HAIR TRANSPLANT FORUM

[CITness]

It is truely a pleasure to have yet another patient make his experience known so that others may benefit. There are countless patients coming in to our clinic who want more natrual looking hair after previously transplanted work has been done from as far back as the 80s and 70s. FIT repair is how we deliver the most natual look to our patients who want naturalness. Below is Dimmesdales true testimony told publicly to Dr. Cole.

"Hi Dr. Cole, hope all is well. It has been some time since I checked in with you, and I wanted to pass on some impressions of my progress.

The good news is that things continue to improve up there on the 'ol head. I just came from a professional conference, and I hadn't seen some of my colleagues for some years, and also met many new people. The new people I met didn't seem to notice anything about my head (the dreaded stare at one's pluggy scalp I was so accustomed to). That was a good experience.

More often than not, however, people commented on how "healthy" I looked, especially people who hadn't seen me for some time. They said that couldn't quite put their finger on it, but that I looked "younger" than they had seen me . . . .I pointed out that I have more grey hair than I did years ago, so how could I look younger? This seemed to puzzle people, and many just said that they couldn't quite figure it out, just that I looked strong, good, and healthy. Not too bad, huh?

I presented an academic paper before 500 or so people one of my last days at the conference, and while this was something that I would have avoided like the plague for the past 7 or so years (as the plugs became more and more obvious), it was a breeze and I enjoyed it. One person asked if I had taken a public speaking course or something. Of course I didn't tell them that it was as simple as getting some of my confidence back after shattering it with my bad decision to go to Bosley inc. all those years ago. Thus, in a way, with the boost provided by removing the plugs, I am simply starting to remember "who I am", rather than continuing to allow myself to be the insecure person I had become, due to the bad HTs.

In reference to my noggin, things continue to improve. Growth in the linear scars continues, I can shave down to a number 4 now in back without much showing, and this is a major improvement. The front is also looking good, I can style it with much less evidence of bad HTs. There are about 5 or so plugs that are still visible, and two areas of the hairline that while not pluggy, are still a bit "patchy" (the very front, to the right) and the left temple. Under bright neon lights, I have seen a wandering eye or two as well. However, I know that for my type of repair, 7 months out is not the end of the story, and thus I continue to hope for additional improvement.

Again, thanks for the extra mile you worked on my head, it has really made a difference.

Best Regards"

[haggis]

any pictures ?

[body2hair]

bump

[Dimmesdale]

Hi guys, sorry I don't have more recent pictures right now to post here, but here are two links, one with photos pre-op as well as up to 4.5 months post-op. There are more recent photos on another hair loss site (I believe I have 6 month post-op up over there, I don't recall at the moment), and I will post 7 or 8 month photos on this site when the time comes if anyone is interested.

This link shows some before and after of my head:

http://www.forhair.com/hairtransplant/topic1203.html

And then this link gives more or less my full story, geez now that I read it I seemed to be in quite a state at that time (apologies if it reads too melodramatic for some, what can I say, it sucks having a bad HT, and I was feeling it):

http://www.forhair.com/hairtransplant/topic1056.html

I trimmed my hair a couple of days ago shorter than it has been since I was aged in the single-digits - a four guard on the sides and back, and a bit longer than that on top. I'm thinking of going to a 4 guard on top and a 3 guard on the sides and back in the next week or so, to see how the linear scars look, and if I can pull off the front that short.

Apologies for not having pics of the linear scars yet, I can't get the pics to focus, but will try to get some decent ones next time I take photos.

Take care people.

[Dimmesdale]

Oops - looks like my 6 months post-op are already on this site at the link I offered above - sorry I forgot I added those, thought I was only up to 4.5 months here.

B2H, I will endeavor to take and post some 8 months photos on the date, which will be early/mid September.

[FIThair]

Dimmesdale,

Thank you to keep us up-dated! For hair line work, it is needed a good selection of grafts that only FIT can provide because of donor extension. Your hairline definitely looks softer and more natural than before.