It is too early to tell much. Your hairline is still in its juvenile position (because it approximates the highest crease of the furrowed brow) and I would expect that it would rise about 1/4 inch from where it is. Maybe what you are seeing on the right side is the first step in this process. If I were to see you, I would look to see if you had miniaturization in the frontal area, which would indicate changes coming.
What can I do about this? It has been over a year and the grafts did not fill in my bald spot
I don’t believe that finasteride will impact brain development.
This is a failure of the transplant unless your surgeon placed far less than the 2200 grafts you reported. I would go back to have a frank discussion with your surgeon as you paid good money to have this done. The most frequent reasons for hair transplant failure, is some technical glitch or lack of experience by the surgeon and/or his team!
I addressed the question by suggesting that they check me out in the medical board offices of the States of California, New York and Florida where I am licensed. I thought I would share some of my recent awards with you in case you have any doubt. These include Best Doctor in the United State for hair transplantation by Castle Connolly (see here:https://www.castleconnolly.com/about/NomProcess.cfm ) for 10+ consecutive years, the Golden Follicle Award (see here: https://newhair.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/nhi-newsletter-2005.pdf), Two Life Time Achievement Awards presented in 2019 (by South American and European Societies).
I guess the answer to the question is that I must be licensed to practice medicine or I am a hell of an impostor.
I give the patient a surgical sponge that has no soap in it. The patient then wets his recipient area with softly running water. Any good shampoo is use with the sponge so that it fills with shampoo. Then with a rolling motion (not rubbing) the soap from inside the sponge squirts on the grafts as the sponge holds a mild pressure on the grafts. This process is repeated until all of the crusts are off provided that it is started the day after the surgery. If you wait too long, the crusting (scabbing) gets fixed to the scalp and then there is a new problem, how to get off the crusts that have been there for a few days and are fixed to the scalp and the grafts. If you pull them off at this point in time, the grafts will come out. Here is a video that shows the proper washing technique: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=APztp9OWYjk&feature=youtu.be
When you say pencil size from the 1980w, you mean the shaft of a pencil? Presumably this little bit of tissue had several follicles? When I heard the term in the past I thought they were little wigs you wore in the receded area!
A hollow drill was used in the back of the head that cored out a pencil size plug of hair. These were placed in the front in rows. Only a quarter of an area was covered with each of four surgeries with the idea that when eventually filled in, the four quarter patterns would cover the balding areas. Unfortunately, the idea was flawed, because after the plug was put into the scalp, it would contract squeezing the plug to a very high hair density. The the central part, would die off so that the plug looked like donuts. With these high density plugs surrounding a hole in the center, the unfortunate victims has a pattern of hair plugs that anyone could see within 20 feet. I, personally, can’t believe that the public accepted this result, but they did, maybe because they felt that a dolls head of hair was better than a bald head of no hair.
Before one gets a hair transplant you have to:
1-be balding
2- be over the age of 26 so that your hair loss pattern is defined
3- be prepared financially for more hair loss and more hair transplants
4- failed on conservative treatments like minoxidil and/or finasteride
5- My saying is: A good decision today is a good decision tomorrow’ that tells you that you should think more than once about doing hair transplants and make sure this is the right solution for you.
It appears that you have ‘crater’ scars with your FUE. I don’t believe that I ever saw this type of scar so I wonder what instrument your doctor used to get the FUE done. Can you find that out and let us know?
I’m just wondering something. I’m in my early 30s now and always dreaming of a hair transplant. Maybe the older guys know an answer to this question: do you think (good) hair transplants will get more affordable and better in the future? I know that in the past it was mostly FUT so I think FUE is definitely a step up. But I’m wondering if there’s still room for improvement besides this procedure so one can hope. I’m not talking about unrealistic stuff (stem cells, yeah been hearing this for years now…) but just for more efficient ways that are in development? How has the industry changed over the last ten years and what can we expect for the next ten?
The procedure for hair transplants is now very efficient and that is why it is becoming more popular. This is a rapid growth industry now growing in excess of 20% per year, as high as 65% in some areas of the world. We have not tapped the balding market yet, but the number one problem is dishonest representations of the goals that are realistic, often pushed by salesmen employed by somewhat unscrupulous doctors. Young men, in particular, tend to fall for the lines of the salesmen that work for doctors who hustle for business and may get commissions for closing the sale (this could be you). Let the buyer beware.
- the longer you take fin the more chances side effects increases.
- Going off fin despite length of time (ie 2 months vs 2 years or vice versa) can lead to hormone crash. Fin makes your hairloss worse years after stating treatment
- Would love to know as these three kinda scare me. If it’s a fact please state why and the likelihood of it.
The ANSWERS to your questions are below:
- No body knows for sure, but there is a suggestion that the longer you stay on the medication with sexual side effects the greater the risk of the sexual side effects not leaving after you stop the finasteride. This is based on no valid information, more a feeling from experienced doctors who seem not to get long term post-finasteride syndrome.
- No such thing as a hormone crash from finasteride on or off and finasteride will not make your hair loss worse in the future after taking it for years
- Absolutely no, the longer you take finasteride, the longer you hold on to your hair.
I have worked with Dr. Bernstein and he is one of the smartest people in this industry. I think that if you spend the time to listen to this podcast, you will be smarter for the time invested. Bill Rassman
I m 30 years old male with a complete Class 6 pattern of balding and I have had two FUE transplants with little to show for it. I want to try Propecia to revive the dead hair making i alive again. is that possible?
The drug finasteride does not bring back the dead hairs that you used to have. Photos would help me help you. The best approach is either to complete the transplant with a doctor who will give you a realistic expectation or get Scalpmicropigmentation to create the look of a full head of shaved hair, see: https://scalpmicropigmentation.com/bold-shaved-look/
I had hair transplant in 8 months ago.I noticed the new hair growing in the opposite direction compared to the original very early in the growth of the new grafts. The density is also a problem. People can tell something wrong with my hair. I tired style this with gels but I got tired of it & cant stand having hair anymore. What can I do?
This is a very difficult problem. I would have to see you and determine if we could use FUE to remove those hair that have the problem hair direction and then re-implant them. I would have to understand how many of the grafts have this problem but it can be done!
It is too early to tell much. Your hairline is still in its juvenile position (because it approximates the highest crease of the furrowed brow) and I would expect that it would rise about 1/4 inch from where it is. Maybe what you are seeing on the right side is the first step in this […]
What can I do about this? It has been over a year and the grafts did not fill in my bald spot
I don’t believe that finasteride will impact brain development.
This is a failure of the transplant unless your surgeon placed far less than the 2200 grafts you reported. I would go back to have a frank discussion with your surgeon as you paid good money to have this done. The most frequent reasons for hair transplant failure, is some technical glitch or lack of […]
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I addressed the question by suggesting that they check me out in the medical board offices of the States of California, New York and Florida where I am licensed. I thought I would share some of my recent awards with you in case you have any doubt. These include Best Doctor in the United State […]
I give the patient a surgical sponge that has no soap in it. The patient then wets his recipient area with softly running water. Any good shampoo is use with the sponge so that it fills with shampoo. Then with a rolling motion (not rubbing) the soap from inside the sponge squirts on the grafts […]
When you say pencil size from the 1980w, you mean the shaft of a pencil? Presumably this little bit of tissue had several follicles? When I heard the term in the past I thought they were little wigs you wore in the receded area! A hollow drill was used in the back of the head […]
Before one gets a hair transplant you have to: 1-be balding 2- be over the age of 26 so that your hair loss pattern is defined 3- be prepared financially for more hair loss and more hair transplants 4- failed on conservative treatments like minoxidil and/or finasteride 5- My saying is: A good decision today […]
It appears that you have ‘crater’ scars with your FUE. I don’t believe that I ever saw this type of scar so I wonder what instrument your doctor used to get the FUE done. Can you find that out and let us know?
I’m just wondering something. I’m in my early 30s now and always dreaming of a hair transplant. Maybe the older guys know an answer to this question: do you think (good) hair transplants will get more affordable and better in the future? I know that in the past it was mostly FUT so I think […]
the longer you take fin the more chances side effects increases. Going off fin despite length of time (ie 2 months vs 2 years or vice versa) can lead to hormone crash. Fin makes your hairloss worse years after stating treatment Would love to know as these three kinda scare me. If it’s a fact […]
I have worked with Dr. Bernstein and he is one of the smartest people in this industry. I think that if you spend the time to listen to this podcast, you will be smarter for the time invested. Bill Rassman https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/510520719&color=%23ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&show_teaser=true
I m 30 years old male with a complete Class 6 pattern of balding and I have had two FUE transplants with little to show for it. I want to try Propecia to revive the dead hair making i alive again. is that possible? The drug finasteride does not bring back the dead hairs that you used […]
I had hair transplant in 8 months ago.I noticed the new hair growing in the opposite direction compared to the original very early in the growth of the new grafts. The density is also a problem. People can tell something wrong with my hair. I tired style this with gels but I got tired of it & […]