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I am just getting a bit anxious about the whole thing now. The hairline, how would it look on being matured, has it been lowered much, would it have looked good if it was a bit high, would the right density be achieved and would it blend nicely. It is like am checking the mirror every minute. I don't know, just getting freaked out lol.

 

Pls check the image attached, does the hairline look fine? I feel it's a bit straight. Also, The left corner appears to be less rounded than the right.

 

Am I being too finicky? lol

 

This thing needs a lot patience!

 

The image is from the 10th day post procedure.

 

I'll be at 2 weeks tomorrow. Most of the scabs have been dislodged and a few hair too with them. Hasn't been a bloody affair so I think the roots are safe. I'll post the pictures tomorrow.

 

A particular area from the donor stings sometimes. There's a bit of swelling too. Might go with time. Am applying aloe vera gel regularly as prescribed.

Great hairline actually. If all grafts live on you'll have a great result. I'm there myself in 3 weeks

I plan to buzz at 12 days

Nice hairline with those random irregularities which make it look natural. I'll be there myself on the 29th of April. Keep us updated!

Good Luck. I am with Dr. Bhatti on the 29th of April, so really just over a month after you.

You look like a strong candidate as your hair seems very thick.

Picture from March 9, 2015. 13 days post op.

Very quick recovery by the looks of it. You're lucky, healing very well.

Very good recovery. It looks like your procedure will be a total success. Congratulations.

Wow, great write up. I am going to be there on the 29th of April and this post seems to confirm I have made the right choice.

Fantastic hairline design and execution as well.

I finally decided to take that step, to cross the line and booked my FUE with Dr. Bhatti for April 29th.

I am 37 years old, British living in Singapore. My hair loss is 90% in the crown, where I have been thin for a long time, and I always felt I could do with having that gap filled by a good surgeon.

The plan is for a 2,700 grafts session, which include some strengthening of the hairline. I gave the doctor a hard time by keeping my hair at near zero at the moment, making it very difficult for anyone to really address the case.

The above-mentioned 2,700 grafts will be needed in the worst-case scenario.

A couple of points:

• Since I started researching HT, I can now spot a FUT scar a mile away. It's ugly and kind of a "point of no-return" for me.
  
• FUE will allow me to keep my head short, and in case I suffer from bad hair loss in the future, I can still buzz the lot off.
  
• my skin tone is extremely pale, so I am not too concerned with the "white dots".
  

And now my concerns:

• Other than the crown, my hair is still pretty solid. I hope the HT won't damage the existing follicles.
  
• I will start taking FIN only after my wife and I have children, I am worried about the side effects.
  
• I have been using Minoxidil for years - No noticeable effect.
  

I will update with pre-op and post-op photos. I travel to India for work and I am familiar with culture, customs and have certain expectations.

I plan to work from home for a week after the surgery and be back in public about 12/13 days after the event.

Thanks for reading !

Wow, just perfect.

Impressive yield. I plan to have a procedure with Dr. Bhatti, and so far communication has been excellent. What would help in this case - well, it would help me, specifically - would be to see a photo of the crown area now. I can see the post-op one, but not of the progress.

then thats a POOR plan. you shud wait at least 4-6 weeks before you shave ur head down after a HT. shaving them at 12 days is a sure way to ruin ur HT and waste a lot of time and money as the grafts have NOT taken completely at 12 days.

You are right. I was rather referring to trimming down the donor area with clippers to alow grade.

My first was fut of unknown grafts with very poor ht. at this point my main concern is how to face family and friends after 8-9 days? I am in hiding at present but need to see people without cap from 9 th day... Any feedback is appreciated... I do have caboki and hair cubed in my arsenal along with dermmatch.

Shave the lot off? That's my plan (at 12 days post-op going back to the office)

It looks like the vast majority of the grafts did grow, which is a success in itself. Like others, though, I would question the density plan for the transplant. That's between you and the doctor. Your post-op pictures show the transplanted grafts quite clearly.

Good question. I am interested too.

Finally in the latest video you can see that his HT has done wonders for him. I think the one with the bleached hair looked quite bad, both for the redness and the harshness of the hairline.

But look at what the guy looked like before the procedure. Wow.

It looks like super-clean work. Nice hairline design as well. With your skin tone your procedure will be virtually undetectable in days. Keep us updated - I have a vested interest as I am planning a procedure with this doctor.

Wow, fantastic work. Very similar to my situation - pre op. I will be extremely happy if after my HT I will look like that.

As someone interested in a transplant for mainly the crown area, I would like more info on the subject too.

To the OP, you do have some good progress from the shiny bald patch on the first photo to the latest ones.

I, personally, will ask to use beard hair and normal hair for my crown. I'm aware it will be difficult to achieve 100% coverage, but even a partial one will work.

In my opinion a bald crown is hideous to look at. I can't stand mine so I buzz everything down to no-guard.

Edited: I typed "bear hair" instead of "beard hair". Some freudian slip! Laughing at myself now.

my excuse is that I washed the inside of my bike helmet with something I found to be highly allergic to and got burned.

In the end if colleagues don't believe it and gossip I don't actually really care.

Just a comment, but why not resolve this privately? The original poster may not want to have his details shared?

One doctor scared me off about the use of body/beard hair. He said body/beard hair have much longer resting period, and he implied this results in moving 10 scalp hairs giveing you about the same density as moving 100 body hairs. Is there a counter argument?

I'm not sure I'm qualified to answer, but my understanding is that beard hair is thicker than scalp hair can can provide good coverage if used in combination.

My estimate is to use 15% beard hair for my procedure. I'm apparently a vertex NW3 (but don't mind the high hairline, it has always been thus).

I actually doubt that in nature someone can naturally be a norwood 1 in the front, while having a big bald spot in the vortex. So it might look crazy, and you might want to fill the vortex.

 

The problem is the vortex is huge, and will take so many grafts. I would really hesitate to fill it because you might bald in the front later in life, and then won't have grafts to fill it.

 

Almost no one considering a hair transplant has enough grafts to spend on the vortex. I'm surprised this doctor has put so much thought into it, when almost no one is a candidate for it.

Valid points. But with the use of beard and body hair to fill the vertex, one could have a full head of hair.

Unfortunately I'm one of those cases, where I have a good hairline but thin vertex. So my HT will be mostly in the vertex with some minor hairline work. I will use beard hair too, as I am not concerned about colour (salt & pepper already).

I think virtually all patients are better off putting their finite donor grafts in the front of the hair.

 

It almost doesn't matter how bald the patient is. Even if he is only a Norwood 2 (in the front) with major vertex balding, he is still better off filling the front up to make that part a Norwood 1. No one cares what the top of your head looks like, and no one will see it unless they are an NBA player.

 

The vast majority of HT patients are much higher than a Norwood 2, and for them it is even a clearer no brainer not to waste grafts on the vortex.

I agree in principle. However, a good hairline with a clean, polished bald spot at the back still looks ridiculous.

even low density in the crown area is better than slick-bald.

Looks fantastic. Good luck for the recovery process.

Looks good, the skin looks well healed and the donor area looks fine.

Is the crown swirl the doctor's design? if so, for what you can see now, it looks very well thought.