Are we talking about temporary shockloss or permamant shockloss?

shaving in the recipient area will definitely help your doctor not to hit and transect any native hairs causing permanent shockloss but i can't see it helping with temporary shockloss in the recipent area. I shaved to a blade 0 and got approx 90% temporary shockloss that grew back eventually over the months.

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Started losing my hair at 19 in 1999
I've been using propecia and minoxidil 10 years
Had 4 hair transplants equalling 8460 grafts by way of strip & fue

Had my (almost) 1 year follow up with the doctor the other day - he felt that i had good yield of grafts and wants to focus 1000-1200 grafts into the hairline on a subsequent procedure. If he can get more grafts out of the strip he will then work back into the crown (200-300 more). He felt that due to my several previous plug HTs that camouflaging in the vertex and distributing throughout the balding area(s) was an important 1st session to establish. Next he will concentrate on building up the hairline...

Here are some current photos under different lighting conditions....

One of the photos (top down view) has some Toppik in the crown.

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Doctor thinks there may still be more thickening since "non-virgin" heads sometimes take much longer 12-18 months to fully develop. I assume that this may be true in my case especially due to my case of folliculitis / inflammation i had during months 3-4.

Are you happy with the results?

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