maltesefalcon

Hey,

So things are pretty good I think. It's now almost 2-years since I had the transplant.

Hair is all over the place as hairdressers have been closed!!!

But in terms of growth, it's 100x better than where I began with. I've attached April 2019 for reference.

What do you guys think?

On 9/10/2020 at 1:04 AM, keysersoze said:

How's it going mate? 

I kinda experience something similar with mine, where everything was looking ok say at around 6 months then at 8 months it looked horrible, looking better now. I dont know maybe it's just a cycle and will get better! Any update?

All back to normal -- if not better, than before!

I think it was as others suggested, seasonal loss that grows back over time. 

On 7/2/2020 at 9:31 PM, CosmoKramer said:

A good way to tell the difference is if the hairs you are shedding look weak or strong in appearance. If the look weak or thin then it’s likely they are in the process of miniaturization. Strong or thick hairs that are shed are much more likely going through a new shed/rest/growth cycle. The only other condition when strong hairs shedding is bad is from Telogen Effluvium or alopecia areata...but from the looks of these photos you added it just looks likely a normal cycle or seasonal shed.

Honestly, I don’t think it looks bad given the amount of graphs for the areas you had covered, I think your front facing photo looks really good.

I Agree with @Guy73 comments too..

This is probably improbable, but it is known if hair transplanted follicles can mass disappear after 1-year? Losing density on a permanent basis? 

21 minutes ago, Guy73 said:

It’s hard to say based on post op pictures. It’s does look like they tried to cover all zones with that 3700 grafts. Define front in their layout? Either way your front had a large area to cover and the post op pictures look pretty uniformed in graft placement. Either way you probably were looking at a second procedure to get the coverage you are hoping for no fault of the doctor. Trust me, I have been there!

Did you experience hair loss after a year of your first transplant too? 

This has happened from March until now. Before March, I experienced only growth. 

2 minutes ago, Guy73 said:

3700 grafts spread over that big of area does not give perfect density for most people. Most people would need almost 2k grafts just to make that front band look good in harsh lights. Also on top of that hairloss being progressive, it is possible no matter what you do you lose more hair.
 

I was told that 2,500 went to the front / and 1,250 went to the middle and back end.

On 6/29/2020 at 5:42 AM, CosmoKramer said:

No, seasonal shedding is not permanent, the hairs do grow back, the all have different growth cycles.

You can have growth and shedding at the same time if new stronger or better hairs push out the older hairs to shed. 
 

I would recommend taking a biotin & MSM suppliment to help speed up growth.

How can you tell the difference between "seasonal hair loss" and "permanent hair loss"?

I've just combed my hair back to take an image under the light. Perhaps I'm wrong, but it seems like traditional male pattern baldness...which is very disappointing if so. 

The bottom image is my hair as you'd see it in the same lighting but from a face-on angle.

1 minute ago, CosmoKramer said:

Do you think it may be some seasonal shedding?

I has some shedding of my HT hairs around month 11 but things got better and denser around the 15th month and so on.

No idea.

If it is seasonal shedding, I'm guessing the loss of those hairs would be permanent no? Like before any transplant at all when you get regular hair loss. Not sure.

How can you have shedding and growth at the same time though?

Just now, makemefamous19 said:

Has Demirsoy said anything about it? 

I haven't contacted the clinic. At the end of the day, there's nothing that they could say anyway. It's the nature of transplants I guess.

1 minute ago, makemefamous19 said:

You still taking meds? 

Yep, never stopped taking finasteride.

I really don't know what's happened the past 2 months, but it looks ridiculous now.

2 months ago, it was great...

I seem to be shedding a lot of hair lately - not transplanted hair presumably, but native hair.

I'm still taking finasteride daily so I'm not quite sure why this is happening. 

16 hours ago, Guy73 said:

Looks fine. 

I assume that the above posters are right -- that many of the hairs might thicken up in the coming months. 

As I said, I'm happy with how things have turned out -- and it's galaxies better than the state of hair loss compared to this time last year.

Here is another pic.

So this is what the result normally looks like, without me pushing hair back to make it look as bad as possible. But I did that to emphasize density etc. 

All the same.

When combed etc., you see the "better ones", but when I  spread the hair back, you see it like that. Obviously, nobody sees it like that in real life -- nor does the wind change it much. But I pushed the hair all the way back to show the density.

I'm now at 9-months post-surgery. Not sure how to interpret the results really. It doesn't seem anywhere near the density I should have, or am I wrong?

Certainly much better than pre-surgery, but I was expecting greater density.

What do you guys think?

6 minutes ago, Sijac09 said:

Any update mate?

Yeah, I'll be posting a detailed update in a few weeks time.

Since my last update, there has been further thickening and growth and all seems to be heading in a very positive direction.

Thus far, I'm very happy with the outcome of the surgery - well worth the cost and effort. 

Thanks; at only 5.5 months, I'm increasingly curious as to what the next 6 months will show. 

5.5 MONTH UPDATE

So here are things 5.5 months on post-surgery. See below, for a comparison of what I was like 2 months before surgery and what things are like today.

Things have certainly progressed and I'm satisfied with how things are coming along. I dare say that the majority of growth is still yet to manifest -- I think most happens between 6-10 months, so things appear to be on track. 

Taking finasteride and biotin daily. No complications or trouble. Things pretty much back to normal. I didn't yet do an image of the donor area, but there is no problem with it at all. You wouldn't even know I had the surgery etc.

Let me know what you guys think and whether you have any questions.

I think I'll update again in 2 months time. 

Just wait 3 months and decide either to take another surgery from a different clinic or just keep what you have.

At the end of the day, that's all you can do. Searching for weekly reassurance on here isn't going to achieve anything.

On 10/6/2019 at 1:13 AM, LordBaldwin said:

Month 9.5 (approximately)

Ok, here are my most recent pics.  The hair has definitely thickened in the forelock area, though I'm still hoping for some more improvements in the front hairline.  I should be about 85% done now, so....fingers crossed.  In any case, things are generally good, overall, in my opinion.

Indoor with indirect natural light:

 

Indoors with harsh artificial light (mirror selfies):

 

Outdoors in direct sunlight:

I don't think you posted enough photos for us to properly judge your progress.

Four Month Mark

I've noticed some growth over the past few weeks, which is quite encouraging.

Below, you can find two images - one with my hair combed normally, and a second showing the growth thus far.

In terms of maintenance, things are pretty much the same - daily finasteride and biotin. However, I haven't taken minoxidil. I'm not sure I want the effort of having to apply that foam to my head everyday. It seems a bit of a headache. Plus, it may make my hair look oily. 

I've noticed my left temple isn't as dense as the right temple, but not sure if I'm fooling myself because my right temple had far greater recession than the left temple. 

Anyway, you guys can let me know what you think. 

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True - and I guess you had far more implanted into the front than I did.

Mercifully, I've been experiencing significant growth over the past 1-2 weeks, so things appear to be heading in a very positive growth direction.

I'm at 14.5 weeks now; once I reach 18 weeks I'll be posting an update w/ images here. 

I've become absolutely convinced that this thread and Der3k7's thread will still be here in 40 years time. :D

Every week I come back it's the same two threads dominating!!!!

Now at 13.5 weeks, I think I can see much more growth compared to just 2-3 weeks ago, so things might be on the up from here!!!