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August 23, 2012

The Stigma Behind Getting a Hair Transplant

The one thing I’ve learned about getting a hair transplant is that the men who are most interested in the procedure are the ones who don’t even need it. They ask me all kinds of questions and tell me they are preparing to get a hair transplant in the future, even though they have no obvious indication of baldness. These are men in their 20s and early 30s who upon closer inspection might show early signs of male pattern baldness, but it is already magnified a thousand times in their minds. “I wasn’t this bald a few years ago,” a

July 25, 2012

Dr. Mejia Explains the Difference Between “Hair Grafts” and “Graft Hairs” as I Reach 3-Month Mark Since Surgery

It’s been three months since Dr. Ricardo Mejia conducted my hair transplant, which means I am supposed to be seeing the first signs of hair growth. And I am. But nothing very noticeable in a photo or even if you are standing across from me in a room. But if you stand up close and stare at my hairline as my friends who haven’t seen me in a couple of weeks do, then it becomes noticeable. It’s especially noticeable to me when I stand in front of the mirror and notice that some of the new hairs sprouting out are

July 9, 2012

Do Women Prefer Fat Men or Bald Men? Let’s Ask iJustine.

You know you’re out of touch with pop culture when you’re excitedly told that iJustine is going to be at an event and you’re like, “who the hell is that?”. It turns out, iJustine is very hot. Not just in the physical sense but in the celebrity sense. And more impressively, she did it all through Youtube videos. Armed with nothing but a handheld digital video camera and a laptop, she started producing videos of herself going about her day. Yes, we’ve all seen people who do that. In fact, Youtube is filled with people like that. And most of

June 21, 2012

This is What They Call the “Ugly Duckling” Phase

It’s been nearly two months since my hair transplant and I am currently in what transplant veterans call the “ugly duckling” phase. This is the post-operative period in which a patient is not only still healing from the surgical scar in the back of the head, but dealing with the shock loss of existing hair from the trauma of the surgery. Couple that with the redness and sparse hairs that are sprouting in my frontal areas and it’s pretty evident why they refer to it as the ugly duckling phase. But if you look at the above photo and compare

May 27, 2012

Check out the videos from my hair transplant surgery … if you dare

It’s been just over a month since my hair transplant and almost all evidence that I even had a transplant is gone. The scar on the back of my head almost invisible thanks to Dr. Mejia’s tricophytic closure where he overlaps one layer of skin over another to allow the hair to grow through the scar. And as far as pain and discomfort goes, that’s never been a factor, which was a little surprising considering some of the stories I’ve read or heard. But having said all that, I still believe I am balder now than I was going into

May 7, 2012

Check out photos from the hair transplant operation along with my two-week update

Today marks exactly two weeks that I allowed Dr. Mejia to slice a strip of scalp from the back of my head, sew the two remaining flaps of scalp back together again, then pierce the top of my head multiple times with a sharp instrument, followed by inserting 2,799 hair grafts in the holes he pierced. I’m sure he’ll have a more clinical way of describing the procedure, but that is exactly how it appears in the photo gallery below. I felt no pain during the operation, thanks to the anesthesia, Lortab and valium. And I’ve felt very little pain

April 28, 2012

On the Fifth Day After Surgery, Still Feeling Fine

I’ve read the threads and spoken to people about the pain they experience following a hair transplant surgery but so far, thanks to the Lortab, I’m feeling no pain. And my scabby hairline seems to healing just fine. Here is an iPhone photo I snapped a couple of hours ago compared to the one below, which I snapped about 18 hours earlier. Dr. Mejia wrote me another script for the Lortab which I will pick up today and I’m assuming that should be the last batch. Lortab is essentially a combination of acetaminophen and hydrocodone, the latter which is an

April 27, 2012

Three Days After Surgery and I Feel Fine

The operation went very smoothly and painlessly. Of course, I was under the effects of anesthesia and Lortab and valium, which meant that I was able to sit back and relax while Doctor Mejia did his thing. I ended up with 2,799 grafts, which can mean up to 7,000 hairs considering a graft can contain anywhere from 1 to 4 hair strands. I have plenty of photos and video footage to post, but I’ve been busy attending my trial and fielding interviews regarding my arrest covering the Occupy Miami eviction as well as keeping my other blog updated. Here are

April 20, 2012

Carlos Miller is Getting a Hair Transplant on Monday

When you live in Miami, Jupiter might as well be another planet instead of a 90-minute drive north on I-95. It’s just not a place we visit from the Magic City. Tucked away in the northernmost point of Palm Beach County, it’s not even on our radar. But that is where Dr. Ricardo Mejia is based, one of the most respected hair restoration doctors in South Florida, a man who has been practicing hair restoration for 15 years. He has even been featured on CNN Dr. Mejia has agreed to do a hair transplant on me this Monday in exchange

April 11, 2012

Who is Carlos Miller

For those of you not familiar with me, let me give you a brief rundown. I am a Miami multimedia journalist who gained notoriety in 2007 after I was arrested for photographing cops against their wishes. That incident prompted me to launch a blog called Photography is Not a Crime where I began documenting the ongoing police abuses against photographers. The blog became popular on a national level, especially because I was breaking stories that were being ignored by the mainstream, but also because I had several more run-ins with police and security guards involving my cameras, including a couple

The Stigma Behind Getting a Hair Transplant

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