ItHasToLookNatural

The frontal zone looks amazing. But I can see fue extraction scars all over the parietal scalp. I would take that trade anyday though

On 10/26/2018 at 2:55 PM, Spanker said:

Man, that sure is a super big difference in the photos. 

Spanker,

You have what many here might deem a top result from a top surgeon. Is the contrast between fair conditions and harsh conditions as depicted in Melvin's OP similar for you, as good as your results are? 

Curling, I think you're in a good spot to pack a few hundred extra grafts in there. Should look excellent. 

12 hours ago, Aftermath said:

Pretty sure win was a Rahal patient 

After Rahal, he went to Gabel to refine things.

I would also like to see a picture of this combed regularly please. I am considering this doctor.

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Thanks for the update man! looks amazing. I am usually not that impressed with cases of black hair on light skin. It almost always looks pluggy to me. Yours however looks very soft and very natural. Your doctors collectively did a very nice job.

I am considering gabel to fill in some minor temple recession. Would you recommend him above Rahal?

Thanks.

Also, you sort of remind me of Cillian Murphy.

I love the result bro, and no I don't think it looks thin at all. Looks completely natural and with a lot of maturing to come probably. I am schedule for a consultation with Dr. Hasson soon and your thread was a big motivator for me. 

Do you think any doctor could have done a better job than this? I don't.

No offense doctor, but I don't think surgery was warranted in this case. I understand everything is relative and for some patients even minor hair loss can be devastating. But this is VERY minor.

Looks good though.

How is it looking?

Does Rahal perform his FUE with a motorized punch? I remember reading that somewhere. What did he use on your head?

This result gives me a hardon

Oh, believe me, at 35 you're still going to want those 20 year olds running their fingers through your hair! When you're 45 too!

I might just get castrated. It would save me some money on finasteride and more importantly, I probably wont even care about hair loss anymore.

You have your birth year as 1995; that's what I was going by. If you're 27 that's plenty old enough.

Where would you draw the line on age, and why?

So you're only 19? That reads like rationalization and short sightedness.

 

I don't think encouraging caution to kids who aren't even old enough to drink (legally) is a detriment to this forum. But do whatever you want really. You seem to have your mind made up.

You are absolutely right about encouraging caution. But caution should come in the form of planning appropriately,having tried the meds and consulted with multiple surgeons--not in just accepting your baldness.

I had a small HT procedure in my early 20's - the biggest mistake of my life .... there are exceptions to everything however I don't believe any ethical doctor should be performing a HT on a 20 year old

Why? I'm 27 by the way.

You are only 20 years old, which is way too young to get a hairline transplant.

You are incorrect about my age, but I believe that if planned appropriately a hair transplant should not be limited by age. Feller has performed a Hairline transplant on a 20 year old. It is well documented. Feriduni has multiple case examples of hairline transplants on 21 and 22 year old NW 2.5s. Dr. William Lindsey has been very vocal on this forum about this issue with the caveat that the hairline be planned appropriately.

This black and white thinking is a huge detriment to this forum. Yes caution is good, and it is for this reason that I have many questions which I will ask here to Dr. Bloxham at a later point in time and perhaps he can weigh in on this issue as well. There are diminishing points of return as you age for what you will get back in terms of a psychological boost, and most who seek cosmetic surgery are seeking exactly that. To put it bluntly, I would much rather be a 25 year old with great hair than a 35 year old with great hair. Social media has made society much more superficial in recent decades, and this is something you older guys don't appreciate, or perhaps can't appreciate. Looks determine a disgustingly enormous portion of a person's value today in almost all markets. But I digress.

Most guys with your mindset wait until they're bald and then load up the frontal zones to create a natural frame to their facial dimensions anyways, so why delay the inevitable? Appropriate planning mitigates concerns of future loss.

I've been on this forum for a while now, lurking, waiting, watching. I'm like a NW2.5, and I want a strip believe it or not, as I see a lot of sense in Dr. Feller's arguments.

I cannot seem to find a consensus on the following question:

Is it the norm for a hairline to look natural after a hair transplant?

I see results posted by patients and doctors alike, and when the hairline looks good, it's met with praise. On the other hand when the hairline looks bad and sparse, the result is met with comments like "you really should have had more realistic expectations."

What gives?

What are realistic expectations for a HT hairline with regards to things like: how it looks when its wet, how it blends with the native hair, how a young 20 year old girl will react pushing it back with her fingers.

What can I really expect assuming I go to the best, and of course I have my own ideas about who are the best.