Follow my major repair

[Lounk61]

Thanks for detailing your journey. Like you but not nearly as worked on I go way back to a plug transplant in the 70's and an fut about a year ago. Being an NW 6 with fine hair the Results have been unsatisfactory to say the least. Have a consult next week with Dr Umar in LA to see if he can repair my situation using whatever scalp donor I ave left with bht using the fue method. I studied his work and am hopeful. Will let the forum know about my progress. Good luck to all.

[topcat]

Thank you for the comments Dale. From what I have seen over the years it either makes one stronger or reclusive and I feel very bad for those that have become reclusive as it has destroyed their lives something most of these young guys just don’t realize can very easily happen.. I also agree many of these young guys are very desperate and will believe whatever they are told and that is what makes many of them easy prey no different than I was at their age. I also find it a shame that most do not come back to these forums to help others and just seem to be around to only to help themselves, it makes it very easy for the foxes to be guarding the hen house.

The fact that many of these young guys are afraid to post pictures or feel the need to go to a clinic that is near them also works to the advantage of many clinics. They are more concerned with hiding than making a better choice.

Dale you are lucky you were able to wait as at this age you better understand that there are people out there that only care about taking your money and will do anything to get it something that only comes with experience and the reason why older people tend to ask more questions and expect sensible answers.

Best wishes in your own journey.

[inspects]

Hi Topcat,

I read through your thread, very very informative, you certainly have been to hell and back and don't bow to the naysayers or the uneducated advocates waiting for the miracle pill or injection which will not be arriving in the anytime near future in my opinion.

Your hair looks fantastic, I wish the best for you now and in the future. I also wish there were more people not afraid to tell their stories like you did so eloquently, simply explaining the truth, its really a shame most the posts-threads I read about people trying this or that basically have no proven or really positive results, the arguing, name calling, and possibly nothing short of brainwashing when it comes to hair transportation or rejuvenation.

Indeed young people should really sit back and do some very serious study about transplant surgeons rather than jumping the gun and end up with less than desirable results in the near future because they were duped into having a procedure done which will probably end up being a catastrophe when other thinning begins in back of new grafts.

I've noticed most of the posters here are young and vulnerable to the newest fad someone found on the internet or other forum.

I'm about you age, I waited until four months ago to have my first procedure. I wish I would have known about forums like this prior. Regardless, I'm very happy with my results. I will need another 1000 grafts in the year ahead, but I'm heading down the path where I want my hair to be.

Again, congratulations on your progress, you should be very proud of yourself with all the confidence you still have after all you've been through.

Cheers,

-Dale-

[clandestine]

lol........not really it's a unique design and I can't say much about it other than that.

Ah, no worries. Anyway, good luck with your grafts!

[topcat]

lol........not really it's a unique design and I can't say much about it other than that.

[clandestine]

no problem clandestine, yes I workout regularly. I am hoping to market a core training device I designed several years ago sometime within next year so I actually need to drop another 10-20 lbs

Interesting! What does it consist of? Similar to an ab roller wheel or something?

[topcat]

no problem clandestine, yes I workout regularly. I am hoping to market a core training device I designed several years ago sometime within next year so I actually need to drop another 10-20 lbs

[clandestine]

topcat; sorry for the off topic post, but do you work out regularly?

[topcat]

This will be my last picture update for at least 1 month. This shows the lateral hump area which is approximately 18 sq cm. In total approximately 600 fue were taken over 3 sessions. Probably much more than is normally taken over this much surface area but this was at my request as I would like to even out the top with the sides as best I can. In my opinion the healing has been excellent and this picture is being taken at the 6 day point from the procedure.

Yes I do like big up close pictures as small blurry pictures are pointless to post.

[topcat]

This is a 3 day update and I will update again at 7 days and then 1 month to show the healing process. The beard area at this point shows only faint areas of discoloration which I expect to be completely gone by day 7. For those that are in a situation of being a repair patient or simply not having the available donor it is an option but I would suggest approaching it very slowly and limit your risk as much as possible.

I suggest if anyone on these forums does not provide substantial proof of anything than if you believe them you are a complete fool and will very likely regret it one day. Although I did not have chest hairs extracted this time around which I might add I have found to be slightly painful that area also has no signs of a procedure being performed something everyone should strive for as having visible scars is no fun.

[topcat]

Less than 48 hours and the body is doing exactly what it should be doing providing a small hand fue punch was used with no outside therapies necessary outside of nutritional support. Where have most of the extraction sites gone as they seem to be disappearing? How is this possible as the healing is quicker than those using Acell. Upclose pictures presented within certain time frames always speak far more than words.

Large sessions and large punches leave a bloody mess that does not heal well, it’s really not that hard to figure out as it seems to be common sense or at least is should be.

[topcat]

These pictures represent the healing of the donor areas at approximately 24 hours. No adjuvant therapy was used during the healing process outside of nutritional support. Personally I tend to eat more cholesterol than most which is excellent for wound healing, most doctors would advise against. So where did all those tiny holes made by the small hand punch go? It’s called healing, that is what the body does with very small wounds.

[topcat]

Donor and recipient at 12 hours.

[NotBelievingIt]

Thanks for the comment notbelieving it. I have designed a training device that works on a similar principle targeting the core and hope to market it sometime in the future but at this point I still need to loss about 10-20 lbs of flab.

WHAT! Unless you're going to compete in a bodybuilding competition the abs you've got showing in that pic are better then what 90% of topless guys on the beach have anyway.

Unless those aren't obliques, which would be surprising due to their shape, don't fret over losing more weight. You obviously know what you're talking about, so you should know BMI is crap for people who have muscle.

[topcat]

BLB you're right they are under all that flab, thanks for the push I need it.

Hi guys didn't expect of update this early as I am still in Brussels but I wanted to show the beard donor after 233 extractions from a very small area using a very small hand punch. This picture I just took and the procedure was 6 hours ago. The healing really is amazing.