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Legend, are YOU happy? That’s what matters the most

3 hours ago, Mr S said:

You got pics of before and after your surgery with Keser ?

I’m interested in this as well

does de Freitas require that you take both finasteride and minoxidil or at least use one? I believe I saw vids where patients were just on minoxidil 

1 hour ago, Melvin-Moderator said:

In my opinion, the hair transplant was a success, now is it perfect? No, but I don't think any hair transplant will ever be perfect. Check out my thread on hair transplants being an illusion of density, I show my own results under harsher environments like your previous pictures. It comes down to perspective. I think those with less hair loss will have higher expectations than those with significant hair loss.https://www.hairrestorationnetwork.com/topic/52489-are-hair-transplants-an-%E2%80%9Cillusion%E2%80%9D-of-density/

Are you on finasteride? It does look like you may be losing some additional hair in the midscalp where grafts weren't placed, but maybe it's just the lighting. My advice is to forget about hair transplants for the time being, at least until you start to lose ground in other areas on your scalp. Wish you the best man and thanks for coming back and sharing your update.

Melvin did you ever get a number of ur density in the transplanted area (grafts/cm2)?

If so, how far in advance?

What kind of limits including durations did your clinic put on:

-supplements including things like msm, biotin, fish oil, etc

-topicals minoxidil

-gym before and after surgery?

thanks

3 hours ago, SprayPaint said:

Thanks @PlzRespond. Dr Hasson did mention the density/measure, but it was said so quickly in the context of the initial discussion the morning of the procedure that I don’t recall the estimate. I do know that his goal was to pack as densely as possible given the thinness/fineness of my hair type.  I will inquire and post it to this feed when I hear back. 

Cool looking forward do it.

@SprayPaint crazy result. Do you know what density was implanted (grafts/cm2)?

Wow huge change from pre op. Can you explain how you style your hair and what products you use?

Wow. How short r ur sides and back? I can’t even see any scarring after 5k grafts. Crazy 

Thanks. Any pic of your donor?

Update?

1 minute ago, Der3k7 said:

Yeah just the section I drew the designing right above your post is where I need reinforced the most and what will have the biggest impact for me in terms of framing my face and really making me finally look like I'm not losing my hair. But given I had 5000 grafts I definitely did not meet the 90% minimum growth warranty from ASMED given where I was before and after the procedure with them. Because people that do meet that minimum 90% growth with 5000 grafts have significantly more impact of change than I did. Also remember, the Pic of me in the button up shit with palm trees from a long time ago was before I had any surgery not just the asmed one. I had 2000 grafts before I had 5000 at asmed. 

Has asmed told you how many grafts would be required to reinforce those areas? I would guess max 1000 since it’s only reinforcing not rebuilding?

Yeah the donor looks great imo. Your hair overall is improved a good amount compared to your pre op before any surgery. Your face is def framed now and you look younger. Yes, there are a couple weaker areas but I bet not many people notice besides your hair dresser and people mega focused because their own loss. However I understand your desire for more density as I feel the same for my situation. Your temple points also look excellent as it seems they were mostly gone before any surgery 

1 hour ago, Der3k7 said:

Here's me this week with a recent haircut with a .5 gaurd buzzer on the side. And I believe asmed used a .8 or .9 mm punch

That looks very good.

do you think rubbing off your crusts semi early (day 5) could have affected the yield? Was asmed instructing u to remove them by that time?

Just now, Der3k7 said:

No I don't do anything just shampoo and condition. My hair is coarse and stiff so it doesn't just fall down 

Your donor looks quite good with that many grafts harvested. Do you know what size punch asmed used?

On 8/22/2019 at 9:12 PM, Der3k7 said:

9.5 months 

Overhead lighting

Do u blow dry ur hair to make it stay up like that?

2 minutes ago, Der3k7 said:

Haha. Had number 86 last weekend 

There you go. You don’t gotta sweat the hair too much then. How do u meet that many girls?

On 8/12/2019 at 6:28 PM, Der3k7 said:

Sunlight 

U still able to pound out girls even tho ur hair isn’t exactly how u want it?

49 minutes ago, Melvin-Moderator said:

Highly unlikely, you would have to really hit the grafts hard to damage them past 4 days. The only way I see a graft becoming dislodged at 6 days is if the graft is attached to scabs and they become dislodged.

Thanks, but what I’m asking is if grafts can still be damaged even if they are not dislodged? Like if they are rubbed or tugged at can their newly formed blood supply be damaged? Anything that could compromise yield 

Can grafts still be damaged even if there is no blood say at 6 days post op by vigorous rubbing of the skin when wet in the shower?

What is the steroid injection for? Do you have an autoimmune condition?

4 hours ago, Aftermath said:

Yeah I’ve heard shady shit, I’d go somewhere else personally. Apparently they get you to sign an NDA before the procedure so pretty much the only results you’ll find are clinic posted results which are going to be biased (and some people have said some are 10+ years old and not even his cases but armarnis)

Ive personally has no experience with this clinic and my post is word of mouth based on what people have said on here 

Lol did u throw in your last sentence so they don’t sue you? 😜

5 hours ago, Darrenking said:

I asked them to plant there ..... Tbh i just know concentration was on hairline and fron.....i need to find out from drs if or what can take to hopefully improve it as its affected beard too 

I had alopecia areata. It started during a very very stressful time in my life and about 4 months after an orthopedic surgery. Visit a dermatologist and they will give you steroid injections (about every month in my case). If you have stress you need to try and get it under control and take care of yourself. Work out, sleep well, seek therapy to work out your problems. Good luck

The lighting differences in the before and after are a bit deceptive. Dark background with flash will show better density. What’s the punch size? Looks to be .9-1.0 mm

It’s really difficult today because of the hair length differences. The shorter hair makes the density look more uniform. It does look like there is a density increase behind the hairline however. 

Dr Gabel is highly regarded here. I’d continue to keep him in the loop. How long did he say to wait for before seeing more growth?