Anyone had a hair transplant?
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I had a strip graft in 2009 at the age of 27 as my frontal area was thinning. Kind of rushed into it. Didn't take finasterise or minoxidil and now all the native hair around have disappeared like a Norwood class 6. I shaved to a grade 3 during lockdown as thought it was an ideal time to see what my scar would look like. It looks terrible. So now I either keep my grafted wisps and look like an idiot, or go short and look like I've had flipping brain surgery. I wish I'd never done it. To have further FUE done by a leading surgeon is 20k worth of treatment. On a side note, a lad I used to play 5 a side with had his done in Turkey in January, got endocarditis, had to have emergency open heart surgery and a prosthetic valve placed. The bacteraemia was most definitely from the transplant surgery. His scar is worse than mine - straight down his chest 
Leicesterdave said:
I'll be going ahead with a hair transplant with a Harley St Clinic in mid July. Just want my hair back!
Ignore those saying don’t do it, it’s your choice and your money.As I said previously, I lost my hair at about 26 and if there had been a decent procedure around then I would probably have had it done. There wasn’t, I shaved it all off and I’ve never worried about it since. As for those calling you a tart, why? Because you want to feel better about yourself. I wonder if they’d say the same thing if their partner wanted a boob job, a tummy tuck or laser eye treatment?
Best of luck with your procedure, I hope it turns out great for you.
Richtea1970 said:
Ignore those saying don’t do it, it’s your choice and your money.
As I said previously, I lost my hair at about 26 and if there had been a decent procedure around then I would probably have had it done. There wasn’t, I shaved it all off and I’ve never worried about it since.
You contradict yourself there. People on here have said try cutting it down and see how you feel after a few weeks.As I said previously, I lost my hair at about 26 and if there had been a decent procedure around then I would probably have had it done. There wasn’t, I shaved it all off and I’ve never worried about it since.
Which is exactly what you did.
hyphen said:
You contradict yourself there. People on here have said try cutting it down and see how you feel after a few weeks.
Which is exactly what you did.
It is but then there wasn’t a decent enough treatment around then*. These days you can get much better results as shown earlier on in this thread.Which is exactly what you did.
- I think Elton John had just had a hair transplant around that time and it looked awful. My rationale was that if he couldn’t get a decent look with all his millions, there was little hope of Joe Public looking decent.
cringle said:
I had a strip graft in 2009 at the age of 27 as my frontal area was thinning. Kind of rushed into it. Didn't take finasterise or minoxidil and now all the native hair around have disappeared like a Norwood class 6. I shaved to a grade 3 during lockdown as thought it was an ideal time to see what my scar would look like. It looks terrible. So now I either keep my grafted wisps and look like an idiot, or go short and look like I've had flipping brain surgery. I wish I'd never done it. To have further FUE done by a leading surgeon is 20k worth of treatment. On a side note, a lad I used to play 5 a side with had his done in Turkey in January, got endocarditis, had to have emergency open heart surgery and a prosthetic valve placed. The bacteraemia was most definitely from the transplant surgery. His scar is worse than mine - straight down his chest
You've seen the tattoo on my head further back in the thread. Anyway the guys who done that also do really impressive scar coverings. Dont even need to do the rest of your head, just blend it in with your shaved hair colour. The guy who done my head had 5 transplant scars, and a fire scar. I never knew. He showed me the transplant scars on my 3rd session, honestly unless someone was to stare, half a foot from his head you could not see it. His example is one of the worst they have ever treated btw but iv seen plenty single scars near vanish from it. Even have a forum so you can see real people posting results, good or bad. It's not censored like alot of those places, and plenty like you just get the scars covered.
Edited by hotchy on Thursday 28th May 07:06
hyphen said:
Do you think you will be happy with one op? Or are you expecting to have another one, or two.
I'm about to hit 37 years old- I've done 80% of the shedding I'm likely to have. I think I'll accept that in 10 years time I've lost 20% more hair... The main thing is that my hairline will still look good...I really don't mind lighter density anywhere else.
cringle said:
I had a strip graft in 2009 at the age of 27 as my frontal area was thinning. Kind of rushed into it. Didn't take finasterise or minoxidil and now all the native hair around have disappeared like a Norwood class 6. I shaved to a grade 3 during lockdown as thought it was an ideal time to see what my scar would look like. It looks terrible. So now I either keep my grafted wisps and look like an idiot, or go short and look like I've had flipping brain surgery. I wish I'd never done it. To have further FUE done by a leading surgeon is 20k worth of treatment. On a side note, a lad I used to play 5 a side with had his done in Turkey in January, got endocarditis, had to have emergency open heart surgery and a prosthetic valve placed. The bacteraemia was most definitely from the transplant surgery. His scar is worse than mine - straight down his chest
Just how bad is the scar? Can you take a localised pic of the area and post up? No need to show face. You may be overly focusing on it out of stress because you know it's there. Sa Calobra said:
cringle said:
I had a strip graft in 2009 at the age of 27 as my frontal area was thinning. Kind of rushed into it. Didn't take finasterise or minoxidil and now all the native hair around have disappeared like a Norwood class 6. I shaved to a grade 3 during lockdown as thought it was an ideal time to see what my scar would look like. It looks terrible. So now I either keep my grafted wisps and look like an idiot, or go short and look like I've had flipping brain surgery. I wish I'd never done it. To have further FUE done by a leading surgeon is 20k worth of treatment. On a side note, a lad I used to play 5 a side with had his done in Turkey in January, got endocarditis, had to have emergency open heart surgery and a prosthetic valve placed. The bacteraemia was most definitely from the transplant surgery. His scar is worse than mine - straight down his chest
Just how bad is the scar? Can you take a localised pic of the area and post up? No need to show face. You may be overly focusing on it out of stress because you know it's there. But ofcourse, will cost.
Leicesterdave said:
I'm about to hit 37 years old- I've done 80% of the shedding I'm likely to have. I think I'll accept that in 10 years time I've lost 20% more hair... The main thing is that my hairline will still look good...
I really don't mind lighter density anywhere else.
Makes sense. I really don't mind lighter density anywhere else.
How long ago did you book it? With covid I imagine waiting list times may have gone up?
Not yet. Mine has been thinning since early 20's so expected it would happen then, but its been very gradual over time, but expecting not too long to go till have to cut very short.
Hence my interest in this thread.
The way I see it, the donor hairs aren't going anywhere, so no rush as such if I do end up going that route - my understanding based on reading up is that with a heavy loss, you are needing around 5,000 grafts moved if you want 'proper' hair, and UK prices for FUE are £5 a graft, so you are looking at £25k (prior to negotiation for bulk buying...) which is a lot to spend on yourself.
Would rather try dating with little hair, and see how it went. I'm fortunate enough to be tall, and also more charming around ladies than I am on this forum
so will be interesting.
But if I do need to have one, will have one. Hence keen interest.
I will probably go to a UK initial consultation though, just to get a view on what my donor density is like. To me in the mirror it looks good, but would be worth knowing what is and isn't possible.
How does one become a hair transplant surgeon by the way, it appears to be supercar fleet owning money, and as the nurses do most of the work, you can have long lunches too
Hence my interest in this thread.
The way I see it, the donor hairs aren't going anywhere, so no rush as such if I do end up going that route - my understanding based on reading up is that with a heavy loss, you are needing around 5,000 grafts moved if you want 'proper' hair, and UK prices for FUE are £5 a graft, so you are looking at £25k (prior to negotiation for bulk buying...) which is a lot to spend on yourself.
Would rather try dating with little hair, and see how it went. I'm fortunate enough to be tall, and also more charming around ladies than I am on this forum
so will be interesting.But if I do need to have one, will have one. Hence keen interest.
I will probably go to a UK initial consultation though, just to get a view on what my donor density is like. To me in the mirror it looks good, but would be worth knowing what is and isn't possible.
How does one become a hair transplant surgeon by the way, it appears to be supercar fleet owning money, and as the nurses do most of the work, you can have long lunches too
Edited by hyphen on Thursday 28th May 22:40
Not had a transplant and wouldn’t consider one either, although I completely ‘get’ why somebody would want one, especially a younger bloke.
My hair started going at 19; took the best part of 7 years of stress and worry before I bit the bullet and shaved it off. It really can be hard for a young man to go through hair loss.
Shaving was the best thing I could have done and I wish I’d have done it a few years earlier. It sounds corny, but the YouTube channel ‘baldcafe’ describes it best - liberating.
Met my wife to be at the age of 27, she was 22 and didn’t give a f about it. Been married 4 years.
My hair started going at 19; took the best part of 7 years of stress and worry before I bit the bullet and shaved it off. It really can be hard for a young man to go through hair loss.
Shaving was the best thing I could have done and I wish I’d have done it a few years earlier. It sounds corny, but the YouTube channel ‘baldcafe’ describes it best - liberating.
Met my wife to be at the age of 27, she was 22 and didn’t give a f about it. Been married 4 years.
Had my surgery done Monday and Tuesday.
Must admit it wasn't massively pleasant- it was long, at times uncomfortable but I was happy to think it would all be worth it in the end.
And it will- now I have to wait up to 12 months for the result!
Here are a few pics. Beware some of these are gruesome.
Must admit it wasn't massively pleasant- it was long, at times uncomfortable but I was happy to think it would all be worth it in the end.
And it will- now I have to wait up to 12 months for the result!
Here are a few pics. Beware some of these are gruesome.
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