I was thinking about the surgery and hair loss, and the closest analogy to where I am with that mine is that it is close to the "baby chimp" stage. Short, sparse... and sort of pointing upwards. From a 1 to 10, it is now at about stage 3.
I am not sure that this wouldn't have happened anyways.
Dave,
C'mon, Baby Chimp???? I saw you last week and I thought you had very nice hair . Definately not sparse and pointy. Not that there's anything wrong with that. Baby chimps are really cute too.