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Thanks @hybonix! I appreciate your support! I’ll definitely keep updating…probably even well beyond the final update. Hahaha

Today marks 2 Weeks since I went in for my 2nd procedure, first pass at my crown. Other than a tender scalp and some pings and pangs coming from my sutures (which a couple of ibuprofen and Tylenol resolve easily) all has been going very well, I believe. I’m healing quite well. No lingering redness or bruising beyond the first couple of days post-op. It’s been, generally, unremarkable-which is awesome. It’s still the earliest days, though, and I’m mentally prepared for whatever comes. There's been no shedding, which I didn’t have to deal with too much during my first pass, but still, I’m ready to throw that ball cap on! I just hopped out of the shower so here are some wet hair pics. 1 or 2 turned out a little potatoey but I thought it still gave a good idea of the shape of my hairline and the way my face is framed. If you zoom in you can really get a good look at those grafts! Here are a few dry pics:That’s it for now. Not much to add at 2 weeks and it all looks the same as it did one week out. I see Dr. Arocha on Friday for my first check up. I’ll try to get a shot of what this scar is gonna shape up to be around then. I have only seen it from the one picture that I took 2 days out and posted. I’ll be around. ✌🏻

Absolutely incredible transformation!

@Henrythis has turned out beautifully. Congrats! I’m really happy for you!!🔥🔥

🤣 thank you. I guess I could’ve just gone and looked for myself! lol

Dr. Arocha’s recommendation has been removed? Since when? What did I miss? I mean, unless I’m completely out of the loop he’s still recommended… I went to Dr. Arocha in 2019 and had an incredible result. I’m 2 weeks post-op from my second procedure with him and I’m really really happy with how it’s going. All that being said: Dr Nader is a wonderfully talented surgeon. Both doctors are unbelievably nice guys and they’re both extremely meticulous in their work. My advice would be to reach out to both to consult and then consider how best to proceed. Good luck to you. I remember following your thread back in ‘21 and reading your dissatisfaction. I hope you get it worked out.

This is really impressive for only 4 months. Hard to believe you still have months and months left to go!! Congrats and looking forward to seeing this to the end. Happy growing!!

Holy Moly that’s a stark difference from where you started!! And for only 7 months!? This is 🚀🚀

I’m still working on just a couple of scabs but here’s what a first pass looks like 9 days out.

Beautiful results! Thank you for the wet comb through-this gets missed all too often and is such a good way to provide the viewer with honest results.

If you look at the time stamps you can see that there is a 3 year time difference. I mean, I’m only guessing🤷🏼‍♂️but I would say that the lighting set up has changed within that time. Regardless, I think it’s pretty easy to tell that this patient, based on his hair characteristics, has the perfect illusion of a full head of hair. Even if the light were the same…there’s no seeing down to that guy’s scalp with those curly q’s. I would say congrats to the doc and the patient!

Thanks Melvin! I recall the same pretty much last time. I don’t feel like I suffered from too much post-op redness, no severe shedding of the grafts or natural hair, for that matter, either. There was a considerable amount of post-op ooz that happened on day 2 that took weeks to release from my scalp but I don’t believe that hindered any growth. 🤞🏻🤞🏻 for the same outcome this go around. 😂

This is CLEAN!!

8 Days Post-Op And I feel like I’m already back to how I was pre-transplant. Almost 😅 On day 4 or 5 my wife asked me to take down some Halloween decorations off of our mantle. this treewhich has these spikes on the end of each branch fell on my head and just missed my grafts.I Got Lucky. Yesterday, day 7, the weather changed here in Austin and I got this terrible headache. I hate to say I don’t even touch my head to clean it but all I did was lay in bed and sleep. And I slept all day long. It doesn’t seem that any harm was done by missing the day. Although, I do still have a headache, I took my kids to school @7am then came home hopped in the shower. I stayed in there for about an hour and a half gently massaging my head to loosen those scabs an pull them down off of my grafts. I’d say about 90% are gone. When I run my fingers through my hair I feel the occasional dry scab but I’ll hop back in the shower this even and work on it some more. Then again tomorrow and so on and so on until they’re gone. I did have my wife put bacitracin on my sutures yesterday as I have been doing so since post-op and will continue to do so until I run out of what the clinic gave me. Here are some pics of what I look like today in different settings. I busted out the ring light so I’ll show that first. All the dandruff is left over scabs hangin’ out.. Next I’ll show under my normal bathroom light but I want to talk about how I’m brushing this long a$$ hair. I have this thick bamboo bristled brush, I have to pull one side of my head’s long hair up and spray it with a detangler while it still wet, gently brush it out and then do the other side. I’m not going brush it near the grafts, although, they are totally safe and secure by now it’s still scary as he[[ to think about getting my brush near them. I let my hair air dry before taking the bathroom pics.So when I say that I feel almost back to normal looking, pre-transplant, I do want to add that I am 100% going out with my head covered by a loose fitting cap or beanie. I’m am not that brave! 😂 That’s pretty much it for now. All questions, comments, and criticisms are welcome. I’ll be here to discuss. If not then til’ next time. As always, be good people. ✌🏻

Wow. That work looks pristine. I can’t wait to see this to the end. Happy growing!

This is so awesome for six months. Your face is framed just right. @Eugenix Hair Sciences always nails the framing of the face so perfectly! Congrats and happy growing!

4 Days Down- All The rest To Go! These grafts have pretty much crusted over and turned into scabs. It’s been kind of difficult for me to see where all of the grafts were placed but after rubbing my hands across my head I can feel that grafts were placed all throughout my scalp. My wife has been helping me to clean everything this time around as I had a difficult time the first time around-if you go back and read through my first thread you’ll read that I had a pretty nasty infection where the strip was taken. My strip was pulled a little wider this time around but again the team did such a good job cleaning immediately post-op that it’s been fairly easy to keep up with. I’ve been pouring a cup of water over my head with Johnson & Johnson mixed in it and lightly patting the grafts. My wife has been rubbing the strip just a little more vigorously. Tomorrow is my last day to take some antibiotics to help fight any potential infection. The pain from strip has been just a little dull but ibuprofen does the trick. Tomorrow is also my last day to pour the cup and then I can start letting the shower trickle over my scalp. I seemed to get away with very little swelling coming down onto my face. At least compared to last time. Ice really does do the trick. When we got back back into Austin from Houston we had been having some work down outside of our home and and our internet line had been cut so someone had been sent out to our house to fix it. I was dealing with this:however, I threw a beanie on and you couldn’t tell anything was going on at all.i iced it down for 30 minutes and the swelling almost disappeared. Almost. Great thing about this beanie is that it’s just a stretchy light cotton. So easy to pull on and take off. I’m looking forward to getting my head under the shower at day 7 and sliding these scabs off. I said it last time I went through this and I’ll say it again. This post-op itch is REAL. It is taking ALL of my will power… Here are some photos under different bathroom lights:Here’s what’s going on in the crown. I do also have a ring light that I’ll be using once there’s some more progress. Maybe at 2 weeks, I don’t know, we’ll see. Maybe sooner. Anyway, that’s about it. I’ll be around. ✌🏻 Be good people.🙂

@GregK incredible for 9 months! Can’t wait to see what 12 months brings!! Congrats!

Your donor looks completely untouched. I would say it’s hard for us to notice any patchiness and we look at hair pretty much everyday. Can’t wait to see this come to the end. Congrats. This looks great for how far along you are. Also…I am so envious of that glorious beard.

Hmm🤔 this hairline looks familiarYou chose the best doctor to give you one of the best hairlines in the world. Following ‘til the end. Congratulations!!

Here’s a quick pic of my donor 2 days post-op.

So today is 2 days post-op. I haven’t washed my hair just yet. I’ll do it a little later this evening. I dropped my kids off at school @7 am this morning. Came home and popped a hydrocodone. Ate some breakfast. Threw an ice pack on my head, laid back down and slept for a few hours. Im trying to stay off my feet as much as possible today to try and keep the swelling from crawling down the front of my face. Yesterday, I went back in to Dr. Arocha’s office for my first wash/post-op inspection. They said everything looked great and very clean. I do feel like they did a great job cleaning both the recipient and donor after the work was done especially with how much I bled. That had to have been obnoxious for them LOL but, like I said they just kept pushing forward. I’m a big weenie when it comes to the pain so I’m not going to skip out on the meds. I’ve been prone to higher blood pressure lately and pain of any kind tends to cause it to soar so I’ll keep taking it until it’s done. To be honest, the pain has been very minimal. My recipient has been very itchy as I recall it was the first time around. So now it’s just matter of will power to not scratch it. This is what I’m looking like today.Thats About all for now. If I can get a picture of my sutures later I’ll post that. Until then…✌🏻

You may have been genetically predisposed to losing your hair but you were also an incredible candidate for growing it back once it was redistributed from the back of your head to the front. This has turned out so well. Congrats!! This is incredible.

26 weeks post-op!? I would be ecstatic if this were my final result. This is 🔥🔥

Also, @Melvin- Admin, thank you so much! I’m so excited that this worked out the way that it did. I wasn’t anticipating to be able to get this done this year but the opportunity presented itself and I jumped!