CosmoKramer

Hair and progress looks great, DEBS, much improved density. I totally agree with your comments on needing two passes to get satisfying results especially for guys with higher Norwoods, it’s just the reality of it. If I part my transplanted hair in certain ways it too can look undesirable, until they figure out graft cloning for an “unlimited” supply it’s just an illusion, but saying that i don’t want to take away or brush off the concerns of the guys that are going through a tough spot unhappy with their progress and growth, obviously that has to be seriously addressed, it bums me out when I see the other ASMED guys stressed and unhappy with their results and I really hope it improves for them.

Work looks very good and you’re healing nicely! Like the hairline. Happy growing! 👍🏻

Don’t be sorry for asking questions, I’m glad to answer. The reason I went with the a zero-skin fade actually on my sides and back because the hair there is much more grey and the new transplanted hairs on top seem to be growing like my original hair color I had 15 years ago (hair started getting salt & pepper since I was around 27 years old) so the difference in contrast occasionally annoys me nothing serious and I thought now that summer is approaching to give it another go. Honestly, I cannot really see the donor scars when using a mirror to mirror to look, nor could my barber or friends and family see anything noticeable, it could be that my donor healed very well and that my skin has good collagen to heal and the fact that the extractions were done manually and I believe with a 0.7mm punch if I recall. For myself I chose the FUE route because I did not want a FUT linear scar, but both methods can and do create unavoidable scars. Everyone is different on how they heal and how their body creates scars, I’ve been lucky even when I’ve had bad acne in my youth it never left scars. At the moment I’m very satisfied with how everything went, from contact with the clinic to procedure to growth, this time last year my hair loss was bad and I’m glad to have my hair on top back. Yes, I could use a touch-up to fill in sparse area in my mid scalp and crown as less grafts were placed there, Dr Erdogan quoted 8,100+ available graft in my donor area during my pre-op evaluation so if that’s truly accurate then I should have around 3k grafts available for any future ht fue should I choose to. I think another 1,500-2,000 in my mid scalp and crown would do the trick to make it less see through. Yeah, scarring from either method could be concerning for someone who likes to have a short cut, buzz cut, skin fade on the donor area but for myself this was a skin fade at 0 on the back and sides and I can’t say what it would look like for others honestly, that’s something that you could only know 6-12 months after a procedure.

Thanks man! Saw your ht post, Good Luck and Happy Growing! Will be following your progress.

Looks good. Good on you for staying proactive about your hair. You might want to look into getting some pure refined emu oil, helps with hair loss and growth.

Growth phase looks to have started, nice! 👍🏻

11-months & a few days post FUE procedure w/Dr Erdogan @ ASMED. I wasn’t going to do an update as the hair seems similar to my 10.5 update but I did get a hair cut (fade on back and sides, around 2” length on mid scalp and 3” length I left on the frontal hairline area) so I thought I’d take a few photos and post. There’s a slight improvement in hair quality and thickness but it’s still slightly see through in my mid scalp and crown in harsh bright lighting but that’s because more grafts are needed. On the plus side, I did notice a few new newly grown fine hairs in the hairline since last week.

Very nice and natural looking results, conservative approach fits this patient better that an all-in since he still had lots of native hair on top.

I’d say Dr Erdogan is right, your donor doesn’t look optimal enough for an Ht and would probably look bad after if you did get an ht to be honest.

Hi man, Been in the same situation as I’m sure many here have been too. I decided to go for it after a couple years of doing more detailed research on doctors, results and just how exactly the procedure is done from fue surgery YouTube videos to acclimate me to all the bloody gore and needles during the surgery, it helped ease my worry. Fear of the unknown is the worst so just jump into all the details so as not to be surprised and afraid. I also followed many ht journeys on here as well as YouTube (thanks to Matt Dominance and his daily progress videos, they were so valuable, his honesty of his progress and experience I don’t think anyone else did as many daily progress videos as he) Also, I’m a bit older than you and had already lost a fair amount and said to myself enough is enough of the procrastinating and started contacting clinics to get the ball rolling. You don’t have to rush it, as long as you initiate things and follow through you will get to the point of the day of your procedure and you will be very nervous but also very excited that the day is here finally. Good Luck and hope you post about your procedure and progress when you are ready.

I guess you’re not too familiar with the practice of payola and pharmaceutical lobbyists and executives being chosen to run the FDA? Absolutely it’s possible to get skewed data past the FDA when the foxes run the hen house, in fact there are countless drug lawsuits that have show that the pharmaceutical manufacturers didn’t disclose long-term serious side effects and other pertinent information, hence why they end up paying settlements to victims and fines but always 1/10 of the amount they made off the drug so it’s a drop in the bucket. You can google how many have gotten in trouble after they’ve racked in billions then just a slap on the wrist and business as usual. Just yesterday Monsanto was ordered to pay $2 Billion because an elderly couple were struck with cancer because of Monsanto’s RoundUp weed killer, which it’s cancer-causing ingredient (Glyphosate) was classified as “safe” by the FDA & EPA, even in food. Until now, that it’s been exposed via lawsuits. You can also Google: US FDA internal emails show weed killer found in food

Very nice growth and density for that many grafts and large area.

Donor still looks good, nice! 👍🏻

Those prices are reasonable but his wait-list time, sadly is not.

Work looks good. Good luck and happy growing!

Yes. And all that means is that “peers” looked at the manufacturer run studies they cherry-picked to get their drugs approved.

Of course there’s a chance that your existing thinning hair will suffer shock loss temporary or permanent and probably even more so if going the cheap route. They won’t have your best interest in mind just your $ and next!.

Yes, I’ve experienced this, I’ve had many gray hairs from the donor area after being transplanted on my frontal area began to gain my original dark hair color, probably due to the new blood supply. How many months ago was your procedure and why are they coming out?

Yeah, I would say your recent progress is looking much better and definitely an improvement from before your ht’s and since this is your 2nd ht it just might be taking it’s sweet to grow but definitely give it until at least the 1 year mark (15-months just to be safe) in my opinion. From what I’ve read, H&W do use techs but that’s something you should inquire about with their rep on here or them directly to confirm.

That is definitely something to take into account, that even if you go to THE best of the best ht surgeons and pay top dollar, you may still not get the results you want as a result of your physiology, your scalp just might not be that efficient in creating and connecting new nerves to the transplanted graphs leaving them with no blood supply and the graphs not growing, and the only way to tell if that was the case is months after, it sucks but that’s just the reality of it, so I wouldn’t put all your faith and expectations just because the surgeon and clinic is the best and top of the tier.

Ah I see. It’s a tough spot to be in, wanting to get a 2nd go with limited finances but maybe more research is the thing to do.

I’ve seen their Instagram but I wouldn’t go by that as it’s mainly marketing. They seem like the typical tech-heavy mill clinic. Who was your 1st Ht with?...why aren’t you going back to them if it was a relatively successful one as you say?

What a difference and very nice progress improvement just a few weeks since your other photos! 👍🏻

Couto is at the top but it’s a 2-3 year wait time just to get a consultation with him (if they even reply to your emails) and then another 1-2 year wait for any procedure. His posted results are very impressive but only self-selected and it’s mainly with patients that have thick dark great caliber hair follicles, I have seen very few patient posted reviews though which one would think that his thrilled patients would post their experience and own progress photos. Honestly, in your case I would say let this 2nd ht progress fully and possibly see what the future holds with graft cloning over the next few years as that may come to market as well as new topical drugs because depleting your donor with another ht even with a top elite surgeon might not be wise.

Thanks for your input Dr Bloxham! After looking at some hairline lowering cases I figured it would probably be somewhere between 1,000-1,500 grafts depending on if I chose half a cm to 1 cm to lower, but always better to get a professional opinion such as yours!