Follow my major repair

[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]

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]

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]

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.

[clandestine]

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

[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]

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]

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

[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!

[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-

[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.

[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]

Well I go back to plug transplants in the 80’s but that hairline hardly shows it as many hairs were transected by inept doctors, unfortunately I didn’t know what that meant back then. Lounk you sound like a nice guy just looking for an end to this nightmare, please whatever you do don’t be talked into a huge mega session if it does not go well you will just disappear into a black hole and only have further regret. Only agree to a few hundred grafts and go very slow, don’t make your situation worse than it already happens to be.

Only believe what you see by your own experience and not much of what you read on these forums. We are probably the same age or you might be a few years older, so I’m not talking down to you I just understand how you must feel so taking the chance of going from bad to worse would not be good.

In all honesty most do not know just how bad this industry is, how many of the players know each other and work together at the expense of desperate bald guys, its pathetic. I don’t get anything from spending my time here all these years and to be honest I never really post much about doctors of the past, but what really gets me is the way many of these scumbags continue to operate I can’t just sit by and let it happen. As I posted to Clandestine I have not become reclusive like so many in fact I have done the opposite going outside my comfort zone with public speaking through Toastmasters and studying improv at Second City here in Chicago. I’m not going to let these a-holes destroy my life nor will I stand by and let them continue to destroy others so they can have a fat wallet.

Good luck in your own journey and posting upclose pictures with details helps everyone so hopefully you will do the same. When patients choose not to do this and only care about themselves than the scumbags win.

[Lounk61]

Thanks for your input.I'm 61 by the way.Lived my life wearing a piece. Had the plugs done when I was 27. Front and crown. Thank god not too many. No fun. Never felt right. Figured I could do something with the better techniques so went for a 2300 fut about a year ago to frame my face and on the sides. Being an NW6 with fine hair, those 2300 grafts yielding about about 4500 hairs didn't do that much. I hope Dr Umar is an honest Dr and will give me a realistic consult. I've studied his work with repairs and BHT and he looks like he does a good job using the FUE method that you suggest. Going for a few hundred hairs won't do anything for me. He'll probably recommend a larger session involving scalp donor and body hair. My Ht Dr who did the 2300 wants to do more strip transplants of about a 1000 or so at a time until my donor hair is depleted and then think about fue using body hair. Don't like the strip surgery. Thing is Topcat, I'm an older guy and time is not on my side. What do you think about Dr Umar? Have you heard of him or seen his work? I'll make my decision after the consult next week. Just want a reasonable thinning look. I know I'll never look like Elvis. Thanks again.

[topcat]

Lounk we show are age when we refer to Elvis hair…….lol……I tell you what I like small hand punches and small sessions with someone who is ethical and skilled and they also have to be personable sorry no a-hole doctors for me some will settle and good for them. What I don’t like are clinics that perform mega sessions, sue patients, threaten to sue patients, have reps attack former patients, have groups of posters attack former patients almost like their own little terror network, reps that advise their patients to not be completely truthful, reps that come on to the forums and blatantly lie, clinics that pay patients off and as a requirement forbid them from posting as part of the agreement, clinics that pay forums for favorable treatment, clinics that ask forums to archive or lock threads, clinics that take on too many younger patients who are completely neurotic to the point of being pathetic as patients, clinics that try to stifle the flow of information as it is not good for business, clinics that make claims but cannot show conclusive proof as we are not all 20 something no nothings that will believe anything because some prick has a white coat on.

With that being said and I’m sure I left something out what is plan B if you come out of a mega bht session with hideous scarring to both your face and body with a bizarre unnatural result that attracts more attention than your current condition? Whatever you do go for only a very small session and be safe it doesn’t matter that you are 61 that is not old so don’t take the risk of ruining the rest of your life so some doctor can buy himself more crap he doesn’t need because he is so lacking in self esteem he needs status symbols that are marketed to him so he can feel good about himself. When you take that kind of risk the odds always favor the house.