Out of control hair, that’s what I felt when I got ready for work yesterday. I quickly looked at the hours that my normal gal works on Mondays, and since the shop is only a few blocks from the office I thought, “PERFECT! I can go over lunch to get it trimmed up!”  I was sadly wrong – her hours changed, and I was informed that she would be in about an hour later so I went back to work for an hour.  Upon my return she was teaching... 

Tomorrow is the one year mark of my Bosley procedure, I think back over the last 365 days beginning with the day before, when I was in for my consultation.  How nervous I was and how I imagined the “what if” of every scenario in my head.  The biggest what if to me was “what if it doesn’t work” I guess that’s a normal feeling the day before a procedure that will forever change someone, right?  The good news …  Read More →

One of the privileges of being somewhat of a citizen of the world is that I have been lucky enough to see a range of animals in their natural habitat.  On a recent safari in South Africa, while watching some truly amazing cheetahs, the park ranger was explaining the often made mistake of confusing a cheetah for a leopard, which unlike a cheetah which has hair markings which have a different pattern of spots.  It got me thinking about some of... 

Raising a little toddler is a special experience. It’s amazing how a little girl can manipulate her dad so early on. When I brush my daughter’s hair she allows me by standing still provided that she gets to brush my hair afterwards. It’s nice that I actually have hair for her to brush. Looking at photos over a year ago (attached) one can clearly see that I was thinning significantly. I don’t think a brush would have been effective on my... 

It has been many months since my hair restoration procedure, and I would say that I have regained somewhere around 60% of the feeling back in my head – specifically the part of my head between the back of the transplanted area and the suture line (or basically my “crown”).  Whenever I touch back there, or rest my head against my pillow, or anything like that, I notice that there is still more of a tingling sensation than full-on “regular”... 

So my little boy is a year-and-a-half old, and he is sweet and playful – like most kids his age.  There are times, though – when I’m changing him, or I’m carrying him on my shoulders, or he’s “hiding” behind my back when I’m sitting on the couch – when he’ll grab a handful or two of hair and start pulling.  He doesn’t pull too hard, but it would still kind of freak me out.  I don’t think there was any problem with it... 

I’m guessing we’ve all seen (or at least remember) the old Hair Club For Men ads – the ones that always featured a shot of a guy getting out of a swimming pool, completely unconcerned about his great-looking hair.  At some point they upgraded this shot to be a guy waterskiing or on a jet-ski  or something…it was a while ago, and it’s a little fuzzy in my mind.  But the point is that showing some guy get out of the water…  Read More →

Over the weekend I met up with an old co-worker that moved out of the area about 5 years ago. It was great to see her! I was pretty sure I had told her about my Bosley procedure, but apparently I hadn’t. I met some of her friends when we met up, and one of them overheard my friend and I talking about it. One asked “YOU had it done?” I responded with, “YES, would you like to see before pictures?” (I carry several photos in my iPhone,... 

Back from vacation – a MUCH needed break from reality! It was great to see my friends and show off my new hairline! I didn’t get the reaction I was quite hoping for, and I think it’s mostly because they still have this image in their minds of what I looked like many years ago. I did kind of bring it up at one point and my friend that I hadn’t seen in 6 years said “you look the same” and even though that made me feel good that she... 

Mine feels like a life of some dramatic defining events over the past few weeks. I had the privilege of being in South Africa for the FIFA Soccer World cup, which has been widely acclaimed as a huge success. Along with millions of others, not least of all the African people who proudly hosted this stunning event, without hiccup and with almost relative ease on their continent for the first time in history…  Read More →

As I prep for my upcoming Vegas trip, I think to myself “what will my friends reactions be?” It’s an exciting thing to think about! Keep in mind, one friend I haven’t seen in 6+ years and the other for nearly 2 years. The main struggle right now is figuring out what styling products I want to take with me. It’s kind of hard considering I am …  Read More →

As I’m less than a month from my surgery anniversary I’m feeling so good about things. Kathy, the woman who cuts my hair, is so inspired by my hair. She has cut my hair for 7 years and it’s encouraging to hear her say that my scalp looks the fullest it has ever appeared since she has known me. She says I look younger. Amazing how much older one looks when hair starts to recede. I’m glad that my hair looks so much fuller up front. A funny... 

A couple weeks ago I got a pretty nasty sun burn on my face, arms and, yes, my scalp. I wasn’t expecting to be in the sun for very long but somehow, before I knew it, a few hours had passed and all of a sudden I felt the stinging burn setting in! I spent the first week applying aloe gel on all burned areas including my scalp, I wasn’t sure exactly how to deal with this situation but the aloe seemed to help.  Though I am still peeling a little... 

I feel like I am seeing a big difference in the thickness of my hair when I look in the mirror.  Mainly, after I shower or when comb my hair, I can’t help but notice that I’ve actually got some!  It seems full and I like the way it looks.  I have noticed that it does depend on the light – if I’m in direct sunlight or have a flash bulb shining directly on my head it looks a little thinner.  Of course, I’ve noticed that this is true... 

Thankfully I’ve not had any other weird dreams where I am bald, have patchy spots of missing hair or any of that weird stuff.  Things seem to be going fine and I am still trying to figure out what exactly I want to do with my hair, grow it out a little, go a bit shorter or keep it about the same length it is currently?  For the time being I will likely keep it the same and just play around more with how to style it. It seems that my hair has...