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No, you should continue using all of those as they will only help you. What you have with the medication is your natural hair, if you stop you will obviously lose more hair in the future and make you require even more transplants. Continue using them and get evaluated by a doctor.

Shock loss is very common and many of the hairs that you have "lost" most likely were just cut during the procedure day while the incisions were created. Hariri is needlessly frightening you and giving you false information. The healthy hairs you had will return and if they were transplanted hairs in that area they will absolutely grow back. It will take several months to see an improvement usually between 3-4 months to notice your native hairs/prior transplanted hairs return but it will still be a bit thinner than you were pre op. Around 6 months is where the native hairs/pre op transplanted hairs and the new transplanted hairs will really start to improve and give you an improved look and it's pretty much all improvement from there. Way too early to be discouraged you'll be fine.

Great result, can we see photos of the extractions in the donor area directly post op?

Most likely you are fine, at this point the grafts are secure. You most likely are just seeing some dry skin (dandruff) attached to the graft not the actual follicle.

I apologize I mistakenly thought this was a female case...my apologies I don't know why I did. At 25 for a male propecia and minoxidil would be very beneficial for you.

You should not use propecia as it's only for men. On very rare occassions women can use it, but I'd be very surprised if it were ever appropriate for a 25 year old. Use minoxidil twice daily for at least 9 months that way you can see stabilization and possibly regrowth at that point. You should expect some shedding from this in the first 2-4 months and improvement after 6 months. I would take some photos of the areas now and then some after 9 months to see if there are any differences. If you are interested to see if you're a candidate for hair transplantation you can consult with a recommended physician from this forum and see where you stand.

Losing sensation on top of your head in the first 2 weeks is very normal and much more common than having full sensitivity after 2 weeks. You will feel very numb for a few weeks, and slight numbness for a few months. Nothing to worry about it will just take time to come back and unfortunately there isn't anything you can do other than wait.

At 5 weeks the recipient area looks more red than is normal. This doesn't necessarily mean anything is wrong, you may have very sensitive and pale skin which shows worse than other cases. I can't tell very well from the photos but it seems like you may still have some scabs? If you do you should try and remove them after softening them up with baby oil or warm water. You may want to see your surgeon just to get a check up.

Both Dr. True and Dr. Dorin perform FUE and do not shave the recipient site. We may need to shave the entire donor area but that depends on the size of treatment, usually above 1200 grafts will require a full shave of the back because there simply isn't enough area we can harvest from the shaved strips. You can search us on this forum to see some examples.

You are at a good age for treatment but at your stage of hair loss the first step would be to start preventative medications such as rogaine roam and propecia which can also regrow miniaturized hairs. The transplanted hairs are permanent but you may require more than one procedure to reach your goals of high density. Meet with a recommended surgeon from this forum to discuss a plan of action.

If you are ok with a very thin look than you can do it. I still think you should try the meds for a year and see what happens and if nothing changes you can stop them. It could potentially regrow a lot of hair and I'll say it one more time you appear to be a good candidate for it. Your call

Neograft is a device that does the FUE procedure, and it is not scarless no procedure as of yet is scarless in this field. It creates small white dots where the extractions were taken place. Many of the top FUE surgeons do not use this device as there are other custom made instruments that provide better quality grafts, less transection and overall better results.

You look like you have quite a bit of miniaturizing hair toward the crown and bridge and some more in front of that so that've a good chance of keeping what have and improving some. I would suggest using both rogaine foam and propecia for one year and reevaluate before doing any surgery.

Yes definitely

You have a lot more than "virtually nothing" I strongly urge you to use them you would be surprised how many patients I see in the exact same position you are see a very nice change in their appearance from meds. If you're serious about getting the best results, keeping your hair and having them healthy you should start these. Right now you would need more than one procedure of a minimum of 2500 each time. Also your donor doesn't look ideal as it appears to be diffuse. Consult with a recommended doctor and see what they say but Iagain you see like a great candidate for the meds it can really make a difference and save you a lot of hair nada lot of money in the long run.

You shouldn't consider transplantation until you've used preventative medication like rogaine foam and propecia because you are considered a high Norwood stage (looks like a 6 currently). These medications can regrow a lot of miniaturized hairs audit appears you have quite a bit of them so I think you'll see good results with them. After a year you should get reevaluated and only then consider doing transplantation.

You will need a prescription for propecia so visit your dermatologist. You can get it at any local pharmacy. Rogaine foam is over the counter at any pharmacy as well and you can start right away but you can probably use both meds now if your doctor feels its ok.

There's no way to really answer this as it's a personal choice. Hair transplantation can look great with long hair as well as short hair, but if you do plan on buzzing down, than FUE would be the way to go. Needless to say if you're happy with how you look with long hair or with a buzz look than you don't need to go for a hair transplant but then again you never have to, it's always a personal choice and what's most important to you.

The medication is to stop further native hair loss if you don't use them and are diagnosed with having a high Norwood designation than you will most likely lose most of your hair when you can save it with meds. The transplants are permanent but again the meds are preventative and very important in the long run.

No because the rogaine is meant to keep the remainder of your native hair, not the transplanted hairs which will grow normally either way. Continue using is daily as instructed so you don't continue receding further and further back.

You should be using propecia and rogaine to stop further loss ans possibly regrow your dormant hair, especially since it looks like you're a Norwood 6 possibly 7. You probably don't have enough donor to cover the crown focus on the front half.

You really should consider using preventative medication as it appears you will most likely lose quite a bit of native hair on top and crown areas of your head, and you most likely will not have enough donor to cover those areas effectively without it. Typically the cost per graft for that size in most clinics is about $4/graft but it can vary from place to place.

How many grafts did you get the first time? I ask because the density seems low. Are you using any preventative medications such as rogaine or propecia? If not I highly suggest you start because at the moment you seem to be a class 4a on the norwood scale but will most likely go toward a 5a or 6 based on the photos, which show miniaturization in the bridge and crown areas. Depending on your donor area you would probably need about 3000 grafts to the frontla 1/3 of your head to get a nice cosmetic difference.

It is true that when taking a strip from the old incision produces less grafts than the original because of area in the strip that is the actual old scar. The scar on the other hand should heal very well as long as it was sutured correctly, it could be larger, but not by much I personally don't believe it's worth it to have 2 scars.

No it is not very common practice to produce 2 scars in modern hair transplantation, unless the first scar was placed in an inappropriate area. Most doctors will reopen your old scar and excise another section and suturing it closed leaving a similar scar that you had the first time. 2 scars are not better as it will make it more difficult for you to hide them, it's unnecessary. Scalp elasticity doesn't factor in this, because they'd have the same issue if it was from the old scar line or from a new area.