Follow my major repair

[ejj]

Looking Good , extraction sites from the face look superb , cant wait see it growing in few months

Cheers Tc

ejj

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3 month update 2nd procedure

Here is my 3 month update for my 2nd procedure. There is not much to see at this point except for the healing process and the hairs growing back from the previous procedure. Any redness you notice is due to still wearing a hat at the gym and too much sweating. I am just now starting to be able to use a concealer again, but it is still cold here so that is the reason for wearing the hat.

So far I am more than pleased with the slow and steady progress moving forward. Having a natural result and no scarring is paramount. I will take some more photos of the body and beard donor at 6 months to show no white dot scarring when the skin is exposed to the sun as I did during my first procedure.

[Spex]

Looks bang on - good growth to you

[RichardDawkins]

How many additional grafts (BHT,donor) do you have to spare? Becaise i think with additional 2000 you would be ready to go

[topcat]

Richard it is hard to say but I think I can make that number. Only time will tell.

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4 months post op 2nd procedure

Here is my update at 4 months after my 2nd procedure. Not much to report at this time as it is way too early to see any substantial growth. I am happy at this point to be able to use concealer and not have to wear a hat.

I also do not really obsess about it. The hair will start to grow when it’s ready and I just get on with my day.

[topcat]

Here is my update at 5 months and the hairs are coming in very nicely. I must say that all this extra hair where there was once none is really starting to make a difference for me. The healing has been exceptional and my donor areas are impeccable. I will update my donor area pictures in another month or so as most of my work at the moment requires me to spend plenty of time in the sunshine. I could not imagine being unable to take of my shirt due to white dotting. The health benefits of all that Vitamin D are just too important.

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6 month update

Here is my picture at 6 months following my second procedure. The hair is coming in very nicely and making quite a difference for me this early in my repair. I must also repeat that my donor areas are flawless. I will post pictures of the beard and chest areas in a few weeks. I have included a before picture for comparison.

I have been doing plenty of work outdoors along with enjoying some leisure time in the sun and with my skin getting darker it is quite evident that I have zero white dotting. Being in the sun is a big deal for me as I have become extremely health conscious over the years. The sun raises testosterone levels, serotonin levels, and vitamin D levels and I can’t imagine not being able to enjoy it.

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6 months 2nd procedure with concealer

As I have written the progress so far this early has been fantastic. Just wanted to post a photo using some concealer and show exactly why all that extra hair matters. Anyone that uses a concealer knows the more hair you have the better it works.

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Here is something most might not understand about me and my hair transplant experience over all these years. Even though I was taken advantage of by all those previous clinics as they were in a position of authority and superior knowledge many good things did come out of it.

As I have stated in the past I became more aware of not only how things work in the field of medicine but generally in the world itself. Because of my experience I have become very knowledgeable and conscious of my health and that has been a true blessing. I have as much energy and stamina when I wake up each and every day as I did when I was a teenager and this is as my 49th birthday is quickly approaching. How much is that worth? Can one even put a price on it? It brings a tremendous amount of happiness into my life. But not only that, it has helped so many others that have come to know me. Sometimes you can’t help believe things happen for a reason.

I have worked in the nite club industry for a good portion of my life. Having access to women was very easy working in that industry. Coupled with the fact that I developed those social skills when I was 13 and confidence with women was never a problem. Here’s the point, because of my experience with these bad hair clinics my morals and values which were already strong at the time became only stronger. It was hard for me to understand why others would take advantage of someone and often times as we have seen on the forums destroy another’s life for monetary gain. So instead of ending up with the good looking woman that also was a little wild which always attracted me. I ended up with the good looking woman that also had high morals and values. A woman that cares more about me than herself. Of course as I look around me and observe others in relationships and see their misery I count my blessings. I realize how much happiness this has also brought into my life.

So I have to ask myself would having a full head of hair but having extremely poor health along with being in a miserable relationship make me happier if I was offered the chance, the answer would be no.

Bad doctors and self serving clinics can make all the money in the world that they want but it doesn’t bring someone happiness unbeknownst to them. In fact it does just the opposite as that greed can only bring like minded individuals into their life which usually ends up in unhappiness no matter how much money they make. We see it in the news day in and day out but sometimes we fail to understand the reasons behind it. Something else these same people fail to realize is that you are not taking all that useless crap those ill gotten funds provided you with when you die. When it’s your time to go what is really important is what you did for others while you were here. Who did you help along the way and how will you be remembered? The relatives will fight over some of that useless crap and the rest get tossed into the garbage. The bad doctors will be remembered as that asshole who destroyed the lives of so many others because they were so greedy, quite an accomplishment. I’m sure their parents would have been proud.

Making money is great and I don’t mind working hard for it but for me it is simply not at the top of my list. I don’t need loads of useless crap that all the big corporations are trying to convince me will bring happiness into my life. I’m already happy and it has very little to do with money. In fact I go out of my way not to buy that crap as it just feeds into the system and makes me feel like a sucker just like those self serving clinics made me feel.

My hair issues began all because of one offhanded comment by a relative at an age when one is probably most venerable to feeling insecure. Too bad I didn’t have the emotional security and confidence at that young age that I do now. But that is life and there is always something good that comes out of something bad. It’s all about one’s perception.

Anyone that thinks that I have ulterior motives doesn’t know me well. Nothing makes me happier or makes me feel better than being able to help someone else. For someone to say I really appreciate what you told me or how you helped me because it has made a huge difference in my life makes my day.

And of course having all this extra hair that is now growing makes me happy. Plenty of posters here know what it’s like trying to style just a few strands of hair to look presentable to the world. It can be a time consuming and frustrating ordeal on a daily basis. It really is a big relief for me.

[DepressedByHairLoss]

Wow man, what a post. First off, I'm really happy for you that your new hair is coming in great and it seems like you are very happy in life with a great girlfriend and a positive outlook on life. I am totally depressed with my hair loss (it's been slightly over a year now) and this post really made me feel better. It is great that you found such a wonderful doctor who was compassionate enough to know how bad hair loss can affect a person's life. Many people just simply don't understand or simply cannot fathom how bad hair loss can affect a person's life, but it seems that this doctor really is empathetic and cares about people who unfortunately suffer from hair loss.
With regards to the bad hair loss clinics and bad doctors out there getting theirs in the 'next life': I really hope they get theirs in this life. With more and more hair loss websites like this one, people are really becoming educated with regards to who are the bad guys in the industry (Bosley, MHR, Atlantis, etc.) and hopefully less and less people will go to them to the point that they are forced to go out of business. Matter of fact, I was really disappointed when Aderans was bought out by Bosley. I really thought that their hair multiplication method that they were working on held real promise, but I'm not about to undergo a procedure that is affiliated with Bosley. These bad hair transplant/wig clinics are really just total pieces of shit, and if I ever got a bad transplant from them, I'd be waiting at the clinic ready to break the doctor's ****in jaw. Or better yet, give him the same bad procedure that he gave to me.
Honestly, that's why I'm so skeptical about hair transplantation. Your procedure totally went awesome for you, and I'm really happy for you. From your previous posts, I can tell that you've been thru a lot with depression from botched hair transplant jobs. But I read about so many other that have gone wrong, even for people who went to reputable surgeons. I wish to God that there were more Histogens of the world out there who are working to regrow hair through non-invasive, non-surgical methods.
I work in the nightclub industry as well (not a club owner or promoter, just a bouncer on weekends) and I can tell you that a lot of those girls that you mention (the wild ones that go out to clubs and dance on tables) are really worth about as much as hogshit on a backhoe, so I'm really glad for you that you found some one who is totally worthwhile. And most of all, congratulations on your new look and hair!! You seem like a good person who could help many people on here with their hair loss depression.

[topcat]

Thank you for your reply and the hair situation is getting much easier to deal with now.

I wouldn’t say that my hair loss ever depressed me at least not to any great extent. But I do understand what you are saying as I have spoken to too many men that have had work done by self serving clinics and it has basically caused them to become reclusive.

My outlook has been much different and I am very social. In fact I have been a member of a local public speaking club for at least 7 years. I have no problem being in front of people and interacting. But I’m also the type of person that is always looking for solutions as I don’t give up easy. Unfortunately I just had no idea how corrupt the medical field happened to be and of course this includes hair transplantation.

When I was about 12 years old I was getting into so much trouble after school that my mother made me come to where she worked and sit there until her day was done. Well her boss happened to be an avid reader and an author of motivational type books. I remember the first book I read as there was nothing else to do there, it was “The Power of Positive Thinking”. Well reading those types of books became a lifelong habit for me and it has a great deal to do with how I perceive what happens around me along with my general outlook on life.

[clee984]

Amen brother. I'm glad that everything is going well for you. I saw a guy about a week ago, a total norwood 7, who had the most savagely shredded donor area I have ever seen. It looked like it had been through a threshing machine, or chewed on by a shark. And I just felt so sorry for the guy, coz what can he do about it now? Painfully little. It does make you wonder how some people, trusted professionals treating vulnerable people, sleep at night. Makes me so grateful to be around when there's the internet and forums like this one.

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Here are some pictures of my beard donor areas just after the procedure and as it looks today. My skin has gotten much darker from working outside in the sunshine but it’s hard to tell from the close up photo. I have found no visible evidence of the extractions being made except for the missing hair which was taken from a relatively small area due to my beard not being as strong. Approximately 500 beard fue over 2 sessions. I will post pictures of the chest extractions in a few weeks, which give a better idea of the change in skin color from being in the sun with the same result of no visible evidence of extractions being made.

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7 month update 2nd procedure