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Hi goosguardian Just thought I'd give you an update. It's been 11 months exactly since my HT with CHI and I am very glad that I did. I'm a little too shy to post my pictures right now but who knows maybe sometime in the future. You'll be in great hands at CHI, they are very professional but also a great group of people and very easy to talk to about your transplant. They don't know yet but I will definitely be going back there some time this year, probably around September (fingers crossed that I have saved enough) I plan on going for another 2500ish to the front and further back and then I'll see where I am and possibly go back again after that I started out a Norwood 6 but am slowly but surely heading for the 'appearance of hair' in my journey. Good luck and you'll be just fine! oh and by the way I don't take any meds.

I don't see it that way. I think for what looks like a possible N 5/6 you couldn't expect much more from 3150 grafts. He'd need at least 6000 grafts to get the appearance of more hair than scalp up there.

Actually at first I thought it was combed back in the pre op photo too but the more I looked at it I think it's combed forward in all the pictures.

A definite improvement doc. Can you provide a photo with the grafts immediately after the HT + do you have 4/6 months photos, if not no problem.

Hi Magpie, this community is a great resource for help with your MPB problem. I don't want to sugar coat your situation but, it looks as though over the next 10 years you'll likely to lose more hair in your crown and sides/laterals. Whichever doc you eventually choose be sure to have them take into account that you will be losing more hair, however that being said, I'm sure that with the right approach and probably a couple of procedures you'll end up with a significant cosmetic improvement. I'm guessing around 3000 plus grafts to address your hairline and midscalp to frame your face and a further 3000ish to address your crown and laterals a year or so later. I think Dr Bisanga is highly recommended here so you'll be in excellent hands, good luck!!

Hey BrianR, thanx for the pic, it's much appreciated and I promise not to bust anyone else about their grammar (maybe lol), it was just me being silly

He must be happier than a pig in mud, well done doc.

Actually that's a great point to make! I use a Nexus 7 tablet to read all the posts and for some reason a lot of the posts fonts are tiny like this, and I can barely read them, so I thought I was doing ya'll a huge favour by typing like this so y'all wouldn't have to strain your eyeballs. BTW, it's forum not form.

So funny you should say that. When I got my HT back at the end of Feb on my crown area, Kathryn (my hair tech) joked that I was getting a free neck lift

Hey I think you should be voted up for an additional 500 grafts for showing us who's the boss with that extra etc, any docs out there wanna give BrianR a 3000 graft freebie for camera lessons!...lol, good luck with request, hope it pans out for ya.

You should begin by using spell check. It would impart some degree of confidence in your potential clients. For instance, descent=/=decent, patent=/=patient, prof=/=proof and finally, once you say "etc" there's no need for two more etc's because etc covers all your bases, know what I mean? Anyhow, that's great advice and I'd love to see you get your 2500 free grafts!

Very nice, considering he had no hair whatsoever on the top of his head and that his yield was approximately 6300 hairs, it framed his face nicely and I'm sure another similar size HT will serve him well. I also think if he had run a brush through his hair then the top down photo would have been more complimentary. Nice job doc.

My 3000 grafts to the back of my head back at the end of Feb broke through my scalp about 2 1/2 months later and just sat there doing nothing until 2 weeks ago. So for me at 5 months the journey has only just started and from what I can see only around 50% of them are actually growing, the rest are still at the stage/growth they were at 2 1/2 months.

I think for 1950 grafts your results are awesome dude! I'm really happy for you, what a confidence boost, terrific!

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