anotherhairlosssufferer

Dermatologist or the primary doctor

> From hospital to hotel can I wear a hat or anything? BIG NO!! > How soon can I wear a large hat if I have to go out? I was told day 14 is when the grafts have pretty much healed and became a part of the scalp so there's no risk of them sliding out.

I don't think honestly that you should consider a surgery yet. Whenever you transplant grafts you risk shock loss and killing the healthy grafts. Plus it's barely visible that you're thinning, I would even say you're not thinning. However, definitely reach out to a few surgeons and ask them.

Interesting! What doctor did you get a prescription from and where are you buying it? Also, aren't you a little afraid of the side effects given that you had some from finasteride?

Awesome result Melvin! One question: in the video you say that you're considering 1000 grafts from the donor area for the additional surgery. Why not use beard instead or at least in addition, given that you have a nice beard and have used it already? Were you not happy with the beard grafts outcome?

Man that looks awesome, super happy for you!

Absolutely insane!!

Awesome to be able to follow someone who went back to Dr. Konior for more density. I *might* do that at some point but not rushing!

Haha thanks! I am happy too which is the most important thing! You guys have reasonable points though - I don't think this is a poster worthy example but it's also not a failure by any stretch of imagination so I am not going to try to defend anything. It's too easy to compare to other great examples like @aaron1234 and @1978matt. There's a lot of parameters at play here: number of grafts, hair thickness, the size of the transplanted area, hair styling, medications, yield, hair color vs skin color etc. It would be good to know where I stand to manage future expectations - for example if Dr. expected thicker hairline but the yield is low then it's an issue for sure. Or if my hair is naturally thin and I need more grafts than average because of that - although I thought my hair was thick-ish but who knows!

I got some PMs asking me for an update: I don't think there's major improvements since my last update. Donor: Front, under the sunlight: Here are two pics from this weekend but they might not tell you much - in lots of them I look like I'm not balding at all but it's easy for me to get the lightning and angles that are not appealing. Overall as I said before I am very happy with the results! I will be honest though - I am worried about the future loss in non-transplanted areas and the capacity of my donor, but seeing how I can use my beard as a donor it makes me a little more content.

So glad you finally posted this, I was about to send you a PM :) I'll read through all the pages as I assume you covered this, but it's interesting that many things were different than I expected: (1) they were able to extract more grafts from the scalp than I (and probably you) expected, (2) they used fewer beard grafts and (3) they used more grafts in the non-crown area - I thought it would be a lot more in the crown area and fewer elsewhere. Overall, I am glad that the number of grafts was extremely good and it was a pleasant experience. And I am eager to see the end result!

Impressive!

Ok well that strip scar is obvious there, no doubt he did an FUT, I always wondered. Also his hair is too thick all over, there's virtually no hair loss 20 years later which means that he HAS to be on some meds. But even so, that FUT is superbly well done!

That was an awesome repair procedure, I am super happy for you!

Wow that looks magnificent! Are you on Fin too?