garethbale

HHH

thanks mate, appreciate your words.  
 

Mike / FC

I am 38. No thinning in the crown.   I’ve been on meds on and off since I was around 30, I take 1mg fin around 3 times a week, and apply minoxidil, though not very regularly.  I’m thinking of getting on oral minoxidil which I understand is more effective. 

Hello

I'm a long term member although irregular poster on this forum.  I wanted to tell my HT journey. I had 1,621 grafts on 8th October 2020, so almost two years on.

Looks awesome mate, congrats

Btw are you London based?

6 minutes ago, Raphael84 said:

Thanks Melvin

@garethbale

Sure Stephen is still with us. Not sure why your emails may be bouncing but I will ask him to contact you as soon as possible.

We have had issues with our servers somewhat recently. 

great, thank you

FinMin 

Thanks mate.  I have done that

Thanks melvin

1 minute ago, Melvin-Moderator said:

@Raphael84 is still an active rep, I will send Stephen a message. I spoke with him just last month, and he was still his rep.

thanks Melvin

i was in email correspondence with him on 5th February.  It's only in the last few days my emails are bouncing

Good luck and I hope it goes well.

Incidentally I was in email correspondence with Stephen, the BHR representative, however now all my emails to him are bouncing.  Is he still employed by / a representative of the clinic?

I was arranging a potential date for surgery so annoying if I have to start the process with someone new

On 9/6/2019 at 11:06 AM, maltesefalcon said:

I don't want to sound off-topic, but isn't "Eugenix" an incredibly stupid name to give a business? 

That aside, hope you have good progress in the days and weeks to come. Keep us updated. 

 

yeah I thought that

Absolutely terrible name to give to your business

Looks great work mate.  Good luck with everything

I have a similar level of loss to you and one of my worries is hiding a HT from colleagues when I return to work.  However looking at your day 12 pics the work looks virtually undetectable, which gives me confidence that mine might as well.

2 hours ago, LaserCap said:

Your results look uniform.  I think you are right, you may have gone on to lose more native hair.  Had it not been for the transplants, you would be in worse shape. Now, the question becomes, is the native hair still there?  Why not go on a medical regimen, (Propecia, Rogaine, PRP, Laser), and do it for a good year.  Take good photos and see what happens.  Worse case scenario, you lose a year. Bet to say you may return to have as close a density as to what you had 5 months post op.

 

 

Bollocks to that

Clearly a lot of transplanted hairs have shed.  If that happened to me after a HT I'd be fuming

Sorry but imo the hair line doesn’t look natural at all.  You could spot that he had a transplant a mile off. 

Awesome result

Lenney

Thank you very much for your detailed reply!

My own situation is that I haven't lost that much hair - probably a NW 2.5 but I can comb my hair forward at the side somewhat and spike it up at the front to minimise the appearance of recession.  The clinic I am in contact with believe that I would be able to comb hair forward over the area worked on somewhat to hide the work I wold have done.  I don't think I could get more than two weeks off to get it done.

In answer to your tips:

1.  I am on generic fin and this has definitely helped in maintaining the crown and slowing the recession.  My hair feels stronger since I started using it.

2. Financial cost is something I'm happy to bear.  Its not idea as I have just commenced a mortgage but I can put aside some each month to pay for my HT.  Awkward recovery period is the main issue.  I have a bit of banter with workmates and work in a city office environment so I'm obviously nervous about people noticing.  I'd probably just say I went away somewhere hot and had a reaction to sun cream or something - whether they believe me is another matter.

3. I think it would drastically help my confidence.  Despite my moderate recession I do find it affects my confidence around women.  I'd like to settle down quite soon so I feel this year is a good time - I am 34, 35 in the summer and first noticed recession around 15 years ago so am confident I will maintain most of my native hair.  I have read on here the transformation guys feel when they have a successful HT and I'd like to experience that.  Of course no surgery is a guarantee but I think I stand a good chance given my moderate loss.  

4.  I have thought long and hard about the pros and cons and ultimately a HT it is something I want to do.  I was actually going to have one done last week but late last year a bought a flat and mortgage payments and furniture & bills etc, meant I had to delay the procedure for financial reasons.

Thank you again for your help and I will be following your progress.  Best of luck for a good result!

Can I ask a question...did colleagues or friends ask about the redness?  And if so what did you tell them?

I’m thinking of undergoing surgery and have less loss than you but I’m really concerned about redness being apparent on my scalp afterwards. 

Your hair looks awesome mate.  Don't do any further work on the hairline as it suits you.

Hopefully finasteride stops or slows the crown loss and you should be ok for a long while

I don't think you've taken enough pics...

Looks very good so far,  Are you on meds to slow or prevent further loss?

Excellent result

Congrats Luke

Your result looks epIc mate!

I'm hoping I will be able to style my hair like yours after any potential surgery.  You were more receding than me prior to your HT but your hair looks much better now than mine!

10 minutes ago, Squidward said:

How do you turn off notifications for a thread?

This!

I hope Payam resolves this and I will check updates but I don't need to be emailed every time someone replies.  I woke up this morning with about 20 email notifications for this thread.  I don't even remember subscribing for notifications.

I'm a bit confused.  In the pre-op picture it looks as if you have a strong forelock.  Yet in the post op pic it looks as though there was no hair in that area and your surgeon filled it in.

Can you clarify?  

6 hours ago, LaserCap said:

Let' take it a step at a time.  You are young.  If you've shown the propensity to lose, you will continue losing.  That's a fact. You have a great deal of native hair but it seems you have diffused thinning throughout.  You are thinning into an advanced pattern.  I would imagine your goal is to have as much hair as you can.  It is imperative that you save all you can.  Medical therapy should be your first consideration.  Propecia, Rogaine, laser and PRP are the only modalities approved/released by the FDA for retention and enhancement of the native hair.  Why not give these a chance and see what they do.  

Most believe it takes a full year to see what the meds are going to do.  So you could wait a year and then do a transplant procedure.  But that takes a whole other year to see the full result.  This is the reason why many patients, provided they are educated correctly, will do a combination of medical therapy and transplants.  Now, where to put the transplants?

When you are interacting with others, that do you see?  The front.  

Do some homework.  Look at the way people lose hair.  Particularly when they have an advanced pattern.  Notice how most keep hair in the front.and they thin the crown.  Mimic mother nature for the most natural result.  

Lastly, be judicious with your grafts.  The donor is finite.  2500 grafts is not a lot of grafts but can have a very positive impact if concentrated in an area.  Placing them diffusely throughout the entire pattern is not only a mistake, it is irresponsible.

agree with all of this except the part about laser and PRP whose benefits are dubious at best and are both ridiculously expensive

I’d be annoyed as well Payam.  Clearly not enough of the grafts have grown (so far) and I think it’s very patronising for people to tell you your expectations were unrealistic.  Looking at your immediate post op pics you would expect very good density from that.

I would wait a couple of months more though before you assess the final result however.  In the meantime I do think you should use toppik or some kind of concealer which will make the result appear thicker and more natural.  I don’t se ewhy it’s such a chore as you only need to do it once in the morning. 

Also get on meds if you are not already.  Your pre-op pics show you have good hair on the crown and meds should thicken that up, reducing the need for further work.

good luck mate! 

If the wedding is a month before your appointment with Diep why can’t you attend the wedding? 

payam

have you thought about adding concealer to make the result appear thicker?  I know ideally you want the result to thicken up but in the meantime it might be an idea.

Will make your hair appear thicker and fuller.