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I'm jealous.

You should be thrilled. I hope I get results similar to yours but my hair is naturally a lot thinner so I don't think that will happen. I'm officially at a month. Five more to go before I start to get an idea of where I am.

Mid Scalp/ vertex seems to be one of the slowest areas to grow. I think considering the amount of area covered it's essential to give your grafts time to thicken to maximize coverage. These threads do a disservice as we all salivate over the NW2's and NW3's who grow fast in their temporal and frontal areas. Your results so far are tremendous. There is a huge difference when I look at your most recent pics and compare them to your original pictures. I suspect you'll be having Christmas every month for the next few months.

Progressing nicely so far. It looks like month four and five will be magic for you.

Phew that is a lot of work. So far so good!

The improvement from start to finish is remarkable.

Insane results. Congrats.

I actually do not have any pictures of my scar. I attempted to take a picture for you but I can't seem to find it. I had a different plastic surgeon in Jax remove my sutures since Dr. Charles office is four hours away and she thought he did an excellent job. I can still feel the internal sutures as I don't think they are completely dissolved yet. It feels like there is a raised section of my head where the scar is, but I'm struggling to photograph this area. I can barely get my friends and family to see the scar when I show it to them. In a few months, when I update the rest of the pictures I'll get someone to run a comb through my hair so we can get a better idea of the quality of the scar. I hate to say this, but it does seem like I'll get close to that "pencil thin" quality scar that people claim does not happen.

Just wanted to at least add this last photo.

I figured I would post the before and after pictures of my procedure for the community. I thought about having a hair transplant for a long time and Dr. Charles and I stayed very conservative with our approach, but I'm still expecting great results in a few months. I had a very receded hairline, and if you look at my Propecia album from 10 years ago you'll see it has always been extremely receded but has since stabilized thanks to Propecia. And yes, the penis works just fine. I thought about getting this procedure since I was 26 (currently 35), so it is bizarre to finally be on the other side of having a hair transplant. The procedure was fairly painless. I didn't mind the anesthesia at all, but the last hour of the surgery became slightly uncomfortable because the donor area was tender and I was still on my back as they were inserting the final grafts. Apart from the first two nights where I definitely needed the painkillers to lay down on the donor area, recovery was a breeze. I had another doctor, who works with a plastic surgeon in Jacksonville, take out the sutures and both she and my hair stylist( who is from Miami and has seen a lot of bad transplants) believe Dr. Charles did an exceptional job with the donor area. It's honestly a pain in the ass to attempt to find the donor area to show family and friends-- I believe that is a very good problem to have. I have nothing but good things to say about Dr. Charles and his staff and I hope the final results match the quality of my procedure. My first contact with their office was in 2011, so to say that they were patient and took time to answer all my questions is an understatement. Overall, the procedure was fun! People back home cannot believe how clean and minimal the procedure appeared when I drove back to Jacksonville the following morning. I am not going to update every month, but I will update at month 4 or 5 as the results begin to manifest. My fingers are crossed that I am a fast grower, but I've read enough of these threads to know to trust my doctor at this point and enjoy the recovery and growth, even if my growth is on the slower side of life. I added more pictures, but they did not show up for some reason. If anyone is interested, they are in my photo album. Videos of my procedure can also be viewed at drglenncharles on his Instagram page if you are interested. I look pretty dumb, but if it helps you it's worth it If anyone in Florida is considering a hair transplant and has any questions please feel free to message to me.

I am as well as I'm meeting with Dr. Charles tomorrow.

I would love feedback on these two blog pieces I wrote about hair loss. They contain about everything I have learned and also share my story and heartache regarding hair loss. (Link removed by moderator - See Terms of Service)

I just wanted to share these with you guys. I hope they are helpful and I would appreciate any feed back. (Links removed by moderator - See Terms of Service)

No, I get my prescriptions from a doctor and pick them up at a pharmacy. I am not taking a generic, it's the real deal. I never buy this stuff online but prescriptions are much cheaper in Korea. I take .5 mg of Avodart a day. I never had any "shed" on propecia or avodart. My hairline just keeps going back and I'm getting very thin on top. My erections are much more common on Avodart than they are on prpecia although propecia did not really give me strong side effects. I just think I'm someone who doesn't respond to any of this crap. I'll give it six months as I gave propecia a year.

I wanted to update on this blog. I have had rapid recession from the temples and extreme thinning on the top of my head. I've been on Avodart for two months and I'm committed to atleast 6 months(I know a lot of people will tell me a year but I'm so bald I'm getting to the point where I would rather shave my head). My new question is this, did anyone else experience a deterioration of their hair before it improved when using avodart. I do not mean a shed, If I had a shed I would be relieved because I would know my hair responds to this stuff. I'd also like to report I've experienced no side effects from Avodart and I did occasionally have problems with propecia and proscar. Regardless, your thought s would help.