About
I have a big head and was looking like I was bald right from my age 13. I had to start covering for my bald areas since I was 15. But that was out of ignorance. I did not know what hair loss unless I met with it.
I was so stupid to blame gene on having a hair loss and I was very much disappointed with it. I was not knowing what to do and most of the doctors I went to did not analyze the root cause. And I have been consistently losing hair since. I realized that I have almost all of my frontal region and on the sides and then the hair thinned and started showing on the crown region.
I thought I would loose more in this pattern and would go bald within a couple of years. But then I met with one of the local dermatologist who gave a solution to prevent dandruff totally. I am applying propysalic acid lotion to my head whichever places that is itchy and I am using a shampoo given by the same dermatalogist. I am surprised to see that my hair loss being stopped.
The next immediate thought occurred to me is to restore those balding areas by getting a decent hair transplant and I have booked one already. I will be posting my pictures and progress (which should take a year's time) in this forum.
My Surgical Treatments to Date
I had my hair transplantation done (FUT, 50 INR per graft) from Dr.Madhu from Hyderabad, India on November 5 2011
I totally had 2780 grafts transplanted to the frontal region. Dr.Madhu advised me that the existing hair I have will eventually fall away after inspecting its quality. My existing hair in the front was shaved before transplanting. I was asked to wait at least 8 months to see convincing results.
The split
1 hair - 820
2 hair - 1740
3 hair - 660
Total grafts - 2780
Total hairs - 4960
Total cost : 139000 INR or 2835 USD
Bald Class
Norwood class 3A
The Norwood Class A patterns are characterized by a predominantly front to back progression of hair loss. These patterns lack the connecting bridge across the top of the scalp and generally have more limited hair loss in the crown, even when advanced.