Now comes my friend Dave. Dave approached me a few years ago about having his own repair work with Dr. Wong. After we got to know each other a bit and we had a few discussions we came up with the idea of video taping, in it’s entirety, his journey to Vancouver, his thoughts before his arrival, the surgery, the post-op daily for the first week ,then monthly updates to the first year. He agreed and one year later I had all material I needed. What I didn’t count on was the amount of editing that was necessary to make any sense of it! So, unfortunately Dave’s videos sat and languished for a few years. Now I have the first few edited and I am sharing them with you now. There will be several videos altogether (I don’t know exactly how many) but you will eventually see Dave with his one year result as well as a hair cut by his stylist.

Dave has a great sense of humor that is dry and witty so hopefully you find this not only informative but enjoyable too.

Part I – Dave’s History

Part II – Dave’s Expectations

Part III – Dave’s Journey to Vancouver

Part IV – Dave’s thoughts during surgery – part 1

Part V – Dave’s thoughts during surgery – part 2

Part VI – Procedure is complete + post op instructions

Part VII – Dave back at the hotel after his procedure

Part VIII – First morning after surgery, sleeping during the 1st night

Part IX – Dave is headed home and Day 2

Part X – Dave shows his progress at day 3, 4 and 5

Part XI – Day 6 and 8 and Dave finally gets his staples out!

Part XII – Day 9 and Dave’s first hair cut

Part XIII – Days 17 and 23 post-op progress report

Part XIV – Hair transplant 1 month post op mark

Part XV – Dave shows his month 2 and month 3 hair transplant progress

Part XVI – Dave shares his results so far at 5 and 6 months post-op

Part XVII – Month 8 progress report and another hair cut

Part XVIII – One year post-op results and visit to his hair stylist

Graft break down;

Singles…437

Doubles…2466

3&4 Grafts…676

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My second and third sessions, interestingly enough, coincided and even reflected the refinements and improvements being made to the procedure because in each subsequent surgery I went through my graft count actually INCREASED whereas traditionally subsequent procedures usually yield fewer grafts. All said, I receive 7917 grafts in three procedures over the course of 22 months. By the time I had my third procedure Dr. Wong and Dr. Hasson had already refined their surgical procedures to allow for more grafts in one session than other clinics and the refinements continue to this day. Not so much in getting more grafts, because there is obviously and end point to what is possible, but in the overall procedure itself.

Had I walked into the clinic in 2002 as a virgin scalp I’m positive I would have been the first patient to get 4000 or more in one session. Oddly enough if I had it to do all over again I don’t think that I’d change a thing because going through the surgeries really helped to put this procedure into perspective for me and has allowed me to truly relate to what others have gone through since then.

5584 grafts were moved in one session to achieve his goals.

The patient took these photos himself.

5584 Grafts
Singles…1161
Doubles…3374
3/4…1049

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