Hey Masher,
thanks dude, that was one hell of a compliment w/respect to the 1 year/5 month result thing. Ya, honestly the results have already exceeded my expectations. I guess I've been wearing a hat still because the last time I had (the top of) my hair cut, was by Hasson the day of surgery and it's so uneven in length and untamed, that it's hard to "style". I'll post pics after a haircut *if* it looks different, because all of my pictures seem to look exactly the same lol. Thanks again.
NN,
hey man, thanks! I was actually really curious how much more of a change I could expect since I've seemed to be such a fast grower, and asked Jotronic this the other day on the phone. He said he really has no idea how much growth and density I have left to come & was blown away by my early results. When I pressed him on it, he said if he had to guess he would say that I'm effectively at (i.e. what month the average patient would experience the same growth I've had) 9 months post op. He even asked if I "shed" any grafts post op or if they just stuck and continued to grow. I actually made a post about that on this site, and the consensus was I shed quite a bit, which I agreed with. In addition, he said that most patients realize a full maturation of the hair by month 18, but given my premature growth he thinks I'll be there by month 12.
Regarding telling anyone: well, everyone that knows knew I was going in for the procedure pre-op. It's actually kind of funny, when my sister saw me the first week I got back from Canada, she saw my hairline and just said --"It looks *just* like before!" (regarding the location of my hairline...she hadn't paid as close of attention to my 'i' shaped recessed hairline as I had)....but I hadn't seen her for four months after my surgery, and when she asked to see my hair, I took off my hat and she and my brother in law said:
"WooOoOoAH you look like Elvis" because my hair was standing straight up. lol. I don't think I look like elvis, but that was certainly nice to hear from someone whose so blunt.