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Well, it's been exactly 9 months, and although I still have some more months of maturing ahead of me, at this point I am over moon at the result as is, and this hairline exceeded my expectations. Will let the pics do the talking.

Yes, it completely transformed my life and made me look a decade younger. Best thing I ever did and money well spent.

Uuurrggg - sorry mate, not looking positive at all, even with a couple of months to go. What does Dr K have to say?

Ernie, All I have to say is -"I told you so!!!" What an absolutely stunning result. Rahal is a bad man! He has changed my life as well.

LOL LOL LOL Fair enough wanting some coverage over density in the crown, but the question is with such a large area, will the 1,000 grafts spread out like that without density really make that aesthetic difference? Just something to think about

HTsoon I think you know better than anyone that 1,000 grafts to the crown isn't going to make much of a difference. Seems like a waste to be putting such a few in there if it's not going to really change much aesthetically. All or nothing when it comes to the crown, but you should know that. Rather focus on the mid-section. Did you consider getting PRP a cell treatment to the midsection by a Dr Cooley? Question, do you have any regrets at not having started with FUT to maximize the grafts?

Yup, I'm almost at 8 months and my hair is absolutely great. If it stopped today, I would be happy and everything would be perfect. I no longer need Toppik into the hairline. Still have a lot of very fine whisky hairs that need to mature, so it's really still going to get better and better, but in terms of aesthetics, I don't think the maturing of these whispy hairs will make too much of a difference. Know what I mean? In fact my frontal 3rd is so dense, that it really draws attention to midsection of my head where there is miniturization. Remember that Dr Rahal left this region alone. It is easily masked with Toppik, so I am not in a rush to get back into the chair, but I am considering PRP treatment with Dr Cooley, and is something I may look to address in 5 years,

Looking real good Ernie. What a difference 2 months between 4 & 6 made huh?

Thanks for the update mate and congratulations on your final result. This thread contributed to my decision to go with Dr Rahal for my 2nd procedure, and it was proven to be the right decision. Thank you for sharing your story

Oooyy - hopefully you are just a slow grower and this turns around for you. Hang in there

I actually really respect you insisting that your surgeon performs FUE extractions himself. I wish much more FUE patients demanded this. Unfortunately, as the majority of patients accept the surgeon delegating this task to techs, this has created a market for this practice. Dr Rahal is an outstanding surgeon and his clinic produces outstanding FUE results, yet you are still passing on him for a surgeon who will do the extractions himself. I wish everyone did the same

Look at my post op pics mate, he covered a much smaller area than with you. I think I misunderstood your question. My hair was transplanted into a much smaller area than yours. Rahal wanted to cover a part of the midscalp lap, but he never got enough grafts from the strip. I also have fair skin and blonde hair which helps create that illusion of density.

BINGO - that's exactly the point and exactly the reason why hair restoration will very seldom restore a full set of dense hair that covers the whole head, and the reason so many high NWs with good donar supply are not good candidates for hair transplantation. That's the reason so many surgeons warn patients to rather focus on the frontal 3rd before trying to hit the crown. I think you are going to require at least 6,000 total grafts to just active dense hair in the front half before even touching the crown,

See the pics in my thread http://www.hairrestorationnetwork.com/eve/181957-dr-rahal-2-245-graft-procedure-fut.html

My friend, what I see in the picture is that the front half of your scalp was touched, then a very small area of your mid scalp was untouched, and then the crown. Remember, you have the frontal 3rd, then the next 3rd is considered the midsection, and then the back 3rd is the crown. It looks to me that Dr Wong implanted into your frontal 3rd and half of your mid scalp, and then your crown. Yes, my 4,500 grafts were all implanted into the same area. I haven't touched my mid scalp or crown as yet.

Brother you then have the largest front 3rd I have ever seen!!!! Do you have a ruler near you? Give it a try and you will see I'm not crazy

I never dealt with James, but if he promised you that, then shame on him. He should never have promised you anything. When I consulted with the clinic for my 2nd procedure, Doug himself was very clear with me that 2,500 to 3,000 grafts would result in a nice aesthetic improvement, but their preference was to try go for 4,000 grafts. This after I had already had a 2,000 graft procedure to the frontal 3rd, and also some native diffused hair, so like you, I had very little spots to cover.

Yes I looked at your pre-op picture, and yes I know it wasn't bare scalp. It still looked like a large area to cover even with your existing hair. Go take a look at my pre-op pictures as well. I also had existing hair before my very 1st procedure. I had two procedures for around 4,500 grafts in total just to the frontal 3rd to get the density I wanted, and I still have a very miniaturized crown that I haven't touched yet. I think your expectations were unreasonable to start with and if I were H&W, I would turn you down as a patient for any further procedure. You also cannot judge your result at 6 or 7 months, you just can't. At best you are only at 70% of what the final result is. Not saying the result is going to increase dramatically over the next few months, but you have a) jumped the gun by reaching your conclusion too early (did you examine the recipient area with a micro-lense?) and b) had the wrong expectations for 2,500 grafts to start with. I think 2,500 grafts is not a lot at all.

Gotta disagree with the OP, he used up 500 grafts on the crown leaving only 2,500 to cover what seems like a large area. I'm sorry, but you are not going to achieve dense packing with that few grafts spread out. Agree with Doug that you are always going to get an aesthetic improvement, but not a full set of dense hair. Also agree that you need to also give the hairs a chance to mature. I think you would have been better served using all 3000 grafts on the frontal 3rd and then addressed the crown later on.

Horrific scar, was he stripped out?

Any update? Has this improved at all?

It's on the last page of this thread: http://www.hairrestorationnetwork.com/eve/174034-procedure-booked-w-dr-rahal-second-transplant.html

See a post made by the clinic on a different thread:

I can't speak for Bisanga and Lupanzula, but to the best of my knowledge Dr Rahal delegates FUE extractions to his head nurse Mike. That was the practice when I was there in December. You should contact the clinic and get them to clarify. Who did you speak to? Ask to speak to Larissa.