orlhair1

Looks great.....big big difference in his appearance.

I have been taking 1.25 daily for about 1.5 years. Recently I decided to reduce to 5 days per week, so I just skip Friday and Saturday. Too soon to tell, but from everything I have read and seen, I think I will retain the benefits and take less of the drug. I have not had any noticeable sides for the past year. I did have some groin discomfort for a few days a couple of times a few months into taking it which others have also reported. However that subsided and nothing since. I just want to take as little as possible and still have the benefits.

Looks awesome.....he has to be thrilled with the change that made for him.

Dr. Glenn Charles and Dr. Paul Rose are the only two I would trust in the whole state of Florida.

I agree. I have not seen too much of Dr. Rose's work, but he is well regarded. I have seen a lot of Dr. Charles' work and it is consistently top notch.

Looking really nice, especially considering the extent of his loss and the relatively small number of grafts.

Looks awesome.....he has a fantastic result early on!

That should produce a really nice result for you. You picked one of the best in the business. Heal and grow well.

Spanker, the work looks awesome! Very happy for you.

Great post. Thanks for putting this together! Even though I don't have any noticeable sides, I want to take the smallest dose to be effective. I was thinking about starting out just eliminating weekends so that I am taking 5 doses per week rather than 7.

You have a lot of great docs listed here. I like SMG, Hassan & Wong, Konior, Rahal, Lindsey, and True & Dorin. I have not studied the docs in Europe as much since I live in the US.

This is looking great!

Looking great......and I agree Dr. Lindsey is one of the best. At five months you will definitely see a lot more in the next few months and it already looks good!

Congrats! I look forward to following your progress. You chose a great doc. Heal and grow well!

If you have had no growth in 8 months, it is highly unlikely that you will have much more growth, if any. It is possible, but highly unlikely.

What a great change.....fantastic result!

Wow....looks fantastic, especially for a relatively low number of grafts.

Awesome....huge improvement!

Based on what I have seen, I believe that the smaller FUE sessions produce better results on a consistent basis. I had scheduled a 1500 graft FUE with SMG and was going to have that done over 2 days. I decided to cancel the procedure, but will likely do it in the next year or two. If it were me, I would take the conservative approach with an FUE session of 2,500 grafts. I am no expert by any means, but that seems like a lot of prolonged trauma to the scalp over 2 days.

Several people have reported taking it at lower doses, .5mg/ day or 1mg every other day or even 3 times per week and still have the same effect on keeping your hair and with side effects reduced or eliminated.

OrlHair1

 

Hair transplants are not an exact science but there is scientific studies on graft survival at 20, 30, 40 grafts per CM and above, with decreasing viability of grafts the more you dense pack (Dr. Bernstein has a nice summary of this on his website). I know this has been discussed (perhaps on this thread?), most HT veterans on this site are aware of these studies and indeed with better methods it is getting easier to dense pack.

 

On the other hand, with FUE, GIANT one day FUE sessions, motorized tool use and having techs take out some of the grafts--well, there aren't a lot of studies on how these factors might or might not affect a dense pack.

 

Sean, as people say, in any event you are not far off, it looks good and you are in better shape than most people. This matters little when you feel bad about it...but you should have options going forward still left to you.

 

Thanks

I agree and have read those studies about decreasing viability go grafts as density gets higher after a certain point.

That does make sense SugarHighs. I forgot that your procedure was also an FUE.

Ive had a unopen pack of fin sitting on my table since May, my dr was happy to give the medication but warned me of the side effects. Im still thinking about if I want to start this drug.????

It is a tough call. I have been using it for about 1.5 years and am trying to decide if I want to stop or not.

I think it is difficult to know the reasons why it worked out like it did. With all due respect to Hariri, I don't think any of us are really qualified to know. There are many highly respected surgeons who use the same motorized punch and achieve great consistent results. Even in Hariri's case which was strip, he did not get the yield/density he was hoping for, although his result looks really good to me. I think this just illustrates that HT is not an exact science. We all get very excited and blown away by the "wow" results that are posted, but they are "wow" because they are not the average HT result, even with top surgeons. Sean, worst case scenario, you can have a small touch up procedure and you will be fine long term. I know it is not what you wanted to do, but it really is not that unusual. Try not to stress over it...you will be all good my friend.

Bobilero, that is a great point and what really worries me. This is a powerful drug and should not be taken lightly. We all want to do all we can to have our hair, but it is not worth damaging our overall health. What worries me is that I could be having subtle side effects that may cause long term harm. It also concerns me that articles and research over time have only come up with more and more warnings about the drug.....that makes me wonder what is next that we don't even know about yet.

Sean, I agree with the other posts. You will probably see some thickening and maturing of the transplanted hairs, but I doubt you will see substantially more hairs grow in at this point. I agree with Zenmunk and Spanker that your hair looks good and natural overall....but I know you are not where you wanted to be with the areas you addressesd in your surgery which is what is disappointing for you.