Martin28

A bit of improvement can be seen in comparison to the previous months, but I think this is the final result, because no significant improvement can be seen anymore. Regarding the eczema: Nothing helped me, went to so many doctors. The eczema cannot be seen anymore, but I still have this tension and dry feeling of head skin and my head skin still gets very oily only after one day after hair wash (before the HT I never had any problems with dry or oily head skin or dandruff). Also a bit of drandruff can be seen after one day after hair wash. I accepted it that I cannot do anymore and need to live with that for life.

9 months Post OP Update pictures:

8 months Post OP Update pictures:

Next week I will cut my hairs so that they're short, but not that short like a buzz cut (I really don't like it, but better than no hair/shaved ) . I'm using Nizoral shampoo already for about a month, but nothing changed, my symptoms (thumb/tension feeling on head skin on the whole top of the head, very oily skin when I do not wash my hairs for two days --> before the HT my hairs never get that oily) are not better. The dermatologists also don't know what do to anymore, I've tried everything... . The head skin looks normal now: No redness or symptoms of an eczema for example no dandruff or itch anymore. But I still have this thumb feeling on my headskin on the complete top of head, it is like wearing a very tight head and it's really annoying . One thought I had, was the following: Is it possible that the thumb feeling does not result/or not only result from the eczema, but also from the HT itself: Maybe some nervs in the head skin are hurt and cannot recover . I heard from cases where people, who had a FUT HT, suffered from a thumb head skin feeling over years. But I never heard of people, who had a FUE HT, suffered that long (I'm nearly 8 months Post OP) from a thumb head skin feeling. Next month I have a date with a neurologist to check if that maybe the reason for my annoying thumb feeling on headskin...

Thank you guys for all your feedback. I hope that the result will further improve in the next months, although I did not see any improvement between month 6 and 7 and also see no other/new hairs started to growing... I have no problems during the OP, everything went very well and Dr.Keser as well as his assistent and all other guys who saw my photos predicted that my result would be fantasic. I know it's definitely an improvement looking at Pre OP photos, but not that much as I expected for 2500 grafts only for temples and front. @stinger99: The photo you picked from the Pre OP photos is really the worst, I think because of the lightning. To assess the results all Pre OP photos (at starting of this thread) should be watched. Looking at the results now, I think it is impossible for me to sustain a satisfying hair status with less density (my expectations are really not high) by other FUE sessions, if my hair loss progresses further (this was my plan ). I mean I spent 2500 grafts for the temples and front --> the half of grafts I can spend in total by FUE. Crown and top is left...and maybe I need also more grafts for front, if the existing hair (not the transplantated grafts) falls out...

I think the best month was 6 month Post OP and I don't think that the result will get better any more (I also see no new hair starting to grow). On the pictures of 7 month Post OP, the result looks a bit worse than on 6 months Post OP. I'm not that satisfied with the result for 2500 Grafts for the front and temples. It is an improvement but not that much as I thought for 2500 Grafts for the front and the temples. For another FUE OPs I have another 2500 Grafts left and that's it... Overall I think I cannot get a good result with another OPs if my hairloss progresses further... But the worst is the eczema, still has the described problems and I think that I maybe will have that for life ... nothing I can do anymore I tried everything...

After 7 months Post OP:

First of all thank you all for your support. Sorry for updating late , but here it is (as said I want to make a month to month documentary) After 6 months Post OP:

5 months Post OP update: As promised here are the 5 month update photos (I make updates every month so we have a documented case from month to month and can see the improvements or not...): I know it is an improvement since Post OP especially in the temples, it is really better. But overall it is so far for me not that improvement I expected for 2500 Grafts in the front and temples... I have expected more density in the front, but maybe it will become more dense in the next months . Since last month I do not see any improvements and also no new hair that starts to grow. Hopefully the eczema has no or not much negative effect on growing rate...Still fighting and suffering from the eczema with the described symptoms... Tomorrow is the next date at the clinic and I will tell that the new shampoo with ketoconazole had no effect, still suffering from the problems.

The numbing shots were painful especially the first ones, but it's not that hard to withstand...Before the OP I thought it would be much more painful...it's really good to withstand, a bit more painful that the numbing shots at the dentist Thank you hairshopeing, I hope it would turn out in a good result although I also have eczema now... But I personally don't think that my current state is more better than Pre OP photos (on second page of this thread, the Pre OP photos are also taken directly after hair wash and after hair dried), maybe a little bit better...expect the new hairs in the temples (but there are not many so far) where there was no hair before.

4 months Post OP update: I look much better than after 3 months, but from my meaning I look now nearly the same/only a little bit better than before the OP --> only some few hairs more in the front region at the temples where before the OP was no hair. I really hope that much more grafts will start to grow because I do not see any more new grafts/hairs and I thought after 4 months you can see a little bit of the new grafts/hairs that start to grow. And I still got problems with the eczema . Nothing changed, the same symptoms expect that the scabs are completely gone and it can not be seen anymore that I have eczema. Only when I do not wash my hairs for two days the hairs become very fast greasy and "oily" and there is also scurf. The worst is the tenseness feeling over the complete top of head, I hope I get soon rid of that. My dermatologist send me to a special clinic/another specialist for dermatology because he didn't know what to do anymore... In the clinic I got a new shampoo with ketoconazole which I should take for about three weeks and see if the eczema would be better or hopefully gone . Here are the pictures. Note: The pictures are taken about 3 hours after hair wash so my hair might look better/with more volume (because dried directly after hair wash).

No, I don't think that this has to do with the 4 consecutive day procedure. I also think it is better to split in several days and not too many grafts per day as Dr. Keser did (max. between 650-800 grafts per day as already written in this thread). What would be interesting for me: Does anyone of you have itching and tension feeling on the reception region after 3-4 months Post-OP (when transplanted hair starts to grow)?? Would be interesting for me, because I think this symptoms may also occur when transplanted hair starts to grow not only because of my eczema.

No, I really don't think that the eczema have to do with the clinic of Dr.Keser being not clean or sterile enough or the work of Dr.Keser. Everything went very well and the clinic looks really nice and very clean. I think the eczema came from the antibiotic creme or maybe the HT itself has lead to very dry head skin which resulted in the eczema. I hope I will get rid of it very soon. Dr. Keser said that he never had such a case "eczema after HT", but he has done HT on people who already have eczema. Notice: Eczema is not infective. I will post updates in July...

First of all thank you guys for your replies ! I waited to get response and also didn't get always a notification e-mail that there are new posts in this thread. I will make updates every month with photos and I think this is enough to document my case, doesn't make sense to make updates every two weeks, especially when nothing changed since the last update. Today I'm 3,5 months Post OP, still the same problems suffering from eczema , the symptoms as stated above. I really hope that the eczema is not permanent for life (this seems to be very often). As written I never had any problems with my head skin, no dry skin, no eczema before the HT, so I think the reason for my eczema must be in the HT! One thought of me was that it may have to do with the antibiotic creme I got from Dr.Keser. The creme is extremely greasy and maybe I put too much of it on the skin, so that the skin couldn't breath...Maybe...But I don't know. I hoped that people how also suffered from eczema after HT post here, it seems to be not often the case. To the question: Why I don't want to take Fin: It was my decision to not take any medicine like Fin which you must take for live and can have heavy side effects. Before I take such medicine I would rather arrange with me to get bald. I know it may turn out that my HT and also in the future other HTs without taking any medicine would not result in a satisfied result for me, so that I spent money, energie and time for nothing...I hope it will not turn out so. As said my expectations are very low, I would also be happy with low density better than to get bald. It's everyones decision to take that high risk. Yes, I think today I look worse than before the HT, this was also what other friends (who know about the HT) think. I really hope that hair will start to grow soon and not permanently fall out with the scabs as described above.

Here is the 3 month Post OP update: I look now even more worse than before the HT . The scabs (or maybe dead skin) of the eczema is mostly away, but with the scabs also a lot of hair as every time a scab released there was hair in it (still not sure if these are complete grafts). I still have problems with the eczema and next week is my next control date at the dermatologist. I still has the symptoms itching and tenseness of the skin on top and sometimes also a "hot feeling" of inflamation next day after spraying cortison. Next week I will also cut my sides and donor, it looks not good/strange having so much hair on sides and donor and on top very less hair. Hope everything will turn out well. Here are the pictures.