My HT with Dr. Rahal- 4,616 FUT

[Follicle Death Row]

Sausage, I don't mean to answer this for Capelli but I'd guess that it was probably what Capelli wanted and what the doctor thought framed his face well. He may be restoring temple points he once had. Even when I look back at photos of when I was 16 I never had prominent temple points so I wouldn't get them myself if I went for a HT but they look great on people that had them before or even some people who never had prominent ones. Have a look at some non balding people. Some people have really prominent temple points some have hardly any.

Rahal does specialise in the Colin Farrell hairline as I like to call it. He does some fantastic hairline work.

[capelli]

Hey Sausage...not sure what you exactly mean by "angular" but I had a little bit left of my temple points prior to my HT...they were getting thin and almost gone...so I wanted to beef them up a little as temple points are a key piece of a good hairline design esp to frame the face which is what I wanted. So i had them filled in a little to make them more prominent. It was exactly what I wanted and am hoping it will frame my face nicely.

[PatientlyWaiting]

So Dr Rahal is New York? Where, in the city or upstate?

[Follicle Death Row]

So Dr Rahal is New York? Where, in the city or upstate?

His clinic is in Ottawa but I believe he does some consults in NYC every so often.

[mattj]

His clinic is in Ottawa but I believe he does some consults in NYC every so often.

This is correct. All surgery is performed in Ottawa but Dr Rahal does travel around for consultations from time to time.

[NeedHairASAP]

Hey Everyone!

Status Update: Got my sutures removed on Day 13 yesterday. I went back to see Dr. Rahal as opposed to having my local GP take them out. My rational was that I wanted Dr. Rahal to see how I was progressing as this is a crucial time to make sure everything is going according to plan. Plus I just figured I came this far why risk going to a GP to have my sutures removed regardless of how easy it may be. He said everything was going great and my scar looked really good and was going to be a good one! I now am able to shower and have to massage my scabs off at this point. Felt sooo good to finally shower my head...felt human again! I now have to put Polysporin still on the scar for the rest of this week and see how it looks from there. My scabs should be gone by this week. I love feeling my hair as it feels like nice stubble...a feeling I haven't felt in years!!!! Now I am going to unfortunately lose my hairs...getting upset about it bc I love my hairline design! Mike shaved me down again to a # 2 to even it out...so now it seems to be better and as even as I am going to get for now...starting to really dislike looking like this but I understand it is a journey so Ugly duckling stage here I come!

In regards to Rogaine post HT...I tried getting out of not using it but the Dr. heavily recommended using it as it stimulates the follicles to grow quicker...it is recommended to use it for at least 12 months. I really didn't want to use Rogaine as I don't want to marry it forever but I have come so far so I figured I didn't want to stray from Dr. Rahal's recommended plan post op. So starting this Monday after my scabs are gone, I will start and see how it goes.

Pic 1 is Day 8 and Day 9 (Top Row) and Day 10 -11 (Bottom Row)
Pic 2 is Day 12 and Day 13 (Top Row) and Day 14 top view and Day 14 pic of my scar (Post suture removal)

damn looks pretty rough for day 12... especially compared with Gho's day 12 (or even day 2)