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With that said, I never would have had a procedure or found doctor Vories without this forum.

This forum IMO is a litmus test. Just like amazon and yelp, you have to sort through the good and the bad reviews. At the end of the day, the only result that matters is the final one, your hair. I could care less if the doc is a dick or they don't have a pre-surgery liaison, everything you need can be found online. Back a few years ago when I was more frequent on the forum, there was a prominent doc in NY, who was a complete ass about FUE. So, my point is the forum goes two ways. Based on what I observed, I would never go to that doc, even though he was geographically the closets, but way too biased.

This is such a great thread! Thanks for keeping the conversations informative! I have long wondered if I was the only one whose transplanted hair didn't have full coverage when unstyled, but more so strategically placed grafts to give the illusion of coverage. I'd say my surgeon did a great job filling the frontal and much of the mid-scalp, sparse on the crown, which is completely understandable. Early in the thread someone mentioned the use of concealer to finish the job, I couldn't be in any more agreement. I don't know exactly what Norwood classification I was, if I were to be completely honest I'd say V A diffuse with higher sides. After 6500 grafts over two FUE procedures, I could still optically, without styling, have another 2500 graft procedure, which I consider from time to time. In current state, with styled hair and heavy crown/moderate mid-scalp Caboki use, one would never suspect I was ever bald-ish, in fact, I have gotten many compliments on my hair for a guy in his early 40s. This now begs the question, we talk a lot here about density of graft placement, and total grafts in each procedure. What I think we fail to also take into consideration is the size of ones head. I have a pretty big head, hat size is 7 1/2, which is about as large as they come. So, my 6500 grafts may seem like a ton, given my estimated Norwood classification, but with a head that size, the grafts just didn't go as far as they would on a recipient with a smaller head. Not sure how any of this add to the conversation but I found this thread to be awesome.

HawkDriver, do you find the biotin does anything?

Showing great growth for 3 months. If you care, throwing some Caboki or Nanogen would make it look real nice at this stage, there's definitely enough for the fibers to cling to.

ummmm. 99% of this board wishes this was their problem.

Almost everyone here shares the sentiment above. Unless your procedure was completely botched, you'll probably be wishing you had done it sooner after about 6 months.

Non shaven FUE technique is very intriguing. I'd love to find a Dr. that can do non shave in a larger session. I've had 3500 over 2 day, thought the results were great. Unforgettably, I probably need another 2000 through the midscalp and some on the vertex. My biggest, and only, issue with the first procedure was the shaved head afterwards. I would be extremely open having a 2 or 3 guard as a shave setting vs the 1 guard.

Dr. Vories, Are you now performing no shave procedures? It would definitely bring me back in your chair sooner than later.

Wear it short. Who cares? Seriously, call it a refresher, then when it grows back people will notice it less. From my experience, it was a day or two of questions at work, then no more. In my personal life, I avoided social situations for the first two weeks, then wore a hat for a few weeks there after, it grows back in due time, kind of. In hindsight, you notice is more than anyone else, people aren't keeping tabs on your hair growth, unless the change is big. No one knew outside of my wife and I have not been questioned yet, and I had 3500 FUs.

I would say Mickey personifies the role of a consumer advocate in this forum. Like it or not, it's better than the fox in the hen house approach. I'm not siding that anyone is in the wrong, it should be a fair and balanced debate. Unfortunately using the terms "absolute fact" can be perceived as misleading, it is a far cry from the open mindedness many crave for hair loss solutions.

I think the spray is great is you have longer hair, but for shorter hair, you really do have to consider a compound that binds to the hair prior to adding fibers.

In my experience, fibers are better, except when your hair is too short to use the fibers or you're just lazy and would rather spray in the color. I used Batiste Coloured Dry Shampoo exclusively after my transplant until my hair was long enough to use fibers....it was an adequate stop gap, not great, but considering the alternative of nothing, fantastic. I would presume if your hair were longer it would work great to fill in the gaps.

The effectiveness began to soften around the 2 or 2.5 year mark. Everyone is different and my case may have been more progressive, but Minox wasnt what it was when I started. I should also note, when I ceased usage, my hair took a drastic turn for the worse, drastic. Would I say it losses it's effectiveness after two years, for me it did, but it did drastically improve my hair during that time. No idea about topical propecia.

The effectiveness began to soften around the 2 or 2.5 year mark. Everyone is different and my case may have been more progressive, but Minox wasnt what it was when I started. I should also note, when I ceased usage, my hair took a drastic turn for the worse, drastic. Would I say it losses it's effectiveness after two years, for me it did, but it did drastically improve my hair during that time. No idea about topical propecia.