I've just had my procedure with Dr. Gho and want to share the results

[Kiwi]

Hopefully if I get my bald patch at the crown done next then it will help the appearance significantly.

Also hopefully with HSI they can give me more density around my existing hair.

Can't believe I'm almost wishing I was completely slick bald.

Thats a crazy thing to wish for :P

I think preventative measures to keep ahead of things is logical. I think you could start using RU now to keep what you have.

[534623]

Can't believe I'm almost wishing I was completely slick bald.

Now it's too late - welcome in the "hair transplant treadmill"!

Anyway - I just picked up an interesting dialoge between 2 users in another forum:
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» There isn't a HT doctor out there who will lay out the truth like I'm
» laying it out because they're in it for the money - another thing this guy
» does not understand.

I saw lately two victims of such practices:
two young men, about 30-35, with advanced baldness, NW4-5, and a juvenile hairline that resisted like a fortress. Obviously they had a HT years ago and while the baldness pattern progressed much in the meantime, the transplanted hair remained intact in the hairline. Ugly as hell. I felt much more comfortable being completely bald as I am with very short hair. I was pity them as real victims of irresponsible surgeons.
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The other guy is talking about such cases, as shown in the pic below:

In the past, what exactly did the doctor of this patient promised the patient?
"A full head of hair" - with techniques (FUT/FUE), which simply CAN'T fullfill such a promise, especially for higher norwood's?

YOU, c5000, you WILL have at least THE OPTION also to fill up all other areas, once you lose all still existing hairs - YOU have at least this options. Many former traditional HT patients out there - they simply do not have these options (getting much more hair from the donor) anymore - even if they have a fat bank account!

So what YOU can at least do during the coming few years - try to restore at least the whole FRONT AREA! The front area is important for your appearance - not the vertex area or so. Filling up also the mid-scalp and/or vertex area - you can do this many years later whenever you want or wish with either Gho's technique or maybe even other similar/improved techniques, which doesn't destroy your options in future.

YOU still have OPTIONS!
So far, you didn't destroy these options with other (outdated) techniques! And that's THE point!

[c5000]

Kiwi I know that is a crazy thing to wish for, but I'd hate to think that I won't be able to get as good a density as I could if I was slick bald. Maybe with Hair Stem Cell Injections I could get a better density without the shock loss?

IronMan, I am very thankful to still have options, and fingers crossed when I have a look at my donor when it's shaved back down there will be no scars.

How is your recovery going?

Also guys, which norwood pattern do you think I am in those photos? I can't seem to find my pattern on the norwood scale.

[534623]

Also guys, which norwood pattern do you think I am in those photos? I can't seem to find my pattern on the norwood scale.

Try to find it out yourself ...

In your case, it's actually not the question "which norwood pattern I am in my photos?" - it's rather the question, which norwood pattern you WILL be in future without using (useless) meds or hair transplants.
As far as I can tell ...

... you WILL BE a typical 5A guy - completely the same as me:

And WE - will win!

[c5000]

Try to find it out yourself ...

In your case, it's actually not the question "which norwood pattern I am in my photos?" - it's rather the question, which norwood pattern you WILL be in future without using (useless) meds or hair transplants.

I'd say I'm a norwood 5, heaing towards being a norwood 6. I don't think I'll reach norwood 7 status,

Do you agree?

[534623]

I'd say I'm a norwood 5, heaing towards being a norwood 6. I don't think I'll reach norwood 7 status,

Do you agree?

Right. As I said in my previous post - the same as me. View the photos and/or actualize/update your browser!!

[534623]

Right. As I said in my previous post - the same as me. View the photos ...

We both are 5A guys - at least, YOU will be one in future (without transplants)!
Be both do not need such an extreme quantity of grafts to get a pretty good coverage and density - so, WE both will win the hair loss battle (if we wish)!

[c5000]

Right. As I said in my previous post - the same as me. View the photos!!

Yeah, I think I need to just keep getting HST/HSI procedures that either catch up with my hair loss to maintain what I have or start to reverse it.

I'm debating whether or not to get my next procedure after 9 months instead of after a year. Do you think it would affect my donor if I did?

[didi]

IM
Im very surprissed hasci told you:
"We hope we can get 800 grafts from your donor area!"

IMO you should have received 2000 hst grafts

[JJJJrS]

I'm probably headed towards a 5A myself looking at my current pattern and my family history.

c5000, from your pictures, it seems that you comfortable with a buzzcut. For those who buzz/shave their head, having a hairline, even if it's just a shadow, to frame your face makes a huge difference in my opinion. HST/HSI is basically the only procedure out there that can accomplish this because of the lack of scarring.

At the moment, I'd encourage you to focus as much as you can on your hairline, temples, and front area. Your forelock seems pretty strong so I would leave that alone. I think focusing on that will make a very positive improvement on your appearance, as it did for Wesley Sneijder and the Swedish patient tobban. Continue monitoring the rest of your hair. The worst case scenario is Zinedine Zidane, who is a great example of the benefit of holding on to your hairline/front when shaving down. If you have the funds and time, you can eventually work on the crown and vertex as well but I would take it one step at a time at the moment.

Also, I think you should be glad that you have hair left as the results from your hair transplant will look better combined with your existing hair, rather than on a completely bald scalp. Like you said, you can always use HSI to increase density at a later date and I'm sure the technology will continue to improve.

[Kiwi]

I'm probably headed towards a 5A myself looking at my current pattern and my family history.

c5000, from your pictures, it seems that you comfortable with a buzzcut. For those who buzz/shave their head, having a hairline, even if it's just a shadow, to frame your face makes a huge difference in my opinion. HST/HSI is basically the only procedure out there that can accomplish this because of the lack of scarring.

At the moment, I'd encourage you to focus as much as you can on your hairline, temples, and front area. Your forelock seems pretty strong so I would leave that alone. I think focusing on that will make a very positive improvement on your appearance, as it did for Wesley Sneijder and the Swedish patient tobban. Continue monitoring the rest of your hair. The worst case scenario is Zinedine Zidane, who is a great example of the benefit of holding on to your hairline/front when shaving down. If you have the funds and time, you can eventually work on the crown and vertex as well but I would take it one step at a time at the moment.

Also, I think you should be glad that you have hair left as the results from your hair transplant will look better combined with your existing hair, rather than on a completely bald scalp. Like you said, you can always use HSI to increase density at a later date and I'm sure the technology will continue to improve.

Do you feel like this is the same advice Gho would give a patient?

[JJJJrS]

Do you feel like this is the same advice Gho would give a patient?

I have no idea what Gho would recommend. That's just the approach I would take, especially if you're someone who can pull off the buzzed/shaved look.

Going through HST can be a long, expensive process, especially for someone at an advanced stage of hairloss. I think approaching it in this way minimizes the risk and creates the most natural progression without limiting any of your future options.

[534623]

Going through HST can be a long, expensive process, especially for someone at an advanced stage of hairloss. I think approaching it in this way minimizes the risk and creates the most natural progression without limiting any of your future options.

I couldn't formulate it any better.

Especially most young guys do NOT lose all their hair from one day to the next. This "natural progression" can sometimes take many years (view the YOU/ME comparision pics -one in his 20s, the other in his 40s- I posted in this thread!); that means, such candidates have mostly TIME enough to restore their hair STEPWISE and therefore they also only invest stepwise into this "expensive process".

Another problem are just the real "hardcore" norwood 10 guys with "DUPA included" (thinning also in the donor area) - THEY have indeed still a big problem. Even 4000 grafts per day HST procedures wouldn't help them.

[c5000]

So it's been a month and a half since I've had my treatment.

Finally managed to shave the whole of my head to the same length at the weekend (#5 Clippers)... I think it looks great.

I've been honest with everyone at work, and all my friends and family as I don't think getting a HT is anything to hide.

People are now starting to comment on how good it looks, which really does make me feel like it was all worth it.


So would getting another procedure 9 months after the first one do any harm to my donor? I had planned on waiting a year between procedures, but I guess I'm starting to get addicted or greedy as I don't want to wait the extra 3 months.

So I guess my question is, will I get more regeneration if I wait the full 12 months?

[Gandolf]

So I guess my question is, will I get more regeneration if I wait the full 12 months?

Best bet is to ask the Dr. as the people here are only speculating, although my feeling is that you can never be too safe so if they say 9 months and you wait 12, there is not much downside, you just have to wait a little while longer.