Aftermath

Farjo in Manchester

If I absolutely had to choose one in the UK it’d be dr reddy, but tbh I wouldn’t go with a UK surgeon, they are miles behind in terms of results and their prices are typically sky high, I made the mistake of having my first surgery in the UK and in hindsight that wasn’t a great decision... hairline like a flip flop and the density of a bag of feathers... and the only major change was in my bank balance 😂

Meh, I mean no disrespect because he’s great and very ethical but konior is overrated to me. Just my personal opinion, still an elite world class surgeon but on this site it’s like he’s a god!😂

No mate, I’m just a grateful patient, zero financial incentives unfortunately. The work by farjo wasn’t bad in that it needed removing, the lack of density just made it look terrible

I remember talking to dr hasson in his office about this case. This was a single pass and dr hasson commented on how easy it was to achieve density because of the guys Spanish heritage, he also said the guy had plenty of donor left

Pretty much every case he has is on Spanish guys. Spanish guys have the best donor supply, and the best hair characteristics for density and coverage. Not saying he isn’t a fantastic surgeon, just that the type of patients he works on routinely make his work look far better than if he’s operating on your average white or Asian guy

It’s always been in USD (at least since my first surgery in 2008) Canadian customers pay CAD everyone else it’s USD. It’s Due to exchange charges etc. Maybe if you were to pay in cash in CAD?!lol

It’s only Canadian dollars if you’re Canadian and the transfer is done from a Canadian bank, otherwise it’s USD

Not to question your decision because obviously it’s working well for you but I always wondered why you decided to go for FUE when you already had a strip scar and plenty left in the tank. Was it just the downtime that put you off FUT the second time?

Yeah maybe you’re right because looking at your first pic I’d have said that looked slightly stretched, looks great in the second one. No FUE into that scar? If not is that something you’d consider? I should imagine you’d only need 300 grafts max

It’s really a case of this: FUT pros: - better graft survival and more available lifetime grafts - obviously financially much cheaper - easier to hide the procedure than shaving half your head FUT cons: - more after pain, and restricted gym time for longer - linear scar which is only of concern if you want hair short FUE pros: -no linear scar -less post op pain And down time FUE cons: - less graft survival (in most cases) - less available lifetime grafts - thinning of donor area (dependant on extractions as to whether noticeable) - shaving half the head unless you pay premium and have non shave FUE (which I believe H&W only offer for smaller cases) -financially more of an outgoing I've had FUT With dr hasson and don’t regret it one bit. the way I see it is have strip to maximise available grafts and you can always have FUE after if needed and even FUE into the scar if you wish to Camoflauge it further Ive recently added donor pics in my thread if you’d like to see how it looks after multiple strips

I’m pretty sure there is some stretching (Not excessive) although I agree it’s more noticeable with the shockloss and if there’s no further stretching I think it’ll look just fine and probably improve as the shockloss grows back.

Mine has had the baseball hat look in the past but I’m pretty sure it went over time, although I have had another procedure since then. Looks like there’s been a little stretching of the scar in some areas, did your scalp feel tight after the op at all? Nice improvement from last month, still early days also so time for it to improve further over time

Yeah I agree 100%. It’s impossible to have 100% density and you’re always gonna end up with less hair after a HT not more (it’s just redistributed) and there’s bound to be grafts that don’t survive and native hairs damaged/transected etc, this fact in itself means that by nature there’s some form illusion at play, it just all depends on how skilled your chosen surgeon is at using your remaining hair to create as close to a natural and dense result that’s possible with modern day HT techniques... believe me, not all surgeons are created equal!

Here are some random pics I could find on my phone where my hair wasn’t styled as it is now, 3 of them I’m just taking the piss, not actually walking about like it!lol and the couple of others aren’t the best quality but that’s all that was on my phone, but I thought it’d demonstrate what it’s like when not just styled in my usual way.

I don’t have many greys thankfully, I sometimes have foils in the top, not for greys but just for styling, I do sometimes dye my beard though and when I do I just dye the few stray greys I have in the sides!lol

Thanks mate, although u pretty much did it without the surgery!lol your fin results are epic

Thank you Sean, I agree they need to have more of a presence on here, considering how long they’ve been around and how many procedures they’ve done over that time the comparative lack of dissatisfied patients speaks for itself, it’s impossible to have a 100% success rate but they’re damn close imo

Someone asked for donor pics today since I’ve had a few strips, kinda hard to take myself but took these, will attempt more detailed ones at some point, but as you can see the sides and back are pretty short and no signs of a strip scar

Ok mate, I’ll try and see if I can get a pic of the donor area when I’m back in the house later today and PM

All through the one scar, it looks absolutely fine, I’ll try and take a pic and PM you as not to hijack your thread. I did do a comb through vid in my thread recently but it’s only through the top and not the donor. If you’re doing strip are you looking to farjo again? What were his thoughts on further procedures?

These are current pics after the other 4 strip procedures

These two were 1 year post op my first procedure with farjo (around 2k hairline)

I’ve had 5. My first was by farjo, I think I maxed out around 11k!lol

So you’ve had 2 transplants, was the first one around the 2000 mark as well? So 4000 total? How’s the laxity? My game plan would be to max out on strip, then FUE after and maybe leave body/beard hair until the end since it’s not going to look at natural and be a different texture