I just looked at your pictures. Your hair does not look bad at all. It's certainly not what you make it out to be (although I realize pictures don't always show the full story). Yes it's somewhat thin, but it's 5 years later. You have to expect to lose some original hair you had prior to the HT in a 5 year period. I would not call what you need a repair. Almost everyone is going to need follow-up work over the years as they lose additional hair. This is something everyone who undergoes a HT needs to be aware of.

Well, HTNONO, the only thing I can say is that you probably didn't do enough research Just kidding, but truthfully, your result doesn't look as terrible as you're describing it. It's not great, but it's not catastrophic, and of course I would never go back to Bosley. Seriously, get yourself scheduled with a great doc (Feller/H&W/Shapiro, amongst others), and have your hair situation revisited. I've had HT's with both H&W and Feller, both are excellent, and the ony reason I didn't go back to H&W was because of the distance (Feller is in my proverbial back yard, and 7 years ago, I hadn't heard of Fellers great work). One comment you mentioned that I completely agree with, and Dr. Hasson mentioned as well, and that is that the transplanted hair is definitely thicker and has a different characteristic than the surrounding native hair. I do think it evens out a little bit over time, but it will never have the same exact characteristics as the original hair (in my case, my HT has all been in the hairline area). But, once you've started, you're in the game for a long time. I am a super slow receder, and I'm sure religious use of Minox/Propecia are responsible for that, but I know I'm now committed to the occasional (once every 5 year) "tune-up". It's not so bad, and it could be worse, you could be bald. Good luck.

Manko

Thanks again guys for all the replies. I know my situation doesn't look that bad with the pictures I posted, but I can't stress enough how unnatural it looks in person. Also, I am very concerned with how quickly my frontal forelock has thinned out.

Mr. Jobi, I agree there are good surgeons out there doing the best they can with modern technology and the limitations of this procedure. You state that a good surgeon can give you "undedectable" results. I believe that is true only for the right candidates.

I simply don't believe I am a good candidate. My hair is so thin that I would need a lot of grafts to get anywhere close to a full head of hair. Also, like Manko described, the transplanted hair does not completely match the native hair. This is my biggest concern. Even if I packed 3000 grafts to my hairline and temples, it would stand out and therefore would be very detectable.

I would be more optimistic if there were more people posting results with my similar hair characteristics, light, fine, blonde hair, but there aren't many examples. Maybe someone could prove me wrong.

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Hi HTNONO, from the pictures your hair characteristics reminds me alot of Evolution, it might be worthwhile checking him out as well as Mike the Dane who is also a blonde. Cheers

There was a recent dude who went to Rahal that got a sweet hairline and he had thin/fine/light hair. He posted this week.

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Enough is enough! Give me documentation or give me death!

The more I think about it, HTNO, even *if* you can't seamlessly replicate your pre-MPB hairline, a good repair session should still *improve* your current level of naturalness, *while* also giving you a true density boost.

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*A Follicles Dying Wish To Clinics*

1 top-down, 1 portrait, 1 side-shot, 1 hairline....4 photos. No flash.

Follicles have asked for centuries, in ten languages, as many times so as to confuse a mathematician.

Enough is enough! Give me documentation or give me death!

Thanks for all of the advice guys. I'm trying to continue on my repair research and would love to see some results in person. I live in Raleigh, NC, and am wondering if there are any patients here, or in the surrounding area that I could meet up with. I'd be more than happy to buy a beer/lunch, etc. I consulted with Dr. Cooley in Charlotte and really liked him. I would also like to meet some of his patients if possible. Also, I'd appreciate any comments from his previous patients on their results, patient care and overall experience with Dr. Cooley.

I'm still very concerned on the naturalness of these procedures, especially in the hair line. Hopefully seeing someones result in person could sway me to move on with a repair procedure.

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