Hi everyone,

This my first post at this forum. I would like to share with you my HT experience. I read a lot about HT before deciding to go for it. While surfing this and other forums, I came across posts about Dr. Rahal. Then, a month ago, I decided to consult him about my hair loss and the possibility of HT. He advised me to go for 2500 grafts considering both my existing hair line and my age (29) saying that he shouldn't be aggressive with the 1st HT and leave more for further HT in the future. My first impression on him was great with his honesty and friendly approach. I had my operation on the 16th of November. To be honest, I couldn't sleep the day before the operation since I was very nervous about all aspects and results of the operation. Then, on the day of the operation, Dr. Rahal and his crew made my experience very enjoyable. The whole operation lasted for almost 9 hours. I ended up having 2775 grafts instead of 2500. I didn't feel any pain during the operation except the 1st time I had the freezing injections. Also, in the last half an hour of the operation, I started to feel a lot of pain mixed with headache and nausea but later it disappeared after having a pain-killer (Tylenol #3) and nice dinner at home. After finishing the operation around 6:30 pm, Dr. Rahal drove me back to my house (very kind of him). The first day was very painful especially at the back of the head but after having what Dr. Rahal prescribed for the pain [Percocet (5 mg) + Stemeteil (10 mg)], I slept with much less pain. As for the swilling, I took a very drastic approach of laying on the bed at 45 degree and DO NOTHING AT ALL as well as applying cold pads on my forehead. This really helped and the swilling is moving toward the sides of my head instead of the front. I will keep you all updated about my situation and please ask me if you have any questions. I hope I can benefit someone the same way this forum and other forums helped me.

Attached are some of my before and after pictures.

Best Of luck.... rahalpatient, i remeber those days myself, just hand in there. you've done the hard part, now the easy part is the waiting....

Peter

Best of luck as well. The fact that he drove you home is a class act.

yes.. also best from me

Lets see whether this guy is able providing stable results ;-)

rahalpatient

thank you for sharing your experience. for that area those number of grafts will provide you with a nice result.
keep us updated with your progress.

Hi everyone,

I can't believe it has been a year since my HT. I would like to share with you some of my progression pictures. Please feel free to ask any question and let me know if you need more pictures.

Regards

Edited: 11/22/2007 at 11:49 AM by rahalpatient

Incedible results rahalpatient! Another great result from Dr.Rahal.

Do you have any before pictures for comparison?

These are some of the pre-operation pictures.

Edited: 11/22/2007 at 12:16 PM by rahalpatient

Your hair looks fantastic. You must be very happy.

Yeah.. Dr. Rahal is pretty good. I had HT on November 6 myself.
So he drove you home huh?. He bought me and my friend dinner, since i already had a ride arranged. Pretty nice of him.
Hope you recover well.

looks awesome rahalpatient. your hair characteristics look like they played a big part in your transformation. looks like the vertex area has thickened up also - do you think thats the propecia coming into play?

congrats once again!!

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Originally posted by: growingpains
looks awesome rahalpatient. your hair characteristics look like they played a big part in your transformation. looks like the vertex area has thickened up also - do you think thats the propecia coming into play?



congrats once again!!

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Yes those are great results, the rest of your hair also looks thicker. I want to know as well is it the propecia? or possibly fish oils or rogaine?

I have been only using Propecia and 5% Rogaine foam for the last 5 months.

Congrats, looks like you got great density. It results like these that made me go with Dr.Rahal. Again simply amazing..

your results are amazing, good luck.

Very nice congrats wow!!

Wow Dr. Rahal is one of the best surgeons in my eyes, as far as ,1st results, 2 full disclosure of pricing /pricing on his web site .3. An all around good guy. 4. Value .5.no wing nut sales rep!