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Other than the hair getting longer, there's no significant change since last month. I can still see many tiny hair along the hairline, but unfortunately, the density hasn't improved much. I had reached out to the doctor last month and he said my growth may be late and asked me to wait till 9-10 months, so that's what I'll do. I'm not sure if any major change usually happens after 7 months or if anyone has had such an experience where things suddenly started looking great after 7 months. Dr Bhatti has promised to rectify problems if any - so that's a relief, but just the thought of going through the procedure again and waiting another year is making me sad. Anyway, trying my best not to lost hope and I'll see if things get better in the next 3 months.

Here are the updates at month 6 post op. As I had mentioned in my last update, the growth had been slow for me, but this month, I can see a lot of tiny hair sprouting here and there. Things are slowly getting better. Does this look alright for 6 months?

akdjrd, thanks for the support There has definitely been some growth since the 5th month update, but the new hairs are all too short and thin to make a big difference. I'm 10 days away from the 6th month update, I'll share pictures then.

If you're planning to make a bank transfer when you reach the clinic, make sure you have increased your bank transfer limits etc and have parked enough money in an account belonging to the same bank as the clinic's. I had some trouble with daily transaction limits myself and it's not fun to worry about this when you're already stressed about the surgery!

Definitely not the case. From the pics immediate post-op and after I cleaned up the scabs after 3 weeks, you can see they're definitely not 1cm apart.

Tj287, thanks for the honest comment. I'm definitely not looking for a sparse hairline and I had communicated my desire for enough density with the doctor during consultation. I am hoping that once the planted hair grow out, it will give the look of density even if it is not as dense as the remaining hair.Even though there have been multiple cases of poor results on this forum recently, there are many similar cases done by the doctor in the past with good end results, so I'm keeping my hopes high until I'm at a position to judge the outcome.

At 5 months now. I can definitely see some growth, but I feel things are moving very slowly and not as fast as I had hoped for since month 4. I guess I am a slow grower? On the bright side, the temples have had some good growth and several new hairs are coming out all over. The hairline is still kinda sparse and I trimmed it down a couple of weeks back just to make it look presentable because of family get-togethers etc. So if you notice that the length of the hair at the hairline is shorter than at the 4th month, that's the reason. Am I looking okay for 5 months? What do you guys think?

I have experienced this too. After the second month (after I shed the transplanted hair), when the hair started to grow again, I saw a few thick hair just peeking out of the skin but refusing to grow any longer. After a month or so remaining in the same length, they fell off and got replaced by a thinner strand of hair which is continuing to grow. I am pretty sure these aren't dead follicles.

Now comes the waiting time. All the best!

Check this post-op pic that the patient has posted on the forum: This looks like the density that Dr. Bhatti usually works with on other patients as well (who have got good results as well). For example, look at Shera's post-op pic he's posted here: I am definitely not an expert but I don't think it was a density issue looking at hairline to mid-scalp, what do you guys think? I am eager to know because my head kind of looked like this post-op and I am at that stage (4 months post op) where hair's just starting to grow and I'm getting nervous about the results Good to know this patient is in touch with the doctor and he's gonna get this repaired. I hope everything works out well. Keep us posted!

I'm at 4 months today. Pimples have cleared up. A lot of tiny hairs have sprouted since the last update. Waiting for things to speed up now. Pics below:

Started shedding 3 weeks in. Started growing back post 3 months.

From far, it would be difficult to see anything suspicious going on. But up close, it does look like there's some powder there. I've heard it's extremely difficult to use the fibre on the hairline because it falls flat on some parts of the skin which makes it easy to see. Maybe spare the edges so it looks more natural? But if your missus says it looks good, don't you worry Btw, can you show a close-up picture so we can see the hair strands that grew after your last update?

How did the planted hair grow over the last few months? Looks thick AF after applying the fibre . Do you think the fibre at the edges of the hairline makes it look suspicious?

Looks great. Do you have close-up pics of the recipient area immediate post-op? I happened to read a post by you saying you had worries about the grafts being too spaced apart. Just wanted to see how it looked like.