SupaGroover

Sorry to hear you are in pain. I know you have made several threads in relation to this. Have you ever considered psychological help? If the doctors have never heard of any other FUE patients experiencing your type of symptoms, maybe some of it has been brought on by your mental state. If FUE had any negative impacts on your overall health these boards would be flooded with patients giving out about x,y,z. There aren't any and the reason is because FUE is really nothing major at all. I went to the same doc as you and can literally say without question that i only had a small(manageable) bit of pain after the surgery. It was a piece of cake to be fair.

People will tell you to follow your surgeons instructions, but if you want my advice? Shave away. I know i did around day 15, for the exact reasons you stated. I'll be 8 months post op at the end of this month and all my grafts stayed where they were put, no big deal in shaving after 15 days.

Just as well i get email notifications about this place, otherwise i wouldn't check anymore. I'm two weeks from 6 months, and the surgery has been life changing already. No need to use concealer. Can wake up in the morning and head out without worrying about my hairline. It's been a long time since i can say that! Lots more growing/maturing for my new hair. If i run my fingers along my hairline i can still feel new 'stubbly' hairs sprouting up. All in all, best decision i have ever made. Looking back on it now, i can say it's only around 8-10 weeks where you are looking like crap. Once you hit 3.5 months out, it's all good. At least it was for me.

Couldn't agree more regarding temple points. I brought this subject up with my doctor, and he advised against me getting mine done. Now that i am 5 months post op and everything looking great, i am really disappointed in myself that i didn't insist on him doing my own. Each temple point required up to 200 grafts each. That was an estimate of course. I think it would be less than that. Having to go back and get them done just seems like too much hassle.

Same situation as me more or less pre-op. Now the tough part begins, but around 4 months, it all gets good.

OP, i got my HT done a week after you. My progress is the exact same. Had a bit of shock loss but everything is almost back to normal. New hairs everyday. Everything happened overnight for me. Had the doubts etc, but it's all good form here on in.

No, it hasn't all returned. But day by day i can see progress. Maybe all my native hair won't return, who knows. Will wait till at least 7/8 months before i can have a good idea of the outcome. I can see a small difference between new hairs and old. It's obvious to me, but not anyone else. The recipient area was shaved down with a 'no-guard' tiny head shaver. Not one i had seen before. Kinda looked like a small battery powered toothbrush if i remember correctly.

Yes i had shockloss. Both in the recipient and donor. The donor was pretty bad but it was on the back of my head, so the fact i couldn't see it made it ok with me. It's filling back in over the last week, and looks way better already. In the recipient area, i had a horse shoe outline since pretty much when the new hairs fell out. My native hair in the recipient area grew back much slower than the rest of my hair. That was the toughest part of the whole process. Getting the op done etc was a breeze, but the first 3 months are really tough on the mind. Right now, everything is progressing exactly how the doc said it would. It's all good from here on in.

14 weeks out from op. Things are happening for sure. Kept around 15% of the grafts from op. Over the last few weeks can see action, and to be honest it's the best feeling ever. Will post pics at 6 month mark.

And to think i had booked Doganay, only to change my mind as i felt something just didn't sit right with me at the time. Had booked everything. Ended up with Feriduni. Best decision i ever made.

I am the exact same. Just over a month post op. Can see a few 'stubbly' looking hairs just sitting there. Pretty sure if the hair is dead, the new follicle will just push it out eventually?

I hope so too, mate!

My hair is soaking wet in my pre op pic. You are wrong, sorry. Why can't an OP delete their own threads on this forum, or am i missing something?

Hey Guys, Just back from my FUE and can't sleep. So i said i'd just put up a quick thread to let you know how it went! I'm not going to go into huge details. I will put up two pics now and one at six months to show you the result. Post op pic is the next day after surgery. I did not lower my hairline one bit. I wanted to keep it as natural as possible. Am delighted with it, and just hope for the best. I am 37 and on meds 5 years (Proscar 1.25 every 3 days). Losing hair since early twenties. I have spent a long time considering this. Proscar has stabilized my hair loss, and we only have one short life around here The experience went as best as i could hope. No problems whatsoever, just delighted really that it's over and done with, and look forward to seeing how it goes! Clinic, staff etc were just top notch. I should add that i had two small scars filled in as well, at the back and top of my head. Old sports injury, as well as a botched cyst removal. The reason i am posting this is because this forum was a great help to me. Thanks!

Don't worry. People come across here sometimes exactly as you described. I got the same kind of questions as you as my hair is more or less at the same stage as you pre-op. I posted a thread and pretty much everyone said i didn't need one, even though i do! It took a Doc to come into my thread and set them straight Good intentions from them, but nonetheless annoying. I think you are pretty much on point as to where you should be. Some threads here show massive improvements from month 6 to 10. Your hair looks great so far! Where did you get your procedure done?