Had my first HT what next / NW6

[vinnytr]

After a lot of research, i finally managed to get my HT done 3 weeks ago ( october 2012) by Dr Hakan Doganay in Turkey .
He planted 4016 grafts (around 1000 of these being beard hair grafts) using choi implanter pen and i am super happy with the result at the age of 36 although i have a small 1000-1500 graft section on my crown that is still quite bald. I may have another session using beard hair again some day as i am not keen on having my hair donor used for that. Plus beard seems to heal 5 times faster compared to hair donor area .

Anyway , its been 3 weeks since the HT and the shock loss has already started so everything seems to be going as it should .
My question here is regarding the long term maintenance of it all.
I want to make sure i dont loose my native hair and in the meantime strengthen the tranplanted hair .
I am not going anywhere near propecia but would consider other treatments. The cost is not the priority either ,but health and safety is !!

At this point i am only using 5mg biotin a day and nothing else .
I have got 2 bottles of revivogen and 3 bottles of rogaine foam which i have not touched since the HT .

Could/should i use nizoral 2% at this point (3 weeks after HT)
If so ,how often should i use it ?

Thanks in advance for the replies

p.s : will add pics later

[vinnytr]

here are pics showing before and 1 week after the HT.

[Winston]

The work looks very good at this point. Good luck!

[gillenator]

vinny, I would give it more time post-op before applying any topicals that could induce a shed. Your scalp is still recovering from the trauma so adding anything that could potentially affect the initial regrowth should be avoided at this point in time IMHO.

Best wishes to you!

[dex89]

It looks really good how much was this procedure?

[vinnytr]

Thanks for the replies guys ,yes very early days to comment really because most HTs i have seen look similar for a while. I am hoping all those grafts will return back to me starting from 3.5 month onwards

Like i said i have done my research before i made the decision who gets to de-virginize my donor area. lol
The surgeon that HT ed me has a real good reputation and yield.
I have not only looked at before and after pictures but physically went over to see a few random HT patients of his in flesh in may .

Dex , that depends on the amount of grafts,whether some will be BHT(beard) and days they will have to spend for you . But it was no where even near US or Europe prices.

Gill , yes i have noticed a few teenager spots on my scalp which i am hoping they will go on their own soon . I wont be taking anything for a while ,in my experience the grafted hair does come out regardless of what you use .
i.e : friend of mine never took a thing after HT ,he was only fully happy with the result at the 10th month. Up untill then he though the grafts were dead.

But i still will need something ,one major medicine/topical etc to keep maintain my native hair for the future . Perhaps by the time i start worrying about that ,the real cure will be out there .Here is hopin

[baldozer]

here are pics showing before and 1 week after the HT.

It looks amazing. As far as I now, one graft from head equals to 2-3 hair, but 1 graft of beard only 1 hair. Is it dense enough to be equal to 2-3 hair of the head? Secondly, how much this procedure costed you?

[gillenator]

Although facial hair is primarily established with single hair FUs, the caliber is almost always more coarse providing excellent visual coverage.

[drybone]

It looks amazing. As far as I now, one graft from head equals to 2-3 hair, but 1 graft of beard only 1 hair. Is it dense enough to be equal to 2-3 hair of the head? Secondly, how much this procedure costed you?

I dont know about Vinny , but mine cost $3 per graft. There is a guy in colorado who charges $2 per graft now.

Hopefully one day it will be $1 and even .50 cents per graft with mechanical punch grafts to cut down on labor.

[steve66]

Hi vinnytr an hair laser comb could thicken your hair, ive got 1 and its the 21
laser from laser gain, this could help you without useing all the other stuff.

so have a look, and see what you think

laa the best steve