Louisjams

3 months is where most people can start to see something. By months 5-6 you should really be up and running. Even as you head into 1 year you can have continued growth, new follicles sprout, and increases in density.

In NY area I would get consults with Feller and Bernstein. Bernstein does meds, FUT, FUE, ARTAS, etc and can give a lot of good advice.

Sadly, you are very far along at a young age. Recognize that if you have a HT, you will likely need more than 1 surgery to meet your goals.

This is a really good question. You will not have a double scar-they excise the first scar at the 2nd FUT, and close it up so you just have 1 scar. In general, the 2nd FUT scar may not be as good as the first, but many (most?) 2nd FUT scars are still very hard to detect. As a good rule of thumb, if you are good healer you can have a very good scar on FUT number 2, but there is always a risk with any surgery.

I respect Spex a lot, but that does not seem like much of a result for 7 months.

Just my opinion but you have a good look. Might want to consider leaving well enough alone and not risking trouble. You have a good result.

How long ago was your surgery?

I think there is no hard and fast rule but I have heard in a few places you can start using rogaine again after 30 days. Probably just a suggestion without a lot of data to support it, but it is what i have heard.

Well done! Congrats on your great outcome!

Looks good! You have a fair amount of hair to start so I suspect this will give you a very good look.

It does not look so bad to me. I assume you were a high norwood before your surgery and, if I am correct, 3200 would do about what you had.

The bad news, I think, is that your donor looks very sparse already and you have a lot of surface area to cover. I know how hard it is to lose hair at your age, but you may not be a good candidate for HT.

First, sorry you are going through this. I was 19 when my MPB started and it was just terrible.

Second, clearly you are getting some different opinions here, but I think you could have a HT and get a good result. You will never have a full head of hair, but a good HT with a conservative hairline could do a lot for your appearance. Recognize you will likely need 2-3 surgeries to get there, but it is definitely possible.

Looks very clean! You must feel a lot better!

It looks great so far. I bet you have a great outcome. Please keep us posted on your progress.

Looks good! How does the donor area look?

Vermaj: I will say that that is a pretty aggressive lowering of your hairline. I think you will look much younger but recognize you will likely need more work in the future as your MPB progresses over time, even if you take meds. Keep us posted!

IMHO, plastic surgeons are not the type HT surgeons most people should go to. For most of them it is a side-gig from what they really want to do and trained to do i.e. breast, facial, and abdominal cosmetic surgeries. These are the kind of doctors who often use neograft (which in and of itself is fine) but use techs sent in by third party companies and the docs themselves have little, if anything, to do with your HT.

Some of the best HT docs in the US are dermatologists, but many are other kinds of doctors.

As with all things HT, I think people tend to overstate how fast recovery is. With FUT it can take months before your FUT donor site can feel "normal" again given the incision, sutures/staples, nerve injury and regrowth, and changes in skin tension.

At 2 weeks I would be surprised if you felt totally normal. Just give it time.

Growth can really start anywhere from 4-6 months so, while your concern is appropriate, I would not panic. People who have early growth often post about it, but many people come in on the 4-6 month timeline with plenty of growth afterwards.

If 6 months come and you have nothing to show you may have had a failed HT, but it is too soon to say that in your case.

If you are not 100% sure do not do it.

He had quite a bit of hair at the start, so this really gave him a lot of fullness. Well done!

I gotta say this looks amazing. Not something I could pull off myself, but really one of the best SMP results I have ever seen.

The first night can be really difficult, even on meds. It gets better after that. Tincture of time my friend...

If you are really hurting maybe ask for a different medication from your doc.

IMHO, you have a ton of hair and I would consider holding off on HT until you are more advanced.

Dunno...sounds a little to pat too me. Maybe something else changed? You are 7 mos out.