one I had 3.5 months ago?

No I am done now after 5 transplants and a scar revision, I have noticed that there is an improvement in my front at this stage already so I am looking forward to seeing the results in another 6 months. SMP has worked well in giving the appearance of density into the crown so I will have another pass of that later this year.

I have seen you many posts offering good advice over the years but can't recall seeing any photos of what your hair looks like today, do you have any to share?

Garageland,

Thanks buddy, and I am so sorry, I forgot about your recent procedure 3.5 months ago. So no, I retract that question and I bet you are going to look awesome when this recent procedure fully matures.

I did have my before and after pics put up in this community under blogs but somehow it was removed including my story.

But then the dreadful lung cancer came in late 2009 and I had to undergo three types of chemotherapy. My hair is not the same although it did grow back but much more diffused...

And I cannot afford any more surgery because I am a volunteer chaplain now and never take any salary or compensation for what I do to help others. Mostly do hospice ministry for others dying of cancer.

My sweet and kind wife still loves me...and thanks for your interest in me my friend...

[fred970]

I don't know. I was clear that I only wanted the front done to frame my face though. But apparently, I'm asking too much. The problem is that I still have some hair thanks to minoxidil. Without it, I would be slick.

Thanks for the posts Artista. If that guy can have work done, I surely can. The problem is that, I saw two tops surgeons. One said no (Bisanga) and the other (De Reys) said yes. The other that said no was in fact a clinic representative.

I know I'm not an ideal candidate, I don't take finasteride. I'm still treating my hair loss, but minoxidil is often brushed under the carpet, as if it were useless.

I just want a frame for my face. Some people don't even know that I'm balding, they just assume I shave it off thanks to the sparse coverage minoxidil gives me. You can see the outline of a NW5 at the back. I have dark blond curly hair.

Shave my head and move on? Easy to say. I already "shave" my head, but not with no guard, I'll never do that. For now, I'm waiting, everything's quite fine. I'm just scared about losing the faint frame I have left. I'm sure it's better if wait until I have almost nothing left.



Do I really look that hopeless "tansplant-wise"? If I could have what I have left on the left picture, even with a slick crown all my life, I would be very happy.