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Pictures should be working now if they weren't before. Would love to get some other opinions on how the progress looks so far (this Friday will officially be 8 months and 3 weeks).

As many have said, 6 months is still early. I know it's not what you want to hear, but since it would be way too soon for a second procedure, the best thing you can do is just be patient, it can only get better from here. You need to give your scalp at the very least 8 months to heal before doing another procedure and that's already pushing it. I'm at almost 9 months and I'm not satisfied with my results so far either but I know the only thing I can do now is just wait it out a few more months and see if it improves. I spoke with my doctor about my density concern and he was very comforting about it and encouraged a touch up if it doesn't get better. 10 months of sprouting is not rare, I've seen some sprouting after month 8 in my own case , so it's very possible you can have another growth surge in the upcoming months. If there's no real improvement in a couple of more months, consult with your doctor and I'm sure he'll be open and upfront about expectations and if there is any needed touch ups.

Amazing results, you must be very happy! The transplanted hair looks very soft too and blends in very naturally with the native hair. The pre-op work is also one of the cleanest I've seen too. Is there a reason you opted not to restore the temporal points?

1 week should be fine for light exercise, 2 weeks you can resume heavy exercise. Just to be safe, I'd avoid swimming for at least a month.

Looks good and on track at 7 weeks.

Yes, I'm in so much debt after the procedure lol. So yeah, hopefully he meant he'll do a free touch up for the areas where density is lacking. I'm not familiar with the FUE robot. There were 3 different techs and one of them harvested the grafts one at a time with a tool, I believe the tool he was using resembled a nail gun so I think it was manually done? If you're curious about my results so far, I posted pictures in the second sub-thread. I've also heard FUT typically yields a better survival rate (although not by much) but I'm too scared of the strip scar. Plus the recovery from FUT is a lot more brutal and I generally have a fade haircut.

Your donor looks pretty strong so at least you'll have good ammo to work with. Because your hair loss is pretty severe, I would advise a very conservative hairline so you can get max coverage, you want to save as many grafts as possible in case you need a second procedure. A good doctor can design a very nice receding hairline for you. Something like this

I'll try to get my pre-op pictures soon. I'm going to post them myself because I want to edit them in specific way to conceal my identity. I was in between a NW 2.5 and 3, very strong donor, I wasn't really balding except only in my hairline. I was hoping my result was be better at this point but I know there's still time for improvement. As you can see from the pics, the density isn't there yet but there also are some grafts that just sprouted not too long ago in the front of the hairline. The temporal points are especially lacking in density, but to the doctor's credit, during my follow up a month ago, he did acknowledge the temporal points didn't look good and he would do a touch up in a few months if they still haven't filled in (not sure if he meant that means he'll do the touch up for free, but hopefully that's the case). My other concern is the transplanted hair isn't soft like my native hair, the texture is almost pubic hair like, and that's very evident in the temporal points. Is this normal? As far as my experience during the procedure goes, my surgeon was extremely nice and his facility is gorgeous, it doesn't look like a clinic, it looks like a vacation house and that really makes you feel more relaxed. His techs were also very friendly and constantly asked me during the procedure if I was doing ok, if I was feeling any pain, and if I needed to take a quick break. They also did a great job of following up, I believe they would call me very 2 months to ask how I was doing and always encouraged coming in for a check up. And if you plan on taking Fin, get your prescription from My surgeon it's insanely cheap. I believe I paid like $20 for 3 months supply. I posted this in another thread, but after my FUE, all of my discomfort in my donor eventually went away except this HUGE bump that still hasn't gone away. It looks like a giant bald spot and it has a jelly like texture. When my surgeon checked it out a month ago, my hair was super long and covering it so the extent of it was hard to see, but he said it was ingrown hair. However, when I cut my hair short and the bump was visible, it looks pretty bad and it's worrying me. If someone can shed some light on this and let me know if this is common? I want to get this treated ASAP... Is there treatment that makes it go away faster?

Definitely ask your doctor to make sure a hair piece won't harm your grafts and affect their growth potential. I would think suffocating your grafts like that and like letting them breath could potentially damage them? Also, I don't know if a frontal piece only would look natural...

^ if half of your grafts have sprouted by month 5, I'd say you have nothing to worry about. 80 percent of your grafts should be sprouted by 8 months.

Not all of your grafts sprout at the same time so at month 5, it's still early. Most of my grafts started sprouting at month 3, however I'm at almost 9 months and I noticed some of my grafts at the start of my hairline just barely sprouted a couple of weeks ago.

Sorry for the confusion. What I meant was, it will take at least 5 months for the pinkness to go away. From my personal experience, my recipient was red for about 2 months and then slowly faded to pink, I'd say it took 6 months before the redness/pinkness to go away. Even now at near 9 months, my recipient still isn't the same color as the rest of my scalp but it's not noticeable unless you look at it really close.

Some doctors can do no shave for the recipient area but you will have to shave the donor no matter which doctor you go with. If the doctor does clean work and you respond well to the surgery, you should look fine in about 10 days. However your scalp will be red and then gradually fading to pink for at least 5 months

No, I already had my surgery with Dr. Arocha because I'm in Houston. I was saying even though that's great Dr. Asmed offered any free touch ups, I would prefer to stay local.

Thank you to everyone for all the swift responses. Has anyone else here had this happen after fue?

I'm not sure, I just know it developed after the surgery. Isn't alopecia areta just a flat spot though? This is a raised bump that has a soft jelly feel to it.

Oh I see. As far as your patients go, is ingrown hair common after FUE's?

That's awesome. However, I'd prefer local so any setbacks or follow ups can be addressed in person immediately.

3 months. When's your next follow up?

It's been almost 9 months lol damn. Let's say there is an infection, generally what would be the treatment?

How long does ingrown hair take to heal? I am in Houston but the clinic won't be open until Tuesday and it's just embarrassing whenever I go out. Thank you for the compliment regarding my donor area. When I went in for my initial consultation, my surgeon did make a comment about me having very strong donor hair and I only had 2000 grafts removed so it's comforting to know I'll be able to have another procedure if needed.

Just wanted to say your result is God tier. I would have gone with Dr. Diep if I lived closer to his clinic. Seems like Dr. Diep is one of the masters at hairlines, if I were in your shoes, I probably would have gotten greedy and asked for a straighter and lower headline hah.

I'm at almost 9 months since my FUE procedure and most of the pain from the donor hear have long gone, BUT I had this lump that still hasn't gone away, it does hurt a little if I put pressure on it and it has a gel like texture when you touch it. Anyway, after the surgery, I was growing out my hair long so you couldn't see it and I didn't realize how bad it was. I had my FUE and when I went in for my check up a month ago, I told him about it and he said it was just ingrown hair. Again, my hair was super long and covering it at that point so it was hard to see. So today was the first time I got a shorter haircut since my procedure and holy crap, it looks awful! There's literally a huge bald spot lump in my donor area and it's low enough to where I can't hide it with a cap. Obviously doctor's offices will be closed for Labor Day weekend so I won't be able to reach them. I know the coalition doctors are pretty active on here, so if the Moderators could help me contact my surgeon for me so I can get this addressed immediately. Here is a pic just taken. This is 8 months and 2 weeks post op.

I don't think anyone should have to pay for additional touch ups if the result doesn't turn out to that doctor's standard. I'm sure everyone here would agree with me on that.

I had a HT with Dr. Arocha in January. Dr. Arocha did the incisions but 3 different techs did the harvesting and implanting. I don't know if this is common with FUE or not. My concern with 2 different techs doing the implanting without the doctor's involvement is that two techs might have different skill levels and so far it's showing in my result as one side is thicker than the other, especially in the temporal points. One side of my temporal point looks really bad so far for 8 and a half months, I'll be posting pictures of my progress next week. However, to the doctor's credit, during my check up, he did acknowledge that one side was lacking in growth and would do a touch up if the density doesn't improve in a few months.