Failed FUE surgery ??

[Folly]

Hey Gillenator,

Thanks for the nice comments.

But you did not pluck this hair right? You found it as you said?

No dude, i didn't pluck it. Was just running my hands through my hairline and it came out.

[gillenator]

Hey guys, check the pics out. It's a transplanted hair that came out from my hairline, when i was running my hands through my hair. It's around 2.5 inches long, so it has been growing for a few months. It's very crinkled, which i've been told is due to trauma and will staighten out eventually. However, the top 1 inch of the hair is perfectly straight, but the rest is crinkled down to the root. The root looks a little funny though (see pic). Should i be worried a transplanted hair has come out in this fashion, after a few monhts of growing? Thanks.

What an awesome pic! Definitely a transplanted hair. No need to worry though because anyone can pluck a hair and that is usually when the root bulb shows. Sometimes patients get confused and think this tiny white/greyish bulb is the hair follicle. It is not the follicle. That's why no need to worry, a new hair shaft should be coming in the next cycle.

But you did not pluck this hair right? You found it as you said?

[gillenator]

Thanks Gillenator. I always feel better after reading your posts !!

Hey Folly, you're welcome. That's because genuinely well intended people who truly care about other people seem to have this connection, even spiritual at times.

Listen my friend, I know that you have been through alot and I sincerely want you to know, this includes FDR and I'm probably forgetting more, to feel free to email me so I can give you my phone number or I can call you too if that works better for you. We can potentially get more dialogue in than typing long posts if you know what i mean.

I always wish you the best man...

[Folly]

Hey guys, check the pics out. It's a transplanted hair that came out from my hairline, when i was running my hands through my hair. It's around 2.5 inches long, so it has been growing for a few months. It's very crinkled, which i've been told is due to trauma and will staighten out eventually. However, the top 1 inch of the hair is perfectly straight, but the rest is crinkled down to the root. The root looks a little funny though (see pic). Should i be worried a transplanted hair has come out in this fashion, after a few monhts of growing? Thanks.

[morelocks]

Man, I just noticed this reply because it was posted more than a month after I made my original post. I don't know if you mean any offense or not, but don't ****in tell me you wanna slap some sense into me or I need to "man up". That is total bullshit, especially since you don't know me at all. You're frankly full of shit when you make comments like that.
I never wanted to be a billionaire or bang tons of hot chicks; I was simply trying to make the point that good things happen to bad people and vice versa with no rhyme or reason whatsoever. And guess what, I go to the gym all the time (I'm lifelong power-lifter currently at 240 pounds) and I'm always mindful or how I dress and shit like that, but attractive women really do look down upon baldness. If this wasn't the case, then hair restoration would not be a 3 billion dollar industry. Hair plays a huge part in a person's attractiveness, confidence, quality of life, and overall well-being.
Sure people have other burdens in life like being born into hunger, poverty, etc. and no one ever argued that these were less serious than hair loss. But that does not mean that hair loss is not a huge emotional burden as well. Sure it may not be as extreme as being physically disabled, but it's still an emotional burden and "a silent epidemic of biblical proportions", as Spencer so aptly puts it. I think that's why Spencer even created the American Hair Loss Association, this message board, and devoted his life to helping people with hair loss: because hair loss IS so emotionally devastating and is a "disease of the spirit".
I'm even looking at your hair loss situation right now and it is not that bad and does not even fall into a Norwood category. I'm wondering if you would feel the same way if you were a Norwood 5 or so (thankfully I'm not close to being there yet). Hell, when I was still a Norwood 2 or so, I still felt that I looked good and I could disguise my hair loss pretty well. Back then I wasn't nearly as depressed as I am with my hair loss, and I certainly didn't view it as a disease at all. But when I lost even more hair, I started to feel much differently. I really think you'd feel differently too if your hair loss continued past the point that you're already at.

Depressedbyhairloss.... I agree with your comments and good luck to you with this journey

I dnt think the other guy meant to offend you though, take it easy..

[Folly]

Thanks Gillenator. I always feel better after reading your posts !!

[gillenator]

My bad, turns out my surgeon is not IAHRS registered. Apologies.

I'm dissapointed people are trying to guess the surgeon, when i've mentioned in numerous posts that i don't want to mention it yet.

I truly understand what you mean Folly and yet I hope you understand that some people in your area of the world do not want the same thing happen to them and want to avoid that clinic or doctor.

You sure have been through alot and glad that you found a community here that is safe to share your expereince and feelings.

I only wish you the very best in getting some resolve friend.

[Folly]

Hope yer ok Folly , have you got any updated pictures ? whats your thoughts at the moment ? I hope you are doing ok mate

See my progress at 11 months post-op. Only my left temple area is shown, but the work done was symmetrical. Red boundaries are roughly the transplanted areas. Lets assume that i had NO native hair in that area post op, which isn't the case. Would you call that good growth ? Trust me, at least half of the hairs in that area are native. They're thin and miniaturized, which i can see with my USB scope. Even if i had grown well, 1,250 grafts probably wouldn't have given me a dense hairline, but i was expecting a lot better than this.

I thought i was over-reacting and maybe it was an average result, but i've shown a couple of other surgeons and at least 3 HT reps and they agree, the results are poor for 11 months. I know a lot my transplanted hairs re-grew and fell out for whatever reason from months 3-9 (my HT surgeon confirmed this), so maybe they will regrow. Probably not though, as I reckon the follicles are damaged. I was going to visit my HT surgeon next month (1 year mark), but i'll probably give it another 6 months to see if the grafts re-grow.

Problem is, i have very fine hair. So it may seem like i have a lot of hair in that pic, but it's impossible to style. It goes apeshit in the wind too, which always exposes my receeding hairline.

Seeing Dr. Feller in London in May, so quite excited about that.

[ejj]

Hope yer ok Folly , have you got any updated pictures ? whats your thoughts at the moment ? I hope you are doing ok mate

I think that it may be a good idea for anyone having a procedure to start a blog with immediatly before , after and a couple of days later pictures , followed by monthly updates , I think it takes the ` heat` off the patient so to speak if things dont turn out as expected , you could tell your Dr before surgery, say at the consult stage that you are a member of the forums and want to start a blog detailing your progress to share your experience with the community , I think this would make it easier for the patient should things not turn out as expected .Just a thought .

regards

ejj

[Folly]

Yeah sorry, only just realised. Assumed he was because of good reviews.

[sausage]

You could have told as they were not IAHRS registered ages ago and that would have saved a lot of panic.

[Folly]

My bad, turns out my surgeon is not IAHRS registered. Apologies.

I'm dissapointed people are trying to guess the surgeon, when i've mentioned in numerous posts that i don't want to mention it yet.

[CriticalObserver]

(and 99% of Turkey is in Asia)

[CriticalObserver]

Hold on, where is the IAHRS list stating that these are the only 3 registered practitioners in Europe ?

http://www.iahrs.org/hair-transplant/

Apologies, there are 4, but I've never heard of Melike Kulahci in Turkey (not saying she's not good), and she has only 2 posts on here, I know you mentioned that the doctor in question has posted lots of good results here.

Still-Researching, I agree, and apologise - I'm not trying to damage any reputations - that's why I reposted to say I was guessing and could be wrong. I too picked Dr Feriduni because I believe him to be the best, certainly in Europe.

[Still-Researching]

So based on Foly's reaction - guess it is not one of the mentioned, and probably not even a IAHRS.

Appreciate your concerns Critical Observer - but be careful when you throw around guess work... people joining the forum later might read more into it and make the wrong judgments.

I am sure the top docs also have below average outcomes sometimes, but you limit your risks significantly by going to a top doc.

During my consultation with Feriduni - I asked him specifically about this and he was very clear about his previous performance, especially his past 3 years with FUE, which was one of the reason I ended up choosing him.