Mr S

Coming up to 5 years since my transplant I’ve just turned 30 so I thought I check in.
I have upped my finasteride dose from 3 days per week to 7 as I was seeing some thinning and I’m still using minoxidil foam once per day in the evenings.

Thought I’d share some recent photos showing a couple of different styles and also parting hair to show density. 

Very happy with how it has lasted considering my age although some days I wish I had been less conservative with the hairline as it still fairly high.

Donor area looks good! 
Looking good so far how does the hairline look sitting naturally without you pulling it up?

On 10/2/2020 at 4:15 PM, guizza111 said:

Updates from day 9 after surgery:

- Expect the swelling from the surgery to go down your face and to look like you were taken out of Night King Army in game of thrones 

- Buy comfortable pillows (meaning VERY SOFT and mellow) because when you sleep your donor area will hurt. (unfortunately I only sleep with hard rock pillows so it really hurt) 

- Today is my second day after I started washing my new hair with the recommende shampoo and the crusts are already all gone! I saw some hair in it but it's normal and it's nothing to worry about cause the important thing is the follicle 

- redness still there but in real life not that noticeable 

 

ciao!

This is going to look so good the the hairline and temple points look 👌🏼 Can really pull the buzz cut look too 👊🏻👊🏻

huge improvement, congrats. how does it look styled?  

I have been considering getting mine done, but depending on how many grafts they need, it might be best keep the grafts in the bank for up top.

Any specific surgeons to look at that specalise in this?

I had 1700 grafts with a similar level of loss. Mine was probably worse infact. You will be suprised how far grafts can go in the hands of a skilled surgeon.

EDIT: & I just realised you already had a link to my thread😅

pretty sure he fell out with the mods on here.

1 hour ago, Egy said:

@Desroy1 Well, but if you took a look at Asmed, which with 4000 grafts would not be cheap at all, at this point, you could also look at H&W, maybe with less grafts (which you certainly won't need so many) you would come to  spend the same amount, with the difference that at H&W you would be safe because they are the best in the world.

This ^if you had money for 4k with ASMED which is a ridiculous quote for your case btw. You could afford another top clinic with a more  realistic graft count for your level of loss H&W is a great shout.  It might also be worth looking into some of the Belgium clinics or HLC. 

Who are you booked in with? I found being booked in with a doctor with steady consistant results very much put my mind at ease.

Its always a worry to loose more hair after. Which is quite often why most paitents will usually end up getting more transplants down the line, you have to be prepared for this.
The good news is that you are on fin so you stand a best chance slowing this process down the best you can.

Any reputable clinic should return your deposit if upon arrival they find somthing that wont let them go ahead. You should discuss this with the clinic prior though if you are worried.

With all that said if you are indeed content with how you look maybe a hair transplant is not for you.

Bit of a infomation overload... So theres no problem with your transplant? you are just shedding native hair?

The only things worth speaking about are finasteride & minoxidil - all the rest vitamins etc will not help you retain any hair.

Try starting with finasteride 1mg 3 times per week (mon/wed/fri) see how you tolerate it for 6 months if shedding stops happy days, if it still continues try increasing the dosage.

Im quite shocked you didn't already know this having undergone a transplant. who was the surgeon?

Hairs that have been affected by DHT - and have become weak and shrunk in size.

The clinic in question isn’t KSL by any chance... the weird hairline design looks suspect. Check out the below and steer well clear if it is.

https://m.facebook.com/pg/KSLHAIRTHETRUTH/photos/?ref=page_internal&mt_nav=0

Manchester City’s David Silva buzzed it for about a year before letting it grow out. If you can get away with the buzz cut look I don’t see why not. It helps if your a tanned Spaniard like Mr Silva. 

27 minutes ago, RonBurgundy said:

@Mr S thank you for sharing your HT story and congrats on your results! Can I ask you if you are still on finasteride - 1mg on MON/WED/FRI ? Do you niticed any side affects after few months of using it ? Have you considered topical finasteride after you had sides first time?

Yeah I’m still taking the fin all good so far. I did look into topical finasteride but it’s not Available in the U.K. I think there are ways of getting it but it’s stupidly priced.

I ended up having lots of injections as the anaesthetic kept wearing off, And both my eyes swole completely shut.  It was pretty horrible to wake up In the morning pretty much blind. But wore off over a couple of days.  It looked brutal. 

Killer result 👌🏼

4 hours ago, Clark.Ethan said:

Yeah.. I think I will go with Hattingen in July or August after this coronavirus calms down a bit.

Keen to see your before and after pics with Keser - I’ve struggled to find many unsatisfactory results from him? Care to share?

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

Noticed many online pharmacies have no stock of branded Propecia. And a few don’t are out of stock of generic. Wonder if this is down to the whole COVID-19 crisis atm?

It only looks thinner one side because you have brushed it over making the other side look thicker. Far too early to judge at this stage 

What clinic on harley street did the 2nd op?

All the best for the new procedure. Just seems insane they  have now used 4300 grafts on a NW3🙃 imo 2k-2.5k should have been enough in your case.

53 minutes ago, MachoVato said:

Here's a great video on finasteride dosage. 1mg 3x/week is ideal according to these guys.

 

 

Yes!! This is one of the videos i saw that inspired me to try it out! These guys seems very informative about the subject. I would reccomend anyone to give it a watch if they are feeling doubious about the drug.

Go with your gut. But I’d say Hassan & Wong are the probably one of not the best clinic in the world in my opinion.

Your hair was in pretty good shape before. But I can see why it would bother you. You choose a good doc for a nice small refined   procedure should be an ace result👌🏼