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gxm100

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  • Gender
    Male
  • Country
    United States
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    NJ

Hair Loss Overview

  • Describe Your Hair Loss Pattern
    Receding Hairline (Genetic Baldness)
  • How long have you been losing your hair?
    In the last 5 years
  • Norwood Level if Known
    Norwood III
  • What Best Describes Your Goals?
    Maintain Existing Hair
    Considering Surgical Hair Restoration

Hair Loss Treatments

  • Have you ever had a hair transplant?
    No
  • Current Non-Surgical Treatment Regime
    Propecia (Finasteride)

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  1. How old are you? based on the pictures in this thread, if I met you for the first time in person the thought “he’s losing his hair” would never even cross my mind if that means anything to ya 😂
  2. The answer to that is that it's just a factor of the population getting a hair transplant and when it is advisable to get a hair transplant. If you are getting 1k or less, that is indicative that the area needing to be covered is relatively speaking very small meaning that there isn't much hair loss. For many people this indicates that they are both young and have little loss - not a good candidate for transplant as there is not evidence of what will happen as of yet into later decades. Think of how many people don't have significant hair loss til they're in their mid 30s or even mid 40s or in many cases (actually my dad included) into their mid 60s. If you need such a small area covered that 1k grafts would be sufficient and you're only 25 and you go ahead and do that, well that would be a bad idea if your hairline really starts going back in another 10 years and now you have these 1k grafts real low down. So it's not really about the # of grafts, it's about a combination of age and progress of loss. Younger people that currently need 1k or less shouldnt do HT yet as you don't know the future. People that wait until the appropriate time to get a HT rarely only need 1k. And then people who are lucky enough to make it well into the later decades and still only need 1k would probably frequently decide it's not worth going through at all. Essentially ya just can't do much with 1k
  3. Hey @Cyzkm - that's me ^ and you're right, I did get a great result! Better than I even thought I could expect. Seems like I'll be mostly echoing others' advice at this point but here's my piece: 1) I don't have experience with the other doctors - I consulted with Bloxham and Rahal. Dr. Bloxham was a very kind individual and obviously you can read my thread for details on my experience. I would definitely recommend him IF you were dedicated to going FUT (I'm not sure I would go to him for FUE as I just haven't seen enough from him - really hardly any). I chose FUT because I am relatively young, have a strong history of family hairloss, and was already headed into NW4 before age 30. I felt this was my best way to maximize my long term options. 2) I feel, looking at your pictures, that you are not in the same situation as me. You are much better of than I was when I originally consulted Rahal which was back in '16 and almost went through with it but ended up waiting for 7 more years and I'm glad that I did. You're not at a stage yet where it's clear where your hairloss is going or how fast, so I'd strongly recommend to wait a while. If I wasn't looking at multiple large procedures over a lfietime, I'd have gone FUE, so I'd strongly encourage you to wait and see where everything goes before you decide on a procedure type and therefore on a doctor who is great at that procedure. 3) You can find bad results for basically every doctor out there. It's a reality of the procedure (as well as most cosmetic procedures as best I can tell). When you're ready to get the procedure, I'd recommend looking for a doctor who seems to be having a trend of positive results over the last year or two. When I initially talked with Rahal, all his results were outstanding, and then 7 years later when I got back into looking, I was finding a lot of less than stellar results. I think right now Bloxham has mostly positive results, but in a few years who knows? The most important thing is to do your research, look at how their current performance is, accept the potential for a not great outcome but do everything to minimize it, and then make the decision that makes you feel most comfortable.
  4. For doing some cardio type exercise I waited a month and for anything that involved what I would consider to be heavy weights I waited 3 months. I used some weights prior to that but definitely nothing that was even close to make me strain. At 3 months I started doing exercises that involved barbell movements again. Bench press I waited even longer for but I don’t really remember exactly when I picked that back up. Even at 3 months though I wasn’t trying to throw up any crazy 1 rep max type weight you know? Maybe I could’ve been but for me I felt like I could forego that for a while.
  5. @cloudyhaze - I agree with the above post. Not likely that it’ll affect your staples at all. I will say however that in the area that I had that clump of dried blood I had longer lingering pain after the procedure and also my scar line is a bit thicker right there. Personally, I felt that exact area hurt a bit more during extraction. But that’s really all, nothing serious ended up coming from it! Just don’t hit it on anything!! Lol best of luck man
  6. @FormerFutureKrillin - I see this both ways. I can certainly understand your feelings of frustration, particularly with the one noticeably weaker side. It would be a bummer to go through the whole process and to still feel the need for improvement and to not be able to style your hair the way that you'd like to. That said, I do agree with many of the other members saying that there is a very very significant improvement. And personally, based on the photos you've posted, I doubt if I was to meet you in person that I'd notice much in the way of thinning hair. But again, I do understand that it's more about how you feel about it and what you see in the mirror. One thing I would call out is that you and I are were in a relatively similar starting position. You received ~600 more grafts than me, but you also had your temples (above the temporal points) rebuilt. I just wonder if this is a bit of a case of too few grafts for too large of an area? It doesn't seem to me that only 600 grafts more would've been enough to rebuild that much of an area in your temples on both side. I think, if instead, you had those 600 additional grafts dispersed through your hairline, especially the weak side, it's possible that the outcome may have been different. Wish you the best of luck and keep your head up! You really do look very very very much improved!
  7. Hey! Yeah it is wavier I suppose. Frankly I’ve never grown my hair out anywhere near long enough to find out. Cut to like a 6 on the sides max back in the day so who knows. I do have the same guess as you though. The wave and curl I do not mind. The wirey nature of the hair is all that I hope gets better and indeed has gotten better.
  8. I can post some later on after I actually clean my hair haha! I have hat hair which actually very closely represents the scar being visible so wouldn’t want any unfair opinions. you want to see it just how it looks day today or hair pulled away so you can clearly see the scar? Or both?
  9. Hi Everyone! wanted to share a little 1 year update since my procedure with Dr B. This will probably be the last time I update this thread (will respond to any questions or comments that people have though) so I will try to give a good update. I am also trying to organize going into Dr Bloxhams next week so that he can do one of his video updates - will post that here if it happens. MY RESULT Overall, I couldn’t be much happier with my outcome. For positives, I have a completely restored, natural looking hairline after just one procedure. I have all of my confidence back. I do not have to use toppik or any concealer at all. I go in the pool again. I actually hardly ever even style my hair now because it looks fine the way it is 😂. As you can see from previous posts, where I’ve come from to where I’ve landed is absolutely insane and, to me, almost unbelievable at times. The scar is invisible as long as I keep my hair at an appropriate length on the sides (which for me is a 3). I am able to get a low fade that looks perfectly “short” in my opinion. For “negatives” if you want to call it that, around the 9 month mark the texture of my hair became very wavy curly and on one side a bit more wiry feeling. I think we’ve all read that this can happen. I felt it was a bit strange that it happened so late, but I will say it seems to be improving in terms of that stiff feeling. I call this out as a “negative” only because 1) when I do try to style my hair it wants to bounce back pretty hard. Again this is improving and I am 0% worried about it. And 2) because everyone who has known me for 30 years know that I have straight hair everyone asks me how I’m getting my hair to be so wavy lol. To that I have no answer. Personally I actually like the added texture and if I care enough to use a hairdryer I can easily get it out. In the end I am super happy I went with Bloxham and I am completely content with my FUT decision. Would I be happier if I got the same outcome with FUE? Sure. But I did what I thought was best for my individual case and have no regrets about that. Below are pics of my hair today, unwashed for 2 days, unstyled, after wearing a hat.
  10. Congrats man! Awesome result. So glad it worked out for you with Dr B and for myself. Thanks for your support along the way and all the best for the future with that pristine hairline!
  11. Thank you all so much! Yeah I’m beyond happy - it’s insane how much this has changed things for me. Appearance aside - it’s such a weight lifted. It’s funny now I’m having to figure out what I want to do with my hair. I’ve never had options 😂
  12. Hey congrats on booking your procedure! That’s a big deal in and of itself! 1) at least in my case we went over hairline design in the morning of the procedure. I made clear to Dr B that my main concern was density. I said I didn’t mind looking somewhat recessed in terms of angle or being a little higher with the hairline. He was of course happy to hear that I understood that should be the goal. He then drew on the hairline. When he drew it I felt the way it was meeting my natural hair in the middle was leaving a widows peak. So we discussed that and he said that he was positive it wouldn’t so we left it, and he was right. Otherwise I was pretty happy and there wasn’t much more to it. id say obviously don’t be afraid to advocate for yourself - he’s a real nice guy - but also remember he’s the expert that does this everyday so he does in reality know better than us. 2) you sign contracts the morning of before things get started. Other than that, the packet beforehand was all I had as well. Read those instructions for preparation and read through the forums to see what other surgeons recommend as well just to make sure you are 100% comfortable with how you’ve prepped.
  13. I did ask this during my procedure. I was a little loose on the juice if you know what I’m saying but as I recall, the answer is no he is not doing procedures anymore.
  14. @Chetman2112 good I’m glad that it can be helpful for someone 😀! I told my closest family members that I see frequently and would have no way of avoiding seeing in the phase of looking like an alien. As for friends, no I didn’t tell anyone. I essentially holed up until I was comfortable wearing a hat and then just did that for a few months til things looked good. That said, I also never let anyone see me at my worst like my original pic posted here - I always used toppik and that worked surprisingly well for me. People have definitely made comments to me about how nice my hair looks though.
  15. Creeping up on 8 months now. Here is a pic in favorable lighting that shows you just how insanely good it can look. I really do just laugh out loud sometimes at how big the difference is between where I was and where I am. I could hardly be happier!
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