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Hi guys, I had my HT at age 23 because of traction alopecia. I'm 25 now and I have some MPB in my family. Basically half of them have it and half don't from both sides. My dad has it and he's NW5V. My older brother has no hair loss at age 28. I seem to not have hair loss from MPB yet, but I think it will start for me for sure because I take after my dad more than my brother in terms of looks and hair. I naturally have fine hair just like my dad did and I am taking Proscar 1/4 tablet every other day as Dr. Wong suggested to me after my HT. Anyways, I'm writing today to find out if I can thicken my hair using shampoos/other products because I see that some of my hair that fall out(3/10) are weaker than others. Some(1/10) are very weak as in barely visible even though they are long. This scares me as it makes me think that those are MPB hair even though the volume and overall thickness of my hair seems to have remained same up until now and I used to see these very thin hair since two years back when I started caring more. Now i'm not sure what's going on since sometimes when I scratch my head even at the back where there shouldn't be any DHT related miniaturization, I see some some(1/10) hair thinner than others. So I can't tell if I have MPB at this time or not. I think I will have diffuse hair pattern when I do start to thin as my dad had. I don't want to wait till that happens before I take action. So what do you guys suggest I should do? So far all I do is take proscar 1/4 tablet every other day. That's about it. I was hoping my hair could get a little thicker by use of shampoos and such. I don't want to try some product that would be $30 per month yet as I am still a student. What do you guys recommend? Also I would like to find out if MPB has started for me already. Is there a way to do that other than by losing your hairline or seeing visible baldness?

I never said cosmetic improvement wasn't achieved. I called this a poor result not a failure. I'm still really disappointed in the result because it's nowhere close to what it should be for the amount of grafts that were placed in such a small area. The graft yield was way too low. And if I knew I was going to achieve 'cosmetic improvement' like this I wouldn't have gone with the surgery. No sane person would want 'cosmetic improvement' like this for the cost involved. This result was nowhere good enough to warrant a lifelong scar on the back of my head. And my hair will only get worse in the future. I'm only 24 right now.

I'm sure I will have MPB in the future as my dad has a receded hairline and so do my uncles on my mom's side. I can already see miniaturization in the hair that fall out. The hair thickness in the hair that fall out ranges from very thin to normal. It's been happening for 3 years now, but I haven't noticed much of change in the appearance of my hair overall. I'm becoming more convinced as I do more research that my hair fall isn't normal and I do shed a bit more than normal people. My hairline on the left side hasn't receded and the hair looks good overall. I think it'll be a slow loss since my dad is probably NW 3-4 and seems to have stopped there with some hair loss in the crown. His hair looks weak everywhere though so he shaves it which I don't have the option to do anymore. I don't think it'll be a good idea to get more hair planted into the right side even from a different doctor because if I do have MPB I might need the grafts for other places which makes me despair that I can't get this hairline fixed anymore because of the uncertainty of the future. I think I only have 3-4k grafts left.

If it was any other doctor I wouldn't have even gone for the 2nd surgery, but the reputation of H&W on this site was a factor. Also the fact that I can't afford a surgery for another 2 years since I'm a student so I decided to get the free touch up they offered until I can afford to go to a different doctor which will probably be thousands of km away. The possibility of getting a refund in cases like this seems to be close to 0% so I figured I might take what I can get.

That pic doesn't look too bad. The lighting and the angle makes it look good. I realize it's only 3 months, but I'm not expecting too much from a 250 graft touch up when 450 graft touch up before didn't do much. I am only expecting the 50% grafts to grow just like before which will make things only slightly more bearable. I would be satisfied with a slightly asymmetrical hairline, but the difference is too great for it to look natural.

OK I think nothing is going to give me density I need and make both my sides look even. I had traction alopecia mostly on my right side from wearing a turban and went to Dr. Wong for my first surgery in Mar 2012. I had 1550 grafts put into my hairline mostly on the right side because that's where I had most of my hair loss. I thought that would be enough to cover it up because the area wasn't too large. Unfortunately the first surgery gave pretty decent result on the left side, but my right side lagged behind considerably. At first I thought I was a late grower because by 6 month the result looked very weak, but I can confidently say there was no improvement from 6 month onwards. I think only 50-60% grafts that were placed grew. The density was too low and gave a see through look on the right side. So I went to Dr. Wong after a year and he offered to do a free touch up of 450 grafts. So I got my 2nd surgery in Feb 2013 and hair growth was slow just like in my first surgery. Again only 50-60% grafts seemed to grow. A year after the 2nd surgery, the right side was still see through and there was still considerable difference between the right and left side. The 2nd surgery improved things only slightly. So went back to Dr. Wong again in Jan 2014. He said "We put in hair there. The right side just won't take." He offered to do a 3rd and final touch up of 250 grafts. It's been 3 months and 1 week now since my 2nd touch up and the future looks as bleak as the first two surgeries. I think I experienced some shock loss after 3rd surgery and the area looks pretty bad right now. Worse than it looked before the touchup. I am surprised because the shock loss hair came back within 3 months for the first two surgeries. This time it seems like most of it came back, but the hair still looks worse than after the 2nd surgery. I have pretty much given up any hope of getting a good result now and regret my decision to get the HTs done and put my life on standstill for >2 years. Should've just shaved it. It's distressing to see other people here with much more advanced hair loss getting great results whereas after putting 2000 grafts in a small area for me still gives me a see through look. I don't know what went wrong and why the grafts won't grow. Don't even know what my options are at this point. Can't shave it anymore. I don't know if I should go to any other doctor for an HT since H&W are supposed to be top notch and are put on a pedestal on this site. Anyways here are some pictures. The last 10 pictures are taken today 3 months and 1 week after the 2nd touchup. Please comment and let me know what you guys think of the result.

Does the 2nd HT grow slower than the first? I had 1550 grafts placed at hairline in my first HT. One side didn't grow too well. The doctor decided to do a touchup for free and placed another 450 grafts on that side. I am 4 months past my 2nd HT and I don't see even a single graft growing. In my first HT I saw hair starting to sprout at 3 months and 2 weeks. I'm really worried since I have seen that most late growers don't get good results. It was such a small area to cover and I have put 2000 grafts in it by now but the it still looks sparse. Please help.

Hi guys, I went for my 2nd round of HT and got a touch up done of about 450 grafts. The first round didn't give really good results and left one side uneven. It's been 3 months and 3 weeks now since the second HT and I don't see any new hair sprouting at all and I'm pretty worried. The first round I had started seeing some hair growth at 3 months and 2 weeks. This time I can't even see a single new hair growing. Is this normal that two different HT's could have two different timelines? I don't know what to make of it.

Dr. Wong did shave my hair where the transplant was done. He didn't shave the whole head. The part that you see as dark red in img 4 and 5 was shaved. I had long hair so I was able to cover it up and I didn't have a large are to transplant on. However, on my second time I went back to Dr. wong for a touch up and he placed 450 grafts near my temple and this time he didn't shave. He needs to shave the area so he can better figure out how to place the grafts so they look natural. You can talk to him and see if he'll need to shave it for you. If it's >1500 grafts I think he'll probably shave.

I'm 23 years old. I have been using Proscar 1/4 of a tablet around 3 times a week (every other day). I have been on it for about 3 months now. I did not see any shedding/thinning in the first 2 weeks of me taking it. It seemed like my hair wasn't even falling in the first 2 weeks. However, around 3rd week to 2.5 months I started noticing my hair to be thinning a lot. They weren't really shedding more than normal, but just thinning a lot. I have heard that propecia/fin/proscar can make your hair shed, but can it also make your hair thinner? Some hair are so thin that that are even hard to see when they fall. Typically the thinner hair are also the short ones. Does this mean something? I stopped using Proscar after 2.5 months becase I got scared, but started it again now at 3 months. Is this normal? When will they stop thinning and start getting thicker? Also I'm only taking proscar at the moment and no other topical or oral drug. I started propecia just in case I had mpb. I had a hard time telling whether or not I have mpb or not. My hair sometimes used to shed for 2 weeks a lot and then it would stop shedding. However, I couldn't see any cosmetic difference to it for the last 3 years. It seemed to be stable. I had an HT with Dr. Wong 9 months ago because I used to have a turban before which caused traction alopecia, but I couldn't figure out whether I also have mpb or not. Dr. Wong advised me to take proscar just in case.

I wish you best of luck.

Had my surgery done On March 7, 2012 with Dr. Wong. Finally reached the 6 month mark. Hair looks OK, but density is lacking on the right side. Left side looks good. More hair were transplanted on the right side than on the left side because I was missing more hair on the right side. I really hope by 11 month mark the right side will become as dense as the left side and hairline will look more natural. The pictures below are the ones before HT, Right after HT, 4 months after HT, and 6 months after HT. The last picture shows the scar after 4 month. It's very thin and barely visible. I'm very happy about the scar. I would rank the surgery 7/10 at the moment because of lack of density. Hopefully after 10 months to a year, it will be 10/10 Go to my profile to see more pictures.