Had my first HT what next / NW6

[KO1]

Looks decent, it was a slick bald area from the start. Have you tried styling your hair differently, eg comb forward.

[vinnytr]

Photo taken today .

Not using rogaine as liquid version gave me a bad itch and dandruff .
Taking biotin from the beginning .

@Kundun ; Yes but didnt have a chance to visit the clinic .

[kundun]

Vinny, it will further improve.
When I had my treatment with Gho 2 years ago it also took very long.
I understood you were in Turkey. Have you visited the clinic ?

[ericjasonp]

Are you using Rogaine? My doctor said it helps thicken the hair.

[KO1]

Awesome, looking forard to it.

[vinnytr]

@Vinnytr : do you have an update ?

Still not very happy with the density at 8.5 months.

I will share a photo soon .

[kundun]

@Vinnytr : do you have an update ?

[kundun]

I don't think many clinics use the Choi pen due to the work intensity.
I know GHO is experimenting with injection of hair roots.
When I had my transplant there 2 years ago he injected a few. It could have been a Choi pen. For sure it was not a high tech equipment.
With the prices GHO has and the small treatment he does you can do it with a Choi pen.

[gillenator]

Yes they used these Choi Implanter Pen.
In the afternoon 2 doctors were injecting the hair. 5 ladies filling the Choi Pens.
In Europe this would be impossible to do because it is too work intensive.

I was just curious to see if any other clinics were using the Choi Implanter which I understand that DHI developed sometime around 2003.

Wishing you the best in regrowth and the final result. Thanks for sharing your case with us.

[kundun]

Yes they used these Choi Implanter Pen.
In the afternoon 2 doctors were injecting the hair. 5 ladies filling the Choi Pens.
In Europe this would be impossible to do because it is too work intensive.

[gillenator]

kundun,

Congrats on your berad grafts. Hope they grow well for you and let us know how the yield goes.

When you state "implanter", did they use the "Choi Implanter" or was it one that another doctor developed?

[kundun]

I had my treatment with Doganay a month ago.
I had several Hairtreatments earlier (2 Fut's) and a HST with GHO.
The last one gave a very disappointing result.
I was worried about my donor and become interested in Doganay because he uses beardhair.
About half of the grafts came from the beard.
It al made a very good impression on me.
Very modern Private Clinic.
Due to these pens they use to implant the grafts the recovery time was very quick.
Most surprising was the recovery in the beard area. After 3 days I shaved and you saw nothing anymore. Although the skin still felt sensitive for another few days.
The day after the treatment they put a special body lotion from Bayer on my head and beard for 45 minutes. This I also had to do the next days twice a day to remove the crusts. After the bodylotion I had to wash the hair very carefully.
I am now a month later mosts of the grafts have fallen out.
Now the waiting has started.

[gillenator]

I think we both are close in age and some of my transplants are losing pigmentation. But it is gradual so it does not look unnatural. Even if some of those darker grafts turn white, it should still look good because of the additional coverage.

When you say "thick", I presume you mean thick in caliber?

And time will tell on your yield from it, wish you a good result including longer length.

[35YrsAfter]

35yearsAfter,

How long have the beard grafts grown in length? Although it's only been six months, how would rate the yield so far out of the 500 grafts?

A fair amount of my beard is white. It looks like Dr. Cole cherry-picked some black hairs. The hair length so far varies. Most of the hairs at this point are about 5mm in length. One white hair stands out at about 3.5 cm. The beard hairs look thick and should offer some decent coverage even at a lower density.

The beard hairs seem slower at emerging than other hair I have had moved. I believe there is some truth to the idea/theory that certain areas of scalp are more resistant to hair growth.

35YrsAfter works at Dr. Cole's office
www.forhair.com

[gillenator]

35yearsAfter,

How long have the beard grafts grown in length? Although it's only been six months, how would rate the yield so far out of the 500 grafts?