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The grafts looks quite large and spaced far apart; I'm running behind in my coffee intake today so my perception might be askew (I hope). How many grafts did you receive and which doc did you go to?

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Glare,

Welcome to our forum. I also see that you started to create a hair loss weblog here.

Can you provide us the surgical details, number of grafts, physician etc?

I agree with thanatopsis that the grafts are spaced far apart (which isn't unusual if your choice was to go for coverage over density) and the incisions appear quite large.

Larger incisions could be indicative of the use of larger grafts (minigrafts) but not necessarily. Minigrafts are hairs that contain follicular units in groups of 3 to 8 and when too many are used, they can appear pluggy taking away from a natural look.

Assuming your surgeon used follicular unit hair transplantation (follicular units are hairs as they occur naturally in groups of 1s, 2s, 3s, and 4s), you will receive a nice, but low density covering all over your scalp. You can then decide to go back and add more to add density.

I hope you'll come back and share the details of your surgery, physician, and keep us posted on your progress.

Best wishes,

Bill

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without more info it's tough to call exactly what's going on here, but the grafts do look very large and spaced far apart. not exactly ultra-refined work. i'd be surprised if this provided any kind of real density...

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HT#2 Nov.23rd, 2007
Dr.Feller
Almost 3200 grafts via strip

HT#3 April 2010
Fue 200/side into temple points

HT#4 February 2011

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I would like to wait until I have completed my process before I list the surgeon. I agree the grafts are spaced a little far apart however I was interested in getting more coverage than simply density. The Plan is to come back and fill in the crown and add in more density. As you can see I have a large coverage area. I think we would all agree that I am a multi-session candidate. I am not looking to get a full head of hair. My intention is to match the tuft at the front. If I can get that, I will be very satisfied. The reason I don't want to list the surgeon yet, is because I don't want to get into that type of dissussion. I want to focus on where I am going and What I can expect. So far I am really happy with what is going on up there. I am at week ten right now, so surely it is only going to get better. I would appreciate any type of feed back positive or negative.

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Glare

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I hope it ends up looking good.

However, according to the type of work out there it is very dated technique, purely for the reasons the above posters mentioned. I think it is important you list the surgeon.

Well you definatley got coverage. How many grafts? I hope that you dont get offended by any of the comments made. We've all been thru this and only try to look out for our own.

Offended, No way. Not my style. It is a combination of Fu's and Micro. I am just here to share my experience. There are just certain cans of worms I don't want to open up right now. I will list the surgeon, however, not until the results are in. The funny thing is I am in technology. New technology is not always the best practice and doesn't work for everyone. example Windows Vista. Alot of people got sold on it. It was really just another way for Microsoft to push hardware/upgrades. I have also looked alot of other images on here and have yet to see an image that is as detailed as mine. It is pretty close and high resolution. Not sure of the graft count, however, like I said a mix of FU and Micro and roughly 8,000 hairs. Due to the amount of area I needed covered I felt this was the right option for me. Maybe a mistake, who knows. It is done and so far looks pretty good to me. If it works out I am looking to do another session of about 8,000 hairs.

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Glare

Hello Glare,

What part of Tennessee are you from? I'm in North Georgia about 35 miles south of Chattanooga.

Anyway, that's what we do on here - critique htp's. For example, if you look at my 1-month prior to ht pic on my weblog you might have one opinion of my previous job. But, if I say where I had it done you could easily go on their website and find that they do minigrafting of 3-10 hairs and generally the same way as in 1991.

So, while you are correct on the technology thing (you aren't Ted Kazinski are you?), medical procedure advances are typically good things.

I did keep some of my old mini's, but you might consider getting your next session of 100% FU's as to get a more natural result. Just thinking out loud. I've been there, brother, and it's a worse feeling when people start noticing it - even if it's 10 years down the road.

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i don't think you've been looking at all the pics then...check out any of doc feller's pics, mine included

"Hairthere" - Dr Feller Patient

you can actually see the individual hairs sticking up. also, if you look at the last pic in my series, you'll see the work of my first ht doc, which looks similiar to yours. he used micros as you can tell by the large scabs. i was less than pleased with the outcome....

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HT #1: Karamikian Unknown # of grafts Sept.2006

HT#2 Nov.23rd, 2007
Dr.Feller
Almost 3200 grafts via strip

HT#3 April 2010
Fue 200/side into temple points

HT#4 February 2011

My Hair Loss Website - Hair Transplant with Dr. Feller