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Has anyone here had a hair transplant? and if so, does has gear affected it negatively? I was thinking of the procedure. My baldness isn't because of "use", just genetics.
Has anyone here had a hair transplant? and if so, does has gear affected it negatively? I was thinking of the procedure. My baldness isn't because of "use", just genetics.
i was thin from the start, but by about 20 my "W" hairline in front was too much to hyde, and i cliippered my hair to a #1. I just except it, its who i am, along with the jacked body and i treat u with respect lookout. If it came down to u dont want to hang cause of my hair....see ya, wish u the best.....plus i havent been bashed in the head to much so i got a nice skull
ive gotten BOSLEY done back in June. Its very expensive but well worth it!
Hi, new member here. I hate for this to be my first post but I just wanted to chime in. I have had the procedure done twice now and while it wasn’t at Bosley, it was at a place that uses the same procedure. I am extremely happy with mine. They don’t use “plugs” anymore but rather go on the back of your head and cut a strip of scalp about ½ an inch wide and about 5 inches long (the size of the piece they cut out depends on how may follicles you want transplanted). I was pretty thin so I did 1200 each time. They peel the piece of scalp off of your head and then stitch the remaining skin together. So you get a free face lift as well…lol.
Sever techs then dice your scalp in a Petri dish under a microscope where they take a razor blade and separate the individual hair follicles out and place them all in another dish. Those follicles go to a person that is standing behind you as you lay back in a dentist type chair. She is poking holes in your scalp with an 18ga syringe needle and planting the follicles in the holes. After about a week, the follicles take hold and you can wash your hair like normal. Over 6 months or so, the hair slowly begins to grow.
The entire procedure takes about 6-8 hours, but it is done under a local and you are talkng and cutting up with the girls the whole time. They even order in food and everybody walks down to the breakroom for lunch.
I was to the point where I had a big bald stripe on top of my head and a little island right at the tip of my forehead. No hairlines on the sides. I don’t look good bald so I hated it. Now I have a hairline again and hair everywhere else too.
I take finasteride to try and keep the dht sensitive ones that are still there, but I can tell over the last few years that those are slowly going away too. The transplanted hair is still there and looks great. And as long as I still have dht resistant hair on the back of my head, I can always go get my scalp thickened up again.
I have one friend that was completely bald on top and after 3 procedures, has a full head of hair. He is just a normal guy and doesn’t use supplements but I can attest to the fact that the new follicles are androgen resistant and will remain in place. The only thing that I really didn’t like about the procedure was waiting for the stitches on the back of my head to heal. I can only sleep on my back and the stitches are painful to sleep on. That lasts about 2-3 weeks.
A friend of mine went to Bosely. He doesn't comb his hair back so this was an easy surgery because they didn't have to do the micro front hairline procedure. He had the thicker hairs put everywhere and his hair drops down like bangs combed sideways. He went in for a touch up to get more hair and it looks good. He doesn't use gear.ive gotten BOSLEY done back in June. Its very expensive but well worth it!