Today is day 14 post-op for me. So far, everything has gone routinely. A lot of questions and fears on here have come from my inexperience in the matter. Two days ago I returned to the doctors office for a check-up. Both he and the tech that inspected me said things looked great.
I was actually hoping they would remove my sutures, but they didn't. I have the dissolvable type and I guess they'll stay there until they're gone or I get tired of them and have them cut them out. The doctor said to look for them to be dissolved "within a few days," but two days later they don't seem to be going anywhere.
The doctor said his only concern was my skin. I get rather dry, irritable skin in the winter and he is concerned that thay may cause more trouble with in-grown hairs than normal.
He also advised me to start on Rogaine again, preferably the foam due to my dry scalp.
I can't wait for these sutures to absorb. I am going to trim my hair on the sides and back when they do.
Also, in just the past two days, I have really seen a lot of shedding of the grafted hairs, which I had noticed were already growing in length prior to the shed.
I guess I have ten more weeks to wait for the initial growth phase. I hope I'm happy! I really hope I'm happy in 5-6 months with much more hair!
If things go well, I'll look at some thickening, especially at the crown. If they don't I may have to and be really depressed about wasting $9000.
I was actually hoping they would remove my sutures, but they didn't. I have the dissolvable type and I guess they'll stay there until they're gone or I get tired of them and have them cut them out. The doctor said to look for them to be dissolved "within a few days," but two days later they don't seem to be going anywhere.
The doctor said his only concern was my skin. I get rather dry, irritable skin in the winter and he is concerned that thay may cause more trouble with in-grown hairs than normal.
He also advised me to start on Rogaine again, preferably the foam due to my dry scalp.
I can't wait for these sutures to absorb. I am going to trim my hair on the sides and back when they do.
Also, in just the past two days, I have really seen a lot of shedding of the grafted hairs, which I had noticed were already growing in length prior to the shed.
I guess I have ten more weeks to wait for the initial growth phase. I hope I'm happy! I really hope I'm happy in 5-6 months with much more hair!
If things go well, I'll look at some thickening, especially at the crown. If they don't I may have to and be really depressed about wasting $9000.
