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Hey guys, So it's been 4months since my procedure and I thought it was time for an update. I've been trying not to think about it as much as possible and I think it's starting to take shape, still lots of growing to do though. As you can see from the pictures the planted hair is growing slightly slower than the reading hair at the moment, I'll have it all cut to the same length soon! Let me know your thoughts!

Hey guys, So I thought I'd start a new thread since my last one was mainly focussed on my slight freakout after the op and I wanted to give you my whole experience. My experience with Dr.Bhatti was excellent overall, I have been researching FUE docs for years on this forum and others and in the end Dr.Bhatti came out on top when considering price for quality. So I arrived in Delhi two days before the op and stayed one night in Delhi on the main bazaar road! This was crazy and I was slumming it like I've never done before, but it's a great city with huge diversity. Anyway, HT stuff. I chose to be driven to Chandigarh by one of Dr.Bhatti's drivers, this cost about 3000 rupees and was an excellent choice in my opinion, you get to see alot of India on the way, and with some napping I arrived relaxed. I then checked into my hotel and was at the surgery center for 7:30 the next morning. This part was my only qualm with the whole experience, the morning felt very rushed, quickly moved from room to room and never really feeling sure about what was happening, then a quick consult with the Dr to decide on the hairline (we had spoken before via email though) and before you know it you've had your head shaved and you're on the operating table! At the last-minute I picked to only shave the back of my head and leave the rest of my hair long... a bad choice in my opinion and one that didn't help with my mini -freakout after the op. So, the graft extraction was only uncomfortable during the application of anesthesia, other than that it was fine, out the corner of my eye I could see the heart rate monitor and I played a game to try and keep my heart rate as low as possible, haha, sounds silly but it kept keep occupied! 58 was as low as I could go FYI After we finished and the Dr had cut the implant slits we stopped for tea and biscuits + some meds, I was a little shaky at this point and later in the day I met another patient after extraction going through the same thing, so be aware this happens. From then it was onto plantation. This was SO relaxing! As weird as that may sound, the surgeons played music and made the atmosphere very relaxing, I fell asleep multiple times, which is a testament as to how well the anesthesia worked since two people were poking me with metal implements and one was squirting water over my head. This went on from about 1 till 4 with a small break for a bigger meal. After the op was finished the donor area was cleaned and dressed, the plantation area was left exposed. Cap on, meds for the night and some instructions and I was back at my hotel for room service and sleep. I slept at about 45degrees and that was fine, slept pretty well! Up at 8:30 the next morning for a dressing change at 9 by the Dr's team and more post op instructions and goodie bags of medication. At this point I also got them to shave my head completely, having shaved at the back and stubble/bruising/swelling at the front and long hair in between is not a good look for anyone, I promise. On the first night I did have a mini freakout about the final look, I think it was mainly to do with not being totally prepared to see myself looking so different and I though the design wasn't 100% as I had expected but shaving the rest of my head today really helped bring the look together and made me way more confident I chose the right Dr and the right hair design. My breakdown was: 229 singles 1207 doubles 868Triples The pics attached are from day of surgery (with long hair) and day after surgery.My pre op pics are currently on my camera and I can't get them off(these are phone pics) but when I can I'll get them up along with donor pics (I've not even seen the donor area yet! Still under dressing, comes off tomorrow). I've chosen to stay in Chandigarh for two nights after the op to take it easy, then I'll be off further around india (still taking it easy for atleast a week). Thanks!

Thanks for the support guys! The more and more I look at it the happier I am with the result. I didn't want to post the Dr's name at first incase there was an issue but I think it's going to be fine! I don't think anything fully prepares you for that first time you look in the mirror and basically see something so drastically different looking back at you for the first time in your life, I think that was the root of the worry, but the more you look, the more you accept it and start to like it. I'll do a full write up tonight with numbers and my experience

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Personally I think it was more like the file attached (excuse the drawing, I'm on a tablet). But I'll speak to the Dr about my concerns tomorrow and see if I can get the pics with the original hairline drawing. The more I look at it maybe the more it's growing on me, I guess I just have to wait and see what some growth brings!

Hey guys, So I just today had 2200 FUE grafts from a great surgeon and I was very happy with the pre-procedure and the procedure itself, but I can't lie, I am having a mini freakout about the results, as much as I'm trying to stay calm as obviously it's only a few hours old so maybe I'm being a bit crazy! After the procedure and I looked at the final results for the first time I couldn't help but think it was a lot more aggressive than what we had drawn earlier, the pattern drawn earlier followed the path of my current hairline, pretty much, where as this one seems quite straight and rigid! I guess the main thing I'm freaking out about is how I'm going to explain this hairline that's jumped forwards a good 1.5 inches to my friends and family, I think the work is good and clean though, which is great, I'm just not totally sold on the design. I realise I should not be freaking out as I can't change it now and it's such early days... but I wanted to get some if your opinions on the design and quality of the work. Not to try and keep waffling on... but I also think the freakout could just be because I'm not used to seeing my face like this, Haha! Has anyone else felt like this about their HT? Thanks!

Hey Guys, I'm considering an FUE op in the near future and I was wondering about pre-op hairstyles. My hair isn't too bad at the crown so I'm mainly going to be getting temple/hairline work and I was wondering if surgeons need to shave the hair in the safe zone right down to grade 0 kind of level to do the op? Do you know of any examples of a surgeon that has done an FUE procedure on hair at grade 1-2? Thanks!

But it does have an effect in the short term?

Hey guys, First, I've been having a read through the forums and this seems like a really great community full of information and positive stories which have actually made me feel better about my hairloss situation! However, I've had a receding hairline for about 8 or so years now (since I was about 18) and as you can imagine... its only getting worse! I've been considering getting a HTP for a while now and I've been reading up on it weighing up the pros and cons. There seems to be arguments on both sides on if you should really get a HTP while still losing hair so I thought I'd just put it to some of you guys. Given my pictures (in the photo album/attached) do you think I would be a good candidate for a HTP, specifically to fill in my temples a bit and just to create a more "attractive" hairline. I'm not currently taking propecia or anything, just been using Revita shampoo for the last few months and I'm not totally convinced its making any difference... My main concerns are: The scarring left behind if one day I do have to shave my whole head Further hair loss after the HTP (can surgeons plant hair among existing hair to disguise future hair loss?) And thats pretty much all I can think of right now... Thanks for any help/advise!