Had my first HT what next / NW6

[sausage]

So, this is a failure by an IAHRS surgeon.......maybe not his fault......but it shows that failures are probably relatively common. I hope Doganay can do something to help you fill in the patchy areas.

[gillenator]

vinny,

It sounds like you started finasteride initially at the beginning of July along with resuming minoxidil.

This could be why you are experiencing the shed at this point in time.

[35YrsAfter]

So, this is a failure by an IAHRS surgeon.......maybe not his fault......but it shows that failures are probably relatively common. I hope Doganay can do something to help you fill in the patchy areas.

Some patients are late bloomers. Hair transplant failures related to growth are rare. Failures related to unnatural appearance are by far, more common. Some heads are just tougher to grow hair on.

35YrsAfter also posts as CITNews and works at Dr. Cole's office
Cole Hair Transplant
Atlanta
Phone 678-566-1011

Please feel free to call or email me with any questions. Ask for Chuck

[vinnytr]

Just to clarify , Dr Doganay accepted liability on this and offered me a free of charge HT on the same area to increase density .
At this point the idea is to use beard and chest hair in order not to use more head hair as I might need them later in life .

Would be nice to know what to do to avoid low yield this time

[vinnytr]

vinny,

It sounds like you started finasteride initially at the beginning of July along with resuming minoxidil.

This could be why you are experiencing the shed at this point in time.

This is always a good sign right ? The returning hairs will be thicker ?

Also ,very strange thing has happened . I can only put down to FIN .
I have never ever in my life seen a gray hair shed before where as in the last week I have seen at least 3 of them in my hand after applying minox etc

What does this mean ??

[sausage]

Just to clarify , Dr Doganay accepted liability on this and offered me a free of charge HT on the same area to increase density .
At this point the idea is to use beard and chest hair in order not to use more head hair as I might need them later in life .

Would be nice to know what to do to avoid low yield this time

glad to hear it, that is great news. Good on him.

[kundun]

I started with minox 2 minox and have also suddenly much more grey hair. Hardly had them before. I read it can cause change in colour of hair.

Good that Doganay wants to make a correction.

I would not do to many changes just before and a year after the operation like stopping with fina or minox.

[vinnytr]

I started with minox 2 minox and have also suddenly much more grey hair. Hardly had them before. I read it can cause change in colour of hair.

Good that Doganay wants to make a correction.

I would not do to many changes just before and a year after the operation like stopping with fina or minox.

hows your HT coming along ?

[kundun]

I am almost on 3 months now. Had enormous shedding. Have never been so bald. Perhaps also due to the start of minox two weeks after the ht as adviced by dr doganay.
I feel a lot of hard hair coming out on my head. Probably the beardhair which starts to grow.
Had a facial treatment this afternoon. My beautyspecialist saw a lot of dark spots. So it starts to grow. To early for conclusions.

[gillenator]

This is always a good sign right ? The returning hairs will be thicker ?

Also ,very strange thing has happened . I can only put down to FIN .
I have never ever in my life seen a gray hair shed before where as in the last week I have seen at least 3 of them in my hand after applying minox etc

What does this mean ??

Vinny,

The native hairs that are "returning" or that have cycled through their growth phases come back weaker each cycle period. It's the slow progression of MPB to those hairs that are DHT receptive.

On the other hand, the transplanted hair should regrow without the debilitating effects of DHT. So they should bear similar characteristics to where they were harvested from, namely the donor zones.

As far as the loss of pigmentation to some of your hair, there really are no studies that I am aware of that would support that the use of hairloss drugs like finasteride would diminish pigmentation levels.