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  • c5000
    Senior Member
    • Oct 2011
    • 241

    My new HST plan

    Hi all

    Just thought I would share my new HST plan and see if anyone had any input on it.

    The debate about donor regeneration being 80% or 50% is still there so lets just say that there is "some" donor regeneration.

    What I plan on doing is going for an HST every year until one of either 3 outcomes:

    1) I have achieved a full head of hair through HST alone
    2) My donor starts to appear thin
    3) Hair cloning or another more improved HST method comes along

    If outcome 1 occurs... Great, job done, move on with life.

    If outcome 2 occurs and my donor starts to look thin, couldn't I just use body hair (from the back of my neck and my chest/back), to give a little and I mean "a little" more density back to the donor?

    If outcome 3 occurs then by this time my recipient area will have been significantly improved through X number of HSTs and I can finish the job with a new or improved technique.


    I suppose what I'm trying to say is that I may as well keep getting HSTs until one of the 3 outcomes occur, instead of sitting around (remaining bald) waiting for a miracle cure. Yes it's pretty expensive and yes there is debate about the regeneration, but atleast there is SOME regeneration. Seems to me to be a no brainer...
  • caddarik79
    Senior Member
    • Feb 2013
    • 495

    #2
    I kind of like your plan, it used to be my opinion...
    But still regarding the invest, I need to be sure of the 80-85% donor regeneration...

    But of course, it makes sense...if we wait our fourties to start something, it's not worth...

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    • Arashi
      Senior Member
      • Aug 2012
      • 3888

      #3
      I don't see a solution in body hair. Personally I think it's one of these surgeries that make you look worse, not better. To me it looks like turning your scalp into a scrotum.

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      • Phatalis
        Senior Member
        • Dec 2009
        • 263

        #4
        Originally posted by Arashi
        I don't see a solution in body hair. Personally I think it's one of these surgeries that make you look worse, not better. To me it looks like turning your scalp into a scrotum.
        While i do agree with you.. I still think if you shave it down to a really low number... you can pull it off... just for the shadow effect.. but it has to be like a 1 or 2 maximum.

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        • Skywalker
          Member
          • Oct 2010
          • 63

          #5
          Originally posted by c5000
          Hi all
          If outcome 2 occurs and my donor starts to look thin, couldn't I just use body hair (from the back of my neck and my chest/back), to give a little and I mean "a little" more density back to the donor?
          Maybe, but I wouldn't assume you can or what the yield might be. I thought my beard hair would be a no-brainer to use as it's strong but whilst I was there Dr Gho gave me the once over and said my beard hair was not suitable for transplantation

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          • Cookie
            Junior Member
            • Mar 2013
            • 23

            #6
            How much is HST 1200 grafts?

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            • gc83uk
              Senior Member
              • Nov 2011
              • 1339

              #7
              Originally posted by Cookie
              How much is HST 1200 grafts?
              Hasci Rates

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              • sanook
                Senior Member
                • Jan 2012
                • 105

                #8
                Originally posted by Arashi
                I don't see a solution in body hair. Personally I think it's one of these surgeries that make you look worse, not better. To me it looks like turning your scalp into a scrotum.
                I would of thought neck hair is ok to transplant?

                Personally I have a heap of unnecessary neck hair, which i've always hated. It's very similar to the type of hair on my scalp, just a bit thinner. It literally extends my hair line down my neck too far - i'm constantly having to use a trimmer down my neck (back and sides), so I think it would be a win/win scenario for me to have it done?

                Is there any particular leading surgeon who transplants neck hair?

                Would HASCI transplant neck hair for me?

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                • greatjob!
                  Senior Member
                  • Aug 2011
                  • 909

                  #9
                  Originally posted by sanook
                  I would of thought neck hair is ok to transplant?

                  Personally I have a heap of unnecessary neck hair, which i've always hated. It's very similar to the type of hair on my scalp, just a bit thinner. It literally extends my hair line down my neck too far - i'm constantly having to use a trimmer down my neck (back and sides), so I think it would be a win/win scenario for me to have it done?

                  Is there any particular leading surgeon who transplants neck hair?

                  Would HASCI transplant neck hair for me?
                  Dr. Umar uses nape hair in his hairlines.

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                  • 534623
                    Senior Member
                    • Oct 2011
                    • 1854

                    #10
                    I have just taken lots of 6-month update photos, and I'm somewhat surprised what I can very very clearly see in these photos - because of this:


                    So according to Dr. Gho's "Proof of Concept" study, regrowth of the implanted HST grafts started 5-8 month after implantation. That means, at the moment, I should actually either see still nothing or very short hairs - but in my opinion and according to the new 6-month photos, I can actually see the "final result" - and I really really like the hairline I created ...

                    Furthermore, everything looks totally natural so far (disribution of the hairs, angeling etc) - BUT, of course, not extremely dense everything, because you can't get this with just 1400 grafts within such a big area.

                    Nevertheless, I really like what I can see so far ...

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                    • greatjob!
                      Senior Member
                      • Aug 2011
                      • 909

                      #11
                      Good stuff IM hope things continue to progress good for you.

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                      • 534623
                        Senior Member
                        • Oct 2011
                        • 1854

                        #12
                        Hairline, close-up - 6-month...



                        There is a long vertical white scar in my widow's peak area and the whole area (of course especially the scar tissue area) has been, of course, completely bald before the procedure. Anyway, I followed since Day-1 the graft which is the lowest (towards the forehead) within this scar (can you see it?) and this graft produced, interestingly, immediately 1 hair since Day-1 in this scar - now it's a 2-hair graft, a thicker one, and, at the moment, a somewhat finer one ...

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                        • 534623
                          Senior Member
                          • Oct 2011
                          • 1854

                          #13
                          Whole front area - 6-month ...





                          Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah - I know myself that you guys don't see a super-duper thick and dense "Armani-hairline" or crap whatever - BUT ...

                          - actually, you/I should see nothing just after 6 month (see my previous posts);
                          - all the hairs so far are (interestingly) already LONG (I didn't cut/trim all my hairs since the procedure!!);

                          - the created HAIRLINE is already FULL visible just after 6 month with LONG hairs!

                          - the hair is WET in the photos (so that I was able to comb them back)!

                          - I got only 1400 HST grafts within the whole front are (around zone 1-3);

                          So I really wonder what will happen during the coming 6 month - and, in theory, in 1 year you should see a density twice as much (after having a 2nd procedure in around 6 month) ...

                          Again, personally, I really really like what I can see so far ...

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                          • 534623
                            Senior Member
                            • Oct 2011
                            • 1854

                            #14
                            Oops - I just noticed that I posted the "wrong links". With the following links ...





                            ... you should be able to "zoom-in" when you click into the photos.

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                            • Cookie
                              Junior Member
                              • Mar 2013
                              • 23

                              #15
                              Did you have hair before HST, 534623? And what was you density?

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