Was it worthy to have HT?

[Thinking]

Sorry to hear that last ht didn't work for you, though better 500 than more grafts.

[JimmyJones]

Well I have had two tranplants, the first (actually 12 years ago) was the strip method with Drs Farjo in Manchester, UK and I must say I was very happy with the result since it gave me a full head of the healthiest long, curly hair I had ever had for 10 subsequent years until the other areas started to thin out rapidly over the past 2 years. So for the first transplant - very happy.

The second was a 500 FUE (couldn't afford anything else and it took a year of stressful, balding hair to finally manage to get money to do it). It was a different Doctor, a Russian in an east european country (in a proper clinic and medical centre - not back street). I had the op 10 months ago and still no hair, despite his promises that by September the hair should all be growing. I had red dots for 4-5 months in the recipient area and well after wearing a hat 24/7 to hide these and then the bald patch I see no results. And I'm pretty sure it hasn't worked at this stage - if nothing is growing now, why would it start growing 1 or 2 months from now? Surely some hair would grow even if some came later, but literally i see nothing - certainly not 500 hairs. So if you ask me about this transplant in hindsight I wish I hadn't bothered or at the least I wish I had gone to Drs farjo who i knew did a good job previously.

But the problem is, how cann you know these things beforehand - you can't. The only real advice I would give is do your research fully, find the one who really can do it and if they can't, whether you can get your money back. Drs Farjo invite you to meet real clients so you can see results in reality, not just through pictures. I don't know if FUE is for everyone, since it seems to have failed for me yet the strip method was great. I don't know the statistics but perhaps more FUEs fail than strip, worth checking out. Perhaps it is so new that they just don't get it right, who knows. Funny thing, the Russian doc critiscised the poor quality of the strip scar on the donor site yet I'm pretty sure the Farjo doctor wouldn't have ballsed up an FUE of 500 hairs..

[VictimOfDHT]

lol......doll like looking hair is worse than being bald IMO

There's bald , clean shave , buzz cuts all over the world .

But someone with doll like hair would stick out like a sore thumb .

People would stare at you , make comments etc

You would then spend the rest of your life trying to fix the mess .

Come on Dave, I'm sure you know that not all heads look good bald. Some look ok but some look hideously ugly. But here's what's more important, what if I don't want to shave? What if I just don't like that look?
Well, let people stare but I'd probably be wearing a hat all the time. Or, I'd probably say phuck it. People do all kinds of crazy shit to their heads (and faces) including tatooing the white in their eyes, screwing metal spikes onto their heads (after they implant a metal base under the scalp to screw those spikes onto), implant horns under their scalps (to look like the devil)....Yeah it's all true. It was on "Taboo". If it were possible to implant doll hair into my scalp I'd phucking do it in a hearbeat if there's no other way. The only thing I see is that I'm NOT bald. No bare scalp. No ridiuling and no funny jokes. You just don't know how much I hate this disease called hair loss.

People get prosthetic hands or legs or whatever. Why not hair. No. Wigs won't do because once they come off (and you always have to take them off) you're still bald.

Don't forget I've already gotten HTs (FUT) done. More reasons why I cannot and would not do the shaved look.

[VictimOfDHT]

I'd say 4.
It's been 2 years since I had my HT with Dr. Haber and I'm still I'm very happy with my results.

Also, I was on this forum about everyday before and just after my HT. However, since my HT has fully grown...and I don't seem to have any issues with it...I don't visit this forum quite as frequently. Maybe once a month or so.
Therefore, I can see why more people with poor results are still here and those with good results are not.

OMG ! What have we here? A guy confirming what I had said earlier. Did you hear that Mr. whatever his name was ? It's common sense. When you no longer worry about your hair loss, you have no reason to be here.
Oh wait, the dude just confirmed my second notion that it's likely you won't hear or see people who have had good HT results here (on the site). They'll just move on with their lives and forget this nightmare and everything that has to do with it INCLUDING coming to this site.
Thanks Dude and good for you (the HT).

[Thinking]

I also do think, that many of people with best results just move on and check only once a while here and therefor it seems that we can't get non biased ratio of satisfaction.

The thing is, the more I do research, the more I freak out finding that there are many "artists" but in reality butchers.

And everybody claims he is the best, their method is superior and everybody else suck.

[Dude]

I'd say 4.
It's been 2 years since I had my HT with Dr. Haber and I'm still I'm very happy with my results.

Also, I was on this forum about everyday before and just after my HT. However, since my HT has fully grown...and I don't seem to have any issues with it...I don't visit this forum quite as frequently. Maybe once a month or so.
Therefore, I can see why more people with poor results are still here and those with good results are not.

[Tracy C]

I feel like it is obviously more worth it for women because its not like they have to worry about much more hairloss (entire head like men), and can very easily hide the scar(s).

Some women do loose it all. You haven't seen my mother and her sisters. But yes women can hide the scar much more easily. To be honest though, my scar is very hard to find even if you know exactly where it is. The doctor who did my surgery (Dr. Haber) is a very gifted hair restoration surgeon.

I think if your a guy, its just not worth it. You'll always be worrying if the hair around it will be lost, leaving you MUCH worse off. I, like most ppl would rather be balding naturally than have unnatural islands of thick hair amongst bald skin and thin hair.

I can understand and agree with that, especially when thinking of those who cannot or will not use the medications that can stop the loss.

[DAVE52]

. I'd ****ing implant doll hair into my scalp if I had to but I WOULD NEVER EVER be caught dead with a bald head. EVER.

lol......doll like looking hair is worse than being bald IMO

There's bald , clean shave , buzz cuts all over the world .

But someone with doll like hair would stick out like a sore thumb .

People would stare at you , make comments etc

You would then spend the rest of your life trying to fix the mess .

[VictimOfDHT]

And no matter how many times you repeat it, it's still not true.

This is a hair loss forum, not a hair transplant forum. Plenty of people who have undergone hair transplants and are satisfied with the results are still interested in related topics discussed here, such as the development of non-surgical hair loss treatments.

Ok, whatever. So someone who's had their whole head restored (with HTs) and has put this whole shit behind him is going to sit here and waste hours just so he might read something about a new development that he might not even need any more. Makes sense.
BTW, how many bald men are there in the world? Now, how many of them do you see here ? But yeah, all those who've had HTs have nothing better to do but hang out here and tell us about their experiences and impressions about HTs. That's why the site is packed with them.
And...I never said there were none here anyway.

[aim4hair]

I had an HST done around 6 weeks ago, so far im really gald i went for it, my main concern before deciding to ride the HT path was losing the option of shaving if i ended up being nw6 (which is possible since im not on fin) or if i don't like the result.
i did alot of research and tried to avoid any risk, now 6 weeks post op, im able to shave with a clipper 0 guard (same as i used to shave pre op) with no white dots or visible scars to the naked eyes. That puts me on ease now since i know in worst case scenario if i don't get the result i want or if i lose more hair in the future (god forbid) i can just shave it all as before and move on.

[gmonasco]

What I meant -and I think I did mention that- was that at least for those who are DONE with their HTs they have no reason to be here.

And no matter how many times you repeat it, it's still not true.

This is a hair loss forum, not a hair transplant forum. Plenty of people who have undergone hair transplants and are satisfied with the results are still interested in related topics discussed here, such as the development of non-surgical hair loss treatments.

[sp8rky]

In what way is it not good do you think ? Or is this something you heard ?

I have met a few people in person and I am following progress of a few people in real life HT ed by the same doctor and they seem to be doing well.

In fact one of these guys i am in regular contract with now . He was a NW6 like myself , had 4500 grafts done 3 months ago . The hairs have already started coming out slowly . He has no white dotting at all in recipient area ,he will get the donor area checked and report back .

What I have seen and read to be honest, I know someone who had the Choi method used and nothing grew, at all.

Please can you say which clinic you are using?

[J_B_Davis]

I have been wanting a hair transplant for the past 4 years, but I am unfortunately not a candidate according to 3 IAHRS doctors I had consultations with. I have two very good friends who ended up having hair transplants and one if having his second one next month. They were both strips and they both have told me that for them it was a great decision that changed their lives. I think the results look very good and I'm jealous to tell the truth. From what I have seen online and from my two friends who both look much better and feel much better after having their hair transplants I would say it is worth it you go to good doctors and have realistic expectations. By the way, both of these guys are in their mid thirties, and wear their hair short and their strip scars do not show. Neither one has any concern about the scar so I think it's all a matter of perspective.

[Still-Researching]

I am a 4 now and believe will end up being a 5 when I can see the fully grown result.

My 6 months FUE results can be seen in this link: http://www.baldtruthtalk.com/showthread.php?t=9311

I am pretty sure that many happy clients are no longer on the forum, to be honest I only drop by from time to time now. When you are happy with the outcome you shift your attention away from your hairline to other things, that does not mean that life is a dream after a HT, but your brain gets occupied with new focus areas what ever they may be.

The forum has also changed somewhat since I started here, with many so called non-HT veteran experts - some good and caring and some scare-mongers on FIN etc. as well as people who are more interested in being visible and spread their own agenda or views on the subjects.

Research and reasonable expectation are the main key words here - do your research and wait till you know what you want (life long hairline) and who to approach for it...

[vinnytr]

The choi implanter isn't normally very good at all. Which clinic are you going to?

In what way is it not good do you think ? Or is this something you heard ?

I have met a few people in person and I am following progress of a few people in real life HT ed by the same doctor and they seem to be doing well.

In fact one of these guys i am in regular contract with now . He was a NW6 like myself , had 4500 grafts done 3 months ago . The hairs have already started coming out slowly . He has no white dotting at all in recipient area ,he will get the donor area checked and report back .