How about a new site http://www.thefacetransplantnetwork.com

HA,HA! EXCELLENT!!

I chose this left front pre-op shot because it shows how much density the medications created in just six months of use. Especially on the top and crown, the hair turned from whispy and thin to sturdy, more dense and wavy - and dark too!

pre-op_left_side.jpg (16 Kb, 180 downloads) Fornt right pre-op shows topical medication benefit

I took this photo for Dr. Lewinberg when I started his medication in '97. I think this photo shows the stark difference that the right medications made for me on the top and crown area. It still shocks me to look at these old photos. Lewinburg's formula did nothing for me except irritate my scalp an grow a small amount of fuzz.

I'd been reluctant to talk about the lipoxidl products until now because it's so easy to be accused of being a company plant. I have nothing to do with this company, I assure you. I also have no idea if these products would have the same effects on everyone else. They have several other products I tried that were worthless for me, so I only named the ones that produced the striking results you can all see with your own eyes. Warning. The products are pricey.
But, I think they might be worth trying before jumping into a transplant, particularly if your problem is in the top and crown area where the lipoxidil 1.5 had amazing effects on me. The spriro creme was also great, it just didn't do much right at the hairline itself.

All this said, I'm glad I had Dr. Keene do the work on the front one third. I'm very hopeful that I will have a much more natural looking hairline instead of that dumb looking line of hairs standing at attention. The additional hairs in the frontal area will no doubt thicken the frontal area and provide a much more consistent appearance of density than did the spriro-creme. She also lowered everything just a bit and, judging from my post op photos, I think she has given me a much more aesthetically appealing appearance.

Sorry for all the space I've taken on the board. I hope some of this is interesting and maybe even helpful for a few of you. My plan is to get all of this organized into a web site and remove these posts. I'll just replace the posts with a link to the website. I'm a novice so it's going to take some time, so please be patient.

[This message was edited by paul148 on February 07, 2003 at 06:06 AM.]

1997_crown_area.jpg (45 Kb, 167 downloads) 1997 top and crown before lipoxidil products

Things ar a little out of order here. Sorry guys.

This photo taken the day before my surgery does not really show the extent of the problem I wished to address. My previous surgeon had placed appoximately 8 grafts per cm2 in the front one third of my scalp. Look at the 1994 picture earlier in this thread and you will see how useless that effort was. Moreover, what doesn't show in the photo is that he planted what looked like a line of spaced out hairs at the newly created perimeter of my so called new hairline. Remarkable that it doesn't show at all in the photo which serves as warning to those who only look at photographs of a surgeon's workd. Behind the unnatural line of hairs, there were striking areas containing little or no hair. This is most evident if you look just behind the center of the pre-op frontal hairline. There was just a big gap there. I mentioned that I had used spiro creme with zinc and lipoxidil 1.5 retin a for about six months prior to the surgery with Dr. Keene. These products grew enormous amounts of hair. Especially on the to and crown where I had never had any transplants. No other medications, including proscar even remotely came close to such a cosmetically significant result. Again. Look at my 1994 phot earlier in the thread and I think you will get an idea of how much hair these drugs grew in a very short period of time. They were so effective, I considered forgoing another transplant, except for the fact that the spriro creme was only of marginal help in the hairline perimeter. So, i was still frustrated with an unnatural hairline. I realize the hairline doesn't look bad, but believe me, pictures decieve. Those tranplanted hairs looked like a neat little line of soldiers standing at attention.

Well, take a look at the preop - the hairline shows you the densisty given to me by my first surgeon, but you can see that behind the hairline the medications had a remarkable effect.

preop_front_hairline2.jpg (17 Kb, 164 downloads) preop frontal hairline

paul148:
you have similar hairloss to mine and a similar pattern for the new hairline. At 6 weeks post op, as with many others, I got some ingrown hairs and visible regrowth. Still very thin, though.
Best of luck and best wishes!

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