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Man, LONG day.
Got there at 6:45am. He went through the process and drew some lines on my head. By far the worst part was getting the lidocaine injections and then having to have my head cranked all the way to the sides for him to get the grafts. Getting all 2500 grafts took about 3 hours.
After that I was able to sit up as he placed the grafts. This was much more tolerable and we took breaks ever hour or so. Finished around 3-4pm.
Super weird seeing my head shaved, but actually I think I pull it off reasonable well lol.
I haven't taken anything for pain and I'm doing ok, maybe a 2/10. Stings but not unbearable. The lidocaine should be fully worn off by now so I'm hoping it doesn't get any worse but we'll see how things go.
I will say it does not look even at all to me. One side is clearly higher up than the other, not sure why that would happen as he's placing each graft one after the other so you'd think he would notice if it wasn't coming out unevenly but there's clearly a discrepancy. Also it's not as low as I would like. He and I discussed it beforehand and agreed we wouldn't want to bring the hairline too low, but I feel like it looks almost in an identical position as before which is not what we discussed and not what I wanted.
So I guess at this point it's just a waiting game but I'm fairly certain the hair will only grow in where I'm currently seeing the red blotchy spots, which as I said aren't even or low enough. Maybe Anubis can chime in if he's around. I sent a picture to the doctor asking him about this, will see what he says. If that's the case that definitely bums me out as I was looking forward to having a lower hairline.
Got there at 6:45am. He went through the process and drew some lines on my head. By far the worst part was getting the lidocaine injections and then having to have my head cranked all the way to the sides for him to get the grafts. Getting all 2500 grafts took about 3 hours.
After that I was able to sit up as he placed the grafts. This was much more tolerable and we took breaks ever hour or so. Finished around 3-4pm.
Super weird seeing my head shaved, but actually I think I pull it off reasonable well lol.
I haven't taken anything for pain and I'm doing ok, maybe a 2/10. Stings but not unbearable. The lidocaine should be fully worn off by now so I'm hoping it doesn't get any worse but we'll see how things go.
I will say it does not look even at all to me. One side is clearly higher up than the other, not sure why that would happen as he's placing each graft one after the other so you'd think he would notice if it wasn't coming out unevenly but there's clearly a discrepancy. Also it's not as low as I would like. He and I discussed it beforehand and agreed we wouldn't want to bring the hairline too low, but I feel like it looks almost in an identical position as before which is not what we discussed and not what I wanted.
So I guess at this point it's just a waiting game but I'm fairly certain the hair will only grow in where I'm currently seeing the red blotchy spots, which as I said aren't even or low enough. Maybe Anubis can chime in if he's around. I sent a picture to the doctor asking him about this, will see what he says. If that's the case that definitely bums me out as I was looking forward to having a lower hairline.