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I went to Dr. Rosanelli

Original Posts here: 3 month update Baseline It's been about 6.75 months since my procedure. I'm 30 and had 1300 FUT grafts done to the hairline. I know it was a small procedure, but having the loss on my temples was really affecting my confidence. Overall it's gotten much thicker since my last post at 4 months. From what I read, more growth and/or thickening is still to come. There are still some small hairs and some of them are wiry/curly which is a bit odd. I told no one of the procedure when it was done and was able to get away for enough time that I don't think anyone noticed. No one has commented on it and I feel like the ugly stage has passed. Sometimes I think it's noticeable but that may just be because it's me who is looking at it. I feel like it's more noticeable when my hair is pulled back (and appears more natural when it's not) Photos attached...

It's been about 4 1/4 months now. Definitely thickening up and getting longer. It blended in a lot better when I cut my hair shorter.

So I just passed three months since my procedure. Original post here: http://www.hairrestorationnetwork.com/eve/183761-1300-grafts-fut-30-years-old.html About two months in I think I started to see some growth. Now it seems like it's coming along pretty steadily. It doesn't seem to be growing in evenly, with the left temple/middle slower than the right temple. I'm assuming/hoping it will still thicken up significantly over the next few months. It looks pretty odd to have the new growth so short when the rest of the hair is long. I don't think it's too noticeable though. Overall I think I'm happy so far. I still have some occasional pain in my scar in the very back of my head at the end of the incision. It can occasionally feel tender to the touch (and feels like a little bump). Every so often it feels like a little scab comes off. The rest of the incision usually feels fine. The scar still looks a little red, but it's not that big a deal since it's easily covered by my hair. I've attached some photos.

So It's been about a month and two days since I had the procedure. My donor scar still gets slightly numb occasionally but it's gotten better as each day goes by. I think my recipient area is still pretty red. It also seems like some of the grafts had the hair fall out but not necessarily all the way. I think the redness is probably due to being fairly fair-skinned. It seems more noticeable in the temporal gulfs, which may have been packed more densely. I don't think I've had any shock loss that I can tell. The recipient area does still feel kind of stubbly. I don't think it's noticeable unless someone got really close. I'm going to get a haircut in a couple weeks - my hair is longer than I usually have it.

So I am just at the 10 day post-op mark. I've posted some photos below. I get my final stitches out on Monday and cannot wait (so itchy!) I've gone back to normal shampooing/conditioning like I did before the transplant. I've started to see the grafts fall out I think? Maybe like 5-6. No blood or anything like that, just looks like they've fallen out. I know this is supposed to happen, and this is about the normal time for it to begin, right? I do think the grafted area is starting to look a bit thinner.

Thank you both. I guess I've always had a pretty big forehead, so when I went to an NW2, and then an NW3, it was more noticeable than it may have been otherwise? I had considered doing the temporal peaks as well, but the doctor felt like it would be noticeable to others/not natural and in the end I wanted to be a bit more conservative. It's been 3 days now. I have some very minor forehead swelling but nothing too bad - I've been soaking/icing every 20 minutes as instructed. My donor scar is still pretty painful, though the meds help a bit with that. I am getting some sharp pain in my right hairline off and on - I'm not sure what it is. Maybe a nerve was clipped or something. I'm happy to soon not have to sleep on my back. I go on Monday to get the sutures removed. I've attached 3 day photos below.

Hello, So I've lurked on this site a while, but I haven't really posted. Please forgive me if I am not doing something right. I'm 30 and started noticing hair loss when I was around 26 or so. Took me a while to admit I needed to do something. My hair was mostly receding, and I did have a bit of thinning in the crown area. I've always had really thick hair and have always shed a ton in the shower. I got on finasteride about a year and a half ago and started minoxidil nightly about 7 months ago. I don't really think I saw much improvement in either (maybe kept what I had and a SLIGHT increase, but not much). I did have wicked sheds when starting finasteride and minoxidil, but they subsided after a while. I still shed a decent amount in the shower, though I've always shed quite a bit. I wanted to fix my hairline and 'temporal gulfs'. I got 1300 grafts done three days ago. I believe the breakdown was: 800 2s 500 1s Of those, about 800 were to the left side and 500 to the right side. My left had a bit more recession for some reason than my right. The doctor said that he packed them a bit more dense than usual due to my family history and the overall thickness/density of my hair. The donor area is definitely a little sore, but not overly so. It's been a pain sleeping on my back. It didn't lower my hairline as much as I thought it would, but it probably will look better when it grows in. Also it's probably for the best as I wanted to be fairly conservative since I know it'll continue to progress. I didn't see as many hairs sticking out as I thought I would, so I hope that's ok. I am a bit concerned that it will look weird as it won't be as dense as the fairly dense hair I do have. I've been soaking and icing, and haven't seen any grafts come out. Anyway, here are some photos. Feedback would be nice, as I am kind of nervous, and I'll post followup photos later if anyone is interested.