shookwon33

Your donor seems to be healing quite well already for Day 4 to be honest! Any pictures of the recipient area on Day 4?

Thanks for keeping us posted we will definitely be tracking your journey. If i were to predict, this is going to be a home run

In addition, it seems the light is much different in this recent pic you just posted. It seems quite harsh lighting??

Looks really good to me man! Patience is key 5 months is still way early. Just hope you don't go off forgetting about us before you finish updating because youll be enjoying your new hair

are you still shedding or things still looking good? @hairlossPA

@fatbastard12345 any chance you have any updated pictures of your donor my mans? hope all is well

what made you decide to do FUT versus FUE? Curious

2 hours ago, nb98 said:

Haha you’re a brave man going on dates so soon after a HT

agreed lol. I feel like i wouldn't be able to until like at least 5 months after or something

I scheduled around July 2018 and got an appointment schedule for June of 2019. However, a cancellation came up so I managed to get my appointment in May now haha so 1 month earlier i guess it doesnt hurt. I just wanna do this thang and enjoy my life with a sweet af hairline while im still young af lol

A lot of people love to say Dr. Diep destroys donor areas but in reality after say the first few weeks the holes really contract back to normal and there are really no signs of any visible scarring. I recently had a consultation with Dr. Diep on why he uses .9-1.0 mm punch sizes and his thorough explanation makes complete sense and leaves me no doubt in his skills, experience, and knowledge.

In addition, with literally all of his patients videos where he shows the donor area it literally looks untouched....

ohhhh man looking good my man for just 4 months and a half @fatbastard12345. Thanks for the constant updates man looking forward to my procedure in 4 months in May.

oh yeah please let us know. im currently taking 10,000 mg of biotin now and Im starting to think its been making my hair really strong but im not sure if its placebo or not

14 hours ago, hairlossPA said:

1mg/day. generic finasteride prescribed by my doc. get it at CVS 

oh wow okay. so how much do you end up spending for a 1 month supply getting it filled by CVS assuming your insurance is covering it?

@hairlossPA did you mention where you get your finasteride and what strength daily you've been on? Curious as Im 3 months in on finasteride from the company HIMs right now

@Legend007 You can go get get some bloodwork for a DHT test to see what your levels are on finasteride to know its working properly. Have you done this yet? I have mine scheduled for next week to see if my DHT levels are suppressed below normal ranges now that Ive been on finasteride for 2.5 months now

ha that would be great if so @James81

any updates James? I know you said you wanted to update at 6 months  but now youre probably at 7 months almost 8 right?

Would be awesome if Mike responded to us. But I assume hes so happy and unworried about his hair now and enjoying his life he cant be bothered to ever return back to here. That is just my assumption.

awesome stuff Legend! How many cm or inches lower would you say your new hairline is? Do you know how many cm your eyebrow to your hairline was before surgery? Also how many cm from your eyebrow is post surgery now? I believe the typical hairline you would go for is 6.5 cm from top of eyebrow to the hairline for us asian guys. Dr. Diep recommended 6.5 cm for me as right now Im about 7.5 cm from my eyebrow to hairline.

Any photo updates my man? Let us know how its going!

Very exciting @fatbastard12345. Thanks for keeping us updated. You may be an early grower what do you think? @Melvin-Moderator

7 minutes ago, Gasthoerer said:

As the OP asks for advice, here is mine:

- You are pretty young and still have a good head of hair 

- HT is always a risk (can go wrong and you are worse than before, can go well and you lose further hair...and your are worse than before)

Next steps:

- Look at your family history

- Take FIN (ok, you do it already)

- Only do a transplant now if your family history leaves enough grafts even at the worst case

- Only do a transplant now if there is a cosmetic benefit in case it is going well

--> Without seeing your facial proportions from the front and the side NO ONE can tell if a transplant makes a cosmetic benefit 

By the way: Fin did the same to me. My libido increased since starting FIN 5 years ago an remained high. 

Thanks for your advice my friend. As far as family history goes my father is about a Norwood 5. Grandfather on both my mom and dads side is also about a Norwood 5 if that helps.

Also if i may ask about your experience with finasteride. How long did it take to see results? Also, did you experience any initial shedding? When can i expect to see hairs stop falling out in the shower for example from just shampooing?

44 minutes ago, Melvin-Moderator said:

Great stuff, an increase in libido is never a bad thing 😅 I hope you’ll create a thread once you have your HT.

oh i absolutely will my friend!!!

Just to update. I started taking finasteride 0.5 mg daily 2 months ago on 10/5/18. I am not sure if seeing any results as it's probably too early to tell. No side effects so far. I honestly think my libido has even increased as I literally have been getting turned on by anything and everything its kind of funny. I did hear that finasteride does increase testosterone levels while of course lowering your DHT.

Also to update my scheduled FUE 1500-2000 grafts with Diep is now scheduled for May 2019 as a cancellation opened up so I can get it slightly earlier. I cannot wait for these next 5 months to come. I am hoping 1500-2000 grafts will achieve a nice dense hairline for me that will minimize my large forehead being that I am a Norwood 2 at the moment xD.

2 hours ago, Shifty said:

@shookwon33 I mentioned in your thread I was taking Hims. Its why i commented. So far on the regimen I am doing (in this thread) as you can see form my comments and photos, I am seeing regrowth. I am just over 2 months in.

Thanks for responding. Have you tried using the HIMs shampoo at all? It has DHT blocking active ingredients as claimed. Just wondeirng, because i saw that you purchased a separate DHT blocking shampoo for some reason