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The same thought occurred to me. However, I have hair pretty far down my neck so this fade is not even close to where my hair starts.

OK, I get it. I just wanted to make sure. No need to repeat 😊

Yes, I'm definitely satisfied with the result so far. I'm around month 10 now. The front is gradually looking better and better and the hairline is nicer than what I had at age 20 (picture below).

I met with both a doctor and a nurse right before the surgery. I only mentioned my temples so that could be the reason they only focused on that or maybe the top wasn't a concern at that time, hence my post here. I will meet the doctor again at the one year mark so I'll ask him a lot of questions. Even though he could've used a bit more grafts I'm glad that he didn't for two reasons: 1. As you say I want options down the road 2. I'd like to have it really short in the back so I want as little scarring as possible.

Here's what my donor looks like now. A 0 mm fade and outdoor work made some scars show at the bottom. They can probably be hidden though by choosing 1 mm or doing the fade 2 cm lower.

I'm a little wary of medications in general and also of life long extra costs. I also don't want to start off too strong and have to live with any side effects. Are there any shampoos that actually work?

Never taken any medicine.

Right after I got home after FUE:

A few weeks after when the shedding had finished

About nine months:

Taken right now without flash

Taken right now with flash:

I have many pictures of the front from different stages after the FUE. Regarding pictures from the top/back with short hair I can take one right now but I don't have any old ones.

I had my first FUE about 10 months ago at the age of 35. I had it because I've had high temples since my early twenties and wanted a nicer hairline e.g. it had nothing to do with sudden hairloss. Now I have a hairline I'm satisfied with and I don't regret having the FUE.

However, I have noticed that the hair on the top of my head is a bit thin, especially around the cowlick on the top back of my head. The problem is that I had longer hair (5-7 cm) for many years before my FUE so I have no idea when this slight thinning could've started. In hindsight I should have had a really short hair cut before the FUE and taken photos from all angles. My question is: could the FUE have triggered any kind of temporary or permanent hairloss (or hair going dormant)?

I had a FUE done a little more than 6 months ago. It's definitely a considerable improvement from before and I have no regrets what so ever. However, I'm a bit curious to know if there's a reasonable chance that I will see more new hairs in month 7 and 8? According to many clinics one is just 50-60% done at this point in time, but looking at various user photos and videos found on the internet it doesn't seem that way. Notice that I'm talking about more hair not thicker hair.

The thing is I didn't have any hairs there before (maybe 15 years ago), but it's pointless to overanalyze at this stage.

Now it's been 4 weeks and a lot of the transplanted hair has shed in the past week as expected. However there are some really short hairs (1-2 mm) here and there. Are those hairs that have shed earlier and already started to grow?

I had a small FUE (1000 grafts) made 9 days ago and today finally all my scabs fell off (with a little help from gentle massaging). Now I see a lot of hair where I haven't seen hair in 10-15 years which feels great. What I'm wondering is:
Is this what the final result will look like or could some hairs already have entered sleep mode?