Showing posts with label before. Show all posts
Showing posts with label before. Show all posts

Before & After FUE Hair Transplant

Posted by Sarah Sweetz Akhza On 5:42 AM 0 comments
During the live patient viewing at ISHRS's national meeting, a lot of people wanted to know how long it's been as they examined my new hairline and the donor areas.

Without moving around my hair and using a scope, nobody was able to notice any donor scars since FUE (follicular unit extraction) doesn't involve a surgical slice of the scalp- it's individual follicles and done while you're wide awake and numb.

My friend Joe Shields had taken the photo on the left before I had the transplant (late summer 2009) and we tried to replicate it last month (about 14 months post surgery). There are some variations in the lighting and smile, but I carefully chose the closest shot... some of the "before pictures" were way worse than this one. But I resent when people manipulate before and afters so I'm trying to avoid that here.

The photo on the very bottom shows why I wore a hat and avoided profile shots. The soldiers were not exactly in full force up there...




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7 Month Post Hair Transplant Photos

Posted by Sarah Sweetz Akhza On 8:23 AM 0 comments
Here's a photo I just took (March 21, 2010) after a haircut, so you can better see the hairline.

This is almost exactly 7 months after Dr. Bauman did his magic on me (should be a bit more than 50% of the benefit visible now, with 90% after a year).

It's hard to compare the location of the hairline in these photos, but you do see a density (different lighting conditions aside) that I didn't have before. Basically if I let my hair grow before I'd get these nasty patches and then blank spaces.

Much more even now. I may go hat free when it gets hot! :)


Compare to a few photos I took before the transplant. Whatya think?







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Before & After Photos RACKET

Posted by Sarah Sweetz Akhza On 2:43 PM 0 comments

Now that I've watched a few hair loss videos, YouTube is constantly serving me more as a recommendation. Today I ran into this classic by Spencer Kobren (I was on his radio show last night). This is a fun game...



Look at this picture (or see it in the video) and tell me if you're impressed with the results. Before and after. Then watch the video, and you'll be amazed by the secret behind it.

I never cared much for before/after photos to promote Propecia, because the non-regulated drugs can pull these tricks, and Propecia couldn't. Instead I liked Terry and Perry's video in the bottom, left quadrant of this page (twins with one who took Propecia and one who didn't).

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