| My Hair Restoration Journal |
Pre-Op Photos
Posted: December 22, 2011
Day 0 Photos (Post-Op) 2,026 Grafts FUE
Posted: December 22, 2011
Day 1 Photos
Posted: December 23, 2011
Day 2 Photos
Posted: December 24, 2011
Day 3 Photos
Posted: December 25, 2011
Day 4 Photos
Posted: December 26, 2011
Day 5 Photos
Posted: December 27, 2011
Day 6 Photos
Posted: December 28, 2011
Day 7 Photos
Posted: December 29, 2011
Day 8 Photos
Posted: December 30, 2011
Day 9 Photos
Posted: December 31, 2011
Day 10 Photos
Posted: January 1, 2012
Day 11 Photos
Posted: January 2, 2012
Day 12 Photos
Posted: January 3, 2012
Day 13 Photos
Posted: January 4, 2012
Day 14 Photos
Posted: January 5, 2012
Day 15 Photos
Posted: January 6, 2012
Day 16 Photos
Posted: January 7, 2012
Day 17 Photos
Posted: January 8, 2012
Day 18 Photos
Posted: January 9, 2012
Day 19 Photos
Posted: January 10, 2012
Day 20 Photos
Posted: January 11, 2012
Day 21 Photos
Posted: January 12, 2012
Day 22 Photos
Posted: January 13, 2012
Day 23 Photos
Posted: January 14, 2012
Day 24 Photos
Posted: January 15, 2012
Day 25 Photos
Posted: January 16, 2012
Day 26 Photos
Posted: January 17, 2012
Day 27 Photos
Posted: January 18, 2012
Day 28 Photos
Posted: January 19, 2012
Day 29 Photos
Posted: January 20, 2012
Day 30 Photos
Posted: January 21, 2012
Day 31 Photos
Posted: January 22, 2012
Day 32 Photos
Posted: January 23, 2012
Day 33 Photos
Posted: January 24, 2012
Day 34 Photos
Posted: January 25, 2012
Day 35 Photos
Posted: January 26, 2012
Day 36 Photos
Posted: January 27, 2012
Day 37 Photos
Posted: January 28, 2012
Day 38 Photos
Posted: January 29, 2012
Day 39 Photos
Posted: January 30, 2012
Day 40 Photos
Posted: January 31, 2012
Day 41 Photos
Posted: February 1, 2012
Day 42 Photos
Posted: February 2, 2012
Day 43 Photos
Posted: February 3, 2012
Day 44 Photos
Posted: February 4, 2012
Day 45 Photos
Posted: February 5, 2012
Day 46 + 47 Photos
Posted: February 7, 2012
Day 48 + 49 Photos
Posted: February 9, 2012
Day 50 + 51 Photos
Posted: February 11, 2012
Day 52 + 53 Photos
Posted: February 13, 2012
Day 54 + 55 Photos
Posted: February 15, 2012
Day 56 + 57 Photos
Posted: February 17, 2012
Day 58 + 59 Photos
Posted: February 19, 2012
Day 60 + 61 Photos
Posted: February 21, 2012
Day 62 + 63 Photos
Posted: February 23, 2012
Day 64 + 65 Photos
Posted: February 25, 2012
Day 66 + 67 Photos
Posted: February 27, 2012
Day 68 + 69 Photos
Posted: February 29, 2012
Day 70 + 71 Photos
Posted: March 2, 2012
Day 72 + 73 Photos
Posted: March 4, 2012
Day 74 + 75 Photos
Posted: March 6, 2012
Day 76 + 77 Photos
Posted: March 8, 2012
Day 78 + 79 Photos
Posted: March 10, 2012
Day 80 + 81 Photos
Posted: March 12, 2012
Day 82 + 83 Photos
Posted: March 14, 2012
Day 84 + 85 Photos
Posted: March 16, 2012
Day 86 + 87 Photos
Posted: March 18, 2012
Day 88 + 89 Photos
Posted: March 20, 2012
Day 89 Donor Area Photos
Posted: March 20, 2012
Day 90 + 91 Photos
Posted: March 22, 2012
Day 92 + 93 Photos
Posted: March 24, 2012
Day 94 + 95 Photos
Posted: March 26, 2012
Day 96 + 97 Photos
Posted: March 28, 2012
Day 98 + 99 Photos
Posted: March 30, 2012
Day 100 + 101 Photos
Posted: April 1, 2012
Day 102 + 103 Photos
Posted: April 3, 2012
Day 104 + 105 Photos
Posted: April 5, 2012
Day 106 + 107 Photos
Posted: April 7, 2012
Day 108 + 109 Photos
Posted: April 9, 2012
Day 110 + 111 Photos
Posted: April 11, 2012
Day 112 + 113 Photos
Posted: April 13, 2012
Day 114 + 115 Photos
Posted: April 15, 2012
Day 116 + 117 Photos
Posted: April 17, 2012
Day 118 + 119 Photos
Posted: April 19, 2012
Day 120 + 121 Photos
Posted: April 21, 2012
Day 122 + 123 Photos
Posted: April 23, 2012
Day 124 + 125 Photos
Posted: April 25, 2012
Day 126 + 127 Photos
Posted: April 27, 2012
Day 128 + 129 Photos
Posted: April 29, 2012
Day 130 + 131 Photos
Posted: May 1, 2012
Day 132 + 133 Photos
Posted: May 3, 2012
Day 134 + 135 Photos
Posted: May 5, 2012
Day 136 + 137 Photos
Posted: May 7, 2012
Day 138 + 139 Photos
Posted: May 9, 2012
Day 140 + 141 Photos
Posted: May 11, 2012
Day 142 + 143 Photos
Posted: May 13, 2012
Day 144 + 145 Photos
Posted: May 15, 2012
Day 146 + 147 Photos
Posted: May 17, 2012
Day 148 + 149 Photos
Posted: May 30, 2012
Day 150 + 151 Photos
Posted: May 31, 2012
Day 152 + 153 Photos
Posted: May 31, 2012
Day 154 + 155 Photos
Posted: May 31, 2012
Day 156 + 157 Photos
Posted: May 31, 2012
Day 158 + 159 Photos
Posted: May 31, 2012
Day 160 + 161 Photos
Posted: May 31, 2012
Day 162 + 163 Photos
Posted: June 2, 2012
Day 164 + 165 Photos
Posted: June 6, 2012
Day 166 + 167 Photos
Posted: June 6, 2012
Day 168 + 169 Photos
Posted: June 8, 2012
Day 170 + 171 Photos
Posted: June 10, 2012
Day 172 + 173 Photos
Posted: June 12, 2012
Day 174 + 175 Photos
Posted: June 14, 2012
Day 176 + 177 Photos
Posted: June 16, 2012
Day 178 + 179 Photos
Posted: June 18, 2012
Day 180 + 181 Photos
Posted: June 20, 2012
Day 182 + 183 Photos
Posted: June 22, 2012
Day 184 + 185 Photos
Posted: June 24, 2012
Day 186 + 187 Photos
Posted: June 26, 2012
Day 188 + 189 Photos
Posted: June 28, 2012
Day 190 + 191 Photos
Posted: July 1, 2012
Day 192 + 193 Photos
Posted: July 2, 2012
Day 194 + 195 Photos
Posted: July 4, 2012
Day 196 + 197 Photos
Posted: July 6, 2012
Day 198 + 199 Photos
Posted: July 8, 2012
Day 200 + 201 Photos
Posted: July 10, 2012
Day 202 + 203 Photos
Posted: July 12, 2012
Day 204 + 205 Photos
Posted: July 14, 2012
Day 206 + 207 Photos
Posted: July 16, 2012
Day 208 + 209 Photos
Posted: July 18, 2012
Day 210 + 211 Photos
Posted: July 20, 2012
Day 212 + 213 Photos
Posted: July 22, 2012
Day 214 + 215 Photos
Posted: July 24, 2012
Day 216 + 217 Photos
Posted: July 27, 2012
Day 218 + 219 Photos
Posted: July 28, 2012
Day 220 + 221 Photos
Posted: July 30, 2012
Day 222 + 223 Photos
Posted: August 1, 2012
Day 224 Wet Hair Back
Posted: August 3, 2012
Day 224 + 225 Photos
Posted: August 3, 2012
Day 226 + 227 Photos
Posted: August 5, 2012
Day 228 + 229 Photos
Posted: August 7, 2012
Day 230 + 231 Photos
Posted: August 9, 2012
Day 232 + 233 Photos
Posted: August 11, 2012
Day 234 + 235 Photos
Posted: August 13, 2012
Day 236 + 237 Photos
Posted: August 15, 2012
Day 238 + 239 Photos
Posted: August 17, 2012
Day 240 + 241 Photos
Posted: August 19, 2012
Day 242 + 243 Photos
Posted: August 21, 2012
Day 244 + 245 Photos
Posted: August 23, 2012
Day 246 + 247 Photos
Posted: August 25, 2012
Day 248 + 249 Photos
Posted: August 27, 2012
Day 250 + 251 Photos
Posted: August 29, 2012
Day 252 + 253 Photos
Posted: August 31, 2012
Day 254 + 255 Photos
Posted: September 2, 2012
Day 256 + 257 Photos
Posted: September 4, 2012
Day 258 + 259 Photos
Posted: September 6, 2012
Day 260 + 261 Photos
Posted: September 8, 2012
Day 262 + 263 Photos
Posted: September 10, 2012
Day 264 + 265 Photos
Posted: September 12, 2012
Day 266 + 267 Photos
Posted: September 14, 2012
Day 268 + 269 Photos
Posted: September 16, 2012
Day 270 + 271 Photos
Posted: September 18, 2012
Day 272 + 273 Photos
Posted: September 20, 2012
Day 274 + 275 Photos
Posted: September 22, 2012
Day 276 + 277 Photos
Posted: September 24, 2012
Day 278 + 279 Photos
Posted: September 26, 2012
Day 280 + 281 Photos
Posted: September 28, 2012
Day 282 + 283 Photos
Posted: October 2, 2012
Day 284 + 285 Photos
Posted: October 2, 2012
Day 286 + 287 Photos
Posted: October 4, 2012
Day 288 + 289 Photos
Posted: October 6, 2012
Day 290 + 291 Photos
Posted: October 8, 2012
Day 292 + 293 Photos
Posted: October 10, 2012
Day 294 + 295 Photos
Posted: October 12, 2012
Day 296 + 297 Photos
Posted: October 14, 2012
Day 298 + 299 Photos
Posted: October 16, 2012
Day 300 + 301 Photos
Posted: October 18, 2012
Day 302 + 303 Photos
Posted: October 20, 2012
Day 304 + 305 Photos
Posted: October 22, 2012
Day 306 + 307 Photos
Posted: October 24, 2012
Day 308 + 309 Photos
Posted: October 26, 2012
Day 310 + 311 Photos
Posted: October 28, 2012
Day 312 + 313 Photos
Posted: October 30, 2012
Day 314 + 315 Photos
Posted: November 1, 2012
Day 316 + 317 Photos
Posted: November 4, 2012
Day 318 + 319 Photos
Posted: November 5, 2012
Day 320 + 321 Photos
Posted: November 7, 2012
Day 322 + 323 Photos
Posted: November 9, 2012
Day 324 + 325 Photos
Posted: November 12, 2012
Day 326 + 327 Photos
Posted: November 13, 2012
Day 328 + 329 Photos
Posted: November 15, 2012
Day 330 + 331 Photos (New Angles With Comments)
Posted: November 17, 2012
Day 332 + 333 Photos
Posted: November 19, 2012
Day 334 + 335 Photos
Posted: November 21, 2012
Day 334 (After Shower)
Posted: November 21, 2012
Day 336 + 337 Photos
Posted: November 23, 2012
Day 338 + 339 Photos
Posted: November 25, 2012
Day 340 + 341 Photos
Posted: November 27, 2012
Day 342 + 343 Photos
Posted: November 29, 2012
Day 344 + 345 Photos
Posted: December 1, 2012
Day 346 + 347 Photos
Posted: December 3, 2012
Day 348 + 349 Photos
Posted: December 5, 2012
Day 349 (After Shower)
Posted: December 5, 2012
Day 350 + 351 Photos
Posted: December 8, 2012
Day 352 + 353 Photos
Posted: December 10, 2012
Day 354 + 355 Photos
Posted: December 11, 2012
Day 356 + 357 Photos
Posted: December 13, 2012
Day 358 + 359 Photos
Posted: December 15, 2012
Day 360 + 361 Photos
Posted: December 17, 2012
Day 362 + 363 Photos
Posted: December 19, 2012
Day 364 + 365 Photos
Posted: December 20, 2012
Day 366 + 367 Photos (One Year Anniversary, Final Photos, & Comments)
Posted: December 23, 2012
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| Comments |
Re: Donor
My donor area recovered nicely. I'd say all...
by Hair1978
1/4/2013 1:01:10 PM
Donor
You've done a great job documenting your procedure....
by Levrais
12/24/2012 12:45:41 PM
Re: Hey
All my pictures have to be close since I'm taking...
by Hair1978
12/19/2012 12:24:52 PM
Hey
Hello! Can you please make some shots where pictures...
by krapok
12/19/2012 2:40:32 AM
Woo!
happy for you brother! Thanks for the well documented...
by Justeone
12/13/2012 4:24:11 PM
Re: Almost one year
Thanks for your input. I've been excited...
by Hair1978
12/13/2012 2:00:10 PM
Almost one year
Congrats! its looking great. I hope you...
by Justeone
12/11/2012 6:32:17 PM
Re: Great detail journey
I'm glad you like my post. I'm not taking...
by Hair1978
11/29/2012 4:02:42 AM
Great detail journey
Hello Hair1978; Excellent post! After...
by johny
11/29/2012 1:33:12 AM
Re: Looks great
For the grafts that I paid for, I'm certainly satisfied...
by Hair1978
11/25/2012 4:10:20 PM
Looks great
Hello again. I think Dr. Diep did a great...
by dk
11/23/2012 8:06:56 PM
good pics
I like the latest pics. You have gotten quite a...
by Levrais
11/17/2012 12:21:39 PM
Re: styling
I don't style my hair on a daily basis. I prefer...
by Hair1978
10/28/2012 2:40:34 PM
styling
I wonder what it looks like after you style your...
by dk
10/26/2012 8:46:19 PM
Re: My surgery
I don't know what you mean by "normal" pics?
by Hair1978
10/24/2012 12:40:03 PM
My surgery
Hi hair 1978... I m undergoing surgey this...
by hair87
10/23/2012 3:16:40 AM
Re: Yield %
No worries with the questions, that's why I create...
by Hair1978
10/22/2012 12:00:40 PM
Yield %
Hello Again Hair1978, Sorry for pestering...
by K man
10/21/2012 7:08:45 PM
Re: Donor
Thanks, I'm glad you are enjoying my journey. My...
by Hair1978
10/20/2012 5:55:20 AM
Donor
Hi Hair1978, Your journal is awesome. ...
by K-Man
10/19/2012 12:34:50 AM
Re: follow up
Congrats on your recent procedure with Dr Diep. ...
by Hair1978
10/2/2012 12:38:20 PM
follow up
Hi Hair1978!
I had a procedure done by...
by transformed70
9/29/2012 4:05:31 PM
Re: What size punch?
Thanks for the support. I never asked my...
by Hair1978
9/26/2012 12:03:41 PM
What size punch?
Hi, Thank you so much for creating this site...
by Ronny
9/25/2012 3:45:34 PM
Open house
I have talked to him in the past about your daily...
by Transformed70
9/21/2012 10:36:32 PM
Re: Open house
I am not aware of a open house for Dr. Diep. ...
by Hair1978
9/21/2012 3:18:34 PM
Open house
Will you be at dr. Diep's open house this weekend?...
by Transformed 70
9/20/2012 11:09:46 PM
Growin and Showin
Good luck man, I see your updates daily. I'm...
by Sam Spade
9/19/2012 2:40:27 AM
Re: thanks for daily updates
Thanks for the support.
It would be nice...
by Hair 1978
9/12/2012 1:06:26 PM
thanks for daily updates
first I want to thank you for giving us a daily...
by nutstoo
9/12/2012 5:40:18 AM
Re: Where are the 2100 grafts???
First of all, it's 2,026Where are the 2100 grafts???
by George
8/24/2012 5:26:47 PM
Re: curious
I'm glad you are enjoying my hair journey. ...
by Hair1978
8/1/2012 11:49:23 AM
curious
Hi hair1978! I've been following along,...
by transformed70
7/31/2012 4:30:06 PM
For sure
Thats great to hear, In another 6 months it should...
by Justone
7/12/2012 3:39:45 PM
Re: Hey !
So far so good. Being a NW4, I'm not sure...
by Hair1978
7/12/2012 11:40:31 AM
Hey !
Hey brother, how are you feeling about the progress...
by JustOne
7/10/2012 8:05:41 PM
Re: Direction of growth
Thanks for the support. My new hair is slowly...
by Hair1978
6/3/2012 9:36:18 PM
Direction of growth
Congratulations!! I see that you've got a lot...
by johny
6/2/2012 4:20:16 PM
Re: Re cutting your hair
I'll put your advice into consideration. It's...
by Hair1978
6/2/2012 1:30:12 PM
Re cutting your hair
I agree with the other post, I'd trim your hair....
by JD
5/31/2012 8:42:40 PM
Re: Hang in there
Thanks for the support. I have not seen...
by Hair1978
5/31/2012 5:53:12 PM
Hang in there
Hey brother, Great you are updating often .....
by JustOne
5/30/2012 5:00:43 PM
Re: Lots of new growth
Thanks for the support!
by Hair1978
4/9/2012 11:31:50 AM
Lots of new growth
I am seeing lots of new growth on that head of...
by JustOne
4/7/2012 1:48:36 PM
Re: looking good man + Here's Where the Fun Starts
Thanks for the support. I'm nearly at my...
by Hair1978
3/20/2012 4:07:46 PM
Here's Where the Fun Starts!
Thanks for keeping us posted! Congrats on arriving...
by David (TakingThePlunge)
3/19/2012 1:46:09 AM
looking good man
very nice man, from here on it will get only...
by trickey
3/18/2012 10:48:47 PM
Donor area?
Hey there- thanks for posting such frequent and...
by Daniel Frohwein
3/17/2012 5:03:25 PM
Re: Its growing
Now that you mention it, there are some early...
by Hair1978
3/16/2012 2:08:26 PM
Its growing
It looks like you're getting some early growth! ...
by Levrais
3/14/2012 9:10:03 PM
love it
Kudos brother, I'm going in for a transplant...
by BigRed
2/23/2012 12:39:13 PM
Re: Scrolling down
LOL Thanks for the support. ...
by Hair1978
2/17/2012 3:14:03 PM
Scrolling down
God damn! when the year is up we will have to...
by BigRed
2/15/2012 7:52:23 PM
Re: Congratulations!
Thanks for the support! I'm looking and...
by Hair1978
1/17/2012 1:13:35 PM
Conratulations!
Wow! That's a pretty large session for FUE. The...
by David (TakingThePlunge)
1/16/2012 11:02:36 PM
donor too high
is it only me that felt that the donor area is...
by tarepanda
12/30/2011 7:54:49 AM
Re: How many grafts?
Thanks for the support. I had 2,026 Grafts. ...
by hair78
12/23/2011 3:59:18 PM
How many grafts?
Welcome to the club. That looks like a...
by Levrais
12/22/2011 10:11:46 PM
Welcome!
Thanks for creating a website to share your upcoming...
by David (TakingThePlunge)
12/22/2011 4:44:41 AM
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| My Hair Loss Story. |
Losing hair since early 20s (over +10 years) in the middle of my college years. I didn't think much of it at first since I was too busy worrying about graduating school and landing a job. Shortly after graduation, the job market was difficult, and most unemployed like myself stay up late and watch info-commercials, like hair transplant! Doing numerous research, the idea of strip procedure and cutting my scalp pretty much scared me from ever doing hair transplant. In addition, the FUE procedure was just being develop. Obviously at the time, not many surgeons can do this procedure and was probably very expensive back then. So over the course of several years, I'll spend every now and then on hair transplant on the internet, but never really taken it seriously.
Flash forward to summer of 2011. In one summer weekend afternoon, I was watching Transporter 3, starring Jason Statham. A bald guy with the buzz-cut looks very good on him. He's of the rare exception that do not need a hair transplant. I figure I probably might look good if I buzz-cut my hair. So the following day I buzz-cut it and as soon as I looked in the mirror, I immediately regret doing it. I've done a lot of crazy things in my life, and that was one of them. So the following day, I've decided to do some research about FUE procedure.
As a general rule, it's never wise to pick someone locally. But since I live in the Bay Area, I wanted to see if there might be a chance that a large population area can have at least one decent doctor that could help me. So I googled something like "FUE Bay Area" or "Fue San Francisco". And I found some guy name Dr John Diep. Naturally, you google his name, research everything about him, and looked through his website. He has great reviews, John Diep is board certified with the ISHRS & AHLC and worked under Dr William Rassman. Voted one of the best hair surgeon in 2010. One of the best and few FUE surgeons in California. And specializes in ethnic hairline.
One of the most amazing things that attracted me to his clinic was the hundreds of YouTube videos that he creates for all his patients. (YouTube Username: jgdiep) There is no other hair doctors out there that would take the time to video his work, included before and after photos, and customer testimonials. He also explains his "7 rules for hairline".
I decided to immediately schedule a consultation with Dr Diep. Dr Diep is professional, caring, addresses your need, answer all your questions with honesty, and educate you on the procedure. He even drew where my appropriate hairline should be. I felt good leaving the consultation, but I also wanted to carefully think it over before making any decisions since I had my upcoming Hawaii trip to look forward to. So after sitting on the beach and chugging down Mai Tais for two weeks, I decided that I want this FUE procedure with Dr John Diep. But there was still the issue of finding time away from work for at least a week.
As many months went by, and doing hundreds of more hair transplant research, I was able to find the right date (late December) to do the procedure. So I scheduled a 2nd consultation with Dr Diep, and asked him even more questions than the first time. I felt comfortable with Dr Diep and went ahead to book my procedural date. We will attempt to do 2,000 FUE grafts to build my mature hairline and fill in the rest of the top.
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| How has my hair loss affected me? |
Like every baldies out there, it affects you on an everyday basis. You wake up in the morning and stare in the mirror on ways to comb your hair and try to hide the fact that you are getting bald. After showering, you stare in the mirror and realize that it just seems to get worse. So I'd say it's mostly staring in the mirror and saying to yourself of what can be done, and feeling the lost of hope.
Let's not forget on windy days that blowing my hair will show the world on how extensive my receding hairline had become. |
| What hair loss treatments have worked best for me? |
I've tried generic propecia and rogaine many years ago. It didn't work well for me, since it does not work on the hairline. The idea of taking pills and those stupid rogaine liquids everyday is simply not for me.
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| Am I happy with my hair transplant experience and the results? |
Yes! I am extremely satified with my results. Granted, it is not perfect density, but I am happy with what I paid for. Another transplant will give me excellent density if I choose another procedure.
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| What hair loss treatments would I recommend? |
I know everyone always recommend pills to begin with. But I believe if you choose the right doctor, doing FUE transplant is the way to go for a permanent result.
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| How has hair restoration surgery changed my life? |
I no longer stare at the mirror feeling depressed or lost of hope. You feel much more confident when meeting new people, going to a social event, and even to work everyday. And you'll finally feel comfortable taking photos as well.
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| My general advice and suggestions. |
Do your homework and research all procedures and doctors.
And don't expect perfection with only one procedure.
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