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How about 'Hair Restoration Solutions' or even 'Hair Restoration Community Podcast' to tie the podcast name to this community?

Fantastic idea! Opens this community up to a wider audience. The future for hairloss sufferers is so much brighter these days - HT innovations, topical formulations like fin/dut and CB, hair cloning...lots of stuff to be excited about. You won't have a problem finding topics for the podcast. Good stuff, Melvin!

Not sure why my pics are not loading - they aren't loading on my computer either.

I can't speak for OP but for me, after buzzing my hair for 25 years, it's a bit of a transition to learn how to have long(er) hair again. I prefer not to be bald but I did appreciate the wash 'n go nature of having short hair.

Really great, natural result!

10 days quarantine upon entering India hasn't been in effect for months. I went mid-October last year. Was told by Eugenix that the mandatory quarantine was no longer in effect. Though, when I arrived in Delhi, the authorities stamped my neg proof of COVID document with a stamp saying I had to quarantine for 10 days! Completely freaked me out because I was flying out in 5 days! Turned out that wasn't the case but, yeah, the 10 days quarantine mandate is still floating out there....

I think so too. With some SMP and the right haircut, I think it would look even better.

That's some really good density.

Yeah - the itching can drive you crazy! Looks good at the 2-month mark!

Now it may be next to impossible to get into Eugenix for a follow-up treatment! After the success of @Gatsby @Zoomster @MazAB, the line up for the clinic is gonna be loooooooong....

Yup - one is not enough. It's funny how expectations change when you get hair, even if its not full coverage yet. I'm elated to have hair again but now I want MORE HAIR!

Looking good!

Haha - that's exactly my situation! I think this style may suit you. You've the symmetry in your facial features to pull it off.

@Dr. Felipe PittellaGreat result. Makes a dramatic difference in his look. Was this a single day of surgery? And can I ask what the purpose of the red arrows are on the patient's forehead?

Dude, I'll always have your back. And the backs of all those who are just trying to break through to the other side of it all. Dark days followed by the freedom to enjoy life again.

This, this and this. For those who have felt like they've been held back by early hairloss, and/or made a regrettable decision to fix it, it's a massive relief to have a heavy weight lifted from our shoulders. We are the better people for having gone through the trials of it all. Really delighted for you, Adrian.

Looks like great growth at the 3-month mark!

Hard to tell if there is any overharvesting since its only been a couple of days. If the donor area was overharvested, there is nothing you could do anyways - what's done is done. If there was an area of concern, you have options going forward: SMP in the donor area or FUE grafts placed from another part of the donor area into the scars. But you are going to have to wait, nonetheless. Don't freak out, be patient, let the area heal and then you will know more over time.

Yeah - this is what intrigues me the most about LLLT and hairloss. Diodes are becoming more efficient, powerful and cheaper; battery storage capacity is increasing - there's definitely a market here that's going to push companies to get higher energy outputs. I'm excited to see if a bunch of red lights in a cap can regrow thinning hair substantively.

Agreed. There's nothing specific that I have come across in the studies on the benefits of LLLT for hair transplants. Some prominent HT docs, like Bill Rassman, believe the whole thing to be bunk. My take on photobiomodulation is that, while there are no studies on its impact for hair transplants per se, there is a lot of peer reviewed work showing it to be effective in wound healing. It's used extensively (and effectively) in the dermatology world for skin pathologies. But, again, devices with higher energy outputs than what you can buy for home use are used in these clinics and studies. I'm experimenting- nothing more. My solid growth most likely comes down to good growth characteristics.

The clinic takes care of that for you

I used LLLT within a few days after my HT but not a laser cap device - it was a handheld device that I suspended about 10 cm above the scalp and use daily for 30 minutes. It's a self-observation so take it for what it's worth but my growth has been pretty amazing. My donor characteristics are already good so I could just be importing my biases into my observations. I know there is no consensus that LLLT's are objectively beneficial for post-op HT's but I believe that if you think it is making a difference, then no harm. However, although LLLT's are non-thermal treatments, including laser caps, you want to be careful with how long you have the cap on, especially just after a HT. Those diodes are very close to the scalp so I would be cautious and like @MazABhas suggested, wait at least 30 days after the surgery before donning a laser cap. If you do decide to use it earlier, keep the time to 10 minutes max - I have no studies to draw upon with this suggested time so, again, take my opinion for what it's worth. The value of LLLT's in the wavelength ranged used in laser caps (630nm-660nm), from existing studies, is in collagen and fibroblast formation, so generally better recovery from injury. In theory, it could speed up the wound healing process post HT, which could accelerate new graft hair growth.

@Fabio MeloWow - those are great results! Thanks for posting and for letting us know about the good work of @Dr. Felipe Pittella Good to see patient reviews from this doctor.

Good God - that was the most epic thread ever @Gatsby!!!!! 60 hours in surgery!! What a journey! and almost 9k in grafts!!!! That's absolutely insane! That is a testament to your mental fortitude and determination! I was pretty much done after only two long days!! I gotta say that you look pretty good in the outpatient pics. Everything looks clean and you look like you could go another round of surgery! Really happy for you, brother.....this is going to be one hell of a ride in the coming months as we all see the growth unfold and you are going to be the new face for Eugenix and their incredible clinic. There are so many people involved at Eugenix. It's lovely that you took the time to get all of their names down as they all form the real experience of the clinic. It's easy to just gloss over them but you took the time to actually get the spellings of their names and I think that's awesome! A Eugenix romance in blossom? Wedding bells at the Farmhouse? Dr. Pradeep as a best man? Stay tuned, folks... That's fantastic. Many of us on this forum know (or have experienced) the sense of community that Eugenix fosters - it really sets them apart from any other clinic. Dr. Pradeep emphasizes love as the guiding principle for approaching all things in life. We truly live in a bubble here in the West compared to India when it comes to deprivation. This was a beautiful bit of info to pass along...thanks for letting us know that. @Gatsbythanks for the instantly infamous review! We all know how much you have been through in your hairloss journey. Really looking forward to the next phase for you...

@MazABspot on, man. Some of those laser caps have serious energy output so you really want to be careful with how long you keep it on being that close to the scalp.