STAGE FOUR: BEFORE THE TRANSPLANT

The transplants are performed right at the doctors office and since they only use local anesthesia and a Xanax , so you can eat even hours before your appointment.

My appointment was at 9:30 , so I woke up at 7:30 had breakfast, stopped by my local Walmart (to pick-up a baseball cap so I could hide the evidence), and headed for the doctors office.

Once at the office , I filled out some last minute waivers , they made sure the my payment cleared, and they offered me some water to swallow the Xanax.

I also managed to take a picture of my hair before heading out of the house. I posted the picture so you can follow the day to day and eventually month to month process.

After seeing the picture , I was sure there would be no backing down.

STAGE THREE: THE CONSULTATION

The day of the consultation , I told myself that if it was too expensive ,I would just leave my hair alone for a year or two and then shave it.

I had heard horror stories on pricing as well as doll hair results.


The doctor was pleasant and mentioned that I would only need one session because my loss was only on the front. He also mentioned that the average session would transplant 1000 to 1500 hairs ,depending on the density of the donor hair which they take from the back of your head.

The cost was expensive but not outrageous : $3,500.00 would do the trick.

To my wife's surprise I scheduled the appointment ,without discussing it with her, for the very next week.

STAGE TWO; THE DECISION

After the denial was over , I gave myself two choices :

1) Shave and hope my head had an adequate shape.


2) get a transplant.

It seemed easy enough but when I tried to do some research, no website showed any definite answer or most importantly ...cost.

My wife who I am sure would prefer to see some hair on my head made my decision easier by scheduling a consultation with a local doctor.

STAGE ONE : LOOSING HAIR

After several years of denial that my hair line was pretty much the same as it always was,
I began to admit my hairline was receding at a rapid pace.

Not only was it receding but it was begining to thin out at a rapid rate.

I descided to document my hairtransplant because there is no real information outthere.

I am hopeful my ordeal will be of assistance to someone else outthere.