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Hi guys,
I'm 21 years old. Been floating around here for about a year and finally decided to share my story- as many of you know it's a lot harder than it sounds. Been losing my hair slowly since about 16 or 17 and went through periods of using Regaine but never kept it up until 2010. Started to use the foam properly about 5 months ago religiously and while I'm not seeing any results as such hopefully it is helping to slow it down. Started on Propecia about 3 months ago- I've opted to take half a tablet per day (0.5mg) for 6 months, my thinking was that hopefully it would reduce DHT enough to halt the hair loss without giving me any sides... if it doesn't show any signs of slowing after 6 months, I still have enough 1mg for another 3 months so I'll start on that and give that a shot! So far experiencing minor side effects but they seem to be very infrequent- sometimes erections are not as hard as they were previously, but I do think a lot of that is mental too- I was worried sick before I went on the tablets, but now I've come to terms with them and the sides seem to have subsided (I know a lot of posters on here will disagree but this is my personal experience).
I'm booked in for a hair transplant next week with Dr Peter Williams of the Hospital Group. This was on the recommendation of a friend of the family who had went through Hospital Group and experienced good results. I'm now seeing a lot of negative feedback about some surgeons who were previously on Hospital Group's books here, but the general consensus on this and other forums seems to be no "horror stories" from Williams himself, so I am keeping my fingers crossed that it goes well. I saw a lot of negative posts about the old London Hospital Group clinic- I am having my surgery done in the Birmingham Stoney Lane Clinic, so I'm praying that this will be okay. Has anyone on here had any experience directly with Dr Peter Williams and/or the Hospital Group Birmingham Clinic? If so I'd like to hear it all, negative or positive. I booked this prior to their affiliation with Ziering Medical who seem to have a better reputation, and they told me recently that Ziering has retrained their surgeons personally with all the new equipment and techniques- has anyone had surgery with the new Ziering Medical UK group recently?
My one major worry is that I have to go back to work 9 days after my surgery, and hopefully I can get the stitches taken out a day early. Any recommendations for aftercare and quick healing? My hair is reasonably long at the moment so hoping that will help to hide the scarring!
As with all forums- I know photos are key. I am going to try and post photos a few days prior to my surgery, and then 1 week after, as well as a few months after because I feel like people on here just post pre-surgery and then 6 months later... which is not the part I'm worried about.
Fingers crossed this all goes well guys. I am more fortunate than many of the cases on here and still have a decent head of hair so hopefully this can solve my problems and relieve the stress in my life. Finally- I'd appreciate ANY feedback, help and advice with this, and will try my best to keep an eye on the forum and answer any questions myself.
I'm 21 years old. Been floating around here for about a year and finally decided to share my story- as many of you know it's a lot harder than it sounds. Been losing my hair slowly since about 16 or 17 and went through periods of using Regaine but never kept it up until 2010. Started to use the foam properly about 5 months ago religiously and while I'm not seeing any results as such hopefully it is helping to slow it down. Started on Propecia about 3 months ago- I've opted to take half a tablet per day (0.5mg) for 6 months, my thinking was that hopefully it would reduce DHT enough to halt the hair loss without giving me any sides... if it doesn't show any signs of slowing after 6 months, I still have enough 1mg for another 3 months so I'll start on that and give that a shot! So far experiencing minor side effects but they seem to be very infrequent- sometimes erections are not as hard as they were previously, but I do think a lot of that is mental too- I was worried sick before I went on the tablets, but now I've come to terms with them and the sides seem to have subsided (I know a lot of posters on here will disagree but this is my personal experience).
I'm booked in for a hair transplant next week with Dr Peter Williams of the Hospital Group. This was on the recommendation of a friend of the family who had went through Hospital Group and experienced good results. I'm now seeing a lot of negative feedback about some surgeons who were previously on Hospital Group's books here, but the general consensus on this and other forums seems to be no "horror stories" from Williams himself, so I am keeping my fingers crossed that it goes well. I saw a lot of negative posts about the old London Hospital Group clinic- I am having my surgery done in the Birmingham Stoney Lane Clinic, so I'm praying that this will be okay. Has anyone on here had any experience directly with Dr Peter Williams and/or the Hospital Group Birmingham Clinic? If so I'd like to hear it all, negative or positive. I booked this prior to their affiliation with Ziering Medical who seem to have a better reputation, and they told me recently that Ziering has retrained their surgeons personally with all the new equipment and techniques- has anyone had surgery with the new Ziering Medical UK group recently?
My one major worry is that I have to go back to work 9 days after my surgery, and hopefully I can get the stitches taken out a day early. Any recommendations for aftercare and quick healing? My hair is reasonably long at the moment so hoping that will help to hide the scarring!
As with all forums- I know photos are key. I am going to try and post photos a few days prior to my surgery, and then 1 week after, as well as a few months after because I feel like people on here just post pre-surgery and then 6 months later... which is not the part I'm worried about.
Fingers crossed this all goes well guys. I am more fortunate than many of the cases on here and still have a decent head of hair so hopefully this can solve my problems and relieve the stress in my life. Finally- I'd appreciate ANY feedback, help and advice with this, and will try my best to keep an eye on the forum and answer any questions myself.
