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    My upcoming surgery with Eugenix of India and Dr. Arika Bansal

    in Hair Restoration Questions and Answers

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    12-month Review - Eugenix and Dr. Arika Bansal.

    Hi, all. My apologies for the late review. I am now almost 13 months post-HT surgery at Eugenix. 

    For those who have followed my thread before, I had a 3500-graft hair restoration surgery with Dr. Bansal at Eugenix last October. I was a Norwood 6 who had a previous SMP treatment which had left behind a semi-permanent 'blush' when I had it lasered off. My goal was to cover the 'blush' so that I could move on with my life. I had been hiding under hats for years after I had the SMP done. I took on labour gigs (nothing wrong with it but I had a previous professional career) just so I could work outside and not have to remove my hat. After my transplant, my confidence was restored and I re-started a stalled career. To that end, with a new job, my life has been more hectic and I have been less focused on my hair and more on managing my work-life balance. That's why I haven't posted recently or been more active on these threads. It's all good since I have since been promoted so the hair and hard work has paid off.  

    At 13-months, here's my assessment of the entire process: 

    Eugenix

    Love this group. They follow-up with me regularly for updates. For me, customer care has never been an issue with Eugenix. They have always responded timely and politely whenever I reach out to them. Although I haven't been following their progress as much recently, I have seen the pics of @Zoomster from his recent visit. No question that his journey started it for me. He continues to receive excellent results from Eugenix. Eugenix continues to demonstrate that I picked the right clinic.

    Now

    Hair is good. Nice to have it back, whatever crazy form it seems to be taking. The pics below are from today just out of the shower. It's clearly thin and the hairline needs some TLC but I came from nothing on top so, from my perspective, it's been a huge success. I boost the area with fibers and it makes a difference (none in this pic). My co-workers all know about my journey and they are impressed by how far I have come so I think that their opinion, which is that it is an excellent result, is a better reflection of how I perceive the outcome. I have significant more confidence in social settings so, as far as I am concerned, mission achieved. 

    I have left the hair on the top grow long. Definitely seems to have thinned some across the hairline and behind. Not sure if a large number of transplanted hairs are in a resting phase together? Could just be a sync issue rather than failures. Doesn't matter since I am going back for more - that can all be restored. 

    I am still taking Dut (0.5 mg x 3/week) and oral minox (2.5 mg x 1/day). Although there is a supply chain issue with oral minox here in Toronto/Canada so I have not taken it for 3 weeks.

    Also going back on red light therapy. Just started 20/mins per day.

    Next

    I am definitely going back for round 2. Eugenix is still my choice. Looking at October so 2 years after surgery 1. Hair is now an option and I want more. And I am honestly relieved to be finally getting back on with my life since the transplant. 

     

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    Caucasian - 4613 Grafts - Eugenix, Dr. Arika Bansal

    in Hair Transplant Reviews

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    3 hours ago, Melvin- Moderator said:

    At 6 months, too early to say if you’ll need another HT. My results have changed drastically from months 6-7, and it will continue to change. Slow and steady wins the race. Patience is hard, believe me I know. I had messaged Dr. Sethi telling him I’ll need another HT at 5 months. He said give it time, so I know it’s difficult, even I’m guilty of this. 

    I'm also going to 'this' from @Melvin- Moderator. Plenty of filling in yet to be done. At month 6, pretty decent result so far. The sides look visibly thinned out and that would be an area of concern for me so will be interested to see how they recover going forward. What's been the reaction from friends/family? Have they remarked on the difference in your appearance?

     

    How much improvement I can get from second procedure? (picture inside)

    in Hair Restoration Questions and Answers

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    35 minutes ago, gillenator said:

    This is one of the best posts that I have read and no surprise that it comes from HappyMan…if I had a nickel for every guy that I heard from over the past 5 decades who got a secondary unnecessary procedure which started a “nightmare”, I probably could retire…and every one of them was over wanting more and more density without accepting the reality that surgery has its limits…based on what I have observed over many years, knowing the risks and limitations of surgery…for me, it’s not worth the risk of something good going SOUTH!…and one other thing, most of these guys used up their donor yet they kept losing native hair over the following years.

    Good point. Hair greed is a real phenomenon. If fibres can get you that last mile of coverage, best to go that route. Much cheaper, too.

    NW 6-7 question

    in Hair Restoration Questions and Answers

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    Hey @lunch_owl

    As @MazABmentioned, we have similar hairloss patterns. I had just over 3500 grafts in hairline and mid-scalp with @Eugenix Hair Sciencesand it's worked out pretty well with this amount. For high Norwoods like us, a single procedure is rarely enough to get good coverage across the entire scalp. You have more than enough donor area and good beard characteristics to get a good result  but you want to make sure you pick a clinic with lots of high Norwood and body hair transplant experience. Feel free to DM me if you have any questions. This forum has lots of great members who can help with recommendations for your specific expectations.

    Asmed 5000 grafts (4 years ago next month)

    in Hair Transplant Reviews

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    The surgery turned out really great. Looks fantastic! Thanks for sharing your results.

    For a lot of guys, the issue of getting a HT can be stigmatic since losing hair can bring on a sense of personal failure, even if hairloss is beyond your control. I know that as I was losing my hair in my twenties, I never openly talked about it with my friends or even girls I was dating. I was always trying to disguise the loss. It would always sting when someone made a 'bald' joke, even if it wasn't directed towards me. And so it goes that many guys just want to remove the burden from their psyche quietly so that they can move on with their lives.

    This forum is the best resource for hairloss sufferers. No doubt that for every poster who shares their story, there are hundreds just checking out the results and making plans for their own surgery. For those that do share their journey publicly, I can understand why they drop off once their results are pretty much fixed. A burden has been shared and lifted (or not, depending on how it turned out) and they can move on with their lives. Sharing your own journey, even after 4 years, is still super helpful for those that are figuring out what to do next with their hairloss. 

    Tomorrow Podcast featuring Dr. Sethi, Armen, possibly Adrian

    in Hair Restoration Questions and Answers

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    Boys - I am glad y'all are put together to show how strong the community relationship is here. It's not easy to publish your face/identity for a male cosmetic procedure. But you put yourselves out there and, no doubt, gave lots of men the motivation to get the surgery. We all know being bald sucks when it's not a choice. You were willing to share your stories of getting your confidence back and it's a beautiful thing. Thanks, Dr. Sethi and Dr. Bansal and your team, for helping all of us out.  

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    My upcoming surgery with Eugenix of India and Dr. Arika Bansal

    in Hair Restoration Questions and Answers

    Posted · Edited by kirkland

    3 hours ago, gillenator said:

    Very curious now!…exactly what will round 2 involve Kirk? 

    That depends on who you ask! 

    For me, I just wanted to fill in the crown but Dr. Sethi has plans to lower the hairline and do the temple points as well. 

    This goes to the heart of just how far FUE has come. Once upon a time, it would have been advised to keep the numbers low because the donor area is finite (it is, of course) and there would be the concern of overharvesting. But I had 3500 grafts and I am certain that I can get at least another 2000 quite safely without it showing up in the donor area as thinning. That would more than cover the crown AND lower the hairline AND get my temple points done. 

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