Have to say until i started to read this forum my bodged up job hadnt bothered me for years,shave it off wear a cap grow a goatee,no problem.
But then i started too see some of the great results that most of you have had that write on this site and now im starting to feel like crap.
Really pleased for other hairloss suferer`s who have had some brilliant results but at the same time im thinking shit if only i could of had work done like that.
I should think that the best that i could get is to fix it rather than create a nice decent hairstyle.
For years the best way to cope was basically forget about it,when i look in the mirror it doesn`t bother me at all but im sure other people would think what the hell happened to you.Without a sense of humour ,good family and mates this could of got on top of me but luckily it didn`t.Feeling like crap through jealousy of others who have had good work is not so bad,falling into deep depression is another thing altogether and i would never let that happen to me because of my bad experience with the surgeon who was nuts and was not too good at his day job.
It does change your life in many respects but you cannot let it dictate it either,for others who have had a nightmare under the knife,bugger it life goes on....

Don't start feeling too despondant; MANY of the brilliant results you mention seeing are OF "repair patients". I don't believe that because you had a botched HT you are relegated to, at best, simply getting something half-way decent.

Jotronic is a notable repair patient who has had an amazing recovery; the recent BadHairUK whose latest results are around this forum is another. BadHairUK had just brutal minigrafts and a ravaged frontal 1/3rd -- he now has a REALLY sweet head of hair.

You seem to have a really strong mentality, btw, all around, for dealing w/ your unfortunate HT-dilemma. I really wouldn't feel permananetly "meh", though, just because of it. I have seen some amazing repair jobs!

The idea of being one of those who would be an ´AMAZING REPAIR JOB`,Is something which anyone who has had bad work done does hold on to the hope that maybe oneday he will stop looking like his head is on back to front and be able to walk around in public without a cap on.
I think over the next year or so i will finacially hoping try and get something done but being a normal working guy with a mortgage ,wife kid maybe the repair work will be only on our apartment....

exibel, first off, considering your results and your attitude in dealing with them, it seems that you have mastered the hardest part already. Congratulations to you on that.

Find the right plan for repair. You have to make sure that the procedure you determine to pursue is the best one. It will probably take multiple evaluations to accurately determine whats best.

Once you've determined this (how many grafts, where they are coming from, etc..) you should always keep in mind whoever is working on you is someone who will have compassion for your predicament (if they don't then don't go near them) Ask them for a discounted rate on your repair. Many guys cannot afford their repair jobs, and considering their desperate situations, many are given discounted rates.

You certainly deserve that much mate.

Yes, I'm feeling the pain these days as well. As I just got a repair job 9 months ago, and things aren't looking very good so far, no growth and shockloss. I think I might be just a couple yrs away from a really abnormal appearance. I'm constantly looking at my hair. At this point I just want to get my scars filled in and forget it. This one has definatly ruined my confidnece completley, and I'm staying away from the opposite sex altogether.