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  1. The curly hair will go another month. I started using comb more frequently after 6th month and then it took another haircut to straighten things out in my case. Right now, I do not have curly hair. It is wavy, as it always used to be before the big fall. Edit: Forgot to mention, the difference is huge between starting point and current point. You will always look at some points wishing it would be better if this/that was also there. But if you look at your pics and think in a realistic manner, you have achieved a lot. Congratulations and happy journey for the next months.
  2. Hope things are looking good on your side, mate. Updates would be nice.
  3. Here are some pics that I just clicked. Sorry for low resolution as I have decreased the size of the pic to upload in here. Dont know why but not able to upload better resolution pics. As you can see in the last pic, there is a bald spot still remaining behind my hairline. I had hair planted in this region also, but do not understand any reason why this spot is left yet. Also, the pics do not justify the look because you see gaps as the camera is too close. And fortunately, I have some height where is it not possible for everyone to have a top view of my scalp, i feel the bald spot is hidden for now. But I would like to have this area grow as well. This is the area where I feel the hair coming out of scalp but it has been same since last 4-5 weeks. Let's see how it goes from here. As always, comments welcome.
  4. Thank you guys for the compliments. Means a lot. Completed 6 months post surgery. The hairfall I noticed post fin withdrawl has been arrested. Have continued the medicine again, though there are no more side-effects anymore. I guess it was somewhere in my mind that the medicine gives you side effects and it played an important role in my decision to discontinue fin. Hairfall is still there but it is like 20-30 hair and getting less. Regarding growth, I have never been happier in my life w.r.t. my hair. The hairline is strong and the hair seems like growing thicker and thicker. My hair is very fine in thickness but still the front coverage is good. Also, I feel the hair I lost has started coming again. I can feel small hair coming out of scalp when I touch it. There is some bald spot which is not covered yet, but that is behind my hairline. I guess I will go under another procedure next year to cover the remaining spots and will address my temples as well. But for now, I am pretty happy with my growth. I see my old pictures and then I go in front of the mirror, it is a huge boost to my confidence. There are things that I would have liked more but again, we have to be realistic in our expectations. And on those expectations, the results are supreme I feel. Pics following soon.
  5. The hairfall is still there, I have started fin again from last 1 week but there is no stopping the hairfall right now. I am quite apprehensive that it might hamper the result if it continues for long. Not sure what to do. The doctor isn't replying either.
  6. Everything was going fine but had to let go of fin after experiencing side effects. Been three weeks discontinuing fin and the hairfall from one week has been massive. I am worried about what to do. Everyday it's like 50-100 hair falling. Any advice about what to do?
  7. Sparkling difference between third and fourth month. I experienced the same. It will start to thicken now and you will look for mirrors more often than ever.
  8. Going through the forum and stumbled upon this thread. I was using fin from last 6 months and there were no noticable side effects. But from last 15 days, I feel like I have been hit by the sides. Low libido, problem with erection etc. I recently had a transplant and do not want to lose more hair. Fin stopped some of the hairfall but the sides are intimidating. Should I lower the dose and try? Or should I stop the medication totally?
  9. Thanks. Yea taking the meds as mentioned in signature. Though going to cut off the finpecia now. Other than that, taking other medicines regularly.
  10. Just like that, 4 months have passed. Time is going fast and everyday I feel good while looking myself in the mirror. The growth is slim but atleast the hairline has started to show. Going by the figures presented in the forum many times, it is just 25%. So I am assuming a lot of growth to come. Have started getting compliments from people. "Your hair is growing back, what did you do!" is not uncommon to listen these days. Though if i examine properly, I can still see empty areas in between, but it doesnt look as bad as it used to. Hoping to get some more growth in coming months. Here are some pics atttached. Feedback is welcome.
  11. It has been 3 months and 2 days today. Didnt appear too long for me, maybe because my work kept me a lot busy along with some family gatherings and all, didnt get much time to think about what will my result be. Even then used to check every now and then how does it appear. The hair is coming along, though it is still a bit sparse. The grafts that have come out have grown a bit longer and they are blending with my original hair. While touching the scalp, i can feel some new hair sprouting and pinching a bit of my palm. It itches sometimes but i control and tap a bit at max, if it goes out of control. Hoping to get some growth from next month on. Pics coming in sometime.
  12. It has been two months exactly today. The shedding of transplanted hair was over long back. Some of the hair has started growing. I have ditched the hat and going to the office and around without cap most of the times. People sometimes stare at my head. Nobody has a clue that I went for a transplant. Just waiting for the hair to start growing. Current growth is sparse, but atleast I can see the empty area filling in. Hoping the growth will kick in more in next 2-3 weeks. MEanwhile following the regimen strictly.
  13. It's the shedding of transplanted hair that happens normally after transplant. No reason to worry.
  14. This will keep on happening for next few days. Do not get alarmed. The transplanted hair sheds with the root still intact. I went through the same phase. I am on day 37 and I have around 20% of transplanted hair left only. Shockloss would be somewhere around your donor area and the recipient area if you had any hair in that area. From your pictures, it seems like recipient area had very few hair, so it's highly likely that it is the normal shedding that is quite standard with the process.
  15. For me, I noticed shedding starting from 12th day which was at small scale in the start but currently have shed most of the grafts(day 34). Blood could be because of scratching. For me, dissolvable stitches were breaking like threads and then they came of like scabbing as well. Right now the scar is healing. Even in my case I didnt experience shock loss. Yes itching will be there which you have to control.
  16. More than half of my transplanted hair has fallen off. Right now, the look makes me anxious. It is almost back to the same situation again. I know this is the period where it will fall till 2 months time. The scar in the back is healing and it doesnt hurt now. The redness is still there which should fade away by next month. Wearing cap during office hours, will ditch it by next week maybe when some hair grows at the back of my head which hides the scar.
  17. Thanks for the reply. The pain has subsided now. It's the scar only, will take some time to fade. You too take care. And it has been almost 5 months, we would be happy to have some updates from you. Thanks in advance.
  18. Quite a positive difference between 3rd and 4th month. Regarding meds, I guess the side effects are probably advertised a lot than supposed to be. The amount of people who get the sides is considerably less but only people getting sides post online, so we feel that sides are too common. I myself was afraid of using it for 2 years but now when I started using them, I feel no difference with respect to sides.
  19. Looks fine.. Nice coverage. The covered area looks around 120cm2 as I feel. She would have told you the area she marked I guess?
  20. Thanks Rawkerboi for your input. Btw had my rest of the head shaven today. It was getting difficult to maintain that long hair in the back. When i took my cap off and the hairdresser directly asked whether i had a transplant. He told he has seen many transplants and mine was among the best he has seen He then gave me some details as to how to take care of the transplanted hair which shockingly was more or less on the lines what we discuss mostly in here (Finasteride and minoxidil). I feel lighter with all the hair gone and it will be easier to maintain the head now.
  21. I had a query. It is safe to use minoxidil and nizoral from now on, right? As it is 22 days post-op for me now. I would really like to know as I am thinking of resuming them fully now.
  22. Dr Bhatti does FUE and Dr Radha does FUT. (Choose whichever you want) Dr Bhatti is in Chandigarh, North India and Dr Radha operates from Visakhapatnam, South India (If distance from your place matters to you, then take this into consideration as well) Both have a lot of patients in this forum who speak volumes of their expertise. Best would be to talk with the latest patients of both doctors for their experience, as your experience will more or less be on same lines. Also, try to talk with people who had their surgery with them 1 year or more back. This would give you the vision about expectations for your procedure. In the end, no matter who you choose, you cant go wrong.
  23. Day 16: Oiled my head with coconut oil and washed with gentle fingers as prescribed by the doctor. Most of the scabbing came off. Feeling a bit light. There has been continuous shedding of transplanted hair since day 12. It is not massive but on a small scale but the scalp looks sparse now. Still holding good amount of transplanted hair, wishing to keep holding them. Day 18 pictures attached in here. As always, any comments/posts welcome. And I have started using Minoxidil on a daily basis now(keeping to 1ml a day for now) The scar in the back looks okay. A bit of red, but that should go away in coming week. Other than that, I noticed the dissolvable sutures getting torn off. Hope that is normal as well. Will get a haircut next weekend, maybe. Getting difficult to manage half bald, half beary head.
  24. Okay, so I was about to go sleep. But then as I always do, I went for a good look at the grafts before hitting the bed. And while I was just feeling the grafts, I saw these hair at the top of scalp. I hope this is part of shedding of transplanted hair and is a normal process? I see one of them with a white bulb, is it possible to dislodge the graft after 13 days of procedure? There is no pain in the scalp but I do not feel good seeing that one hair with white bulb. Waiting for input. Thanks.
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