Aftermath

1 minute ago, timcfc said:

Dr Raghu Reddy in London

Work looks good. Made the right choice as far as U.K. surgeons go imo. I think this will look great in 9 months 

On 7/23/2020 at 11:09 PM, Melvin-Moderator said:

There’s absolutely NO and I mean NO reason they should make a second scar. It’s careless and quite honestly shocking that some clinics still do this practice. They can take another strip using the same scar, check out patients like @Aftermath who’ve had several with one scar. 

Agree 100%. If the surgeon is skilled the no matter the amount of strips you should just have the one strip. It looks horrible otherwise 

On 7/24/2020 at 7:31 AM, yesplease said:

I'd disagree with this a bit. Don't get me wrong, HW clearly hit this out of the park, and their transplant work here makes up the bulk of what @Aftermath is now enjoying. Fin alone won't give you that hairline if you were already balding to the extent that he was. But, some studies indicate that finasteride continues to improve hair appearance and density over years of treatment, beyond just the 12-18ish months that you need to be on it to see results. So his AGA could very well have continued to improve over a period of time that dovetailed with his series of HTs. If you look at the pics he recently posted that show his hair after the Farjo procedure, you can see areas of pretty extensive miniaturization (but not quite bald yet) that likely still had a chance to revive/improve from blocking DHT over the longterm. I also think that fin improves the state of donor hair as well, I know mine certainly gained and then lost some thickness and sheen when I started and then stopped fin. This has an impact as well. Again, I don't think these were the primary factors here, but I do think they can make a significant difference and I don't think you can attribute all of this amazing result strictly to the surgical work (which again, was awesome, don't get me wrong). Just my two cents. 

 

Either way, happy for you @Aftermath and I'm sure you're continuing to inspire many suffering from MPB to take the HT plunge. 

 

 

Maybe, although the weak area you can see on the pics pre hasson was the area he addressed in its entirety with around 4000 (I forget the exact number) grafts on my first procedure with him and when that grew in I had no weakness in that area aside from a bit in the crown which was addressed at a later date 

Great vid! Doug is a class act and a really nice guy, I’ve got a lot of time for him and he’s also incredible knowledgeable. Looking forward to part 2 

7 minutes ago, HTHope said:

How short do you go on your sides/back? Like guard number?

 

did the minoxidil help you any? Were you on it in those pre/post Farjo pics?

My barber doesn’t really use the shaver it’s a hand cut but you can see the back and sides on the previous page, I can go fairly short. Yes I’ve been on minix way before the farjo pics and then started taking the both together a few months before the farjo procedure, the hasson procedure was then about 12-13 months after that. Neither of them seemed to grow a thing back but the addition of fin seemed to stabilise it 

7 hours ago, Melvin-Moderator said:

That’s important to note, cause I thought, and many people assume you’re a good responder to fin. But if you were already on it for an extended period of time, these results are pure transplants.

Yes mate, it was well over a year before any hasson work, so unless I was a very late responder, which is unlikely then it’s all transplant

21 minutes ago, yesplease said:

Amazing. Good for you. 

my sense is that your results had a lot to do with your use of finasteride as well. Really a testament to what fin+ HT can accomplish in the right conditions (for those that can tolerate fin and are willing to take on the small risk associated with its use). 
 

have you remained side effect free for the 12ish years you’ve been on it? 

Yeah I have, thankfully no sides and no finishing effects. It is worth noting though that I’d been on fin for over a year prior to the hasson op and 4- 6 months before the farjo op, so the pic I posted above of my hair loss was around 16-18 months into fin treatment. So while it’s maintained hair I don’t think it’s grown any back and so I don’t think it’s actually enhanced the hasson results to any major extent. 

1 minute ago, Melvin-Moderator said:

Looks excellent, feel like that’s a timeless style. What a difference from the pictures above 😳

I still find it unbelievable what dr hasson actually achieved! Life changer! Yeah I always seem to go back to this style tbh, one of the easier styles to do as well. The shirt messy style looks good but I always feel it’s hard to get right and I end up spending ages 😂

14 minutes ago, Melvin-Moderator said:

It’s crazy how you look 10 years younger now, and you were 12 years younger. What’s your hair looking like today, you always got the freshest hairstyles.

This is right this minute, kinda feel like I’ve been rocking this style for a while, may get something different next time 🤔

17 minutes ago, Melvin-Moderator said:

Holy crap that was you 🤯

Yes mate that was me! I was in disbelief when I found it today, but they are some of the pics I sent to dr hasson shortly before the repair 

I found these on my computer earlier, which demonstrate how bad my hair loss pattern was. This was 1 year after 2k grafts were put in the front third by dr farjo before the dr hasson repair. The one is a bit blurry but you can still see the weak areas

I was probably 18 on the way home from college on the bus and a classmate commented on my receding hairline which was minor at the time. Obsessed over it for about 10 years as it progressively got worse, used to bother me when I saw people with no hair loss that didn’t give a shit about their hair. Didn’t find out about meds until I was 27 so I lost a lot. Modern HTs are great and can be life changing if you make the right choices, that’s why this site is so important, because there’s is a lot of BS and false advertising in this industry and this site at least gives you a great deal of unbiased information, especially in the patient posted results section. 

On 6/27/2020 at 4:34 PM, Melvin-Moderator said:

I agree 100 % feeling helpless is a terrible feeling. That is why I'm passionate about this site, because I feel that together through our collective knowledge, we empower each other. 

We all appreciate it mate, great site, and it comes across how passionate you are about helping people 

4 minutes ago, JohnAC71 said:

Farjo, Reddy and Ball... the only 3 in uk anyone should consider. 

I’d take Farjo off the list tbh, based off personal experience they are vastly overrated. If you can find 3 outstanding results posted by the clinic themselves I’ll take it back, but seriously check their best results in the clinic posted results and they really are nothing to write home about. Add to that the fact that they charge top dollar and it’s and automatic avoid for me but that’s just my opinion... all be it based on a poor surgical result form them over 10 years ago and having to get repaired the following year. But check out their own website there are zero home run results imo 

On 6/21/2020 at 9:59 AM, timcfc said:

No it isn't. Like I said, it's a highly recommended clinic on this forum (top 3 in the UK), hence the surprise. I have faith in this clinic to make it right, the surgeon's reputation & results are unquestionable so my priority now is to ensure I am prepared with the right information going forward  

But there aren’t 3 good clinics in the U.K. 🤔 

dr ball, dr reddy... that’s it, the rest suck! 
 

if you’re determined to do it in the U.K. these are the only two I’d consider but you’re best chance at getting a good result (and probably saving money as well) would be to go outside the U.K. (I don’t mean turkey or India) 

So I guess it was concealer all along. What are people’s thoughts on this picture? Just a bad picture with the lighting making it look worse or is he badly diffusing and using copious amounts of concealer day to day? I do think there may have been a small procedure over the last couple of years though rounding off the recession in the temples but by the looks he hasn’t addressed the rest 

4 minutes ago, Panamera13 said:

The ventilator worked out better for Boris Johnson then huh.

He wasn’t ventilated, just given oxygen 

On 4/29/2020 at 2:45 PM, handsomeboy1 said:

Hi aftermath. A few of the photos you uploaded have been deleted.Bcause tinypic.com. can you upload again?

I’m not sure I have them tbh, the only ones I can re-up are the ones I reposted from photobucket when that went down, didn’t realise tinypic had gone outta business so I didn’t re-download them 

1 hour ago, Jimbo85 said:

My attitude is pretty shitty, wow, there he goes again. Sorry. I just wonder how many more people you PM and groom. Maybe the forum should look into that.... Or ignore it as they appear to have so far. You seem to want to be the big guy on here so i'll leave you to that and heaven forbid anyone new tries to find their way without being belittled and made to feel stupid. I wonder if you are as obnoxious in real life or do you save it for the keyboard. I just didn't understand why you felt the need to private message me .... Stay off my topic here and busy yourself in PM'ing people. Thanks to feedback from the other. Ive got a few virtual consultations lined up and going to take my time rather than rush in. 

You’re being an absolute dick for no reason! From what I can see he was trying to steer you away from a specific clinic he deems bad and didn’t want to Publicly shame them not trying to steer you towards a specific clinic. Absolutely no need to berate him for it on your thread. Fair enough if he was saying don’t go to surgeon a go to surgeon b, but from what I can see he was just saying don’t go to surgeon a, do some research about them. What’s so bad about that? What’s he gaining from that other than trying to help you?

7 minutes ago, EightHead said:

Forgive my ignorance as I'm new here, and to the information provided herein. Why are UK clinics seen, from what I've gathered here, inherently bad bar the 2 mentioned in this post. Sorry for the slight hijack OP😁

Because with the exception of dr reddy and maybe dr ball (I haven’t seen many results so can’t comment) the others are overpriced and under skilled 

Results look okay from what I can see but I hope your surgical skills are better than your photography skills because those after pics are a bit blurry to be using to promote results imo. Any pics in focus so we can fairly assess the results?

On 4/20/2020 at 7:27 AM, Jimbo85 said:

Avoid all UK clinics but especially KSL.

I am under the impression Farjo is very good. Is this not the case ? 

Jim 

Google Farjo dense packing and watch as google gives you zero results... because he literally can not dense pack to save his life. He takes guys from bald to balding then then calls it a “natural” result and charges through the roof for it. Made the mistake of seeing him for my first procedure then had it corrected a year later by an actual skilled surgeon. Honestly do not rush in, that’s what I did, thankfully it was only 2k grafts, and maybe 50% grew in. How this clinic has a good reputation amazes me! Power of the media and “celebrity” clients I guess. I mean he’s not a butcher but for the prices he charges you’d hope he’d have a lot more surgical skill than his results showcase. But don’t take my word for it, literally check out ANY Fargo result including the ones posted by the clinic themselves on this forum then compare it to actual world class clinics.

12 hours ago, yesplease said:

Looking good, man. 
 

Apologies as I know you’ve discussed this somewhere in your threads, but what’s your current age and propecia use? 

Thanks mate. No worries, I’m a few months shy of 40 and I have used brand name propecia since about 2008, 1mg per day 

For those that think my hair can’t look bad😂 this is what an hour on the bag with my hood up looks like 

1 minute ago, Melvin-Moderator said:

Your gym is open? I've been cleaning, cooking, the problem is I've been eating a lot more too hahaha.

Got a gym in the house mate