HAIR TRANSPLANT FORUM

This is my hairline & front 3rd that was tranplanted by dr rogers in 1997 / 98, i cant remember the exact amount of grafts as it was 10 years ago, but i think it was around 600 done in 2 procedures.
I will be going to atlanta in june to hopefully have a more realistic hairline created and the front 3rd thickened with 2800 grafts, im not sure how much of an improvement it will make.

Is that Dr. Rogers form England? i imagine it was a strip and not the old punch method..how is your scar?

hi, yes it is dr rogers from england, and it was a strip ht, im also looking to have a few grafts put into the scar. the scar is roughly 10 cm long and 4/5 mm in most places but a small bit at one end is 10mm for some reason

What's the length of your scar and how wide is it? are you going to do the FIT or another strip?

I dont want to risk another wide scar, so i will be having FIT, hopefully dr cole will be able to break my scar up with some grafts, then maybe i can cut my hair shorter, the shortest i can cut it at the moment is a grade 6 in the back
more pics here:
http://www.hairlosshelp.com/websites/haggis/

I agree that the hairline is not a natural looking..i guess it was looking good in the first years until you lost your existing hairs and that revealed the hairline by Dr. Rogers, i think that doing a big FIT session to fill and camouflage the hairline is the way to go for you...good luck and keep us update.

forhair wrote:I agree that the hairline is not a natural looking..i guess it was looking good in the first years until you lost your existing hairs and that revealed the hairline by Dr. Rogers.

well it has never looked good! their was hardly any hair in the front 3rd when doc rogers did the HT, i think the density is around 5 grafts per square cm atm

forhair wrote:I agree that the hairline is not a natural looking..i guess it was looking good in the first years until you lost your existing hairs and that revealed the hairline by Dr. Rogers, i think that doing a big FIT session to fill and camouflage the hairline is the way to go for you...good luck and keep us update.

I think the hairline needs moving about 1cm forward as it looks to high where it is at the moment, i dont want a really low/thick hairline just for it to look as 'normal' as possible..

Haggis,

Have you set up a consultation yet?
Regards,

Fit Club

fit club, im coming over to atlanta at the end of june for 2800 fit grafts to the front 3rd.

Haggis,

Excellent, I will look forward to hearing about your experience on the forum. Although this sounds a bit cliche I know you are in good hands.
Regards,

Fit Club

Fit club, tell me what you think of my hairline pic....... do you think dr cole can make it look much better ??

Hi Haggis,

I have to say for a UK HT, thats not that bad, at least there is no scaring on the scalp etc, I doubt that any of the mini grafts would have to come come out when the fue's go in around them.

I had a Nobel Clinic Ht fixed by Dr Cole et al and he improved my donor scar by cutting it out all together, a fabulous job.

good luck, not that you'll need it!

NV

Hi NV, your right i dont think the mini grafts need to come out, hopefully dr cole will be able to hide them by planting grafts around them and creating a new softer hairline with single grafts.

How wide is your donor scar now ?

Hi Haggis,

Its hard to say how wide the donor scar is now, I can find it sometimes with my fingers but I haven't 'seen' it for years as I wear my hair quite long and its just not easy to find these things on the back of your head while holding mirrors etc I would think around 3mm at the wider or raised points, probably nearer 1mm at the bits where I cant feel anything, certainly an improvement on my last scar. I'm not sure in your case but if you have a wide scar it might be easier to remove it altogether assuming your scalp is slack enough, apparently grafting into scar tissue is less predictable as the skin layers are disrupted, I have had no grafts into my donor scar, and I problay never will now. Lwet me know how you get on

NV

Haggis,

I don't believe in your case Dr. Cole will remove very many, if any of the mini grafts. There is a post I was looking for where he describes the different approaches to plug/mini repair. The analogy relates to a bus in the front yard you can either move it out and have less coverage or plant around it. That was the general idea. I have seen your photos and I think you will be successful planting around them, but of course that will ultimately between you and Dr. Cole.
Regards,

Fit Club

Fit club i agree, i think planting around them will look ok,
Will the recipient area need to be shaved ?