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Someone I know is considering them. I know there is one thread on Dr Jones recently but not much else.

Does anyone have any experience with Dr Jones or Dr Huber in Toronto? They are located in Toronto.

Been very busy lately but will try to provide 4 month update soon.

Looks like some reAlly good early growth. Do you feel a lot of new hairs have sprout?

Now is when the exciting period should start.

That is some serious density.

Looks good, the previous transplanted hair has grown in nicely and it seems the new transplanted hairs should start growing in nicely as well.

You should talk to your doctor and try to get on Finasteride. It is the best treatment available and when combined with Minoxidil should work really well. Sides seem to happen between 3-5% of the time but I'm the vast majority stop once you stop the meds. 22 in my opinion is too early for a HT. All the other pills you have tried which you say haven't worked is probably true. At this time all that we have FDA approved for hair loss is Finasteride and Minoxidil with Finasteride being highly effective. If you are worried about sides you can perhaps try topical Finasteride.

I've started to notice some new hair growth around the 3 month mark. It's not a whole lot yet but some very fine thin hairs. When I look in the mirror it's difficult to see to be quite honest because the hairs are so short and thin. The way I really noticed them was taking pictures without flash close to my scalp at an angle and not top down. Take a pic in a room with natural daylight coming in without having any direct sunlight hitting your head. It's still very early so anything you do see will be quite thin and only around 10% of your growth. I think by the end of this month you should see growth if nothing yet. Hang in there, I know it's tough not too continuously examine your hair but you have made it past the waiting stage. Plus Dr. Bloxham has some great results. You'll be surprised once it starts growing you will see how quickly things fill in.

This is a very good result. Very natural and dense. Is the patient on meds?

I was advised to wait about 10 months before starting laxity exercises but every surgeon may have a different opinion. It's probably safer to wait a year.

@aaron1234 the crown looks perfect with such few grafts. I've always read the crown takes longer for growth. When did you first notice growth in your crown? It seems like you had some growth at 4 months was that your natives or was at actually the transplant? What did you notice different in terms of growth, texture if any with the crown vs the front?

It all seems fine for this stage. Shedding will happen and between 3-4 months you should hopefully see some growth. Shock loss can happen, I didn't see any pre-op pics prior to surgery shave down but it almost always grows back unless the hair was on its last legs which means you would have lost it anyways. With an experienced clinic and surgeon which is the case with Eugenix I don't think you need to worry about permanent shock loss. Are you on meds?

Do you any pics of the crown? Personally I would keep light coverage of the crown and rather use the grafts to have more coverage in the front and mid. 2100 grafts seem like small procedures for FUT. If you go FUT route have you consulted with clinics doing larger procedures? It would save you having to go through multiple recoveries. Then again laxity would also play a factor.

Were there a lot of pimples? Did they cause an infection? Did you speak to the clinic about this at any time? If you pics of the pimples and the areas now would be helpful.

I don't think age is a factor. I recently had my surgery with Dr. Wong and he still seems very active and even comes in on weekends to look at his patients. Speaking with him he is still quite busy but from my personal opinion I feel like Dr. Wong is still performing more FUT where as Dr. Hasson is performing more FUE and the clinic is trying to provide more FUE examples. I think they have really proved themselves to be a top clinic when it comes to FUT and the focus now may just be to show more of their FUE work. Again this is just my take on it from what I've seen and speaking to others.

Hair growth normally starts around the 3-4 month mark. Some slightly earlier while some slightly later. Not only is it different with each person but it's also different with each procedure. There are some members who have had 4 FUTs with the first being the largest. I myself have had 2. My first surgery I had 3500 and the second I had about the same. I was initially told about 2000-2200 during consultation for my second procedure but was advised if I did scalp laxity exercises for 3-4 months about 45 mins a day I can likely get more grafts and it did help to get me 3500 grafts. You can go on YouTube and you will find videos from Hasson and Wong on how to perform them.

Hang in there. Seems there is some growth but some people grow slow and others quicker. The good news is the clinic is supportive.

Why do you think FUT is riskier? In the hands of an experienced surgeon this would not be the case. But in general there are risks to both a FUT and FUE. They are both surgeries and there is the aspect of healing. Yes, FUT requires some additional healing but complications with the strip healing is probably rare.

There was a member on here who has a post and he mentioned that he works at a hospital and caught Covid I think a few weeks post surgery. He has since posted results and he seemed to have progressed well. Maybe someone can share the post.

FUE is becoming more common and certainly there are clinics able to really push the limits to the number of grafts they can extract without over harvesting and that with BHT and you can get great coverage. But if someone is a high norwood and wants to maximize donor it's probably still better starting with FUT and finishing with FUE. There are many members on this forum who have had multiple FUT and it seems they had no regrets going this route. If someone has a dense donor FUE makes total sense or if someone is not bothered by light crown coverage then again probably makes sense. There is also the fact that some are not bothered so much by a strip scar. Realistically there are pros and cons to both methods and I would say a lot of factors are involved and it really should be case by case. @Melvin-Moderator has a video with Doug from H&W where he discusses this.

Great result and very good example of the difference between 6 and 12 months.

Great result.

With FUT you will definitely be able to move more in one sitting and if you are not concerned about keeping sides so short then FUT will allow you to really maximize your donor. I've had 2 FUTs myself and the recovery is not as bad as you may think. Although I do think that my first surgery with sutures was a lot easier to sleep with for the first 2 weeks compared to staples during my second surgery. Do keep in mind though that if you have a thick dense donor FUE may be a good option as well just that you won't be able to move a lot of grafts in each sitting.

Or a low fade. It works really well camouflaging that strip.