Bigmac
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Hi all,
I`ve just returned from having a Hair Transplant at Shapiro Medical with Dr. David Josephitis.
After much deliberation I decided I would have another Hair Transplant to add more density to my crown and strengthen my temple points. I`ve been on Proscar for nearly 9 years, it has definitely slowed my hairloss down so much that its hard to notice if I`m losing hair to MPB, my hair that surrounds my crown is still thick and healthy which makes the crown appear thinner than it really is, therefor I decided to add some density as it bothered me, hair greed etc.
I opted to have this last surgery with Dr. Joe because he's been learning from Dr. Ron and Dr. Paul for a year and a half but offically started working at SMG at the start of 2013. If they trust him then I knew I'd be in good hands. His philosphy and work ethics is very similar to Dr Ron and Dr. Paul. They all work closely with each other and you can see the support they give each other and they keep the best interest of the patient in mind.
Dr. Joe advised a strip session of approximately 1200 grafts to address the crown and I asked if we could use 100 fine nape hairs via FUE for my temple points making a total of 1300 grafts. Since I've had procedures with Dr. Ron and Dr. Paul in the past they all looked at my donor areas for signs of miniaturization which I'm happy to report there were none. Finer grafts were selected to match the finer hairs already in my Temple area. The FUE extraction sites were healed in a few days. The Fue were extracted the day after my strip procedure.
My strip removal went very smoothly, Dr Joe did the trichophytic technique and closed the donor site up with inner and outer sutures. the closure looks very neat and tidy. Then the staff proceeded to plant the grafts in my crown continuously checking if I was ok and comfortable. Some of the finer grafts were placed in my Temples. SMG has all aspects of surgery down like clock work. they are efficient while attentive and caring. You never feel like you're a number. I'm sure people would think I'm crazy to enjoy the surgery aspect of hair transplantation.
Currently all seems to be healing very well, I feel no pain at all, just a little discomfort when sleeping. Now I have to wait it out before my new grafts kick in.
I`d like to thank Dr. Josephitis and the SMG staff for a very pleasant surgery.
Cheers Bm.
Crown pre op
immediate post op
Donor closure
Dr Joe
Temples imm post op.
I`ve just returned from having a Hair Transplant at Shapiro Medical with Dr. David Josephitis.
After much deliberation I decided I would have another Hair Transplant to add more density to my crown and strengthen my temple points. I`ve been on Proscar for nearly 9 years, it has definitely slowed my hairloss down so much that its hard to notice if I`m losing hair to MPB, my hair that surrounds my crown is still thick and healthy which makes the crown appear thinner than it really is, therefor I decided to add some density as it bothered me, hair greed etc.
I opted to have this last surgery with Dr. Joe because he's been learning from Dr. Ron and Dr. Paul for a year and a half but offically started working at SMG at the start of 2013. If they trust him then I knew I'd be in good hands. His philosphy and work ethics is very similar to Dr Ron and Dr. Paul. They all work closely with each other and you can see the support they give each other and they keep the best interest of the patient in mind.
Dr. Joe advised a strip session of approximately 1200 grafts to address the crown and I asked if we could use 100 fine nape hairs via FUE for my temple points making a total of 1300 grafts. Since I've had procedures with Dr. Ron and Dr. Paul in the past they all looked at my donor areas for signs of miniaturization which I'm happy to report there were none. Finer grafts were selected to match the finer hairs already in my Temple area. The FUE extraction sites were healed in a few days. The Fue were extracted the day after my strip procedure.
My strip removal went very smoothly, Dr Joe did the trichophytic technique and closed the donor site up with inner and outer sutures. the closure looks very neat and tidy. Then the staff proceeded to plant the grafts in my crown continuously checking if I was ok and comfortable. Some of the finer grafts were placed in my Temples. SMG has all aspects of surgery down like clock work. they are efficient while attentive and caring. You never feel like you're a number. I'm sure people would think I'm crazy to enjoy the surgery aspect of hair transplantation.
Currently all seems to be healing very well, I feel no pain at all, just a little discomfort when sleeping. Now I have to wait it out before my new grafts kick in.
I`d like to thank Dr. Josephitis and the SMG staff for a very pleasant surgery.
Cheers Bm.
Crown pre op
immediate post op
Donor closure
Dr Joe
Temples imm post op.
