Hi everyone,
In July of 2009, I had a hair restoration procedure done at NuHart in Pittsburgh, PA by Dr. Boles. I actually posted pictures a day after the surgery in this forum, so they still might be in the archives somewhere.
Anyways, they said they put 1,000 hairs in the hairline, and 500 in the crown. Well, almost 2 yrs later, I would say MAYBE 200 hairs at the most regrew, and that would be pretty generous, that's honestly all the difference that I can see. I went back to see him last August and he even said himself that he could see the surgery didn't really work, and he had no answers for why, and that he would fix it for me, which turned out to be a big lie. 2 days later, his secretary who was sitting in his office with me when he told me this, told me via email that they would give me 200 grafts for free, but wanted $2,000 to re-do the surgery, and when I was there, dollars were never mentioned, he just said he'd take care of it for me.
When I was there, I also told him of numbness that I had in certain areas of my head, at which time he told me was extremely rare to still have so long later, well almost 2 yrs later after the surgery, I still have that numbness. Not as much as then even, but it's still there.
The biggest problem that I have is headaches. I talked to him about this when I was there, and he told me that he did not think that the headaches were connected to the surgery. I explained to him that I hardly ever got headaches before, they were so rare for me that I could count how many I would get a year on both hands, and now I get them every single day, and they last pretty much from the time I wake up, until the time I go to sleep. However, he told me that he's very confident that the two are not connected.
About 3 weeks ago, I went to a Neurologist because I just can't handle the constant headaches anymore, and he had me get a CAT scan, just to make sure that everything is ok inside my head, to rule out any tumors, etc, and luckily everything came back normal. So, that leads me back to the surgery. Headaches do run in my family. My Mom gets them frequently, and so does my sister, they both get migraines, however, I've never gotten headaches until after this surgery, and I'll be 31 next month, so even if they were hereditary, I wouldn't think that I would start getting them at 29 and 30 yrs old? So I keep coming back to this surgery.
I emailed Dr. Boles and his secretary last week about this, and told them my situation about the headaches and how miserable I am because of them and asked them is there any possible way that maybe the surgery could've caused this? Maybe because so many of the grafts didn't regrow, could some of them that didn't grow, be causing problems inside of my head, and possibly be causing these headaches? Is that even possible? I just need some kind of answers so I'll have something to go on so I can rule things out.
It's pretty common for him not to check his email regularly, so I emailed her, and she used to reply to me immediately, I sent her 1 email, she didnt reply, I waited a few days, sent it to her again, she still hasn't replied, and I have a feeling that she won't, so I plan on calling them this week about all of this.
I would like at some point to get another surgery since this one failed, and I'm going to go someplace that will actually give me the proper results, however I'm very scared about that because of these problems I'm having. Would another surgery even work? Like, would another doctor be able to put hairs in the same places that didn't regrow before, but they would regrow this time?
Has anyone else ever experienced these kind of issues, especially 2 yrs after their surgery? My surgery was pretty small compared to some of the other ones, I only had 1,500 grafts done, or so they said. I even question that since so few regrew.
Any help and/or advice would be much appreciated. Thanks!
In July of 2009, I had a hair restoration procedure done at NuHart in Pittsburgh, PA by Dr. Boles. I actually posted pictures a day after the surgery in this forum, so they still might be in the archives somewhere.
Anyways, they said they put 1,000 hairs in the hairline, and 500 in the crown. Well, almost 2 yrs later, I would say MAYBE 200 hairs at the most regrew, and that would be pretty generous, that's honestly all the difference that I can see. I went back to see him last August and he even said himself that he could see the surgery didn't really work, and he had no answers for why, and that he would fix it for me, which turned out to be a big lie. 2 days later, his secretary who was sitting in his office with me when he told me this, told me via email that they would give me 200 grafts for free, but wanted $2,000 to re-do the surgery, and when I was there, dollars were never mentioned, he just said he'd take care of it for me.
When I was there, I also told him of numbness that I had in certain areas of my head, at which time he told me was extremely rare to still have so long later, well almost 2 yrs later after the surgery, I still have that numbness. Not as much as then even, but it's still there.
The biggest problem that I have is headaches. I talked to him about this when I was there, and he told me that he did not think that the headaches were connected to the surgery. I explained to him that I hardly ever got headaches before, they were so rare for me that I could count how many I would get a year on both hands, and now I get them every single day, and they last pretty much from the time I wake up, until the time I go to sleep. However, he told me that he's very confident that the two are not connected.
About 3 weeks ago, I went to a Neurologist because I just can't handle the constant headaches anymore, and he had me get a CAT scan, just to make sure that everything is ok inside my head, to rule out any tumors, etc, and luckily everything came back normal. So, that leads me back to the surgery. Headaches do run in my family. My Mom gets them frequently, and so does my sister, they both get migraines, however, I've never gotten headaches until after this surgery, and I'll be 31 next month, so even if they were hereditary, I wouldn't think that I would start getting them at 29 and 30 yrs old? So I keep coming back to this surgery.
I emailed Dr. Boles and his secretary last week about this, and told them my situation about the headaches and how miserable I am because of them and asked them is there any possible way that maybe the surgery could've caused this? Maybe because so many of the grafts didn't regrow, could some of them that didn't grow, be causing problems inside of my head, and possibly be causing these headaches? Is that even possible? I just need some kind of answers so I'll have something to go on so I can rule things out.
It's pretty common for him not to check his email regularly, so I emailed her, and she used to reply to me immediately, I sent her 1 email, she didnt reply, I waited a few days, sent it to her again, she still hasn't replied, and I have a feeling that she won't, so I plan on calling them this week about all of this.
I would like at some point to get another surgery since this one failed, and I'm going to go someplace that will actually give me the proper results, however I'm very scared about that because of these problems I'm having. Would another surgery even work? Like, would another doctor be able to put hairs in the same places that didn't regrow before, but they would regrow this time?
Has anyone else ever experienced these kind of issues, especially 2 yrs after their surgery? My surgery was pretty small compared to some of the other ones, I only had 1,500 grafts done, or so they said. I even question that since so few regrew.
Any help and/or advice would be much appreciated. Thanks!
