1978matt

You've done the easy bit. Now for the 4-5 month wait...

50/50 of the people who 'return to the forum'. That may only be 10% of the ones who disappear. The other 90% could be 100% satisfied for all we know...or the reverse.

Yeah it's 50/50. Had a few people message over the years saying the didn't update as they were not happy. But on the other hand, some people ask for updates and they come back and post a knockout result.

Looks on the finer side but not terrible.

I actually did this on my last FUE for the first 3 or 4 weeks post op. It does work ok but tricky to find the right shade depending on hair colour. If it's too dark it stands out. Better to go lighter and kind of blend it in above and below the scar.

Yeah, I've seen some cases where it's still a bit noticeable even at 10mm+. they just have that fine whispy baby type hair that doesn't provide much volume.

I was curoius to see if your natural hair is thick and coarse, or thin and fine. Obviously the latter requires more grafts to get a dense result on top. I can only guess but your hair looks like it might be quite fine. On the positive side, your FUE donor area looks quite big in relation to the bald area. I actually think you may be better off going FUE. Scars can be a bit harder to hide if your hair is fine, even if it is a thin scar. Make sure you go to a top FUE doctor who spreads the extractions out and doesnt leave you with a noticeably 'thin horseshoe zone' at the back. just do 2500 to start to see how it goes. I would not recommend trying to do it all in one go, no matter how attractive that sounds.

About 5 years ago i took a PT course, more as a life skill for myself than to actually train others. After about 6-9 months training myself I had a couple of people ask "what's your stack bro?". Err, nothing in fact, and never would. But you are right. With the work you can basically be in the top 1% of physiques without roids, as 99% of people arent prepared to put the hours in the gym, or clean up their diet.

have you got any photos with your hair grown out a bit? Knowing the sort of coverage it would offer would help aid the decision.

Just stay natty bro. No one wants to have to inject themselves for the rest of their lives because they shut down their natural production. Increasing T gives more opportunity for 5AR to convert it to DHT, so an accellerated rate of loss could occur if you are particularly susceptable to MPB.

Nice...very nice

Great stuff. This is the quintessential 'strip out, then FUE' example, and I bet you still have some more grafts left in the tank.

Dr C has and continues to make millions from his FUE instruments, so I'd bare that in mind concerning anything he says.

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Looks pretty awesome so far.

It's a while since I made that post, but what I think i meant was that the trauma of placing a whole load of grafts in a thinning area would just kill off any weak hairs in that area. The doctor should probably just fill in the whole area if the existing hairs will be lost in 2-3 years anyway.

Probably a smart decision to blurr it out as he would be offering free advertising for someone else. He also tagged the Atlanta doctor, John C, but I don't think it's one of his instruments. It's probably something similar to Neograft which was meant to punch the grafts out and them suck them down a pipe and into a holding solution. Some doctors just use it for the punch, and pull the grafts out afterwards.

Dr Lindsay is near Washington DC, and less expensive than doctors in the major cities.

NW5.75 at 68. He was a solid NW3 until slow deterioration between age 40-60. Hair type is Fine. I inherited mother's coarse hair, not his. Her Dad who passed before I was born was a NW5 to early 70s. Dad's dad was at least a NW6 up to age 84. He would totally bic-it so difficult to tell, and passed away 32 years ago. Brother is a NW3 at age 44 but with a bit of a sh1tty hairline developing.

I wouldnt worry as it doesn't look like particularly bad stuff to me.

Good growth. Really nice scar too.

You don't need a HT yet but should consider preventative measures. Finasteride, something in the range of 0.5-1.25mg 3 times a week or similar.

I'm doing 1.25mg every 3rd day and it is working well. So I average 0.42mg a daily or 2.92mg per week.

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