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21 hours ago, Melvin-Moderator said:

That’s your perception, I definitely wouldn’t say its low density especially after seeing the hair wet. The shape of the hairline is a matter of taste, personally I prefer some recession, but that’s opposite to what others prefer. Like I said refinements are quite simple. I think your hair looks good. 

I believe what he is trying to explain is the fact that his hairline appears as if the doctor whipped out a ruler and started to place the grafts across his forehead. The way all the hair on his hairline aline perfectly to create a straight line across his forehead doesn’t look natural and I believe you would somewhat agree with that? Unless someone went to the barber and asked for the barber to line him up, I have never seen someone who has a hairline where all the individual hairs appear to be aligned perfectly. This may not be the doctors fault as the op had what appears to be a slightly  receded hairline and the doctor might have misunderstood what the op was asking for as his hair looks thick everywhere else other than the recession in the front though.

2 minutes ago, HarryHonolulu said:

I agree that it's really difficult but it's not impossible. this website has many, many examples of badly balding dudes who, in the hands of a Konior or a H&W achieved incredibly hairlines.

if you shine a flashlight at most men's hairlines, regardless of whether they've had a HT done, you'll see scalp. in my opinion the biggest problem is hairline placement. questionable doctors want to wow their patients with teenager style hairlines- low and straight- but they don't actually account for how many more grafts that lower, straight hairline will need. So they sprinkle a ton of grafts around and end up with poor coverage. A much smarter approach would be to embrace the patient's age, give him a conservative hairline, and focus on giving him a great, natural result. 

I'll take a natural densely packed receding hairline ANY DAY over one of these mega-FUE monstrosities. but that's just me

I agree, I actually went to H&W myself to have my hairline which reinforced. I was still pretty much a Norwood 1 but my hairline and frontal area was diffuse thinning and see through. The main reason I opted for them is because of dr.wongs conservative approach. I was confused and worried when he started drawing on my scalp which refers to your post in regards to guys wanting this perfect straight zero recession hairline but it all worked out in the end

32 minutes ago, raptor said:

Not sure what happened here but my other post got deleted. I find it troublesome that the moderators would delete my post because I am not happy with my FUE with Erdogan. I don't think that's being objective. I got FUE by Erdogan Asmed April 2018. Hairline is way too straight and low. People actually commented on this and it is quite embarrassing so I wear a hat now. I am now looking for a repair. If you want pictures or advice please pm me. 

To be honest in my opinion it’s really difficult to make a hairline transplant look 100 percent natural unless your hairline isn’t completely gone. For example if it just thinned out and needs to be reinforced. Creating a new hairline and putting hair where there is now no hair isn’t going to look completely naturally most of the time. How close to natural it looks of course in the end depends on the doctor you choose though.

1. This is always going to be a possibility but odds become lower based on the doctor you choose as well as how your body itself responds.

2. Again, mostly based on doctor choice, I chose HassonandWong and my donor area appeared as if nothing happened a week later after FUE.

3. After you narrow down your choice of surgeons, choose based on who you are most comfortable with in addition to whos hairline designs appeal to you.

4. I felt the same way but I realized that money comes and goes and being a young diffuse thinner in the front, my health is first as it was getting to the point where it was starting to affect other aspects of my life negatively which was giving me unnecessary stress.

5. Get on finasteride if you want and you should be fine for at least awhile. This also depends on how old you are.

6. This I can’t really deny because depending on your hair loss pattern and how your body reacts. With the redness, regrowth, etc. However I have been struggling with this for a couple years now so another couple months aren’t going to hurt knowing that it’s only temporary. Being a diffuse thinner and having a decent amount of hair before and an intact hairline is helping so far a month post op but time will tell.

7. I fear this as well but again the positives outweigh the negatives and going to a good doctor will make it very difficult to spot your hair transplant. Just try to wear a hat and when the redness starts to become hard to notice, you should be in the clear and good to go. Good Luck

I am 5 weeks post op and my grafted area is really flaking and it is hard to remove. I used dandruff shampoo and it didn’t help even though I washed aggressively. The only way I could remove it is by massaging it off when my scalp is dry and using a fine tooth comb to lift it off my scalp carefully. Removing the dry skin allowed the last of the transplanted hair to shed as the dead skin was holding it down. However, my scalp is a little red after all of this and I was wondering if by cleaning my scalp I could have done any potential harm? 

1 hour ago, Dazed said:

I will be interested in others opinions on washing your hair aggressively at this point since I am also at the 3 week point, and I am still being very gentle with the transplants, and using only baby shampoo.  I did not have the recipient area shaved, but I did cut it much shorter than normal before the procedure.  In retrospect I would have just got a buzz cut because the sides and back look ridiculous.  Just tell your barber to stay away from the area that is already short. 

In my opinion, it is better to have the crusts removed as soon as possible as I already had hair where I did the transplant and the crusts were blocking my native hair from growing back. A clean scalp is a healthy scalp. I was very gentle too until by day 12 I realized the crusts were just building up and I used my fingertips to rub them out.

I had my FUE procedure of about 2,000 grafts in the frontal section of my scalp (was diffuse thinning and my hair was see through all the way to my mid scalp) 3 weeks ago and I was wondering if it’s ok to get a haircut as I only shaved have the top of my head and the rest of my hair is about 2 inches long so it looks pretty ridiculous with the front that had been buzzed. I still have at least 80 percent of the transplanted hair and I started washing my hair aggressively since day 12 as the redness has completely gone away in the front and back so I assume that the hairs might stick a while before they shed. I’m tired of wearing a hat everywhere because my haircut is uneven so I wanted to know if it’s ok to go to a barber to have it trimmed to match the buzzed front and if there is anything I should let the barber know about before he cuts my hair? Example like no blow dryer, etc? 

22 hours ago, matt3480 said:

You are freaking out for no reason. I said SUNBURN....I did not say that sun itself will do anything. However, to get sunburn you obviously need to be exposed to the sun.

Also, most windows....car, house, etc...have UV protection. You have zero to worry about.

 

This is probably a ridiculous question but I’m curious if artificial light (light bulbs, tv/computer screens, etc.) would have a similar effect or not matter at all?

Hello, I just had my hair transplant done yesterday and I was wondering how to remove the blue marker markings around my donor area. I am traveling back home tomorrow and don’t want a blue square outline around my head. How do I remove the line without irritating the donor area? Thanks