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FUE2579, Would love to see some updated photos, bro! Thanks!

Ryan, Apprears to be an excellent result. I am glad to see another of Rahal's FUE cases submitted by a patient. Any possibility to see the hairline he restored/improved up close and in greater detail with optimal lighting? Thanks for sharing your case with final outcome photos. So many fall off the radar after 4-6 months!

This is the heart of the matter. The punch is a tool. Manual or motorized, it is a tool. And a tool is only as good as the operator behind it. Some operators have more experience and proficiency with one type of a tool than others, and their results will be best with their preferred tool that they have the most proficiency and experience with. Look at the results. Once you are comfortable with the surgeon and their clinic's results, then go with their recommendation for the tool.

"Hairline" - Frontal HT hairline brought to the existing mid-frontal hair of a pre-transplant NW3A - - 7.25cm - Eyebrows - - 6cm - Nose - - 7.5cm - Chin And... Bump!

This. Great work being succinct and truthful greatjob (I guess that's why that's your username)! This forum has done it's due dilleagence. Let this fool go off and create a problem for himself that he'll have to live with forever.

Oh and Levi, Not to tow the party line too much, but PLEASE consider getting on Finesteride, Minoxidil and consider shampooing a couple times a week with Nizoral 1 or 2%. jbrant

Levi, You went to a great surgeon and are likely getting a bad result. I really feel for you. HT is not 100% and your case is a testiment to this. For some people the procedure just does not seem to work well! Spending major $$, suffering through the hair loss to begin with, then the emotional roller coster to end up with less money, emotionally drained, and scarred.... IT JUST SUCKS. There is good news, though. You STILL have options. They aren't great options, but options none the less. 1) Consider FUE with whatever donor grafts you have left. Any surgeon worth his salt will review your past procedures, and lack of yield and will plan for a surgery in which you get (at a minimum) very limited success, but will do the best to frame the face and give you something that will make your past work look as natural as possible. 2) SMP: This is a newer, emerging treatment, and can look good given that you have had procedures that have left DHT resistant hairs in your mid scalp and hairline. Make sure if you choose this to research heavily and make sure 100% that the SMP fades completely with time so that you're not 'married to it' if it does not suit you or you don't want the look indefinitely. 3) A rug. Hate so say it, but some guys wear them, and not just old dudes with bad toupees. A guy at my work is in his early 30s, into self image and takes really good care of himself (works out). He has a system which rivals that worn by Enrique Iglesias. It requires dedication in upkeep, but looks fantastic. Good luck, and like others I hope you just 'bloom late'!!!! Let us know what unfolds!

Sugar, great result ultimately. Frequently touch-ups are needed for FUE or FUT cases and this shows what can be gained by doing these. A couple of questions: 1) How low was your final hairline (in CM from glabella)? This was 1CM lower than your original non-translated hairline, right? 2) How many FUE grafts were needed for your "touch-up" procedure in 2013? Thanks, and again great ultimate result.

I've seen lots of physician or reps posting results of FUE patients and there seems to be a range of conspicuity regarding scarring in FUE sites after healing. I think the chief reason for the discrepancy has to do with the lighting and degree to which the scalp has been shaved, but I wonder if techniques have anything to do with the results. Lorenzo, for example, seems to have great growth and coverage from FUE, yet his videos show quite conspicuous FUE scar sites, the "polka-dot" look when healed donor area are shown on his videos, but then again his clinic is very transparent with lots of photos pre and post op taken in consistent lighting. Other physicians have tackled this by using A-cell in the FUE sites, and others by varying punch sizes and tools for extraction. Is there any consensus of tools, techniques (A-cell, etc) or otherwise that minimize the conspicuity of FUE sites?

It may "gall" you but gives asiandude hope. He may have to pay to have the problem fixed, but it is fixable, which gives quite a bit of piece of mind. Let's just hope that he goes somewhere (with Diep or otherwise) that can appropriately asses and remedy the problems with his procedure.

NICE hairline. How many cm from the glabella was it?

+1 Had ~2500 FUE recently and the sharp pains about 4-6 days later, which improved significantly at about day 10-12. Kept me from sleeping though the night for several nights as the pain from having the head support it's weight on the pillow was significant. From what I've read people who have had this feel 'back to normal' by about 6 weeks. Hopefully this will be my experience as well. This is probably somewhat more common than known/reported.

OP here, with my personal experience with it 2wks post op: NO ONE COULD TELL. I was around friends, siblings, and mother after about 8-9 days post op and no one ever said anything or gave me any strange looks. Why? Glad you asked. Here are the points I that I think making extraordinary efforts to "hide" it largely unnecessary. In order of importance. 1) No one knows what a HT looks like. Most people think that someone who got a hair transplant is akin to a female with a boob-job. One day they're tiny, the next 'boom!', there's major cleavage. They know what to look for and can tell the difference. With a HT however, most DON'T know what to look for and would probably EXPECT you to be bald/balding one day and 'boom!', next day with a head full of hair like a wig. But that's not how HT's work. The fact is people may notice the scalp or hairline is 'off' somewhat, but they're not sure why and reconcile that difference in their mind as being different length, style, lighting, whatever. HT is simply not on the radar. 2) I got FUE. For me, keeping my hair buzzed short (no guard or 1 guard) for the past 10 years or so for the spring and summer months helped establish that style of haircut, and as such only once per year is my hair seen during the "growing in" phase after the summer in the autumn period. When something is seen so infrequently, it's hard to keep a mental image of that around. Anyone who did notice my scalp/hairline changes probably thought that's just the way it looks when growing in and I was letting it grow in due to it getting colder. You don't have to have this long history of buzzing, though. A no guard buzzed head for just a few months prior to the HT could be enough to acclimate everyone in your circles to your appearance with that cut. 3) I am now in the early shedding period, and the transplanted area is starting to thin out. It is at this time that I feel like it is getting lesser and lesser like I ever had anything done. If you really want to keep it to yourself, do yourself a favor and schedule 3 weeks off. By the time you're going back to work, the shedding of the transplanted hairs will be in full effect and you may look only minimally different than before your procedure. Just my experience and my $0.02

Guess I will play it by ear. I have been buzzing short for awhile. Even though I am more mild frontal thinning case (NW3A) I still think those who work closely with me daily might notice. If the redness is mild I might use a bit of the wife's concealer and play it off... I do agree, though if you can get past the first 6mo or so it becomes a non-issue. Anyone asks after that and you'll say you're taking propecia (will be truth for me).

Have a upcoming procedure and want to know should I play it off and deny I've had the procedure? I'm NW3A and been buzzing my hair short for past few years. I'm having FUE. Taking 10 days off from work after procedure. Some would say be open about it and therefore nothing to hide. I want to conceal the fact I've had a procedure, but I might be questioned about it if anyone notices redness or HAIR in the temples when I was very thin prior to my time off. I don't want to out and out lie to someone about it if they were to ask... I wanted FUE, mainly for the fact that I don't want to be self-conscious about hiding a "scar", in a similar way I have been self conscious about attempting to mask hair loss in the past. Something about coming clean about it to whoever ask seems liberating. Thoughts? When you got your transplant did you try to conceal it or just be matter of fact about it? Would you handle it differently if you had it to do over again?