It has been just over 2 months since my third surgery. The pinkness is offically gone. I can't tell where the grafts were placed. The skin on my forehead looks exactly link the skin under the old grafts. I just see the hairs coming out. No bumps or anything. Also, I can't tell the difference between the grafts and my original hair, or tell where one procedure begins and ends, even though they were in different areas.
As for numbness, my scalp fells completely normaly when I run my fingers through my hair and over the scalp skin. But if I use my palm to put about 10 pounds of pressure on the recipient site, I can tell that it feels different than if I do this on the sides, indicating that the nerves have not fully recovered yet from the surgery 2 months ago. Also, if I lean back and press my donor area against a hard surface like a wall, I can easily tell that the nerves right on the donor strip area have not yet recovered, since in addition to feeling the wall, I get a very wierd feeling, and can tell by feel exactly where the whole strip is. I can't feel it with my fingers though, since it is flat, though many of the hairs on either side of it did go into shock like they did last time, so I can find the bare skin.
I looked at it in two mirrors and I think I see pores, but my eyes are not good enough to know for sure. The donor strip is still pink, too. The pinkness did go away eventually with the last surgery, but I forgot how long it took. This recent one was 7 months after my 2nd surgery, which was my first with Dr Keene. I'm also starting to think that maybe the hair line she wanted to give me might be better looking than I gave it credit for. But I'm still waiting for this one that I drew to grow out so I can see how it looks. Moving to a lower hair line is not easy when I just see a line on my face and don't know what it will look like. I've always been careful not to go too low, and Dr Keene has been patiently waiting for me to see each and gradually move it down a procedure at a time.
As for numbness, my scalp fells completely normaly when I run my fingers through my hair and over the scalp skin. But if I use my palm to put about 10 pounds of pressure on the recipient site, I can tell that it feels different than if I do this on the sides, indicating that the nerves have not fully recovered yet from the surgery 2 months ago. Also, if I lean back and press my donor area against a hard surface like a wall, I can easily tell that the nerves right on the donor strip area have not yet recovered, since in addition to feeling the wall, I get a very wierd feeling, and can tell by feel exactly where the whole strip is. I can't feel it with my fingers though, since it is flat, though many of the hairs on either side of it did go into shock like they did last time, so I can find the bare skin.
I looked at it in two mirrors and I think I see pores, but my eyes are not good enough to know for sure. The donor strip is still pink, too. The pinkness did go away eventually with the last surgery, but I forgot how long it took. This recent one was 7 months after my 2nd surgery, which was my first with Dr Keene. I'm also starting to think that maybe the hair line she wanted to give me might be better looking than I gave it credit for. But I'm still waiting for this one that I drew to grow out so I can see how it looks. Moving to a lower hair line is not easy when I just see a line on my face and don't know what it will look like. I've always been careful not to go too low, and Dr Keene has been patiently waiting for me to see each and gradually move it down a procedure at a time.
