Do those LED brushes do anything? They are supposed to stimulate the hair follicles back to life.
How far away from reactivating dormant follicles are we?
No Idea.
Okaaaay. I think I’ll just go ahead and mentally place them in the same category as the ab rocket and such devices.
If I were a prognosticator, I’d be rich, innit?
Update
it’s now been 15 months since my second procedure. I am happy with the results. That stated, running my hands through my hair, I can feel the difference in the thickness/density at the implant sites compared to the areas where I have no hair loss. It is definitely thinner, although not visibly except at the crown.
I’ve been using Rogaine and Propecia to thicken the hair at the crown but, to be frank, I detect no difference at all.
I had a second post-op consultation in early December, which was approximately 1 year after the procedure. The doctor advised that my results were good. He said I could have another procedure to take care of the thinning at the crown, but no, I think I’m good, thank you very much. 
If I were just beginning to lose my hair now, and knew what I know now about the procedure and results, would I go through the 2 procedures anyway? I’m ridiculously vain, so I’d have to say yes. However, I would have done better research before simply deciding on the organization that has the best marketing.
First, my apologies to all for bringing a zombie back to life. :eek:
Very interesting thread! 
Thanks for putting yourself ‘out there’, so to speak. 
One thing I’m curious about… You haven’t stated, or perhaps I missed it, where (geographically) you had the procedures done.
I assume that you’re in the UK, please correct me if I’m mistaken.
I also figured my question would provide a needed ‘bump’ to the thread, so that you might give us one more update.
:: reads through thread ::
:: blanches at both the cost and the description of the procedure ::
Another thank-you for this thread, which I hadn’t seen before.
As another guy who is going bald–I’m going to end up with monk hair like my mother’s father–I’ve often wished I could do something about my baldness. It is Not Helping my efforts to find a girlfriend. I doubt I’ll grow out a beard though, because it would grow out salt-and-pepper at best, which would make me even more unattractive. (Man, I wish I had my father’s hair–he had it to the end of his days. Not any baldness. He never got seasick, either… sigh.) I was thinking of going the shaved-bald route, but I don’t know whether I have the head-shape for it. (A couple of times when I’ve had unusually-short hair, the results have not been great.) What makes a good-looking bald head, anyways?
You mention that the transplanted hair is a different texture. Is it a different colour?
Is there a way they can predict or control what direction the replacement hair will grow? Do they put the replacement hair follicles in at an angle or something?
Thanks.
Im pretty sure that he is in SoCal since no one outside of SoCal wouldknow about the City of Torrance.
Actually, I’m in the US. If I may ask, what made you think I was in the UK?
Certainly. My last update was in February. Nothing has changed since then, other than I no longer think about my transplants every day.
As previously stated, I’m satisfied with my results which, in my opinion, resulted in a vast improvement to my appearance, shaving a few years off in the process.
Every six months or so, I receive a followup phone call from Bosley asking about my overall satisfaction, although I think they’re really just fishing for another sale.
Is there anything you would like to know that I haven’t stated in this thread?
Nope, I’m in New Jersey.
I learned about the surgical center in Torrance through research. Unfortunately, I hadn’t done as much in depth research as I should have until I’d completed my second procedure.
Yep, it’s more grey now, but that is only because I’m getting older. I do get it died twice a month though, when I get it cut.
They can, and it is a very painstaking process.
This is one of my complaints about Bosley. There’s an artistry in follicle placement that the Sword Clinic and other lesser known hair restoration organizations employ that Bosley does not. Bosley’s goal is to maximize the number of completed procedures. Oh, your hair will grow again, but it will be up to you to determine your new styling regimen, because your hair won’t grow in the same direction as before, and if it does, I think it’s just luck. Also remember, the hair at the extraction site may have a different texture than at the implantation site, it did for me, so you’d probably have to get used to styling your hair differently even if the hairs lay in the same direction as before.
Follicular transplantation surgery is an expensive, and still somewhat painful process, but it works and, as far as I am aware, is the only thing that does. A few months ago, I decided not to renew my Propecia prescription, and I’ve stopped purchasing Rogaine, not because I think they achieved a goal I am satisfied with, but because I’m convinced they did nothing.
After re-reading the entire thread, I honestly can’t say why I made the assumption that you weren’t in the USA. :smack:
Please pardon my erroneous assumption.
Reported.