My Hair Transplant Experience
February 15, 2009adminI came into the office at 7:45 clock, after a good breakfast in a lot of time to have a coat-OR, a sedative, and get into the operating room. After the procedure over 2000-3000, I must say more than I know what to expect. It is different going through it yourself, though, and my stomach felt a bit uncomfortable before the start. I then lay face with my head in a pillow donut, designed to make the back of the head, so that the strips can be cut. Many people ask why I had the stripes rather than Done FUE (Follicular Unit Extraction). For two reasons: The first is that I did not want to shave my head. The second is that I have seen the scars of the closure Trichophytic technology, and they are acceptable to me for the duration of my hair. The distance between the strip took about 20 minutes. The only unpleasant part was during the anesthetic or freezing, and it took only two to three minutes.
I then had a chance to relax and stretch a little, before the recipient's name sites are made. After about 10 minutes and a bathroom break, I sat on the edge of the bed and with the help of my surgeon, my hair and decided to approach, in which the transplants were to become. My hairline has always been fairly high in the temporal angle, and I did not really want to change this.
After we did this, I lay flat on my back and allow my staff to stun me, the second part of the procedure, which was a bit uncomfortable. This lasted only two to three minutes well.
My surgeon started by about half of the recipient sites, and then I have on a movie and relaxed, while the grafts were inserted. It all began around 9:30 clock in the next four to five hours, I went through two movies, and was a bit impatient waiting for the definitive grafts to be inserted. Finally, the last graft, and I was in a position to think about themselves at home. Before getting out of bed, my nurse, Linda, my average is injected with a long-acting anesthetic, Marcaine.
I had no pain the morning after stunning the hairline, and at this point my whole head felt numb. After spending half an hour in my office answering e-mail, I hopped in my car and drove home. It is amazing how good I felt. I was able to fairly normal activities for the rest of the day and had dinner and spent the evening with my family. I have some specific information sheets at home from the office (we do for the patient) to cover my pillow before going to sleep that night. This will prevent stains from dried blood of the location have access to the pillow cover.
The day after
I managed to sleep through the night, and woke up at about 6, about half an hour before I had to. I felt some movement on the other side of the bed, so I thought it may be an appropriate time to see if everything was okay, so nice to seduce my wife in some passionate lovemaking. I'm not usually recommend that these are patients, but under the circumstances, I could not resist.
I had a good breakfast and went to the office to see some advises. I spent the whole day to see patients and had a take painkillers. I came home at around 5:30 clock, a little more concealed. At this point I was feeling some pain on my site donor, I have two extra strength Tylenol and had a two-hour sleep. I woke up at around 7:30 or 8 clock, only when the basketball game was starting. The Raptors were playing the Grizzlies, so that my son and I watched the game. The Raptors lost 94-88! After the game, I have two more extra strength Tylenol and went to sleep. These were the only four I have painkillers!
The week after
The next few days were pretty normal in regard to the activity. On Wednesday, I had a hair transplant, and Wednesday evening, I had some friends over to my house for a poker game. I had even two beers. On Thursday, I have a 10 km run (I was training for the Big Sur Marathon and wanted as little time as possible). I am a 20 km run on Saturday and worked a full day on Friday. The procedure, which on three days' downtime, which seemed a small price for longer hair.
Up to three months
This period is the hardest to move through the hair after a transplant. After a few weeks, the hair sheds, and there is usually a little "shock loss" or loss of existing hair. This means that you look worse than you before the procedure. As we all do this better, it's hard to be patient waiting for the new hair grow! Finally, at three months, the hair begins to sprout!
Three months
Growth begins. From this point on, every morning I could not wait for my new hair, and feel the stubble growing in. For once in the last 20 years, it seemed to be a reversal of the aging process! From that point until today, at around 8 or 9 months, there was a big change in the amount of hair on top of my head, as you can see from the pictures. As the scar on the back of my head healed, the hair actually grew through the scar. The Trichophytic closure technique, as described in another section of the book, works in the scar almost invisible.
Many people ask why I am elected, that the strip method rather than the FUE technique that I helped to Pioneer. The almost invisible scar does not bother me, and given the fact that I have no plans to ever shave my head, I thought this was the best option for me.
The decision to have a hair transplant is a I will never regret it. The added hair and the ability to empathize with patients through the procedure was worth the inconvenience to go through this minor surgical procedure.