uselessgomez

I think the improvement over the last month is really dramatic. I am liking what I see. It's looking a lot more dense and the redness is not hardly visible at all anymore. You should be proud of yourself for toughing this out. I think your results are going to be great based on what I'm seeing.

In your opinion, what hair qualities are better for FUE? Is it dark straight hair with light skin so there's a high contrast?

Looks great to me. Can't tell that he's had any surgery looking at the donor area.

That sucks. Are you able to post any pics? It would help readers evaluate where you are at and maybe come up with options. Thanks for sharing.

How long ago was your procedure? Your donor does look pretty thin. You've had quite a large number of grafts between your two surgeries.

That's a lot of surgeries. And a lot of money I presume. I don't know how many grafts you have had total, but I reckon 1 mega-session of FUT and then 1 FUE session into the scar to obscure it would accomplish the same thing in much less time and for much less money and agony.

It's kinda hard to ignore it when the picture is on the front page of the forum. Nasal surgeons usually don't post pictures of their work in progress with the collumella cut and the nose pulled up. If you want to see what that looks like you can easily find it, but I don't see any point in showing graphic pictures like that.

No clue. Have you tried asking him? I hear a lot of good things about him. I'm sure if he's a good ethical doctor he will tell you, or at least give you enough information to make an informed decision.

I don't even know if those 3 docs use similar methods themselves.

I don't agree with much of that. First, I read these boards quite a bit and I've done a lot of research for possibly getting my own work done. I've never seen Dr. Feller commit to a yield %. He just says, like most doctors, that it's consistently LOWER than strip. For some people it might be a lot lower, others a little. Judging yield can be a complicated and difficult thing to do. There's some clinics that hype the FUE technique no question about it. IMO there's also some people who hype the newest donor closure methods for strip. "Practically invisible" are words that are just as misleading and disingenuous as the worst FUE hype. The reason for getting a HT differs from one individual to the next. But the end result people are hoping for is a cosmetic IMPROVEMENT. For someone who wears their hair shorter, needs a lower number of grafts, or who may be at risk for a widened scar, FUE is not crap, it's possibly the only option. If it were crap, then many top docs wouldn't perform it. The key is to weigh the pros and cons in the individuals case and be REALISTIC.

I'd say it can range from $5-12. The yield and is lower and there's a higher transection rate. The absense of a linear scar makes it worth it IMO if the results are within an acceptable range. I would personally accept an 80% yield if I got a better-looking donor area with no scar.

WOW! That is a nice end result. This guy must be very happy.

Really good for only 7 months. You're probably going to be enjoying more growth in the coming months. You might want to wait until 12 months before making a more critical evaluation on the lagging crown. It's much too soon to tell where it's going to be.

I'm not sure what you're talking about. Some people have a certain sensitivity to stress on a very micro level that causes problems or even death of hair follicles.

3 FUE procedures? If not, that's a pretty low number of grafts for 3 strip surgeries.