Teemo

Update: 9-month post-op, took these photos today, a few days ago I got my third haircut since the procedure.

I don't know but east Asian typically has thicker hair diameter based on research. https://theidleman.com/manual/health/race-differences-hair-types/

I'm not sure but I would lean toward manual FUE as most of good results on this forum are done manually. The final result depends more than just graft count. In my case I have coarse hair, people with fine hair wouldn't achieve the same results with the same amount of grafts transplanted. And there is transection rate which depends largely on the surgeon's skill.

7th Month Post-op

6th Month Post-op

Yes, initially I wanted to go for Dr. Konior, when I contacted the clinic, they forwarded me to Dr. Nadimi directly. Dr. Konior is one of the top in the industry, I think he is also involved in other things (research, conferences, training, etc.) I've never seen him in the clinic.

I stopped minox a week prior to the surgery. A month after the surgery I started taking it. Both, the surgery lasted 2 days for me, I got 900 grafts on the 1st day, and 600 grafts on the 2nd day. My exact total graft count is 1590.

A closer look of the thickening hairline.

I let my hair grow out because it looks fuller when it's longer. The hairline is definitely thickening up, the right side is doing better. Numbness is almost gone. At this point I started to experience dandruff on my hairline so I just got back to using Nizoral 2 weeks ago hopefully the situation improves. So far, I'm really happy with this result, the new hairline looks even better than what I used to have before hair loss.

4th Month Post-op: Finally I got a haircut!! and more hair growth. Everything was going well at this point. I don't usually wear my hair this short but I wanted the hair to blend with the short hair in the recipient area. The hair stylist didn't notice anything. It looked better than what I expected considering this was just the result after 4 months. All the transplanted hair was growing in the correct direction, evenly distributed. My left side was a bit thinner than the right side, I kinda expected this because it has always been like this even before the procedure. Redness was not visible, still a bit numb on the top of my head, but definitely getting better, and it didn't really bother me.

It took about 30 mins for me. She drew the hairline using a marker and asked if I liked it. I went with whatever she suggested to stay conservative.

Dr. Nadimi did everything, all manual, for the incisions I think a technician was helping her, not sure about the placement though, I was feeling drowsy the whole time cuz of the valium. No the total cost doesn't include hotel. My place to the clinic is 45 mins drive so I didn't need a hotel.

I'm not sure which punch she used for me but she did mention prior the procedure that the punch size is generally between 0.85 to 1.0mm. But size varies from person to person, it depends on your hair characteristic, curlier hair usually requires large punch size. I have straight coarse hair so I think she used smaller punch for me. Beside that my recovery and hair growth were really fast.

They charged me $9,800 for 1500 grafts. So $6.5/graft approx.

3-month post-op: I skipped the month 2 because it didn't look much different from month 1. At month 3 hair began to sprout!! it looked fine but grew out really fast, less redness as you guys can see. At this point I hadn't got a proper hair cut yet, I wanted the hair in the back to grow out a little bit more. Hair on the top was covering the recipient area pretty well though I still wore hat most of the time.