Scar Grafting with Dr Cole

[jetfan11]

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you,re my hero. hope my result are half as good as yours. doing 75 beard tests in January with Cole. My scar is a lot bigger than yours but excited to give something a try. How many beards are you doing next time around?

Also at what point did the extractions become passable? Ive got to get back to work after my procedure and not rocking a turtle neck!

[gillenator]

Sorry for the delay. 30 days have come and past and I want to post photos of the Beard area I used to test for scarring. Pretty sure its safe to go ahead and do a good size session. I'll be seeing Dr Cole in January to have this done and update at the time. My Goal with this procedure is to:

1. Fix the horses tail.
2. Add density to the scars.
3. Add density to the general area of the strip scars that have uneven density from multiple procedures.
4. Maybe do another injection of Kenolog to the lower scar if its safe at this time.

My plan is to buzz my hair down prior to the procedure to a 1 or 1.5 guard so it will be easy to see exactly what areas need work.

Photo includes post test, 30 day post shave, 30 day plus 1 day growth with flash and 30 day plus 1 day growth without flash...

Awesome plan, AWESOME RESULTS!

[northeastguy]

On Friday 1\31 I spent the day in Alphretta Ga with Dr Cole and his staff. Over all we place 891 beard grafts in to the 2 scars and in general areas around the scars that needed some density work. He also addressed a few hairs from the horses tail. We didn't focus a lot of time on that issue but hopefully the ones we addressed will make a difference. PRP and Acell were used. We also made another pass with the Kenolog over the lower scar. It certainly helped the last time we used it. I did buzz my hair down to a 1 guard for the procedure but ultimately we decided to go to a 0 guard on the back side to make some of the work a little easier to see. Theres a lot going on back there and thankfully I can where a hat when I work....
I have to say i LOVED the 1 guard cut. It worked and I loved the look. I am praying the work we are doing with thesed scars and any laser I add to the journey will allow me to achieve my goal.
Beard donor area is healing well. I might have been a little too aggressive cleaning the area today as it is a little angry with me. A few days and we sould be good. currently using a lot of bacitracin, sometimes a steroid ointment to assist with the redness.
I will post pictures as things progress. Right now, I am going to let things cool down a bit. I promise lots of photo's to come including the beard area.

[35YrsAfter]

I did buzz my hair down to a 1 guard for the procedure but ultimately we decided to go to a 0 guard on the back side to make some of the work a little easier to see. Theres a lot going on back there and thankfully I can where a hat when I work....
I have to say i LOVED the 1 guard cut. It worked and I loved the look. I am praying the work we are doing with thesed scars and any laser I add to the journey will allow me to achieve my goal.

Northeastguy:
It was great to see you again. You are correct sir, your hair looks great short.

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[Stevie R]

On Friday 1\31 I spent the day in Alphretta Ga with Dr Cole and his staff. Over all we place 891 beard grafts in to the 2 scars and in general areas around the scars that needed some density work. He also addressed a few hairs from the horses tail. We didn't focus a lot of time on that issue but hopefully the ones we addressed will make a difference. PRP and Acell were used. We also made another pass with the Kenolog over the lower scar. It certainly helped the last time we used it. I did buzz my hair down to a 1 guard for the procedure but ultimately we decided to go to a 0 guard on the back side to make some of the work a little easier to see. Theres a lot going on back there and thankfully I can where a hat when I work....
I have to say i LOVED the 1 guard cut. It worked and I loved the look. I am praying the work we are doing with thesed scars and any laser I add to the journey will allow me to achieve my goal.
Beard donor area is healing well. I might have been a little too aggressive cleaning the area today as it is a little angry with me. A few days and we sould be good. currently using a lot of bacitracin, sometimes a steroid ointment to assist with the redness.
I will post pictures as things progress. Right now, I am going to let things cool down a bit. I promise lots of photo's to come including the beard area.

Sounds great man, I didn't realize you were gonna do so many beard hairs...I bet those scar will be invisible at a 0 guard now, even though I know you don't want to cut your hair that low. Can't wait to see those pics, thanks for the update Northeastguy, I am sure all will be well in a year with that amount of grafts, good stuff!

[gillenator]

northeastguy,

What an awesome update...glad to hear all went well and that you are healing well.

As always, wish you the best in results and looking forward to your update photos as those grafts come through.

Now take some time and relax my good friend...

[northeastguy]

Thanks guys, so far so good. Ill post photos of the donor area first. Isn't much to show in the scars as of yet. Once that starts growing, I'll be testing the limits with a 2 guard as soon as I can.

[chicago99]

Congrats on the latest procedure. Can't wait to see pics!

[northeastguy]

I'm now 10 days post op and all looks great. Other than some residual redness and elevation in the lower scar, its hard to tell I had anything done. I need a couple more weeks for my hair to grow out to get back to a length I am comfortable with. We went to a 0 guard for the procedure. At month 4 I'll start testing new lengths....
I'm switching over all my photos to a new computer so once that's done I'll post photos of the donor area.

Currently to speed up the hair growth rate I am taking a multivitamin, extra Biotin, Using Rogaine on the recipient area, and applying Therapy G to the scalp to increase blood flow.

[northeastguy]

Sounds great man, I didn't realize you were gonna do so many beard hairs...I bet those scar will be invisible at a 0 guard now, even though I know you don't want to cut your hair that low. Can't wait to see those pics, thanks for the update Northeastguy, I am sure all will be well in a year with that amount of grafts, good stuff!

Stevie, Its interesting you say that because when we hit the scars with the 0 guard, the upper scar was almost difficult to see. Its in far better shape than the lower scar.

[jetfan11]

beard hair

Stevie, Its interesting you say that because when we hit the scars with the 0 guard, the upper scar was almost difficult to see. Its in far better shape than the lower scar.

I have to admit I am jealous!

Couple questions:

1) Beard looks ok after 891 grafts? Not too much scarring?

2) Was Cole able to get all 891 from below the jawline?

3) Do you think you have more beard grafts available after the 891 below the jaw or would you have to go into the face for more beards?

[gillenator]

Amazing how many potential beard grafts that can be harvested.

Still waiting to see some consistent yields from beard hair cases whether repair or not.

[topcat]

Consistent yields are there, only a few doctors have the skill though to achieve these high yields. Unfortunately it's just not something anyone can do.

[northeastguy]

I have to admit I am jealous!

Couple questions:

1) Beard looks ok after 891 grafts? Not too much scarring?

2) Was Cole able to get all 891 from below the jawline?

3) Do you think you have more beard grafts available after the 891 below the jaw or would you have to go into the face for more beards?

Hey Jet...

1) No scarring. Just some residual redness. I'll post some detailed photos once I do a good wet shave.

2) Yes... see photos below

3) I have many more as we didn't even take from the area below the chin yet. There has to be at least 1000 hairs in that area alone. Maybe more. your welcome to count them on the photos I posted in the test session. we didn't even take from that area (chin to Adams apple)

[northeastguy]

Below are photo's of the area we extracted from. Each side below the Jaw line had about 440 grafts taken. He did some repair on the horses tail so I'm sure that factored into the tally.