Masher
Member
I became aware for the first time that I was losing my hair at around 21 years of age, as a young outgoing and positive individual it was a real negative in my life.
I had always looked after myself excelling at numerous sports and took pride in the fact that I looked good and indeed felt good, yet here was a physical problem that I had no control over and yet I refused to accept it and the fact that I would one day be bald.
Looking back I think the biggest impact from watching my hair thin and fall out was on my self esteem, I went from being a confident outgoing dude who never struggled with the opposite sex to a withdrawn and introverted shadow of my former self, to me losing my hair was losing my looks ¦the truth is I like having hair and I think I look better with it period!
I went down the Minoxidil route like we all do and to be fair I think it helped but I just didn t stick with it, back then it was a very expensive option and I wanted something more permanent. After seing an advert in Mens Health Magazine or something akin to it I made a phone call and in no time at all there was a salesman with a briefcase at my door!
To this day I still cannot believe my trust and naivety in the HT process, here was a guy who had no HT experience, sporting a full head of hair selling me a HT !!!!!! WTF?
Still desperate men do desperate things and so I signed up to a HT with John Bell And Croyden for the latest micro graft technology using the new strip technique. I have a high pain threshold cultivated from the many contact sports I have participated in and I recall quite a few bee sting injections going into my scalp and a couple of student surgeons sitting in as part of there learning process! I could not see the scars at the time but later when I shaved my head what became apparent was the randomness with which they had been removed 2 one side one the other and a strip in the middle to round it off! LOL.
I do recall the massive headache I had all the way home-probably due to the tight bandage on my head-I was given painkillers and told the first night would be the worst. To there credit they did tell me that as my native hair fell out I would need further work in the future to compensate for this. Once the grafts had grown out and blended in with my native hair I was pleased with how it looked and with the mane spray they sold I could cultivate quite a good head of hair!
Over the next 18 years or so things steadily progressed until I find myself at where I am right now-still unhappy and more conscious of my unnatural corn field hair lines and looking for a real and lasting solution to this problem I have battled on and off since I was 21 years old. So why do we still pursue that head of hair look when from the outside I look like I have everything a man could want. beautiful wife ¦big house.. successful business good health etc. Well I believe its that niggling feeling that just never goes away that something just isn t right. to me its no different than losing your front teeth ¦you notice it and feel it every day than one day you go to the dentist and presto your smile is back and you feel good about yourself again!
We live in an age now where getting your hair fixed should be viewed in the same way as getting your teeth fixed. people will say ¦why you look fine without hair then a year later thay say wow ¦.what a difference you look great ¦knocks 10 years off you! LOL
So here I am in the present a couple of weeks away from booking an appointment with Janna and Big Ron at SMG after meeting them both in London, for me it was between 2 candidates both do exceptional work but I just thought from a totally natural viewpoint Sir Ron had the edge-that is purely my opinion though .I am excited this time as I know it s the right choice and my hope is to showcase my results in the UK and help others to themselves make the right choices. I am also an excellent candidate for BH and I would love to be Sir Ron s guinea pig when he moves into this area-my goals and views are realistic and I would favor a shorter haircut which would suit BH grafts.
SMG have been nothing but 100% supportive and approachable in EVERY respect and I know that the good Doc will not rest unless I am 100% happy with my look I see myself taking the first step in a 3 year journey where we get 2500 grafts in session 1 (strip) probably 1000 FF grafts in session 2 with some testing BH grafts and then BH grafts into scars and maybe temple work to finish.
I am open to suggestions and guidance from the great man so we will have to wait and see and I will keep you updated along the way with clear picks of my progress.
Hope this helps those yet to make a decision!
Mash
I had always looked after myself excelling at numerous sports and took pride in the fact that I looked good and indeed felt good, yet here was a physical problem that I had no control over and yet I refused to accept it and the fact that I would one day be bald.
Looking back I think the biggest impact from watching my hair thin and fall out was on my self esteem, I went from being a confident outgoing dude who never struggled with the opposite sex to a withdrawn and introverted shadow of my former self, to me losing my hair was losing my looks ¦the truth is I like having hair and I think I look better with it period!
I went down the Minoxidil route like we all do and to be fair I think it helped but I just didn t stick with it, back then it was a very expensive option and I wanted something more permanent. After seing an advert in Mens Health Magazine or something akin to it I made a phone call and in no time at all there was a salesman with a briefcase at my door!
To this day I still cannot believe my trust and naivety in the HT process, here was a guy who had no HT experience, sporting a full head of hair selling me a HT !!!!!! WTF?
Still desperate men do desperate things and so I signed up to a HT with John Bell And Croyden for the latest micro graft technology using the new strip technique. I have a high pain threshold cultivated from the many contact sports I have participated in and I recall quite a few bee sting injections going into my scalp and a couple of student surgeons sitting in as part of there learning process! I could not see the scars at the time but later when I shaved my head what became apparent was the randomness with which they had been removed 2 one side one the other and a strip in the middle to round it off! LOL.
I do recall the massive headache I had all the way home-probably due to the tight bandage on my head-I was given painkillers and told the first night would be the worst. To there credit they did tell me that as my native hair fell out I would need further work in the future to compensate for this. Once the grafts had grown out and blended in with my native hair I was pleased with how it looked and with the mane spray they sold I could cultivate quite a good head of hair!
Over the next 18 years or so things steadily progressed until I find myself at where I am right now-still unhappy and more conscious of my unnatural corn field hair lines and looking for a real and lasting solution to this problem I have battled on and off since I was 21 years old. So why do we still pursue that head of hair look when from the outside I look like I have everything a man could want. beautiful wife ¦big house.. successful business good health etc. Well I believe its that niggling feeling that just never goes away that something just isn t right. to me its no different than losing your front teeth ¦you notice it and feel it every day than one day you go to the dentist and presto your smile is back and you feel good about yourself again!
We live in an age now where getting your hair fixed should be viewed in the same way as getting your teeth fixed. people will say ¦why you look fine without hair then a year later thay say wow ¦.what a difference you look great ¦knocks 10 years off you! LOL
So here I am in the present a couple of weeks away from booking an appointment with Janna and Big Ron at SMG after meeting them both in London, for me it was between 2 candidates both do exceptional work but I just thought from a totally natural viewpoint Sir Ron had the edge-that is purely my opinion though .I am excited this time as I know it s the right choice and my hope is to showcase my results in the UK and help others to themselves make the right choices. I am also an excellent candidate for BH and I would love to be Sir Ron s guinea pig when he moves into this area-my goals and views are realistic and I would favor a shorter haircut which would suit BH grafts.
SMG have been nothing but 100% supportive and approachable in EVERY respect and I know that the good Doc will not rest unless I am 100% happy with my look I see myself taking the first step in a 3 year journey where we get 2500 grafts in session 1 (strip) probably 1000 FF grafts in session 2 with some testing BH grafts and then BH grafts into scars and maybe temple work to finish.
I am open to suggestions and guidance from the great man so we will have to wait and see and I will keep you updated along the way with clear picks of my progress.
Hope this helps those yet to make a decision!
Mash
.One things for sure, it WILL be a big improvement on what I have right now! LOL
