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Prof101

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  • Gender
    Male
  • Country
    United States
  • State
    NY

Hair Loss Overview

  • Describe Your Hair Loss Pattern
    Thinning on Top only (Genetic Baldness)
    Thinning or Bald Spot in the Crown/Vertex
  • How long have you been losing your hair?
    In the last 10 years
  • Norwood Level if Known
    Norwood III Vertex
  • What Best Describes Your Goals?
    Considering Surgical Hair Restoration

Hair Loss Treatments

  • Have you ever had a hair transplant?
    Yes
  • Current Non-Surgical Treatment Regime
    Propecia (Finasteride)
    Generic Minoxidil 5% for Men

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  1. I am going through a shed. This is the first time in maybe 6 years. I will upload my pictures, but basically I did not gain any ground transplant wise since my last post 2 months ago. I think it is due to this shed. I have no idea why. Does this happen after a transplant? Never hear of it.
  2. I promised everyone an update after my visit to Dr. Zarev. I will re-upload my pictures soon, which I took down momentarily. Dr Zarev has a beautiful and fancy clinic. Spotless. Cleaner than a surgery room and fancier than a beverly hills clinic. I am happy for his success as he clearly deserves it. As for him, he is a kind person, energetic, friendly, and professional. Also he is *sharp*, super intelligent. You can tell. He explained to me a bit his technique, as how he manages to do more with less, technically, and it makes a lot of sense. However, I cannot claim I understood it fully, and I do not know how wide he wants to advertise it, so I will only keep it at that. The consultation was very long and very thorough, exceeding my expectations. Maybe his generosity had to do with me flying all the way for that only purpoe. He started showing me some of his results with people with thin donor. Impressive stuff. Some are even more impressive than what we have seen. He went on to take measurements, which again exceeded my expectations. You probably have seen a video of his mapping of the scalp. What I did not know was that in order to assess the density in each area he took many samples from each small area. He in fact showed me that in the same area I have a lot of variation in density. This took an hour. The most scientific mapping one can get/ Imagine the gap between him and the industry. It seems the industry standard is to look at your scalp, while his standard is to map your entire scalp based on density, hair thickness, etc. I was shocked when he told me I have at least 3,500 FUEs, and maybe up to 5K. Others estimated 1500. Having said this, we agreed that I am willing to have a thinner look than the standard HT. Not abnormally thin but something along the top of my head where the new HT is. He did not criticize Couto in any way. His is more classy than this. He understood that something went wrong and he is just trying to help. He said that based on the # of grafts Couto's output was very good, and natural. Anyway, if you want to see how A Zarev approach is different from the rest, you might want to check updates next year. Everyone is impressed with his post op n of the donor area, I wonder whether the recepient area stays as read as with other transplants. Makes a big difference work wise. If anyone knows anything about this let me know. O/W I could probably text him.
  3. @Dr. Felipe Pittella This is an impressive result. Congrats. I cannot help but ask: Usually body and bear hair does not look great on scalp, I have seen only very few exceptions. Did you feel comfortable with him doing so because of specific characteristics of his body/bear hair? He beard hair looks relatively straight. Thanks
  4. I am trying to prepare what to say to Dr. Zarev. I am not aiming for perfect coverage, I do not have the grafts for that. I am now looking to claw my way back to have a naturally thinning hair. I wonder whether just taking care of the top/sides/ridges would make the crown look less unnatural? Thanks @shadowcast. While the points made by others regarding the edges being thinner is correct, I just wonder whether they are saying this from a coverage aspect of naturaleness aspect. I am trying to assess the naturalness of the results so as to know whether to wear a hat during next semester when I will be teaching a large class.
  5. I see that he placed grafts homogeneously, spread evenly.. so I am not sure what went wrong. at some point it looked like it was growing strongly arond the swirl. Is it possible for transplanted hair to grow once (4 months post op) and then fall after?
  6. Hoping so. His work is super impressive, but I don't want to get my hopes up. I just don't have the grafts. If he is willing to work with BH then maybe there is some hope.
  7. What I am confused about, is that at the 5 months mark, I did not see problems with the edges, it looked like it was growing all the way back to the top of the crown or maybe I am missing something
  8. it never worked for me... Also I don't like the idea of someone touching my hair and finding fibers on their hand...
  9. OK I did not know it is that bad. I was going to meet a woman in a few weeks for a trip. If it is that obvious what should I do? You think a hair cut will make it less obvious?
  10. And this is before and after facing direct sunlight (opened shades facing window)
  11. Regarding Duta mesotherapy, for a second I got excited reading on one page that it is side effect free, then I see on another website. (bauman medical) saying this: What are the Possible Side Effects of Dutasteride Mesotherapy? Aside from the temporary numbness or soreness from the treatment, systemic effects from 5AR inhibitors include mild and temporary decrease of libido (sex drive) or mild, temporary erectile dysfunction. For those who experience side effects from Dutasteride Mesotherapy, it may take weeks to months for these side effects to resolve. While there are some reports that Dutasteride Mesotherapy may have fewer side effects than oral finasteride or oral dutasteride, you should discuss any previous sensitivities to 5AR medications with your doctor. Disappointing.
  12. Did you mean to say (when referring to your BHT) as : Now it is not noticeable? Or you indeed meant, "not" meaning that your BHT did not turn out as subtle as you wished? Also when you say I need to blend it with the surrounding hair, I understand what you mean, and to me it looks visible in the picture I took with my head back and facing the sun. But does it look the case in the other pictures? I do not mind critique at all, as it is hard for me to be objective. Yesterday the ppictures I uploaded were taken in bright light, as you can see my shirt is overexposed. I attached two more, one with combined hair. I actually thought the problem was no longer the crown but the front which is now looking odd when I com my hair I think
  13. I agree. Yes considering another HT. But I have a limited donor. So I am going for consultations to see what's possible. I am not looking to gain ground, just improve hairline, density, and make sure I won't have an island in few years. I don't think this will be possible wihout BHT. So far I can't think of another way other than Fit farming. Which is a big step to take. Only few have tried it. I would love to be done with this soon. Yes. Fin but balding continues at a slow pace. Minox did not workout. Adding more fin or dut is no possible.
  14. Sorry for the delay. Here are some before and after. 8 months post op. Crown only. Total FUE: 1727 Total hair: 4278 Ratio: 2.4 Sent Dr Couto a thank you note. All I need now is to figure out what to do about the Island on top, which will eventually become noticeable one day. Perhaps it is already noticeable in person in the sun -- I do not know.
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