DonnyJ

@1978matt curious what you did for in this thread:

Thoughts on what the best way is to cut your hair if needing to buzzcut your crown for a procedure but not wanting to buzz the entire head? The idea would be to have something that you can grow back into quickly. My searches have come up empty for examples of what people have gone with.

Thanks, Curious! I whole heartedly agree w/ the DrK comment -- I trust his word to the highest degree. I entered this thread seeking chest->scalp knowledge, and I believe I've gotten quite a bit more out of the comments here. Appreciate everyone's input! At this time, I would prefer to have an in-person consult with DrK again, to perform a thorough evaluation to determine how much of the mid / crown is txp hairs today + thoughts on the quality of my chest / beard hair, prior to scheduling another procedure. There's only so much detail you can obtain via photos/email. Despite this delaying any future procedures, I believe it's the smartest path to ensure I have a solid, realistic, plan. I'll be sure to keep everyone posted down the line. Truly appreciate all of the

Interesting. That's a fair contrast to some of the other opinions in here. Based on how it feels when growing it out (it's not always this short), I believe it to be borderline. That said, I believe I could still extract *some* and be happy, but need to plan accordingly. Appreciate the input.

I’d like to pick your brain a bit: - where on your scalp did you have your chest grafts placed? - How many 1’s vs 2’s were you able to extract? - have you experienced any “recipient influence” (chest hairs taking on characteristics of the surrounding scalp hairs) over time? - any noticeable visual difference between scalp & chest hair now that it’s transplanted? - how long can those hairs grow now? - do you have a thread/photos strictly showing the chest hair results? (I.e., did you have a strictly-chest session & have before / after photos of it)? - how long did your chest take to heal post-op? I hear it may take a bit longer than when extracting from scalp donor. Any lingering visible scarring? - any recommendations for myself on how to proceed on my journey?

curious about this as well, but also want to provide some add'l context on the photo: this was wet + i combed everything vertically "up" + was in direct sunlight (basically: the worst of the worst of the worst for a photo op..which was the intention) i believe that the other 2 photos in that post were not wet or spiked up though.

Mind defining homogenous depletion? I've seen the term tossed around a few times here now, but not 100p on what this means.

early 2015, then late 2016 🤷‍♂️ EDIT: you think I still have 1k left?

No doubt. And the 2nd procedure was performed at a nicely reduced rate (essentially subtracting the cost of what they agreed should have been the expected growth from the initial procedure). In that sense, they handled the post-op situation well, but obviously I'm not overly happy with the final results. We didn't chat about a 2nd refund.

proc 1: no bridge 1k frontal few hundred crown few hundred between your blue and green line + mid-scalp proc2: no bridge 1200 frontal 800 crown -> area between your blue and green line proc3: 350 crown proc4: 350 frontal it's not exactly clear what my growth yield was from proc 1 & proc 2, but i ultimately ended not where I should have been at that point. imo, I got more from konior's 2 small procedures than I did from the other 2 large ones. i'm not sure the policy on calling out surgeons by name on here, but the first one was from a pretty highly regarded surgeon...i [thought i] did my homework heading into it.

did a full gamut of photos (wet/dry sunlight/flash/no-flash) yesterday and the repeat pattern I noticed was the thinning in mid-scalp. This terrifies me like crazy because it would be pretty bad if i end up with frontal, no mid, bridge, no crown. I really need to plan accordingly and I believe that the only way to do so is to have an in-depth evaluation to determine where I have txp hair vs non-txp hairs today. I'm pretty scared knowing that my donor capacity is running on fumes tbh. A small FUE (300-500) could be the way, potentially combined w/ chest (even if the transection rate is much higher), but I *really* need to plan for the future.

i'm unsure what's typical, but fwiw, i found another chest photo with short stubbs and it looks like I have a pretty decent number of 2's...I'm torn. I'd like to see Dr.K in-person, but current climate makes that difficult.

Mirroring the rest of the group -- would not advise a procedure at this point. Why not take Rogaine alongside the PRP?

Just took a look at your journey...you've had some AMAZING results. I get jealous every time I see someone with results like yours. Well done! 350/350 may be a viable option. I'll need to compromise in some way -- whether that means dipping further into the sides of my head, rolling the dice w/ chest hairs, or accepting thinness... my REAL concern is that I don't know how much growth may/may not be on my scalp from my first 2 procedures. I know it wasn't great (and I get angry every time I think about it, but am also grateful for what I have today). That unknown could mean some not-so-great aesthetics down the line though. I wish I had some better photos (I've since shaved my chest)...depending on the light, my scalp is border-line black at times, but it's also gotten a lot lighter due to sun exposure over the summer. At the time, I took hairs from my beard, chest, & scalp and put them side-by-side... beard was clearly curly + thick + coarse + darker; chest was straight + *slightly* thinner than scalp + correct texture + same color. I'm not trying to trick myself/you into thinking it's something it's not -- I just really wish I had better photos. May have to grow out the chest hairs again. Valid concern. Body hair typically has about 50% of the follicles to be in an active growth phase at any given time. Scalp hair is 90%. Also worth noting: chest hair typically is a lot of 1's, and some 2's (versus 1's, 2's, 3's, & 4's that scalp follicles house). I believe (??) this is the reason why @transplantedphil said that chest hairs typically aren't the best candidates for crown (though, this may also be due to the sheer nature of chest hairs being thinner)