Shapiro Medical Group - Dr. Ron Shapiro

[Loki]

Bigmac wrote:

Hi Loki, thanks for sharing your story on the forum. Its good to hear you had a great experience. The amount of grafts should produce a nice result for you. Your donor closure looks very good, if it stays like that you`re going to have a pencil thin scar.

All the best.

Bm.

Thanks !!! The forum helped guide me. The least I can do is provide honest feedback of my experience and hopefully help somebody else in need.

Thanks again!!

 

[Bigmac]

Cheers Loki, good to have you onboard.

 

[janna]

Loki wrote:

This is day 19. Wife says the new guys are shedding on top ....😔 .... But hopefully the sooner they fall the sooner they have a chance to grow back maybe ?

You're healing up very well. I'm inclined to believe that you'll start growth sooner if the transplanted hairs have shed sooner. The scar is looking great!!

 

[Crudance2006]

That donor closure is looking good. I wonder if you are healing so well because of your diet and fitness levels.

 

[Loki]

Crudance2006 wrote:

That donor closure is looking good. I wonder if you are healing so well because of your diet and fitness levels.

I have wondered that as well... Last night my wife could barely see it in spots.... In the picture most of what you see is the trimmed hair... It is now a very soft pink and the width of a fine pencil line...
I am back to my normal workout routine... 6 days of strength training followed by 15-20 minutes of light cardio... Still not going heavy yet but lifting enough to get sore...
I have tried to eat well too... Lot's of foods with anti inflammation properties like raspberry's, ginger, walnuts, etc.... 8-10 glasses of water a day... every 2-3 hours 20 grams of whey protein... I think this has helped as well...
I am pretty sure this was my first time to have the subcutaneous closure as well so I am sure that must help....
Can't wait to have more pictures to post but right now I am in the waiting period.....

 

[Crudance2006]

I am look forward to viewing your next round of pictures.
Heal and grow well.

 

[Zup]

Heal and grow well Loki.

 

[Loki]

Thanks everybody... Scar is amazing... Wife can't believe how quickly it healed... I'll sent pics as soon as I get growth and I plan on stopping by SMG at the 6 month point... At this point I am just in the waiting phase... I do hope that I'm an early grower and can post some stubble in 4-6 weeks!!!

 

[janna]

Loki wrote:

I do hope that I'm an early grower and can post some stubble in 4-6 weeks!!!

That's pretty optimistic. Don't set yourself up for a disappointment.

When you start feeling the stubbles, it's hard for the naked eye or the camera to pick up on them. I know it's difficult to be patient but all good things.........

 

[Loki]

janna wrote:

Loki wrote:

I do hope that I'm an early grower and can post some stubble in 4-6 weeks!!!

That's pretty optimistic. Don't set yourself up for a disappointment.

When you start feeling the stubbles, it's hard for the naked eye or the camera to pick up on them. I know it's difficult to be patient but all good things.........

Since I'm at the 5.5 week now 4-6 more weeks would be close to three months post op... Would that we about right to start feeling some stubble? I actually have quite a few hairs in the hairline that never fell out and are still growing... But from what I can tell I think it is normal to hang on to a few, right?

 

[janna]

Earlier than average growers can feel some stubbles at 3 to 3 1/2 months but it'd be rare.

Yes, to have transplanted hairs remaining at this stage is normal, however, the transplanted hairs will need to fall out before the new growth occurs. If you still feels the transplanted hairs past 3 months post op, shampoo more aggressively. Another thing you can do is gently pull out the transplanted hairs (stalled hairs) with a tweezer. they'll slip out easily. If you feel any resistance then it's not a stalled hair.

 

[Loki]

janna wrote:

Earlier than average growers can feel some stubbles at 3 to 3 1/2 months but it'd be rare.

Yes, to have transplanted hairs remaining at this stage is normal, however, the transplanted hairs will need to fall out before the new growth occurs. If you still feels the transplanted hairs past 3 months post op, shampoo more aggressively. Another thing you can do is gently pull out the transplanted hairs (stalled hairs) with a tweezer. they'll slip out easily. If you feel any resistance then it's not a stalled hair.

I will have to submit some pictures as I have some interesting growth early... I have not cut my hair since December, procedure was Feb,3rd.... Dr. Ron Shapiro did cut the hair from just behind my hairline to the crown... So I have hair on top of my head about 4-5 inches long (that he did not cut), the hair Dr. Ron cut is about an inch long... Here is the interesting part... In my hairline I have several hairs (maybe a hundred or so) about 1/4 inch long (they are anchored)... Also I can feel the tiny hairs (feels like a 5 o' clock shadow) barely visible but I can feel it...

I get the hair uncut and the Hair Dr. Ron trimmed but what do you think I can attribute the other hairs growing from? I would assume the stubble is HT hair but what about the hundred or so in the hairline around 1/4 inch long?

 

[Bigmac]

It'll be great to see the pictures of the growth. Sometimes in rare cases the transplanted grafts continue to grow without shedding.

 

[Loki]

Sorry it took so long, I have been out of town on vacaction. Let me know if this pic works. I have had a hat on all day and worked out so my hair is pretty gross. But this seperates the long hair on top and whatever this new growth is, this is just one side but it goes all the way around my hair line. My wife said it is the same length as the hair on the scar line. Also I feel the stumble all over. I would love to know the thoughts on if this is transplant hair or a combo of meds/laser/Nizoral etc. Let me know your thoughts. Pic is under very bright lights.

 

[Loki]

Here is the pic.

 

[SADbutTRUE]

congrats on your recent procedure with SMG.hang in there, soon you will be in the growth phase and the fun begins, the hair in the pics looks like new growth.

 

[Bigmac]

It does look like new growth, you could be one of a handful of patients who experience growth very early.

 

[bullitnut]

Welcome to the forum dude, SMG are a class act and the 3000 grafts is going to look great....that scar is awesome. Take care pal and please keep us updated

 

[Crudance2006]

It sure does appear to be new growth. Good for you if it is.

 

[Loki]

It does appear to be new growth as it goes all around my hair line... And I can also feel the stubble so I guess it is coming in phases... I am at the 9 week period so I wonder how this will play out? Will I peak out early as well? Does this mean I will have a high yield or just that the singles in the hairline started immediately?
Also, not that it is too important (because bottom line growth is growth) but I wonder if this is from the procedure or from my new protocol..


1.25 MG fin every day (I doubled my dose)
5% Rogaine foam (I added this to hairline 2 weeks post op)
Nizoral Shampoo 1% (I started this 2 weeks post op)
Hair Max Lux every other day (new to my protocol)
Daily Biotin and MSM (new to my protocol)


Also if I am reading right do people normally feel the stubble at 12 weeks?