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People over think this. My God people, this procedure gets done thousands of times a day all over the world. I had 2024 grafts move from the back tot he front. 300 of them went to my crown. Now I have hair...done
Lewis Wray can you after a surgery still grow your hair long without problems like if you would comb your hair when it's long that you don pull everything out
do you have to take finasteride after the surgery to keep the hair?
Lewis Wray , I would like to know the new hair doesn't fall due to that dht thing, ty
Lewis Wray It always means you get thick, staggered hair at the fringe instead of dense, thin hair which is natural
Glad you have thousands of dollars just lying around for hair
Not sure why you got so many thumbs down? Your video is spot on. I went through the same process and ended up lasering my hair transplants because they didn't look natural and it costs insane gobs of cash still (talking $10k+ easily). I didn't want to pay the additional 10's of thousand it would take to get to a fuller looking head of hair. Also, it is a very lengthy process and I didn't want to keep putting myself through that.
Yeah, I don't know either, but the emails I get from guys who's life I've positively changed with my honest videos sharing my experience makes all the hate and "thumbs downs" more than worth it :)
These have got to be the best videos on hair transplants.
+Jay Sens Thank you. I'm really passionate about the subject. I want to help people by giving the most honest and detailed advice about every aspect of hair transplantation. I know what it's like to be a guy on CZcams searching for "the real truth" about hair transplants. I want to be the guy you know is actually telling you the real truth, that is based on my own real experiences.
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This is the most honest video on the internet related to hair loss.
I really wish I could do this for my husband. he is so upset that he's so young and loosing so much hair. no way we could afford multiple surgeries 5-10k a pop 😢
If you’re willing to fly out to Turkey you’re looking at about $2,000 dollars for the procedure plus another $2,000 for the airplane ticket. You’ll spend about $4,000 in total for everything.
Just tell him to shave his head. Give him the confidence to do so. I started shaving my head when I was 28
It costs 2k in Turkey and there are some good clinics there
I see some scumbags here are commenting bulshits, just ignore them please. Anyway, referring to the video, this guy could have explained his own experience maybe but it is wrong. i have done only one hairplanting and my hair is quite fine. I live in France , originally come from Turkey. Its much cheaper in Turkey but be careful to find an honest doctor with a good price. I wish your to your husband a good happiness with hairs !
Dont go to Turkey. The turkish doctors are notorious for overharvesting the donor area, they have been known to use up to 3/4k grafts to cover very small areas. You only have roughly 4.5k donor hairs available. Once they are gone, theyre gone. That's it. Game over.
One guy here on CZcams went to Turkey for a transplant to get some slight recession at his temples filled in. The doctors ended up using 3k grafts! 3k! The doctors wanted to use more, too- this guy has to talk them DOWN to 3k! Overharvesting will cause massive problems for your husband in the future, and he wont be able to have any more transplants to cover thinning areas as his MPB progresses. Which it WILL do. Drugs like minoxidil and finasteride dont work forever. For most people, they only work for roughly 5 years. After that, they will become much less effective, probably stop working completely.
Please avoid Turkey. Dont let him get blinded by the big promises and dirt-cheap prices and extremely misleading "success stories." He needs to think in the long term. Where will he be in 5 or 10 or 15 or 20 years from now?
My advice is just to give it time and be supportive. He will get over it. One day, he will laugh at himself for fussing so much over his hair. But try to avoid hair transplants. All they do it is delay the inevitable for a couple of years.
Anyway, I hope my essay helps lol. Feel free to send me a message if you have questions. Best of luck.
i was pure blonde.. my hair was beautiful, i had girls.. and now i'm 18 and in bald
sorry for your loss bro
I feel your pain. I went through the same exact thing.
I feel you, 20 And my receding hairline is Insane.. Sucks When you had A Really Social life full of girls
lol. im the same, i went vald at 18 and now i have 23. The girls wont look at me anymore, i had lots of beautiful girls but now im just fucked
Fuck yeah, i had sexy as hair. Done up real nice. Pulled girls easy. Now im basicly bald. Nobody wants to even know me lol. Having no hair sux.
1:30 three surgeries?! Fk that I’m shaving my head.
I am researching a lot about hair transplant nowadays.Fut gives better results,less laborious etc. I don't understand why so many plastic surgeons have stopped performing Fut and switched entirely to Fue.
Because FUT is harder to market and less sexy due to the fact there is slicing of flesh and a linear scar.
@@DavidDiMuzio Also because even the top surgeons realize they can squeeze more patients with FUE since a skilled technician can extract grafts unlike FUT.
@@anthonym9130 That too!
People never mention that when you get a transplant, you can barely move the hair! It goes the direction it was placed in and you have very little leeway to style it. Look at anyone with a transplant, you'll see their hair is ALWAYS going in the same direction... usually up or curved to the side
I'm glad I'm black so if I get bald it doesn't look as bad lol.
He's a basket ball player. That's different. It's either you got a line or shave it.
My dad his bald but not really. He just shaves his head. He chooses too.
My balls are bald, but not really because the hair grew back?
Yes. If they had no hair at one point yes.
Yes. If they had no hair at one point yes.
FUE is miles better than FUT, I've seen alot of FUT transplants with hardly any results and leaves a horrible scar for life. Why would you even want to go that route???
spoken like someone who truly has no idea what theyre talking about
FUT has a lot of benefits that are not mentioned enough
- FUT can more more hairs *succesfully* than FUE and your donor area is a limination that even money can not beat. FUE has a lower survival rate of hairs.
- FUT does less harm to your donor area, as there is only a scar in 1 location. FUE leaves scars everywhere and makes the whole area less healthy, which has a negative effect on other hairs in these areas. The last thing you want to do is damage the area you're harvesting from
- Most doctors will say FUE is better because they only do FUE, as it's a precedure that's cheap and time effective to learn. Of course they're going to promote FUE if its their only option
- It is easier to succesfully cut away the skin around the hair roots with a strip and a microscope than harvesting the hair with root succesfully on your head.
There were a lot more benefits, but its 4 AM in my country, so I need to sleep....maybe i'll come back here if anyone is interested in hearing more. I ve wirrten down all of these in another video, which I have to look up first (find it - i'm a messy person)
P O W E R - R E D - B U L L P O W E R - R E D - B U L L Thanks that was helpful, i’m 19 and struggling with frontal hair loss. My donor area is great and my hair is thick everywhere but it’s just receding in the front, i’m not sure what to go with:/
@@Prahhhd Hi CallMehProd. Your welcome! If you are 19 and struggling with hair loss, that must be hard because you're so young. If I were you, especially because you're so young, I would start using certain supplements, because I strongly believe they actually help slow down hair loss. The problem though is that these simple supplements are not pushed much by any company, because they're not patented. However, there are ones that I strongly believe might slow down the process for you. I mention this, because if you keep balding at that age at that speed, then you will run out of donar area very soon, because you would need hair transpalnts soon if you want to keep hair on your head. "Zinc Picolate" for example is a good supplement that actually helps to balance your hormones (like male hormones like testosteron and DHT) and keep or get them in a healthier balance. By preference normal testosterone can be high, but DHT should not be high. Only when the DHT start to get high and your normal tesosterone lower in comparison, then balding happens. So for sure I would try Zinc Picolate from a reputable brand and use 150 per day and keep your dose relatively high (like solgar or something).
Despite what is sometimes said about "normal" testosterone, in the end it's your friend and no tyour enemy because you're a male . Normal testosterone does not cause any problems. Once normal testosterone gets lower, people usually get DHT levels that increase. This is a respondse to a decrease in testosterone in the body, where the body creates DHT, which is a very potent form of testosterone, to maintain that balance (testosterone to estrogen ratio). So keeping your testosterone levels high in an tural manner will cause your DHT to lower.
What is also good to try to eat food which is high in zinc, which are:
- Red meat (by preference beef)
- Oysters (high in zinc too)
I'm currently taking an oyster supplement. FOrgot the brand cause I'm not home if you're intersted.. (high in zinc and it's natural form is usually bes absorbed by hte body)
Basically there are 2 main minerals who are connected to male and female hormones. Zinc is the male hormone, which increases testosterone (in a healthy manner) and it's counterpart is Cupper, which increases estrogen. Cupper is higher in plant based food and zinc higher in any sort of animal food (like oysters, farm animals etc). So avoid food that is high in cupper, cause it will increase your estrogens and to balance that out your body will produce DHT to balance it out (so your average male hormones are still high enough to prevent your hormones from becoming girly)
Men typically expreience less little ilnesses in their life like chornic ilness than women, due to higher tstosterone". However, once men get older, at the age of 50 their testosterone is typically radpidly decreasing and they start to get all sort of health problems and balding incresaesd radpily in more men. From that mment on men decline in health much more than women, who do have lower testosterone in value, but are actually made to have a balance of more estrogens than testosterone. Men are not made to have such excess of female hormones, which caues health problems and balding at hte same time.. Food like Soy is very estrogen promoting for example (no surprise to have so many transgenders in asia)
Also try taking a *Dessicated Liver supplement* (like the brand *Ancestral* ). It contains real vitamin A, which also is (healthy) testosterone promoting in the body. Real vitamine a is *retinol* and not *Beta Carothene* , which is often told to be vitamin A (which can be foudn in carrots). However, it is very poorly absorbed by the body. Most plant based food is poorly absorbed, simply because our body and plants are not the same, while animal based food is easily recongized by our body, becasue it uses the same builsding blocks.
So, despite recent popular belief that plants are very healthy and meat is not, this is not really true if you want to keep your hormones balanced out.
Anyway, i just keep on typing stuff and I'm not even sure if you are interesting in any of this...
btw: sure i can tell more about FUE/FUT , but in your case I would hurry with trying to see if you can at least partly fix the root of the problem so you do not run out of hair way, way early in your life. Then transplants may not even be worth it, cause when you're completely bald on top, it will be hard to get enough hairs from the sides, because at that time you only have about 50% of the total amount of hairs on your head, which will look thin. It's indeed good your hair is thick, espeically on the sides. This of course will increase the amount of coverage it will provide.
Anyway..i just keep on going. haha..have a good day! and I Hope any of this is helpful to you
My question is..If you are thin & a little bald, wouldn't 1 surgery look better than 0 surgeries? So for people who can't afford a 2nd surgery, is 1 still better than none? Ty so much for all of your videos btw & I hope u respond to this.
No, if you're "just a little thin" I wouldn't recommend surgery. Surgery even at it's best can only restore to about 50% of your hairs original thickness. Plus if you have surgery a lot of that thinner hair will fall out immediately from shock loss. Surgery should be more often used more to restore hair lines/temples and fill in areas that are very bald. You might want to try some concealer first on the thinning areas. I use DermMatch and Toppik together when I'm on stage under bright lights (especially in my crow) and it's like magic.
+David DiMuzio Thanks so much, bro! I was watching some of your juggling videos too btw...amazing! I wish I had that kind of talent.
i watched one of your videos about a year ago, i think maybe after your first surgery. I just wanna say i think your hair looks incredible and completely natural, fair play!.... I'm 23 currently thinning, how much did each surgery cost you ?
+J Booth Thanks, I've learned a ton in the process. Just trying to share that here both in the positive and negatives sides of the process that I've discovered. As long as you make smart decisions (can be achieved by watching all my YT videos on the subject) and have the money to spend (My surgeries were around 12-14K each) 3 surgeries so far then a good looking head of hair on a previous almost bald (and would be bald by now) guy such as myself is achievable.
What we do for hair..
Amen brother.....when I was 21 I was in the car with my brother and he made some off the cuff remark about how I'd spend all my money to save my hair....I always had beautiful thick hair and took it granted....now I'm 50 and just got surgery 4 days ago to fix my hairline. My friends and family told me I looked fine, but it was receding, especially in the corners and it I was so self-conscious.....you can spend money on clothes and time at the gym, but what's the point if you don't feel good when you look in the mirror.....no disrespect to bald guys that are ok with how they look.....I just can't pull it off....anyways maybe I'm babbling.....I'm on painkillers from the surgery and watching transplant videos.....
This is not true. I have had a FUE transplant one time and my hair looks great- where they took the hair from, and where it was transplanted. Its not quite as thick though as would be expected. I have no damage where they "poked" the hair out. My process needed about 3300 hair graphs. It was the best money I have ever spent in my life!!
That's awesome to hear, but you were obviously a good FUE candidate ...someone who had thick donor hair, and didn't already have a high level of hair loss. Most hair transplant patients don't fall into those categories.
Can you tell me how much it cost you?
What age where you when you had the procedure?
What clinic you went to?
I've just had my fourth done over 7 years 🙃
David:
1. At 4:31 you refer to FUT as Follicular Unit Transection, but it should be Follicular Unit Transplantation.
2. Many of today's top HT-clinics would not agree in your assessment that starting ones HT-journey with FUE is inferior compared to starting with FUT.
3. Luckily, many top clinics today do not require 4 or 5 surgeries to fulfill acceptable coverage in suitable candidates.
4. Behavior of FUT scar tissue varies from person to person, even in the hands of a qualified surgeon.
+longevitypost.com 1. Ok, but transection actually makes more sense since it's the cutting of a strip of tissue instead of extracting of individual follicles. 2. Maybe, but many would agree with me. I've spoken to manh of the world's top hair surgeons regarding this exact topic and question. 3. The key words being "Suitable candidates" and add "who are willing and able to take Finasteride the rest of their lives" to that 4. Yes, but some surgeons perform better closures than others, and (in the case of my second surgery where I aquired my largest scar) you don't always know the mental state of the person performing surgery on you, so it's important to feel 100% confident in who you choose and have good references.
Seems like a myth, or a falseness, to say that FUT is good if you want several surgeries, but FUE ruins any chance for a good donor area and ruins any future surgeries. Cutting a strip out of your head and then stretching the scalp back and sewing it back together doesn't increase the donor area nor does it make it better for donating later on. Imaging a balloon fully deflated, color some dots on it and the dots are close together. The more air you blow into the balloon (stretch), the more sparse the dots will look. Same principle for cutting whole chunks out of your head and sewing it back together, the more sparse will the gaps between the hairs. In an earlier video you posted, you talked about having more hair on your head after surgery was the only reason you decided to do it; which was also false because it's moved around, and not grown in a petri-dish and it's not cloned and the follicles aren't split into two or three new hair follicles from one single follicle. Thanks for putting yourself out there though, not only have I enjoyed listening your your thoughts, but your music too. Iv'e typed too much so reading this might not happen.
There are a multitude of reasons as to why FUE is not a good choice for most people's first surgery. Many hair follicles are "killed" during FUE (even using those fancy machines). I've spoken with many surgeons who perform both surgeries and virtually all of them will give you this same info. If FUE was better why wouldn't everyone just perform that? FUE is actually a much easier surgery to perform from a skill perspective. Take some of the most well respected surgeons in the world (that I have no association with) like Hasson & Wong. Why would they even perform FUT (especially as the main surgery they do) if it wasn't generally a better surgery from the perspective of new hair gained by the patient? I'm happy to hear you've enjoyed my videos and music :) ...thank you for your thoughts. I'm just glad you're looking into all these questions :)
You handle other people's angst like a pro! The only thing I can think of why a business would offer FUT over FUE -- what a time saver. I'm thinking from a business perspective. Not that I know better, but if I was a physician selling my cosmetic skills and I get paid by the graft... Would I recommend unit extraction or a single sheet snip? Just saying. I've heard of cross sectioning into the follicles. But also there are physicians who use manual hole punches over machines. It's hard to weed out fact from fiction. It's like in the restaurant business which I worked all through college, you gotta sell those window seats next to the door; not only does it make your business look fuller, but if you can sell those seats near the door, the rest is gravy. Thanks for the extra information :)
If FUE was better why wouldn't everyone just perform that? - the thing is everyone does perform that over in the UK, even wayne rooney had FUE, and someone with pretty much unlimited amount of money they would have the best , no?
David DiMuzio: Thank you for the information. My husband wants to get this done who are the top four surgeons for this type of procedure.
David DiMuzio in Europe everyone does FUE
I’ve heard of no one since 2010 who has done any other method
When you cut a strip you get a scar for life, lost sesitivity to the touch, will never feel your head as it was, not feeling hot or cold water for months. And even when procedure is not painful as you mention, it is really painful afterwards.
surely the hair on the back and or sides is getting thinner as you thicken it on top?
I really don't think the last two are myths. FUE or FUT depends on your donor area capacity, and the amount you would like to transplant. In addition, there is self-preference here since some patients don't want to have any scares after their operation. The fact that you claim the operation is painless just shows your opinion and lack of experience with various patients who went through FUE or FUT procedures. Each patient has their own level of pain, so it's completely individual regardless of the performing surgeon. By saying that at surgeon X it's painless vs. surgeon Y just shows that you do some kind of a promotion to your surgeon.
What about the new robotic process called ARTAS? I heard its a new and more accurate procedure that requires less sessions.
David, great video, many thanks for your insight! Hair looks great dude! I'm aware of the negative side effects of finasteride but what are the negative side effects for minoxidil? I know when you stop using it you lose the regrown hair, but are there other negative effects?
Wrinkles (don't ever let it drip towards your forehead or you'll get deep wrinkles there), ...notice mine :( ...and it can give you dandruff, but that's manageable.
What I do not understand is why, each time, you took another surgeon.
Were they all that bad?
They are all bald 🤣
You said it'd take 2 or 3 hts over the course of years to achieve good density. But that doesn't make sense if all you need is to plug the corners and small area in the front. Can you explain that?
You're not looking at all the potentials of what will probably happen. Yes, if you only have very minimal hair loss one surgery might be plenty. If you're 50 or 60 years old and you've lost most of what you will lose and you just want to create a slightly better hairline one surgery might be plenty, but if you're younger then you will most likely continue to lose more of your hair and need to fill in more space requiring multiple surgeries. If you go on Finasteride this could somewhat be prevented, but then you take all the risks associated with Finasteride and dependance on it. It's all a bit of a gamble. Just better to make a smart well informed gamble.
David DiMuzio Ok that makes more sense. In other words, as you grow older you'll start to lose native hair over the course of time which will require additional surgeries to cover those lost hairs.
Correct.
David DiMuzio Thanks David.. btw, who do you think are the best ht docs? I've read abt Hasson & Wong, True & Dorin, Bernstein and Rahal.
Yes very expensive 6-12 k per procedure…but it works….you’ll definitely see the difference and a difference for life
I consider this best free consultation
what about PRP as it does not involve any removal of scalp hair or any other hair from body, seems like it is pretty safe produure and more effective than FUT and FUE
Plus Minoxidil is efficient enough for hair restoration as long as it is used hair will regrow
PRP has quite varied results on men, and for things like re-building an entire hairline isn't very effective. If you just have diffuse balding in the crown it's probably worth a shot. Minoxidil causes very bad wrinkles on foreheads used over time in the front part of your hair. Notice mine. I've seen this on LOTS of young guys who have used Minoxidil for a long time. I don't use Minoxidil anymore, also it often causes scalp flaking.
What if it’s been 8 months and the hair looks like 5% growth? And the doctor is not offering an alternative and keeps saying to wait a year which puts you out of the window to sue for medical malpractice?
David thanks for sharing your knowledge, it's really unwrapped many things.
Hi. how much you paid for all three surgeries?
Around $30K USD total.
Best thing I ever did was get a transplant. Hopefully my daily video updates of my fue will change your mind or other people's :)
Let me see
Do you recommend Nizoral for hair loss? or will it do more harm than good.
Hi David, you don’t know but your are an inspiration to millions. I wanted to ask that where will u get more hair transplant. Will ur donor area not run out.
Thanks. If I have more surgery in the future I still have some donor hair left.
Hairline looks pretty good and I'm assuming your barber or your beautician could identify the flaws if any
Well it depends on how much existing hair you have. If you are almost bald then yes you need 2 or 3 surgeries to get it all back - I have thinned out on my temples region but the rest of it is fortunately still okay. I am going in to fill in there areas and I was recommended 2000 grafts. If my balding progressing then yes I may go in for a 2nd surgery.
how much was it? status update?
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Does the transplanted hair fall out like your original hair did ?
+matty towey No, it doesn't.
Your all points make so much sense.. Thanks.
You're welcome :)
what about medication after the surgery? I heard that doctors tell you to take Propecia (finasteride) but I wouldn't like to take that thing. It's recomendable still to make transplant if you are not willing to take that medication? thank you!
Jhonatan Rojas even I have the same doubt bro..what's ur decision now...r u Taking?
I was severely Disfigured years ago with the Punch Graft Method, A Bi Temporal Flap and Scalp reductions and Strip Hair Transplants. Scarring is a problem with Strip methods even with the Tri Closure Method. I had corrective surgery and it took 12 Sessions. All in all I have had 30 yes 30 Surgeries from 1986 to 2010. I wore wigs in the 90s to cover up the Damage. FUE saved me and I do not see strip which was done way back in the 80s as the In Thing anymore. If you can get in writing and have an attorney read it that you will have no noticeable scar again in writing then go ahead. No doctor will guarantee this. They will say well if that scar bothers you you should have stayed bald. Trust me it will bother you so say no to strip. Get a good FUE surgeon and save your scalp. Strip strips your scalp and is no longer a technological advancement. Remember the cars and computers from the 80s? Well strip was around then before the Internet so that should tell you something. As far as density is concerned if you are balding at a young age get on Propecia, Use A minoxodil formula and get PRP treatments done along with using a Lazar light of some sort. Do anything before you get a transplant. Remember that the most successful ones are the ones where men have a lot of donor hair ( large Fringe) around the sides. If not you will never achieve a density that you will like. You will always want more. Been there done that and worked in Hair Replacement for several years. Be very Cautious. If you look at Dr Robert Bernstein who is bald and performs hair transplants that will tell that you must have good donor. He says it does not bother him but makes a very good income selling them. Would you buy a BMW from a Chevy dealer? Of course not unless it is used and you get some sort of warranty. With Hair Transplants you take your chances even with the best Doctors. Yes some are better than others. Mine does not have a legal disclosure but films you before hand on Video to tell you of all the risks and makes not Great Promises either. But he does deliver a great result. However a full head of hair is not possible with theses surgeries and please make sure you ask your Doctor about that. Ask him how the final result will look under bright lights? Sunlight, Coming out of a Swimming Pool. Yes the Hair transplant route can improve you and is way better than being bald but Scarring is a Possibility and please remember that!
Wow you got a good donor if you can do that much
I disagree. If you have a great surgeon then the strip is still a viable option. You get so much more hair from a strip and it has a much higher survival rate as well. For people such as myself who are a Norwood 7; getting a strip followed by FUE is a great option to maximize the most hairs to move in one surgery as possible. I have nearly a full head of hair after just one hair transplant procedure. It was much cheaper to do it this way as well.
That is why I rock a really good system. I looked into surgery and I realized I would never get the density or look I wanted, even with time. Plus the money for all those surgeries and the risk you can continue to go bald, while the transplant surgery hairs stay up front. Nope, but you look nice.
+Patrick OBrien Thanks for sharing. I wish more guys were open about hair systems as well. They can look amazing. I also did a video about HT / System combinations. Some guys will get their hairline transpanted, and wear a system behind it. It's probably the best look of them all in terms of a natural hairline with incredible looking density behind it.
I have personally seen several guys with the scar line clearly visible because they prefer to have their hair closer cropped. It looks pretty weird to say the least. I am leaning to the fue for this reason because I prefer a shorter haircut.
The issue is how much hair loss you have, or will have. With the amount of transection (at least 30%) in even the best FUE procedures you might not have enough donor hair to cover front to back using only FUE, and it will definitely take more procedures to do so. If you use a concealer like DermMatch which you can even go swimming with on the scar line (if the surgery is done correctly and not butchered on the second procedure like mine was) then it will be completely invisible even with a short hair cut. Anyway, I can still can my hair very short and if I rub a little DermMatch on the scar line it disappears to the naked eye.
thanks for the reply David ---all the information is much appreciated. I am still in the researching phase of this but like you said my final decision will be made after I have discussed this more with the surgeons
Sorry I didn't understand the FUE part.
Is it better to do it after a surgery, before a surgery, after multiple surgeries?
(My english understanding is not so good, so I can understand better if I can read what you have to say about FUE)
Thank you for your video, it's really helping me to make the best decision.
vide0gameCaster he's saying get procedure 1 done as FUT. Then a year later get procedure 2 done as FUT too. Then another year later you can get FUE procedures done to "top up" patches. And you can do this every year if you like
I envy this guy. His hair looks freakin amazing.
3:19...nope
Thanks David. Are you still off Finasteride? I'm on it 3 days a week (monday, wednesday, friday). It helps a lot while minimizing possible side effects.
+Danny B. Hi Danny, yes I'm still of Finasteride. I'm gonna see how it goes off. I know I'm taking my chances a bit with the possible more hair loss and receding by not taking it, but for my own reasons (as stated in the video I made about that) I've decided to come off.
+David DiMuzio Thanks for the reply. Your videos are very helpful. I wish you luck. If you feel the hair is getting weaker consider a low dose like mine. My brother and father are both doctors. The drug has been in use nearly 26 years to million of men with no major increase of anything vs men who don't use it.
+David DiMuzio Transplanted follicles shouldn't be vulnerable to DHT. Where would you be on the Norwood scale without the transplants?
I'll add some more info from my 29 years of dealing with transplants. 1) you'll have to continue getting hair transplants through out your life. How often varies with each person. 2) you can fix a bad transplant that looks pluggy. Find a top doctor this time and they'll go in an fix the doll look. 3) transplanted hair does not start growing right away. It will take about 4-6 months to start growing again so it will be at least a year before you got a good cover. 4) they'll come a time where your donner area will be pretty thin and you'll have to decide if you want really thin hair in the back of your head or call it quits. In all cases eventually it will all fall out to about what nature intended for you, it might be 20-40 years later. Cost, you'll need the extra money through out your life. I wish I had a good shaped head for bald! lol
Use hair systems, no surgery required, costs less and immediate hair. Those surgeries won’t allow you to use very short haire on the sides and back, everyone will see the scar.
Not that hard to conceal the scar people often can tell when you are wearing a hair piece and it accelerates hair loss on the crown
Hi. First of all, I really enjoyed your videos. Thanks!I just had my first FUT done on 10/13/16. I am curious, how long will it take for me to start noticing hair growth? I'm excited and cant wait! I HOPE mine turns out as good as yours.
Usually you'll start seeing hair start to grow at around 3 months. That's the average time.
thanks for the information, can you share how did you manage your daily life after the surgery. considering the professional commitments. thanks
+Vikas Sharma Wasn't a long recovery process. You can watch the video documenting every day after in one video here on my channel.
very helpful video
i am still researching a hair transplant but this sure help
thank you David
I've had scars from various ops and your scars are hardly noticable, after 11 years neither are mine
In denmark it Cost 4500 dollars for moving 6000 hair and in only 1 surgery it covers and looks fantastic... So I dont get how you have getting 3 and want even more... My friend have No scars and looks thick and fantastic
Why did your grafts begin to thin? These follicles are supposed to be DHT resistant. Did they just fail to connect to a blood supply or what? I had FUE for receded hairline on 4th June. I removed the scabs on 9th day post surgery, and the initial results looked amazing, but a month in I'm going through a significant shock shed phase. I really hope my transplant hasnt failed and all of the grafts return to anagen phase over the coming months.
There is a huge misconception that donor hair is DHT proof. It is generally more DHT resistant, but it is not always DHT proof. Hair thins and miniaturizes all over the head over time on most guys affected by male pattern baldness. Look at a very old guy's hair. Most likely it's also a bit thinner even where the hair still is.
How does this work? Do they just pull a hair with the root and push it in your scalp in another place?
thischannel ohh fuckin A!! cool shit!
That's actually how this FUE method works. In FUT method, however, they cut (yes, they cut) a slice with hair from the back of your head, put these grafts on it to where you want them to be (back of your head, hairline etc.) and then stitch the skin in the back of your head back normal. It's very nasty looking and leaves a big scar.
*top of your head
Does the top of your scalp feel stiff after the three surgeries?
Thanks for sharing, I'm planning to get my second hair transplant this year to strengthen my hairline. Question for you, what do you know about using body hair to restore the crown area?
+Pepe Infante I don't know anything about it since I've never had it done, and my body hair isn't thick enough for that really to be an option, lol, unless I used pubic hair and that sounds both painful and unattractive.
+Pepe Infante Beard hair works best and is most reliable. Body hair doesn't have a very high success rate. There are two surgeons that
are highly regarded in the use of body hair. One is Dr Tejinder Bhattia
he is in India. The other is Dr Sanusi Umar in the United States.
Research them and you will see what can be done.
Hi David, I have to disagree with your comments on this video. Fue if done correctly does not destroy a donor area. Some patients can and do have one successful hair transplant, it all depends on patient characteristics, hair loss pattern, etc. As for pain, it depends on the patient's pain threshold. I was fine, as long as the doctor administers the right amount of anesthetic it should be near enough painless, usually just some discomfort when it is administered. With pain meds, you can have a pain free HT. As for just getting a scar cut out, you don`t explain if someone has a tight scalp, therefore making it too dangerous to excise the scar out. HT surgery has many complications and should not be taken lightly.
Correct. I had FUE as well. In Iran. FUT is not actually considered to be a modern method.
You have to take any medications/shampoos after the transplant?
If yes, what are their side effects?
+Guiding Light I don't personally use any special medications or shampoos.
David DiMuzio hi. how many hairs can a person have transplanted in a lifetime and how many have you had yourself?
Will hair grow if we don't take any medication..in India my doctor says that finasteride can make hair growth 100% ..But I don't wanna take that one...
In FUT Method there will be scar marks. But in FUE Method there will be no scar marks.
That's not really completely true (I've seen a lot of bad FUE scarring as well) but yes, generally less scarring with FUE if both are done well, but there's way more transection meaning wasted hair, and it's a VERY bad choice to do FUE as a first surgery if you either have already started to bald quite a bit or there is a good chance you will bald quite a bit in the future.
I got a quote for $6k 1400 grafts, NW2.. surgeon said this will fully restore my hairline with 1 FUE surgery... So you are telling me I need multiple surgeries??? Im 38..
Do you only need hairline work done? No other hair loss except just a little in the front? Always good to get a few quotes from surgeons that do ALL types of surgeries. If the surgeon you talked to only does FUE ...guess what kind of surgery he's going to tell you that you need, yup, FUE.
Hi David, some great videos and info there.
How many grafts have you had altogether including hairs etc.
Many Thanks. Charlie.
+charle007farley I haven't kept track actually. I've just had the maximum amount of tissue harvested that my surgeons felt comfortable doing for each surgery. I feel like number of grafts/hairs is not as important as the way the hairs are chopped up and who's doing the chopping. Lots of people have a ton of grafts put in, many die, are chopped up into smaller grafts than necessary, and it all leads to very little coverage. The most important thing is finding a surgeon who has produced great results (that you can prove) in others and then trusting them to do their best work on you. Watch my latest video "10 Questions You MUST Ask Before A Hair Transplant" video if you haven't yet. I think it's my most helpful yet.
great information thanks bro!
Do you know of any reputable surgeons in Sydney or Australia? All i can find are people trying to scam for that extra dollar, and they don't guarantee a large scar fixing. Thanks.
+jake spencer I don't know of any personally, but give Steve Cook a call (phone and email in video description), and I'm sure he'd be happy to help you find some in that area if there are any great surgeons in Australia.
+910085 Wow, you're hilarious!!! (not)
You said in a comment below that you don't do minoxidil or finasteride. How is that possible?
That's correct. I've it used in the past, but I quite Finasteride about a year ago, and I stopped using minoxidil about 4 years ago. I use a laser cap every other day though.
David DiMuzio Aren't you inevitably going to need more transplants as your hairline continues to recede and thins out the transplant area? Or do you have very slow loss?
If you need less than 2000 grafts then you should definitly go FUE. FUT should only be for large amounts of grafts. FUE is more of a "clean up" procedure. I had 1500 FUE for my recording hairline and it turned out amazing and I didnt need a piece of flesh to be ripped out of my head
Cool, well as long as you don't lose any more hair you'll be fine. But if your hair loss progresses (depending on what preventative treatments you're using) then you'll be left with just a hair line, and still bald.
dude I'm from India I'm just 22 I'm suffering from diffuse hairloss with no hair line recession does transplant works for me? at what age I need transplant?
Usually hair diffuse style loss isn't a good candidate for a transplant If I was you I would get a laser cap like Cappilus and use a concealer like Dermmatch for now instead. You might look into ACELL PRP as well in the future.
What if all the hair on my hairline is grey, but all the hair in the back of my head is brown?
+johnnyolchap then you'd probably look best dying your hair.
thanks. i was just wondering what you thought about using donor hair that's a different color from where it's going. it might look strange
How many transplants did you have? I have had 1 so far at the age of 26. I got 1600 grafts the first time and I am planning on going back soon to get 2000. I am wondering how many you had and what you looked like prior.
Thanks for posting
Hi Jeff, I've had three. It's been about 2 years since my third. You can see what I looked like in my older videos here on CZcams ...like in my "Hold On To The Nights" Richard Marx cover, I was pretty bald back then.
Nice, ya it has been the best thing I have ever done. Next to lasik :)!
You said you did your research and looked at different transplant doctors across U.S. Have you heard about Restore by Dr. Katona? He's considered to be the best in Chicago area... but... I think performing only FUE method right now (my hair is dark brown and kinda thick so maybe I can get away with FUE method only). Also, why did you select Dr McGrath? What was the deciding factor? There are several good doctors out there I would assume. Do you live in Austin, TX?
Great advice thank you.
im curios when u your bold and get a hairtransplant is there a limit on how long your new set of hair could grow
But what if the hair transplant fails n u decide to go bald n ppl see the scars what then?
Obviously the answer is yes. Its like strip scar on your back head
hi i have a question i reckon i have the norwood 2 hair problem and you say you need more than one procedure? so lets say i have to have 2000 grafts which may cost £3000 so to have another procedure i would have to pay for another amount? or is the £3000 covers all the procedures? till the look is complete?
+MrBiNokULars You'd pay each time with every doctor I've ever heard of.
Well it doesnt ruin the donor area, if u go back for another surgery , just pick the rest of the donor hairs, as long as u have the donor hair, u can go for FUEs u dont HAVE to go for FUT. That way , u can get hair from any part of the donor area, that is more convenient.
+Boston Melanie For people with very little hairloss (especially older folks who have already experienced most of their hair loss and just want to fill in the crown or frontal lobes) and who will only require one or two surgeries to achieve the look they want FUE can be fine if a great surgeon is used. But for the vast majority of HT candidates it's a bad idea for a first surgery because contrary to what you're saying it DOES ruin donor area much faster than a good FUE procedure, and MULTIPLE surgeries (as in 3-4) will be needed by most HT patients to achieve the look they want over the course of their lives.
You may need multiple surgeries but that Completely depends on the extent of your hair loss, if you are on finasteride and loss is stabilised, with loss for example just on the front of the head it is definitely possible to reconstruct that hairline in one surgery
+davidluker29 That's true. But VERY few people won't continue to have hair loss who are already experiencing it especially at a young age (around 22) like I did (and especially without the use of Finasteride). I don't use Finasteride. That decision has definitely led to more hair loss, but I'm ok with that and would prefer to avoid the risk of Finasteride even if it means a little more hair loss. Hair loss can mostly be compensated for by more surgeries, while the health risk of Finasteride is something that although only a minor risk is still a risk that could be devastating if you're one of the ones who losses the Russian Roulette game that taking Finasteride is.
@@DavidDiMuzio I am one of those people. It's messed me up.
getting a hair transplant with oily skin is right or wrong?
+Col Bashir As far as I know it doesn't matter, ask a surgeon you respect though.
Hi David ... I have had 3 FUE procedures and I have to say you are wrong about the donor area ... of course there is density lost but ultimately we want hair at the top and not at the back .... a good FUE extraction should look good even after 3 sessions ... and also I would do anything before having that tissue removed from the back were I have heard cases of tension on the scalp ... mmmm I don't think so Thanks you
No good surgeon should leave a patient with scalp tension that persists after FUT.
Do it in Turkey. First large scale one then do a another with focus on hairline. Much cheaper than in US. You have to see references though before anything. But it's not gonna make your hair as thick as it was when you were a teenager. No surgery in the world can do that. But it will definitely cover up the baldness. I know several people who had done it in Turkey and Thailand.
snake1mi which clinics in turkey? I got 2900 grafts from Dr. Ayan at GetFue 2 months ago 24-9-16 so can see small results as used PRP therapy too. But waiting for 6 months. And 12 months to see final thing. This was my first major scale transplant. Additional top ups will be required
You’ve had 3 hair transplants, did your transplanted hair fall out from the first transplant after your second hair transplant? I just had my second HT two months ago and my transplanted hair from a year and a half ago is falling out. Is this normal and will that transplanted hair from last year grow back? Please help
Great video
Thanks really
You're welcome.
Thank you for your honesty I really appreciate your videos you are a wonderful person I am a fan of yours😀👍
So with the scars you can’t shave the sides short without noticing
Nice video - it would be even better if you showed a photo of what your hair looked like before you has your HT's.
I show in many of my videos. Just check through some more or watch my videos from 9 years ago.
Due to my OCD, I think I'd have a hard time getting a FUT and dealing with a scar and not worrying about it. However, one thing I have large abundance of and I hear can be used is body hair which I have a lot of an is not fine or short at all on my back and chest, and I would be interested in using that for a second or third surgery to fill in the gaps left from the major first one. That's if I ever get a job that can justify the cost of surgery.
+gutz1981 Could work if your hair is thick and dense enough there. Just most people's body hair isn't.
Mine is unfortunately. Its long and straight too. Have to trim it regularly to keep it under control. Some say I should laser it, I wanna hold onto it to use later. Even if I don't use it on top of my head, I would use it to fill in the gaps (if possible) on the back of my head where the FUE took place for the top so as not to leave gaps and scaring. But I need to go see a consultant first to see how possible all this is.
u can use ur body hair not more than 400 or 500 because of low density. so using it as refilling is a better and usefull one.
Can they harvest hair from the refuge centre....lol
Have you used toppik or any other product? Your hair looks very thick..
No toppik or concealer used in this video, but yes, I've used in concealers in the past and in some videos.
I thought the #1 myth was you have to use rogaine or something similar to maintain the amount of hair you have.
+MadWeiner I haven't really heard that.
#1 is so on point!!!
Nope . Depends on how bold you are . In his case it was the best option to go for a fut then an fue surgery later on because he was really bold . Keep in mind that once you have a fut surgery , you wont be able to cut your hair short . The scar is noticable no matter how small it is . If you re not that bold and in your thirties then I don't see why you would go for fut surgery.
Do you know the best method for reducing the appearance of a 2-3" vertical scar near the upper right on the back of the head? Maybe it's best to leave it alone?
Would you consider getting SMP into your crown to add visual density?
Is it possible to transplant on the scar?
Yes, it is.
I love when people say "buzz it off and be done with it".
Really? Do you know how much work its takes to keep your head shaved?
How about just get it replaced and be done with it??
I'm pretty sure shaving your head takes less time than washing your hair, conditioning, putting on Rogaine twice daily, brushing / combing, and finally styling your hair. Shaving your head is pretty easy. I can see why guys would rather have hair though. I agree with them. I just don't think the amount of time it takes shaving is an argument. I think my hairline just started receding at 33 and I am trying to figure out what to do about it. I can't tell for sure but I have definitely noticed more hair falling out and a bunch of baby hairs at my hairline.
I've done both. It was way less work to keep your hair buzzed short. Tom Gordon is right on. I look better now, but I don't think it was worth it. Man up and cut it short. It takes less than 60 seconds after you do it the first time.
Also, some people don't have the head shape for it. I for one would shave it off but my headshape looks like a dud.
I'm in the same boat
Trying to figure the best route to the situation lol
It takes me 10 mins to shave my head, so getting it replaced is not the "be done with it" option. Many surgeries that may or may not be painful. Thousands of dollars! I bought a Wahl head shaver for $20 and I use it for several years, and replace it when needed. So again, shaving your head is the cheaper and easier option.
So roughly 50k for thick hair?
+It's All House Depends on the surgeon you use, their pricing, the amount of your hair loss, etc. But $40-50K is a pretty good round number to be allocated over the course of your life if you're a guy with major hair loss like I was.
@@DavidDiMuzio Not if you don't have it David. The prices are obscene.
Nice used sports car or thick hair? Hmm....
@@lifehackertips get the sports car!
Thick hair
Contact info and location of the surgeon that does the scar reduction?
Dr. Daniel McGrath. The contact info for Steve Cook who is the patient consultant who works in his office is in the video description of this video :)
What about the crown area why you didn't had surgery there?
I have thin hair only at crow area what should I do?
Thats the easiest to fill in. Same procedure. have grafts moved from the back of your head to there.
+David DiMuzio great videos! Yours' are the best ever! Could you please tell us what percentage of the transplanted hair falls out within the first two or three years per each procedure or surgery? Thank you +David Di Muzio! :)
+Nicolas Arturo Most (maybe 80%) of your transplanted hair will fall out after the surgery, but then it grows back over the course of the next 4-16 months after surgery. It's hard to know exactly what percentage of that hair will last forever, but I think it's a pretty high percentage of it. My hair has definitely gotten thicker with each surgery.
Was wondering how many grafts have you had in total so far? Thanks
+cforchange1 The two surgeons I've used haven't charged by the graft, they've charge by the square inch of tissue. There are two schools of thought on this method. In many ways it's better not to charge on a per-graft basis because it encourages surgeons to split up the hairs into smaller grafts which leads to more grafts but less density. On the other hand there are negatives to charging per-square inch of flesh as well because if a surgeon is greedy he might go lower than he should outside of the "safe-zone" in order to get more tissue in one surgery which means more money for that surgeon. I'm going to do another video soon on what to look out for when choosing a surgeon. There's a lot of behind the scenes stuff people need to be aware of so that they know the right questions to ask and proof to see before using a surgeon.
With fut method were you able to hide the scare stright after you got the transplant?
Nice information. thanks!
+João Cláudio Roedel You're welcome. Happy I can help :)
I took the mutton chops from my 70s bag and FUW on my head..looks fantastic.