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Yes Europe has some great surgeons but many are quite expensive particularly the UK or Belgium. Turkey is much cheaper but only a handful of quality clinics. I think that whole American clinics recommending the FUT is simply because they are not as skilled in the FUE procedure

It looks great. As you said it's day and night the comparison. Rahal does very good work but I am in Europe so never considered him.

Thanks you very much mate. Have you a thread somewhere how many grafts did you get with Rahal? ur own profile pic is impressive

Ha, the mirror obsession has passed thankfully. As for the overhead shot just keeping it realistic. It's easy take the pics that make it look really dense just goes to show clinics can make a pic look great by a simple lighting adjustment. Thanks for the feedback mate. I'm lucky I'm 6ft 2 so it's mainly birds that will be looking down on my scalp ha. I am of the same thinking that a 2nd pass would be needed down the line but hoping I might get a few years out of this one first. I never had crazy expectations to begin with considering my level of loss but I'm extremely happy so far and as you said for 2,000 grafts I'm very happy. The best is when people sayin I don't kno why you were buzzing your hair these last few years:D

Cheers mate if I could get a head of hair even half resembling yours I'd be delighted. I noticed yours thickening up nicely each month so that gives me hope of more to come.

Ya man I have tried it just once and it made my hair look great but I don't want to get into the habit of using it as it's time consuming and would i'd be worried bout rain wind etc so I'm not going to use it but it has a great effect. I can see why celebrities etc would use it for big nights etc. I'm hoping it will all thicken more and I won't need it

Today is the 5month mark. Longest 5months of my life. I don't look into the mirror every 2minutes anymore to check if there is any growth which is great. I'm just letting it do its thing but nobody really can explain how hard the first few months are waiting to see if anything will happen. Anyway some pictures and I tried taking a few in harsh light as it wouldn't be fair to make them look great in favourable lighting which can easily be done. It is still light in mid-scalp and right is slightly behind the left but am hoping for it to thicken up. Overall I'm delighted at the 5 month mark and have gotten lots of compliments and people asking why was I shaving it. here's hoping for more thickening.

I love this comment. Some1s uncle hahaha so true. Great result man

That's gonna be a major improvement for you and the colour of ur hair is going to make it even better. Going to be a life changer I'd say Dutchie. Congrats

Ha thanks mate I'm hoping the density will pick up in the mid scalp but I have to say so far so good. Cheers

Thanks man, thanks for the feedback. Thanks for the feedback wizz cheers. Daylight there is no hiding place that's why I put it in. Hoping it will thicken up nicely over the next few months fingers crossed

I am just approaching the 4.5 month mark I was going to wait until 5 months but there has been some changes since last month. Iv recently noticed the hair darkening and getting a little bit thicker. I have got to say sometimes it changes over what seems like overnight. I have put up a few pics in what I would call normal light and one is outside under harsh light so u can see that it is still quite thin. Also one of the donor. Donor looks light because the way the barber done it with a #1 fade.

Just curious u say many grafts fail on that area in FUE? Is it your opinion that FUT grafts would flourish in mid-scalp

Johnny that looks to be fairly extensive FUE scarring in the lower part of ur donor region. Was that caused by your 1st procedure?

Jharte12 I sent u an email

That's a good idea might try not look in a mirror for a week. We just have to keep our eye on the prize I guess

Cheers mate it's been a long few months mate just hoping iv turned the corner That's a good way of looking at it. I find myself waking up every morning and hoping it's all thickened up overnight. My patience is running on empty. Hope ur going well.

Just a quick update for the sake of the forum. Its been just over 3.5 months now. Iv stopped buzzing my head and am letting it grow. In the past 3 weeks I have noticed growth and can see new hairs just starting. I have lots of thin vellus hairs which are not making any cosmetic difference so far but I'm sure/hopeful these will thicken up. In certain lighting my hair looks great and in others it looks shit. These pics are between the two. I'm finding it hard to be patient but there's not a lot I can do only wait.

Wow looks great HTsoon. Life changing improvement

With the utmost respect mate nobody is arguing the fact that we need upcoming hair transplant surgeons, and of course they need to train etc. The issue at hand here is the misleading/deceptive nature in which a patient may blindly go in for surgery with a surgeon they had researched for up to a year and then end up with a trainee/rookie performing their surgery without their prior consent(thinly veiled consent form aside) or indeed any knowledge that someone other than the original surgeon might perform their surgery.

That is a very valid point so I went with something very light and no more than a pea sized amount will be used. What kind of leave in conditioner might you recommend just incase it ends up not to my liking. I'd rather leave it dry without any product than sacrifice visual density

Not a bad suggestion but I would imagine the hold would be very very light. I'm taking a gamble on one of the John masters range, pretty expensive too unfortunately, for the price of it it should be able to cook you dinner

Cheers mate thanks for the tips. Iv stopped buzzing it last week at 3 month mark so now I'm bracing myself. It will be the first time I havnt buzzed in 2 and a half years

Cheers mate I'm looking for something a bit more organic though that might actually nourish the scalp. I don't have the growth for it yet either but to remain optimistic iv decided to purchase some styling product, as a show of belief to myself ??

Can anyone recommend a gel, wax or Pomade that would actually be healthy for your hair after a HT? Iv heard of John Masters Pomade does anyone have any experience of it or of any others?