Cheers bro. I met with Dr. Hasson from H&W today in London. Him and his team were really nice and spent quite a bit of time with me, but i was so bummed after i left the consultation. Dr Hasson looked at my recipient site where i had the FUE and estimated around 40% growth, as he could see the incision sites where no hairs had grown. He also said that i appeared to have a lot more extraction sites in my donor area for someone who only had 1,250 FUE. Jotronic took a video of my donor and it was full of white dots and the density of hair seemed really low (visually). I thought he was showing me someone elses head !! I was told last year that i have above average density in the donor and i didn't think a single 1,250 FUE case would change that, but i appear to be wrong. Dr. Hasson told me i would need another 1,500 grafts to have a dense hairline, but i was a 'repair' patient. That was a real shock to hear him say that, but he is right.
After seeing the back of my head full of these white dots, Jotronic showed me his multiple strip scars which were almost impossible to see on close inspection. At this point, i was thinking, WTF have i done ?? I had an FUE procedure for 1,250 grafts, had 40% growth, the back of my head is full of white dots, it appears a lot more than 1,250 grafts were removed from my donor and now i have a non-virgin scalp making future HT more difficult. If i had just had a strip, i would have had close to 100% growth, more transplanted grafts resulting in a much denser hairline and more than likely had a very acceptable scar, which could have been FUE'd at a later date if need be. Most importantly, i wouldn't be worrying about my hair all the time like i am now and would be out enjoying myself. After seeing what strip scars look like in comparison to these white dots from FUE, i'll never be doing FUE again. I'm sure the best docs can get much better than 40% growth, but i won't be risking it ever again.
Anyway, i was pretty depressed after i left the consultation, but i was told i have a very lax scalp....so that's something positive. Big shout out to Jotronic too. He's such a nice guy and he gave me a lot of good advice. He said it was nice to meet another 'bald truth brother'. LOL. His hair is awesome for someone with such extensive loss and i pray i can get scars as good as his. Thanks to everyone in the H&W team in London today....they were super !!
After seeing the back of my head full of these white dots, Jotronic showed me his multiple strip scars which were almost impossible to see on close inspection. At this point, i was thinking, WTF have i done ?? I had an FUE procedure for 1,250 grafts, had 40% growth, the back of my head is full of white dots, it appears a lot more than 1,250 grafts were removed from my donor and now i have a non-virgin scalp making future HT more difficult. If i had just had a strip, i would have had close to 100% growth, more transplanted grafts resulting in a much denser hairline and more than likely had a very acceptable scar, which could have been FUE'd at a later date if need be. Most importantly, i wouldn't be worrying about my hair all the time like i am now and would be out enjoying myself. After seeing what strip scars look like in comparison to these white dots from FUE, i'll never be doing FUE again. I'm sure the best docs can get much better than 40% growth, but i won't be risking it ever again.
Anyway, i was pretty depressed after i left the consultation, but i was told i have a very lax scalp....so that's something positive. Big shout out to Jotronic too. He's such a nice guy and he gave me a lot of good advice. He said it was nice to meet another 'bald truth brother'. LOL. His hair is awesome for someone with such extensive loss and i pray i can get scars as good as his. Thanks to everyone in the H&W team in London today....they were super !!
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