UK FUT with D Krishnan Ziering

[C21]

Can't believe it's less than a week now Joely! Mine is 3 weeks Tuesday!

I broke the news to a few people the other day and surprisingly feel a lot more relaxed about it now!

I've been a right geek getting an excel sheet together with all the things to do pre/post op and what number of days I can or can't do things like use regaine, or vitamins / painkillers etc.

[leemanuel]

Righ gents a week today and its my turn,

Getting very exited now, and worried at the same time about recovery going back to work, going out drinking ect

DXQ / eemanuel how are you both getting on?

Hi hi- well I'm heading upto 2 months post op - had my second haircut today (my sides and back grow super quick). I've gone for a short crop just for you guys to see .

It's slow slow progress, but I'm starting to see new stubble appearing, scar is still visible on a short cut.

[leemanuel]

Here's the back

[C21]

The redness looks loads better now! I can't even see it on that photo! Definitely agree with the stubble it's added some real shape to your hairline!

[joely]

Looking good, im very impressed that you can feel stubble just shy of two months out!

At what point would you say all signs of anything being done had disappeared from the top of your head?

I don't know what it was like for you but I cant get this of my mind now and these last few days seem to be going really slow

[C21]

Not long at all now Joely. You all set? Have you got your list of questions sorted for on the day? I keep adding to mine as I know I'll forget by the time I get there!

[joely]

Yes mate its literally the last two or three days, Got a bit of paper with all my questions written down, Im up to 13 so far, will probably take DR Krishnan ages to get through the answers some questions are abit different!

Going shopping after work tomorrow night get food in for the week and a few DVD's to watch whilst im at home recovering.

Will add some before photos over the next couple of days so you can all see where im starting off!

[C21]

Good idea on the DVDs and food. I might have to do that. I'll just be sat on the sofa for days on end bored otherwise!

If you haven't got any already, I read from a few sources that 100% Aloe Vera helps with the redness (I found mine in holland & Barrett) , along with distilled witch hazel which is sold at most chemists.

[joely]

Thanks C21, I will probably nip into town before work tomorrow and get some from Holland and Barret, Will try and post some before pictures for you tonight!

Are you travelling far to Bromsgrove?

[joely]

Ok Gents here are my before photos

[leemanuel]

Hi

Well I'm happy redness has pretty much all gone - a week after my last pic (shaved no 1 at the back) scar isn't visible - so I know my length to hide the scar.

I'm noticing a faint hairline coming so it's all looking good at only 9 weeks.

[C21]

All the best for tomorrow Joely! Be good to hear from you in a few days when it all settles down to hear how your got along!

[C21]

I know pictures can be deceiving but I couldn't notice a lot of redness in your last picture. I've accepted that I'll be going back to work with a sunburnt looking red head but I'll be applying aloe Vera like there's no tomorrow to get the best possible result!

Can't believe it's been 9 weeks it's flown!

[joely]

Right Gents,

Im back home now from a very draining two days, I will post pictures tomorrow and tell the whole story but im pretty knackered now and just gonna go to bed, What I will say is it was a very positive experience DR Krishnan and his team genuinely do care about you and what they re doing.

Leemanuel very impressive that you can shave at number 1 and hide the scar

talk to you all tomorrow

[joely]

Ok so this is basically what happened over the two days,

I arrived at The clinic slightly before 11am on Thursday where the nurse took my blood pressure and asked me a few medical questions, After that it was DR Krishnan who came and asked a few more medical questions, examined my head, and he talked about how many grafts would be placed in each area and he drew on the proposed new hair line, unfortunately for me my temples had started to go as well so he had to use 300 grafts on each of the temples, but he drew the hair line and temples in and showed me in the mirror and it was pretty much what I was expecting he also drew a circle in the crown where the remaining grafts would go, it was then pictures and my chance to ask Dr Krishnan any questions I had.

I then went into the procedure room where I had my head shaved all over and then taken for a hair wash, and then back in the chair, The staff put on one of the DVD's that I took with me and Dr Krishnan injected me just above each eyebrow with local anesthetic and a little bit in the back of my head, he then made 2500 small holes between my frontal third temples and crown. Twas then time for lunch which was a cheese sandwich and salad, packet of crisps and a twix. After lunch I was then lying face down whilst Dr Krishnan extracted 1500 grafts from my donor area, once this was done the technicians went to work under the doctors supervision of placing the grafts. Once this was done my head was bandaged up all over mand blood pressure was taken again, and the staff went other than DR K who waited with me for fifteen minutes until my dad arrived to pick me up. The whole day was from 11am until 8pm so very long.

I stayed at my parents house that night as my dad was taking me to and from both days and they had a lovely little Chinese waiting for me when I got there, after that I had a couple of co- codomol and straight to bed, I was not in any pain I just thought it may help me sleep more. I woke up once in the night for a few minutes and then back to sleep until about half seven.

The second day I arrived at the Hospital and went down stairs where I was met again by the technicians who first gave me a hair wash ad then again checked my blood pressure. Then back to theatre where DR K started again with extracting then lunch which was the same again then more face down for the last graft extractions, once this was done again I was sat up right whilst the technicians placed them under DR k's supervision. When this was done blood pressure, photographs and bandages and I left the second day was not as long and was between 11am and 6pm. Two very draining days though.

But DR Krishnan and his team are all very police professional and easy to talk to its obvious that he cares massively about what the final result will look like.

Definatley wear a top that you don't have to pull over your head, Just out of look I had a light weight hoodie that I wore in on the second day which was lucky as you wear the bandage over night and still have it on when you return to the clinic so I was able to put the surgical hat back on just before I got out my dads car and put my hood up so no one in the reception could really see. you are also given the medication on the second day which is anti biotics and steroid cream to help the swelling go down.

Before I went I bought myself a travel pillow from boots for sleeping on at nights but I was given one as part of the after care kit so if you havnt got one yet save yourself a tenner and use theirs.

C21 if I were you I would defo get some things to keep you entertained at home at least until the donor is healed up and you can go out with a cap on I appear to be just sat on the sofa watching TV waiting for tomorrow which I imagine will be my routing for the next couple of days until the donor is heled I imagin ill be in the house fr a week or so so plenty of dvds, my parents are also coming round and one or two of my close friends who know what iv had done so I wont be to bored hopefully.

After care kit is decent got everything you need in it really you have to spray your head every half hour with a CPM spray and ut a bandage type thing on for fourty five minutes twice a day, the oral and written after care is pretty decent you get a table chart with what you have to do each day so its pretty easy to keep track. I have a packet of Co_codomol how ever I don't think I will need it that much if at all.

I shall now add some photos but Its all very clean work.....