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I made a few more posts with alot more photos. Thoughts?

Ok I found some photos but they are Jan 2020, 11 months before my first fut..,

Cant seem to find a before photo smh only one that is jan 2020 (11 months before the first fut) bloxham and his staff are very professional thats why I am a bit baffled by the results. Ill start using topical GHK-cu (auxano grow) maybe it with help the new hair grow faster. from some angles with dry hair it looks decent with wet hair looks see through. 4,900 grafts shoulda been better results though I wonder what Bloxham will tell me at next months 6 month followup because he was saying the crown takes 18 months fully but the results there are not as dense as I was expecting here are some more shots I took today with wet hair, blowdryed hair, also under direct bathroom lighting and in livingroom under less direct lighting

Gotta find the pre op. The first 3,000 fut grafts were done Nov 15,2020. We covered the crown and area behind hairline. (The photos they already haved fhe 2 areas and used the medical marker to outline the areas to be worked on Here’s 2 pics from that day.. then the 3rd photo is after the surgery was done and the last photo was maybe a few days later at home The last photo is last summer which was 9months after the first 3k graft fut when I let the hair grow out. It looked good from the front imo Then the 2nd to last photo is this past November 2021 a week after 1,900 fut procedure to the the front area (outlined by the pink lines and add dense band along the hairline). Job looked well done post surgery thats why I am bothered that at 22 weeks post op it still isnt filling in faster

Nope no medication as we had full coverage during both transplants for a total of 4,900 grafts which was on top of 1,200 fue grafts i got done in 2013 when my hairline first receded and the 1,200 made is straight. So all in all 6,100 grafts on my head. fin and minox is usually recommended when the doc doesnt know if you will continue to thin so its to prevent more thinning after transplant but i already thinned as much as I would so we got full head coverage

Any opinion/feedback? maybe its still early but the transplanted area I feel should he much more filled in not see through and thin. Ive seen youtube videos with timelines and the results I seen at 5 months look great whereas mine looks thin and see through 🤕

On November 10th I had my 2nd fut with Fellar and Bloxham and now 22 weeks later aka 5 months post op the results are very underwhelming Nov of 2020 I had 3,000 fut done (crown area and a little behind hairline) then Nov 2021 1900 fut (a little more drnser hairline and the front middle part od head) done both at Feller and bloxham. I am now 22 weeks post hair transplant and the area doesnt seem to be getting denser. Usually month 3 the transplanted hair starts sprouting and month 4 until 5 is when the real noticeable growth happens. In starting to get bummed out as 22 weeks is month 5 First photo is when I got home one day post op: https://ibb.co/7WZs7Yy 2nd photo is today out of bed hair https://ibb.co/C03vPXc 3rd photo is after i combed it down toward my eyes so you can see the white space from the hair not getting denser https://ibb.co/ZJnRsVB Last year I had 3,000 grafts and this pst November 1,900 grafts

On Nov 18,2020 I got a 3k FUT with Dr.Bloxham. Originally he anticipated we would get close to 2,500 grafts but after the techs dissected the strip doc told me that surprisingly they were able to get 3,000 grafts. They did my crown and also added hair behind my hairline (I had a 1200 fue on the hairline in 2013 to make it straight as I was developing a widows peak at the time. I guess the area behind the fue thinned so doc Bloxham filled it it as well as the crown. I am so tired of wearing a hat already haha. Seems like baby hairs are coming in on the scalp area but nothing yet behind the hairline. Jan 18 will be 2 full months post op. When can I expect hair to start filling in? Between month 4 and 5?

Hey Mike, I got 3,000 fut with doc Bloxham November 18,2020. Almost at the 2 month mark now. Did you start seeing throw at the beginning for month 4?

I had a 3,000 FUT done November 18th. For the last week my head itches quite alot out of the blue. Wondering when I can expect some growth. Gonna start Biotin and Collagen supplements in hope of faster process

I am curious about mega sessions (4-4,500 grafts) as it would be much more convenient then 2 procedures 6 months aprt

Any reason they cant do a 4,000 graft mega session? Instead of 2 sessions.

I had a consultation with Dr.Bloxham before the pandemic started. He recommended 2 FUT procedures for me for a full head 6 months apart. I am a but iffy about FUT due to the scar. He recommended this because it would get maximal amounts of grafts. Sometimes I read about these 4,900+ graft sessions and wonder why I cant bang it out in one session as well so I dont have to get a 2nd procedure half a year later As for Dr.Wesley his before and after photos dont seem to impressive to me. For Northeast I have been impressed with Bloxham’s work although its mostly FUT and the thought of a scar kind of upsets me as I enjoy sides and back (skin fase) As for Turkey only HCL Ankara impressed me. I notice alot of after photos never show the back and crown area. Last summwr a buddy for 4,500 grafts in Turkey with Cinik and while the front looks great, if I did not know him I would think he's balding in the back

Since I live in NYC I decided to do the surgery here in the tri state area. I am going to be 34 in October and finally over the last 2-3 months its getting worse and worse up top to the point where even combing it over to the side isnt helping alot. Since there's only so much donor hair available to me I decided to not risk Turkey as I dont know what I will get and dont want to risk not having donor area If I am unhappy with the result. I had Neograft in 2013 for my hairline which was starting to widow's peak and used about 1,300 grafts to make it straight. Now I will likely need about 4,500 grafts. Does anyone in the tri-state area do mega sessions? I would rather get it over with in one shot instead of 2 surgeries. Here are 2 photos, one from a few months ago and one now.

The scar usually turns white right?

What questions should we ask at a consultation? Also is every surgeon able to do a test (forgot the name) to determine the quality of a donor area?

@Mike V Howcome you chose FUT over FUE? Did you have to buzzcut your whole head for the procedure?

Not the surgery itself but the process, healing and recovery? Do you have to buzz the whole head? This would worry me with FUT because the scar would be visible until hair grows out in the back

Cant find much info on True and Dorin here

Howcome with FUE the patients gets his head in a buzzcut yet with FUT they dont buzzoff the whole head?

Had a nice consultation with Dr.Bloxham a few days ago. Seems like I will be needing 2 FUT’s for good density on top and crown area and a little behind the hairline. I had a FUE 1,200 grafts in 2013 when my hairline was widow’s peaking. Dr.Bloxham seemed very nice and knowledgeable. Just sucks NY doctors have prices that are soo high that its tempting to go to Turkey. I also always felt/thought like FUT was an old method and that nowadays FUE was the go to option to restore a full head of hair so it felt a bit weird to hear from him that I would need ideally FUT. Something about a large scar across my head just doesn't sit right but Im slowly warming up to it as bald head is something I will never warm up to.

What made you go with FUT instead of FUE which is scarless?

Bernstein? Feller and Bloxham? Wesley? Norwood 6 who previously had 1,200 fue neograft on hairline years ago looking for top and crown coverage for full head of hair. Since NY will be expensive no matter the doc who are the best in NY and why?

Who does great consults in New York?

I was watching UFC last night and Joe Rogan who had a transplant before you can see the huge scar across the back of his head. It even had a light purplish tint. This made me wonder why anyone would choose FUT over FUE? Or is FUT the only option if you need alot of coverage?