rev3

just saw your pre-ops

looking good

i just read a post on Dr. Rahal's website patient blog that ACELL was used on him with a picture of the box it comes in

first time i've heard of Rahal using this

wonder if it is patient specific

anyone?

no news is good news

xlent design!

even at 4 months

you must be stoked!

you've made wise decisions re: your hairline transplant

and compared to other hairline transplants i have seen

yours has made a significant difference in the framing of your face

totally worth it and made me make the leap as well

take propecia for the crown

if you are over 40 years, you will be pretty safe lowering the hairline temple angles

and i am sure you can get this done

if you are in your 20's and want to fill in the temples you might find a hard time for a qualified HT surgeon to approve

see your derm

you have nothing to lose

good luck

yeah, you can't tell the native from the transplant but like you said the transplant was within the native

so you did not have shock loss which puts you ahead of the game

the initial transplant even though within native hair looked extremely clean as well

i think your transplant has a bright future

doesn't look like anything was even done and that is saying a lot at 3 months

congrats

Rev I think you are getting my other results from my previous 2 transplants confused with this one.

 

I had this one June 26th of this year. Yes I have posted my results from the other 2 also.

oh

i thought he was looking for what your hair looked like before this transplant

i'll adjust my post if allowed

best

"seems most patients are older gentlemen. I suppose this is fine as each doc has their niche"

that's true

but it's a BIG niche!

lol!

i bet a very high % of HT case are 50+

nice dude!

please ask for proposed density that they can try to achieve

in cm2 at the hairline

i only say this because as you say:

my goal is to obtain a thick (natural, of course) hairline .

and you want to be aware what your doctor considers THICK compared to what you consider thick, so you are not disappointed, waiting for your "THICK" while the dr., with all good intentions, transplanted his THICK

just ask for the proposed density per cm2 at the hairline

depends on how many grafts, fue or fut

plus is it a hairline transfer or crown

raphael 84 is right

best scenerio for running around town in 3 days

<2000 grafts

FUE

to crown area

congratulations!

looking good

congrats

frontal hairline and temple point work might be more susceptible to disfiguring, albeit, temporary swelling

also, if additional anesthetic is provided throughout the surgery in these areas

he has posted pics in the past and he was transplanting into totally balding areas at the temple angle and temple point

post op

the temple angles look evenly diffuse, which is more obvious due to the density of the native hair behind the recipient area

while the temple points look patchy

at this point, the good news is that this is not a disaster

maybe 1000 grafts was too conservative to give the density you wanted in the area transplanted

might be the reason for you disappointment;

(do you know/can you find out the recipient area in cm2?)

for instance, a recipient area greater than 16cm2 for the 1000 grafts you received (given the density of the hair sitting directly behind the proposed new hair line) will give a density of less than 60 grafts per cm2.

in the temple angles this will probably look like thinning (as it does)

maybe the FUE procedure, which, in general, is known to give lesser yield than FUT, reduced that 1000 grafts to 900 (they say the yield is 10% less with FUE)

if that is the case and everyone of those 900 grafts grew out,

your recipient area would need to be 15cm2 or lower to reach a density of at least 60 grafts per cm2

find out these numbers

they will relieve your "waiting" for growth when all might have grown already

look, numbers mean nothing if you are satisfied

but if you are questioning whether the procedure failed to grow fully or if it was just a case of not placing enough grafts to satisfy the density you expected,

these numbers (recipient area in cm2 and number of grafts transplanted) will clear this up

what ever the case, this is an easy case to BEEF up the density

with another procedure (i know you've heard this before but at this stage, this is a good plan that you can be proactive about now by consulting with other docs or planning with your current one)

best

at this point, the good news is that this is not a disaster

maybe 1000 grafts was too conservative to give the density you wanted in the area transplanted

might be the reason for you disappointment;

(do you know/can you find out the recipient area in cm2?)

for instance, a recipient area greater than 16cm2 for the 1000 grafts you received (given the density of the hair sitting directly behind the proposed new hair line) will give a density of less than 60 grafts per cm2.

in the temple angles this will probably look like thinning (as it does)

maybe the FUE procedure, which, in general, is known to give lesser yield than FUT, reduced that 1000 grafts to 900 (they say the yield is 10% less with FUE)

if that is the case and everyone of those 900 grafts grew out,

your recipient area would need to be 15cm2 or lower to reach a density of at least 60 grafts per cm2

find out these numbers

they will relieve your "waiting" for growth when all might have grown already

look, numbers mean nothing if you are satisfied

but if you are questioning whether the procedure failed to grow fully or if it was just a case of not placing enough grafts to satisfy the density you expected,

these numbers (recipient area in cm2 and number of grafts transplanted) will clear this up

what ever the case, this is an easy case to BEEF up the density

with another procedure (i know you've heard this before but at this stage, this is a good plan that you can be proactive about now by consulting with other docs or planning with your current one)

best

well they can either ask un compensated patients to post their pics or post pics for them

this is all fixable

your doc sees what you see

that is the most important thing

thanks

still prepping for post op

thanks

still prepping for post op

when can a baseball cap be worn firmly (securely) not loose and touching the grafted areas

the pointiness can be softened with tweezing or permanently with lasers

but the density (if the softening doesn't make it better) then a few fue would do the trick for the temple points or roundness

just confirming what you probably already know though

best

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