| My Hair Restoration Journal |
Night Before Surgery
Posted: January 1, 2009
Immediately Pre-Op and Post Op
Posted: January 2, 2009
Nine Days Post-Op
Posted: January 11, 2009
Four Weeks
Posted: January 31, 2009
Eight Weeks and Three Days
Posted: March 2, 2009
12 Weeks
Posted: March 28, 2009
16 Weeks
Posted: April 25, 2009
20 Weeks
Posted: May 22, 2009
24 Weeks
Posted: June 19, 2009
27 Weeks
Posted: July 10, 2009
27 Weeks - More views of the back
Posted: July 10, 2009
32 Weeks
Posted: August 15, 2009
36 Weeks
Posted: September 13, 2009
40 Weeks
Posted: October 9, 2009
One Year - Damp and combed forward
Posted: January 2, 2010
One Year - Attempt at Styling
Posted: January 2, 2010
One Year - A Few More
Posted: January 2, 2010
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Call It What It Is. BAD Density
Hi Plunge. As you may have noticed, there's...
by Robert Smythe
10/12/2009 9:58:19 PM
Your comments
It is sad to see you are so disappointed with...
by pghdon
10/10/2009 1:42:35 AM
Improvement!
TakingthePlunge,
It looks like your hair...
by Falceros
9/13/2009 9:55:57 PM
What did he say?
What did he say at 6 month? Have...
by Jesus Had Hair
9/13/2009 5:41:29 PM
Hang in there
Did you speak with Doctor A at all? I agree that...
by Don't Ask Don't Tell
8/16/2009 8:35:48 PM
Looks Good
TakingthePlunge, Your hairline looks...
by Mayor
8/16/2009 7:35:34 PM
24 Weeks
Things seem to be improving month by month now. ...
by Falceros
6/21/2009 10:35:10 PM
Looking good
Looks Good!
Atticus ...
by Atticus
6/20/2009 3:15:35 AM
12 Weeks
TakingthePlunge,
Thanks for keeping us...
by Falceros
4/5/2009 1:35:22 PM
I think you are me!
Hey
Your hair loss pattern and story are...
by Andy
2/19/2009 5:47:54 PM
the hard parts over!!!
I'm a few weeks ahead of you just wanted to say...
by Brian
1/9/2009 9:11:05 PM
congrats!
congrats on your surgery! At 8 months I'm so...
by pc
1/6/2009 12:09:41 AM
Congrats
TakingthePlunge,
Congratulations on your...
by Falceros
1/4/2009 3:19:37 PM
Good Luck
Good luck with your procedure, as I had mine...
by parkview
1/2/2009 11:17:52 AM
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TakingThePlunge |
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Surgical
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2516 Grafts on January 2, 2009
608 singles
1885 doubles
23 triples |
TakingThePlunge had surgery performed by
Dr. Scott F. Alexander, M.D.
Visit Dr. Scott Alexander's Hair Transplant Website
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Non-Surgical
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Rogaine Foam 2x daily
1/4 Proscar daily Biotin 5000mcg daily
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| My Hair Loss Story. |
I probably first noticed my hairline receding around 19 or 20. I was devastated since it was the eighties and I had some pretty cool, super-long heavy metal hair. I was sure I'd be a cue ball by age 25. Fortunately for me, while I quickly developed a mature hairline that I was very self conscious about, the rest of my hair remained thick and no one could tell since it was so long. About the age of 25 I cut my hair short and it still looked great. It hung in there pretty well through the rest of my twenties and early thirties and I was pretty happy with it until about 35 when I started losing most of my front third and my crown thinned a bit. I've been buzzing it down pretty tight for the past couple of years since there was not too much I could do with it anymore. Now I'm forty and ready to do something about it. |
| How has my hair loss affected me? |
I've tried to resign myself to being "the bald guy" but I just can't. There are lots of guys out there who look great bald. I'm not one of them. I'd say I experienced a great loss of confidence when I realized that I no longer had enough hair to style and ended up having to buzz it down. I hate seeing photos of myself because the image I see just doesn't match the one in my head. I hope the journey I'm about to undertake will change some of those feelings but I'm also trying to be very realistic in my expectations. Time will tell. |
| Am I happy with my hair transplant experience and the results? |
I hope I will be. |
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