Tweet
Well, this has turned entirely productive. Gratz everyone, and wonderful job on the photos, Iron Man.
-
-
hahaha as I couldn't guarantee I wouldn't roll over onto my front during the night, I tried to sleep on a chair... very uncomfortable. But all these things are worth it!!
Comment
-
Pictures are looking great IM.
I've marked some reference points in red for those who want to document the procedure for themselves:
References - Day 1
References - Day 2
So far I've found three reasonable reference points. Reference point #1 is a small scar and located in a very nice area. I'm afraid it's going to heal up and be harder to notice in the future though. Reference point #2 and #3 are located close to each other and include a couple of birthmarks and a thick, three-hair follicular grouping. These should be permanent but the location isn't as ideal as the first reference point.
If anyone else notices a reference point, please share it. I'm going to be monitoring the area with MS Paint
but I think that should be ok for a simple analysis.
Comment
-
Once Dr. Rassman, whatever his motives, revises his assessment of the HST, I will do take the Ironman procedure. No sooner.Comment
-
Right-Ear-View-Day-3
And finally, a somewhat zoomed photo of Day-3 …
Test-Day-3
Now I have figured out how to make such photos ...
Once you know how to do it - you will love it ...
Comment
-
Have you seen the enmity of Rassman against Gho and HST? For a man of his prominence, that's alot said.
"I am sorry, but what is presented here does not move me to believe anything had occurred other than a nicely done FUE with healing."
"His science was pathetic, with slides that were blurred and blackened out so that there was really nothing to see. "
"I did report on Dr. Coen Gho in a previous post in a less-than-favorable light. My comments on him reflected what appears to be intellectual dishonesty. I have heard Dr. Gho speak publicly, and what he is doing is the classic FUE technique that I pioneered and published in the Dermatologic Surgery medical journal in 2002 (see here)." (Ok, this one is not so flattering)
"This very subject has been extensively studied by other physicians and the ability to grow full, healthy normal hairs is clearly not possible. I do not believe that what this doctor is reporting is real."Comment
-
Great photo's, my compliments. Maybe it's an idea to shoot some more from more angles, so we can get something like a 360 view. Your photo's are so clear, it should be easy to count the total amount of holes. This would put the last bit of scepticism to rest, regarding the failed extractions regrowth vs real regrowth.Comment
-
Yup, didn't feel any pain at all myself but exactly like you, I had quite a bit of itching that at times was quite uncomfortable. It subsided somewhat after about 10-14 days but kept itching throughout the first 4 weeks ..
But even now, when I look at my donor, I still see red pimple-like spots, which supposedly is regrowth in progress ...Comment
-
Source – google it!In short, the entire method of follicular unit transplantation was developed and perfected by 1992 and contrary to much promotional literature, it did not happen in the offices of Dr. Rassman and Bernstein. Some 78 transplant surgeons who observed the procedure in practice in our offices between 1992-1998 will be happy to confirm this history. Dr. Rassman has been a very vocal ardent promoter of follicular unit transplantation and deserves credit for popularizing a procedure developed by others.
However, promotion is not science and per Dr. Rassman’s communication of 09-11-2002 neither is it accurate history.
-B.L. Limmer, MD/
Hey clarence,
check this nice photo out …
Guess what - I got such nice strip-scars at a point in my life,
where Rassman didn’t even know how to perform a hair transplant!
Oh, by the way ...
Why I'm still the owner of a very expensive and in the meanwhile still very high traded medical book, where the REAL inventor of "FUE" clearly described already today's FUE, published in 1996?
In addition, this guy HAS already presented "FUE" at the 1st ISHRS meeting in Dallas, 1993 - 10 years earlier in history than Rassman/Bernstein - who claim to be the "inventors of FUE"!
I simple words, I do not need any "advise" from a guy, whose whole "career" was always just based on "re-inventions" of other people's findings/work. Not really ...
Comment
-
I've posted new reference point pictures for anyone who wants a general starting point for a hair count. This time the pictures are much smaller in size (2-3 MB instead of 15-20 MB
). The small scar I was originally using has already healed so I'm no longer including that as a reference point either.
Reference - Day 1
Reference - Day 2
Reference - Day 3
I'm very excited to see what happens over the next few days and weeks. The pictures are so clear that the analysis will be conclusive I feel.
I know you have some type of USB microscope Iron_Man. Maybe later on, you can do a small comparison between normal donor hair, recipient hair, and regenerated donor hair in terms of diameter and apperance.Comment
-
huh huh, good idea! Sure, I can do this.
By the way ...
Reference - Day 3
... what the hell do you mean with the white "Reference" squares??
I mean, there is nothing to see, what could serve as Reference-POINT.
In gc83uk's case, I had absolutel NOTHING as "Reference-Point" - zilch, zero, nada. No birthmark, no nothing in his shaved extraction area.
So I did the following:
I used the BIGGEST extraction wound (it is the number 1), which should serve as marker/reference point at least for 7 days or so, before the wound completely contracts. This worked indeed (I could always find this wound quickly) - but just for 7 days. Thereafter, even this bigger wound (until today, no idea why this wound was bigger) disappeared. Day 10 has been a horror to find the reference AREA at all. It took me minimum 1 hour just to find the reference area again, especially, when the photo/gc's head is rotated somewhat, contrary to all the other days before.
For now, I simply use these first 3 vertically positioned extraction holes straight above my ear (you can see them next to the upper right corner of your white reference squares). Mayby I will make tomorrow (before I take the Day-4 photos) a clear black dot with a marker in this area - should help a lot in the coming days.Comment
-
If you look at day 1 and day 2 pictures, you'll see some points that look like birthmarks close to a thick three-hair follicular unit. That's what I've tried to use as a general reference point. In day 3 it's harder to see because it's hidden behind hair. I'm also not sure if these marks are actually birthmarks or something else like blood etc. But the thick three-hair follicular unit is definitely the same in all three pictures.
That would be ideal. Although it's very easy to identify points now, it will be difficult when the extraction points heal.
Comment
Comment