spyk777

Taken today. Just some pomade.  I am truly amazed how it is holding on: going to be 4 years since Dr. Diep surgery. 

I have had more than a few people say they wish they had my hair. I just chuckle inside. I know the truth of it all  

I would go back to Dr. Diep again if I had to do it all over again. He is an artist.  The illusion of dense hair requires skill and Diep has it.  

I will vouch for him. I am just an ordinary bald chap whose life just got insanely better thanks to him.  

My donor is thin from when it all began.  But it was expected but nothing that ordinary folks will notice. 

5 hours ago, Melvin-Moderator said:

Everything looks fantastic, you’ve come a long way.

Hey Melvin, buddy. Looking further I realized you were our HTsoon. It’s a long time since I visited the forum. 

Hope you are doing well. You are a moderator now. Awesome man. You are the best to guide for the future HT aspirants. 

UPDATE

4 years since first transplant.  Total of 3  FUE  

16 months since the last. 

Still going strong. Happy  with results. 

Could do one more  in the crown. Non scalp source of FUE.

Medications - Nisoral and Minoxidil.  

Hey spyk, how is the crown looking? Can you give a more focused picture of that. I have a procedure for my crown to get finished scheduled with dr diep so I’m curious.

Hope this helps.

Hi folks. I am traveling. Got the best I could. Will update better once or twice before and at 18 month mark.

Almost at the end ...... although some say 18 months for the crown. Photos from span of last month. Mainly textural changes at this time.

Thank you.

congrats spyk, the results look fantastic, what a journey but well worth it. I'm contemplating my own third transplant at the moment, but a 3rd in 3 years, I may just wanna enjoy having some hair for a minute before shaving my head again.

Thank you for the well wishes. Will update again soon. Still seeing changes.

I have a consultation with him next month .. just to my hairline I’m still a Norwood 2. .. what are his costs now ? 8$? Did he do a miniaturization test to see where we would go bald ? Did he measure hair caliber? Stuff like that.. whatever information u have please share .. also did he do the extractions ? Was he hands on n did most of the work or did his techs do it .. I’m nervous heading into my first transplant .

Nice. No he does not do measurements and stuff. Nonobjective examination. Goes by his personal experience. But he is good. I am very happy with my results. Still going strong.

Good decision. You've rebuilt your hairline and you bought yourself a good many years until you might need more. Hopefully in 5-10 years there will be some nice advancements beyond propecia and standard hair transplants (i.e. hair cloning)

Agree

I had asked him will I need more after the 3rd HT.

He said I possibly have around 1500 left and if need be, can utilize them but advised not to move a muscle for 3 years.

Personally I think I am done with scalp to scalp. I may consider beard to scalp if ever.

I am also kinda exhausted now going through it all again.

Will now just sit back and relax.

spyk777 looks great! BTW, never heard of a 3 HT plan. I've heard of people having 3+ HTs but not sure if they planned it out with their surgeon. Seems like that would take a lot of time, patience and of course $$$. But props to you, you've had all 3 surgeries and now you're just a few months away from your final result. You've totally rebuilt your hair and in general when someone gets that many grafts, it doesn't look natural, but your plan and your surgeon accomplished it.

True. I once was near complete bald, which I now sometimes easily forget. Reminded when I visit this thread all the time. It was a very expensive procedure, but years of feeling insecure led me to just say screw it, and pull the trigger.

I am fully satisfied with what Dr. Diep accomplished. He did an amazing job. I can’t thank him enough. Hi hairline suits my face and was how my originally hairline was. One of the reason I went with him.

I hope to give an update in few months. The crown grows slower than rest of the scalp.

Peace out.

Progressing well. The bare naked bald spots have changed to thinning effect. So far so good. Right side seems to be lagging a little behind. Front still holding on 3 years later.

Happy New Year to all.

Hi can you share your day 1 donor pics ty

Naive donor.

To keep the update going ... all seems to go as expected....

Looks amazing

Nice man.

Did you have to add density to your hairline after your first procedure?

Yes a little bit more refinement was required.

Healing slowly but surely.

Seeing and feeling some changes.

Guard 1-2-3 sloping up on the sides.

Congrats HU. All the best. Clean work.

Keep updating, till the finish.

Gulp!! Hope so. Ugly duckling phase is hard!!$&@

Thank you for the encouraging words.

2 months out. Front has grown back. Crown is growing hair in stubbles. Where there were no hairs there is hair growth. Adjacent midscalp has suffered shock loss. Keeping fingers crossed and taking one day at a time.

It is too early to draw conclusions. I saw my biggest change 4-9 months.

You still have at least 7 1/2 months in front of you.

Awesome results. Congratulations.

I don't know. That picture you posted of your donor site made me cringe.

Agree. It is angry looking. It is an immediate post op pic. It gets better. Well I am just posting it as it is. Again I hope for you to be better and truthfully informed that may guide you to your best possible solution and outcome.