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How's it feel to have a hairline?

Looks good and will look even better at the full year mark. I have to remind myself the recipient area was completely bare!

This pic is exactly what I'm hoping to pull off one day. Awsome hairline planning for your case.

Thank you for that. However I and many others don't like to click external links. Care to share here?

Great intro, thanks. Your donor looks quite thick, so you'll have more in reserve if needed.

Do you have any pictures of what you look like now? Including good pics of the donor.

The forum is full of people that had a transplant while not on meds. What you need to do is manage your expectations accordingly. The growth of the implants won't be affected (please correct me if I am wrong, doctors) but you will in all likelyhood lose the rest in due time. Which will make the hair situation less and less satisfying down the line. Worst case you'll have to fill up the entire NW6 pattern with 8k grafts (if you are lucky to have that many) in order to look decent. What's most important in your situation, IMO, is to start off with a conservative hairline. Not go too low.

Looks good and will get even better. You had such a large lowering with that amount of grafts. I am very impressed by Dr Konior here.

Have you considered at least trying a short style? I think the new hairs will blend nicer. You can always grow it out again.

Looks like you healed well. Now you are at the absolute worst stage. From now up until 3-4 months. Just enjoy your life and try not to think about it.

Yeah baby! Looking forward to the next 3 months of your journey. I take it you will not go down to Valencia for the PRP?

What I wrote when you were worried about a thin crown with hair at a short length. Now when it's at a longer length it looks good. To the untrained eye you don't even have crown loss. As for progress on your new hairline, you are looking really good.

Another famous footballer who suffers from hairloss is Patrice Evra. He just went out on Instagram and begged Hasson and Wong to help him: Surely he already had SMP though? What do you think?

To be honest he should just do like his brother who is three years older but balded earlier than he did: Think he would look better with a trim up top and a beard.

Gonzalo still had his hair when he went to Napoli in 2013 (aged 25 and a half). Signs were there though: When he arrived at Juve in 2016 (aged 28 and a half) he was a NW6 pattern but with some brave hairs still keeping up a fight: It should have taken a toll on his confidence in the shallow world of football where appearance means a lot. But he did deliver like crazy last season at Napoli and first season at Juve. He could always take comfort in his gazillion dollars I guess.

Yeah please! @HairShadows don't leave us hangin'.

Beautifully put. Almost had me shed a tear.

Those are two different men. Congrats! And good to hear that the Doctor stands by his work and is a perfectionist.

@rocketmas Look at this impressive result.

Chill man. Expect nothing at 3 months. Wait for the 6 months to know where it's headed.

And with only 2295 grafts. Wow! You were bald. Looking forward to the second part.

Mid 50's? I thought you were like 40. You have good skin and no grey hairs at that age, which is rare. With this knowledge I reinforce the point that nobody will ever look twice at your temple points. Yes mate, I paid the deposition to De Freitas. Procedure in September 2020.

Thanks. Are you on finasteride?

I agree about the effect of temple points. But we can't all look like Cristiano Ronaldo. To me a big part of a hair transplant is having reasonable expectations based on the specific situation. With a killer hairline nobody will look twice at those points. What I'm looking to do myself is maximize the now while still having the long term future in mind. Meaning use those precious grafts to fill up that skull. Frontal third and hairline now and then come back in 5-10 years for a refill of the mid and crown if needed. Using 500+ grafts on temple points would be a gamble. Those babies will be needed up top.

Freitas is over a year waiting list but you can also get a canceled slot if you are lucky. From their vids I don't remember a lot of temple point work. Their hairlines are the best though. Not a lot of cases here but there is a Spanish forum where you can find many patient reviews. Bisanga is a good bet too, though. He's great with cases like yours. In your case I wouldn't do anything about temple points. You will look great with a new hair line. But that's just me.