It was relatively easy. The needles to administer the anesthesia hurt a little but it was more like I was getting pinched and it was quick I didn't have much pain after since they gave me meds. My hair is very fine and not dense so they ended up having to do a combo of both the FUT and FUE in order to get to 1600. He basically had to shave a strip of hair in the back for additional hair. My hair is long enough to cover the track so it's no biggie.
I didn't swell immediately and I traveled to Florida from NY and flew back the day after. The swelling started the 2nd day after and lasted 4-5 days.
I went back the following AM for a hair wash. I followed all the instructions (wash gently with mild shampoo, use bacitracin in the incision, etc.). My sutures are practically all dissolved and the crust is still slightly there. I'm supposed to rub it all off by 10-14 days so I will be doing that between today and tomorrow since tomorrow is 2 weeks already. The part that was shaved itches but it's because it's already growing back.
I went to see my new hairstylist and she's somewhat familiar with transplants; allegedly. Anyway, she said the result is good and showed me how quickly my hair is growing since following her advice and using their products
. The advice is what I get here for practically free and the products are Devacurl which basically means staying away from anything with cones, parabens, sulfates, yadda yadda yadda. I still wanted a professional stylist to assess it so I'm grateful.
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The hair is supposed to fall out and I'm supposed to be left with only the follicles which should start to grow in 4 months. Every doc I consulted with suggested that I might need a 2nd procedure to gain additional density but I'll see in about a year. I'm wearing scarfs around my edges when out in public. I haven't organized myself enough to post my pics as yet because I have some other stuff going on but I eventually will.
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