hairlimmer
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Hello HairlossTalk Users,
I just wanted to share my personal experience with Hair Transplantation.
After 33 years of doing hair transplantation, I finally took the big jump myself. Like most 50, 60, and 70 year old men (I just celebrated my 60th birthday), I have noticed the slowly progressive thinning of my frontal hairline and the gradual upward trend. The old excuses like my brain is just expanding such that my forehead has to grow to compensate for it and other such camouflaging statements never disguised the fact that time, even in those of us who do not have a strong genetic tendency toward male pattern alopecia, still weakens our frontal hairline. So, on April 26, 2002, I filled one of the hair transplant schedules myself. The anesthetic, neutralized with sodium bicarbonate, was totally painless. The only nuisance factor in removing the donor was lying in the prone position for 15 minutes with my brow on the head rest of the Boyd table. My surgical nurses suggested that, since this was my only complaint, we might use a soft gel pad on the head rest to soften the mild pressure on the brow. The slight sensation of tightness during the placement of the initial vertical mattress sutures to orient the skin margins was the only other recognizable step in the procedure. I can honestly say that I felt absolutely no discomfort throughout the donor removal and suture closure. My surgical team let me design my own hairline with their approval, moving my central brow line forward about 1 cm. I got to look at my donor hair under the microscope and confirm what I have always known, and that is that my hair shaft diameter is relatively fine, probably about 60 to 65 microns in diameter. My surgical team of assistants, guided by the planter, who happens to be the sweetest, kindest, and prettiest woman in the world (my wife, Carole) were quite complementary to me on my behavior. What else could they do - I write their paycheck. I got to visit with several patients, my mother, and the concrete slab crew by cell phone during the procedure. The staff kept me busy saying nice things about me and my having to deny all of the them through the day.
The week after the hair transplant went as expected. Carole and I took off five days to visit friends in Virginia where we went Morel mushroom hunting and visited the campus of Washington and Lee and VMI, as well as the museum on campus. The only nuisance encountered was a mild discomfort from the stitches which were removed at seven days. I took one Tylenol the second day post-op at carole's insistence, but I could have done without it.
All went well, and I can now say that I appreciate each and every one of you as patients and the courtesy you all extend to us, as well as the great complement you place to us by putting yourself in our hands to design something that is so important to us. I am now one of you.
B.L. Limmer, M.D.
07-11-2002
I just wanted to share my personal experience with Hair Transplantation.
After 33 years of doing hair transplantation, I finally took the big jump myself. Like most 50, 60, and 70 year old men (I just celebrated my 60th birthday), I have noticed the slowly progressive thinning of my frontal hairline and the gradual upward trend. The old excuses like my brain is just expanding such that my forehead has to grow to compensate for it and other such camouflaging statements never disguised the fact that time, even in those of us who do not have a strong genetic tendency toward male pattern alopecia, still weakens our frontal hairline. So, on April 26, 2002, I filled one of the hair transplant schedules myself. The anesthetic, neutralized with sodium bicarbonate, was totally painless. The only nuisance factor in removing the donor was lying in the prone position for 15 minutes with my brow on the head rest of the Boyd table. My surgical nurses suggested that, since this was my only complaint, we might use a soft gel pad on the head rest to soften the mild pressure on the brow. The slight sensation of tightness during the placement of the initial vertical mattress sutures to orient the skin margins was the only other recognizable step in the procedure. I can honestly say that I felt absolutely no discomfort throughout the donor removal and suture closure. My surgical team let me design my own hairline with their approval, moving my central brow line forward about 1 cm. I got to look at my donor hair under the microscope and confirm what I have always known, and that is that my hair shaft diameter is relatively fine, probably about 60 to 65 microns in diameter. My surgical team of assistants, guided by the planter, who happens to be the sweetest, kindest, and prettiest woman in the world (my wife, Carole) were quite complementary to me on my behavior. What else could they do - I write their paycheck. I got to visit with several patients, my mother, and the concrete slab crew by cell phone during the procedure. The staff kept me busy saying nice things about me and my having to deny all of the them through the day.
The week after the hair transplant went as expected. Carole and I took off five days to visit friends in Virginia where we went Morel mushroom hunting and visited the campus of Washington and Lee and VMI, as well as the museum on campus. The only nuisance encountered was a mild discomfort from the stitches which were removed at seven days. I took one Tylenol the second day post-op at carole's insistence, but I could have done without it.
All went well, and I can now say that I appreciate each and every one of you as patients and the courtesy you all extend to us, as well as the great complement you place to us by putting yourself in our hands to design something that is so important to us. I am now one of you.
B.L. Limmer, M.D.
07-11-2002
