Follow My Major Repair

[bullitnut]

Good to hear you have hairs growing in the crown, when i was reading your post and got to the no bleeding bit my initial thoughts were it would not grow....but pictures are showing otherwise and i am happy for you pal.

 

[topccat29]

4[sup]th[/sup] procedure 6 month update

 

[Bigmac]

Looking good at 6 months, the donor area looks normal, no sign of extractions.
Another 6 months or so to go, thanks for the update.
Cheers Bm.

 

[bullitnut]

Looks to be filling in very nicely TC.

 

[topccat29]

Thanks guys, just trying to stay consistent with my updates. Each additional hair makes styling that much easier.

 

[Modenese]

HI Topcat,

I just flipped back to page 2 to remind myself where you started. Anyone who has not done so should do the same.

You've come a long way, huge improvement.

 

[topccat29]

Thank you Modenese. The slow steady consistent progress suits me very well and pretty much describes my life. Since I started my repair I have lost over 35 lbs and will be closing in on maybe the 50 lb mark. Just want to be leaner as I get older along with pursuing goals that are fitness/marketing related.

It €™s interesting as I have pictures from the chest extractions over the same course of time. I will post a pictorial time line over what is 5 years now sometime soon. Just small changes here and there but always consistent and sometimes the changes can be remarkable, just takes patience.

Thanks again for the comment.

 

[topccat29]

Something I would not have done before even though I always did my best not to let my situation affect my choices in life in the recent past would be compete in a full powerlifting meet. Normally I would have stuck with just a one lift meet if something came along. The reason being is that for the bench press the judge giving you the press command after the bar is motionless is about 20 inches from the top of your head waiting for the bar to become motionless. Well of course having someone this close to the top of your head would have given me kind of twinge in the past €¦ €¦ €¦ €¦ €¦.lol €¦ €¦ €¦ €¦ €¦.but now I feel very comfortable. Looking forward to a big state meet coming in a few days €¦ €¦ €¦ €¦.just love the adrenaline rush of competing in front of a crowd, really gets me going.

This is with just a small spritz of concealer and the result is being very comfortable in my skin.

 

[Bigmac]

That looks great with a little concealer, I'm pleased you have the confidence back and you're doing what you enjoy in life.

 

[Levrais]

The work never ceases to amaze. Like Modenese said, in order to have a full appreciation you have to see where you started. However, this latest update looks good on its own, if that makes sense.

 

[bullitnut]

Its heartwarming to hear that the surgery is enabling you to do things in life you weren't comfortable with previously. I think with that little bit of concealor it looks fantastic. The trick with concealor is that less is more and with too much it can look very fake for people in general imo.

 

[garageland]

Good to see the latest update and glad to hear how it is affecting your life, good luck with the lifting competition. Beard extractions look amazing.

 

[topccat29]

Thank you everyone for the comments

 

[diamond8]

Congrats to Topcat! I can relate to how good it feels to get your life back in order.

 

[topccat29]

4[sup]th[/sup] procedure 7 months. I have cut the hairs on top much shorter which was kind of my goal to get away for the giant long strands of hair coming from the left side of the part and too much of a comb over look. The growth so far in the extended forelock area has allowed me to do this giving my hair a more layered looks while use a spritz of concealer.

Might not look like much of difference especially with the shorter hairs as the change is very subtle. No more 3 inch strands of hair on top.

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[Dazzster26]

Looking good TC its all been said before you have come along way and your happy thats what it is all about and you deserve it , are you planning another session with BHR .

Have a great weekend mate


Take care I care


Daz

 

[topccat29]

Dazzaster that is a good question and it really brings a million thoughts to my mind and I can sit here and write page after page but I will try to keep it short.

I would need to check with the clinic and Dr. Bisanga on what he thinks as far as any donor that is left. I €™m also not in a hurry to do anything as my wife and I would like to move out of Illinois this year. This winter has been extremely brutal but more so than that Chicago, Cook County, Illinois is one of the most corrupt places in the country when it comes to politics. I just can €™t stand to be around all this dishonesty and the city is a rough place to live to begin with, makes you harder over time. No place is perfect but there are better places to be than here.

It €™s possible that I could skip a year or maybe just decide this is good enough. I €™m also the type of person that likes to take everything to the limit maybe some don €™t understand that philosophy. I also have some personal things I am working on so I have to see how that goes.

I think many are under the assumption that once I am finished I will be gone but that is simply not the case. Once again just not my philosophy I will continue to help others and pass on what I know in as many ways as possible €¦ €¦ €¦.whatever it takes. My posting is something personal as I don €™t want to see other young guys getting screwed over, many might not understand my motive. Most come to the forums and take what they can and move on others see what goes on but just move on themselves as it does not seem worth the effort €¦ €¦ €¦ €¦ €¦.but I always make a point of making some time. Of course I didn €™t like getting screwed over as I now look back on it 29 years ago but I never really thought about it that way until maybe the last 10 years or so but I also don €™t forget. It €™s all kind of interesting to watch.

Of course there are also very good people in the industry €¦ €¦ €¦ €¦..but really there seem to be so few.

Dr. Bisanga is a good person and is with all good people I hope he does well. He is not only highly skilled..................but he is very low key and easy going. I really wish I could have that easy going trait and let things go and be relaxed but somewhere along the line directly from my ht experience I lost some of that....................but it has also served me very well and sometimes that point really hits home for me so for that I am very thankful.

 

[topccat29]

Dazzster here is an interesting quick story that just happened and it could have been me but I don €™t €™ go to doctors I don €™t have a need and if I did I would have to be at death €™s door step and most of that has to do with what I have learned about the hair transplant industry and medicine the way it is currently practiced. I have a casual friend who was feeling under the weather last week, one year older then me. He goes to the doctor, gets examined and a prescription. By the time he gets to the pharmacy he throat begins to close up as he is exiting his car. My guess is that the doctor gave him something he was allergic to and thus the reaction. He laid there for close to an hour as those passing by thought he was just a drunkard.

By the time they got him to the hospital and hooked up to all kinds of equipment including a ventilator they declared him brain dead. There was then a tremendous amount of pressure on the family to pull him off the ventilator and harvest his organs. The ventilator and the way the laws have been changed is a very interesting subject. Basically once they unplug it and depending on where you live declaring you dead is just formality and it has become almost like good enough he €™s dead when in fact the body is still alive and the surgical removal of the organs take place.

Now this wouldn €™t be such an issue if there weren €™t any case of patients being diagnosed as brain dead actually coming back and living normal lives and the fact that the harvesting of those organs generates a couple million dollars in additional surgical procedures. Really makes one take pause and I didn €™t like that the family caved into the pressure I would have waited as I do not trust the medical establishment but when you are in a medical setting and don €™t understand what is going on you actually don €™t have much choice the pressure is that great.

This same friend could have simply taken loads of garlic €¦ €¦ €¦..nobody ever died from it that I know and there is no allergic reaction. But when you tell people that they laugh at you but they are laughing out of complete ignorance which is the sad part.

 

[Dazzster26]

Hi TC

Sorry to here about your friend sometimes life is just not fair , I myself lost a good mate 2 years ago and believe me it was a wake up call that is why I am doing everything I wanted to do before my hair loss now , your thread is their for everyone to see and read all the warnings are their and all the good things are their as well . I see were your trying to help people young and old it does make a difference

Have agreat weekend


Dazz

 

[Bigmac]

Looking good TC, it's improving all the time.