Am I going bald?

[IVE GOTTA PACKAGE 4U]

How much something like that cost?


Asking for a friend...

I thought this thread was about @KingofFluff

 

[BSWALKS]

I thought the strength was about @KingofFluff

Jesus. If you're going to use voice to text, take off the face mask.

 

[IVE GOTTA PACKAGE 4U]

Jesus. If you're going to use voice to text, take off the face mask.

I was just trying to socially distance myself from you....

 

[Indecisi0n]

There actually is a condition called alopecia where you develop stress knots under your scalp and chunks of hair will fall out. I had that when I was younger. I was going to school fulltime in the evening (8 hours a day), working at a concrete company during the day (8 hours a day) and had a part time job Friday Saturday and Sunday (4 hours each day). It looked like ring worm but in three different sections of my head and it was smooth as a baby a____. My brother kept calling me Patches The Dog lol

Changing your member name to 'Patches"

 

[Fido]

You could always get one of those hair implant procedures where they take hair from another part of your body and stick it on your head. Be weary though because if the only body hair you got is on your ass then good luck.

 

[burrheadd]

How much something like that cost?


Asking for a friend...

If you have to ask you can’t afford it

 

[burrheadd]

I thought this thread was about @KingofFluff

lmao

 

[Brownslave688]

Hello everyone, new driver here. I been driving for UPS for 6 months. But I've been worried that I'm losing my hair due to all the stress of dealing with the SPORH that management is holding me to.....

Anyone else here lose their hair due to stress?

@KingofFluff

 

[Two Tokes]

Hello everyone, new driver here. I been driving for UPS for 6 months. But I've been worried that I'm losing my hair due to all the stress of dealing with the SPORH that management is holding me to.....

Anyone else here lose their hair due to stress?

Wow

Lighten up Frances

 

[BSWALKS]

If you have to ask you can’t afford it

I'll let her know

 

[BSWALKS]

@olroadbeech

I guess rogaine is too expensive.

 

[UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)]

Sporh?


Never heard of it

Stops Per On Road Hour

 

[UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)]

Well with as much money as you make as a UPS driver you can pay for hair transplants man!

....or at least buy a really nice baseball hat...

 

[Superteeth2478]

How much something like that cost?


Asking for a friend...

Now I'm not sure how serious you are, but...

Pretty expensive, depending on the method used to harvest the follicles and who is doing the surgery. Different doctors charge different rates, but as a general rule the FUT strip harvesting procedure is cheapest, and FUE (individual follicular units) is more expensive. Those are the two big ones, and there are variations of these methods.

There's really no reason to go for FUE over FUT before you've really begun to exhaust your donor supply though. It's just more expensive for nothing, really (in my opinion). There's a scar with the FUT procedure but proper stitching techniques make them almost unnoticeable and unless you shave the back of your head really short (as in a short buzz cut) you never have to worry about it being detected.

FUE does have its place, though. It's the only way to get other body hair (beard and maybe chest are really the only ones worth using for the most part) for transplantation.

Overall the price depends on the number of grafts, obviously, which will depend on just how bald you are. Typically in the US prices for FUT surgery range from $3-$6 per graft, whereas FUE costs $6-$10 per graft. Those prices are a ton cheaper overseas, for instance there's an actual proper clinic in India that has prices as low as $1.50 per graft for FUE. It's crazy how much cheaper it is, and the surgeons are actually certified by hair restoration boards that certify US doctors, so it's worth looking into.

Here in the US, expect to pay at least $10,000 for a decent amount of grafts with a reputable doctor. That's just one procedure, more procedures until your donor supply is exhausted is something a lot of people do after they get their first transplant. It's really come a long way from how crappy it used to look when you transplanted your hair. Just look at before and after pictures from decent clinics and judge for yourself. And it's your own hair, I don't really understand the stigma behind it. In my opinion all it really shows is that you obviously have a lot of money to be blowing it on a hair transplant (or two, or three) and you end up with a pretty decent head of hair all things considered if you actually go to reputable doctors.

Ask me how I know all this...

 

[Griff]

Funny, I don't ever remember the term SPORH being anywhere in any of the contract language ever. Sounds like you should be more worried about the pads sprouting on your knees.

 

[brownmonster]

Funny, I don't ever remember the term SPORH being anywhere in any of the contract language ever. Sounds like you should be more worried about the pads sprouting on your knees.

Another country heard from.

 

[Maple Grove MN Driver]

Don't be so sure about that. Like it or not, the driver job is a production job, and the inability to maintain demonstrated performance can lead to termination.

Keep telling yourself that.

The union doesn't recognize production standards set by Management.

 

[Box Ox]

The union doesn't recognize production standards set by Management.

Ive never understood how someone who says they retired as a driver could be such a management lackey.

 

[oldngray]

Ive never understood how someone who says they retired as a driver could be such a management lackey.

Someone who wanted to be management ... but they turned down at least 3 times?

 

[PASinterference]

Someone who wanted to be management ... but they turned down at least 3 times?

It was a hiring freeze,dammit.