I won't bore you to death with the details of my life..not really exciting anyway.  In short, started loosing my hair at age 19 and into a hair system by age 25.  My first system was an ICL system which was sutured to my head--thus the scars. I had the system removed a few months later and switched to a weave then polyfuse for the duration.  

Fast forward 18 years, several systems, several thousand dollars later. I finally garnered enough intestinal fortitude to shave my head (August 2006). I could literally write a book on the highs and lows of wearing a hair system. Some days it looked great--some days not.  While I could have paid for a transplant with all the money I spent on hair systems, ironically, HT's have only progressed (IMHO) in acheivments/excellence in the past few years making world class surgeons within reach of the average working class person (insert my picture here).   

In knew I wanted to have  a HT and in August 2006 I found this forum after making an appointment with a local surgeon in my area (cancelled shortly after doing some research on this forum-(Pat, Thank You forever!).  After consulting several people and Dr's on this forum, I ultimately made my decision to have a HT w/ Dr. True of NYC. I knew I wanted a large session, however, I wanted to get (my head-live and in-person) in front of a surgeon (since I had scar issues) and didn't want to do it the day of surgery or by photo consult.

Dr. True addressed the scar issues and we developed a plan of attack-which began 9/20/06 with a 4326 graft mega session.

Dr. True's staff is second to none. While I had a lot of anxiety and trepidation approaching the surgery, it all subsided by the way his excellent staff put me at ease through the entire procedure through their genuineness and overall concern, for both me and my wife who patiently waited the entire day.   

Surprisingly, I thought I would have more discomfort due to the size of my session.  The night of the procedure, I didn’t feel the need for pain medication, but took it anyway.  The next morning, I did not take anything other than Tylenol and Advil and have started the (1 thru 4 day regiment).  Looking forward to seeing the outcome-but for now, I’ll settle for the “strawberry head” to subside.