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  1. Rolandas
    Month 10 Very late update, but it's worth mentioning. While transplanted hair grows nicely, I've noticed increased shedding for the last few months. Most of the time they're thin, miniaturised-like hair, but sometimes they look really strong, transplanted-like hair. Of course at first I wasn't bothered as I know this is due to hair growth cycles of native hair as I've started oral minoxidil almost a year ago (it's about time for them to shed after all!), but since it was happening for a few months, even I of all people started slowly getting worried. In terms of thicker hair that shed it's likely due to, again, hair growth cycles, or rather de-synchronisation of the anagen phase, since we know all transplanted hair are forced to go into the same anagen phase after the Transplant, so some of them usually go back to their original cycles at about 10-15 months after the transplant. Anyways, I've discussed this in more detail in this video alongside some pictures and videos
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    It really depends on your hair loss. If it's NW3 or so and there's no more hair loss in the family, then I don't see why would you need more than 1 surgery if its done well. Ofc there's no 100% survival even in best hands, hence you might need a 2nd one just to fill in weak spots If you're not 100% happy. Finasteride doesn't necessarily stop completely your hair loss and you will likely recede further, albeit much slower. This will of course depend on your individual hair loss severity.
  3. Rolandas
    IMO Dr. Reddy is top notch alongside Dr. Ball (he is a bit more conservative though)
  4. Rolandas
    Apologies for just dropping a link, but it's much easier to do so as I've put quite a few doctors (mostly UK) who can prescribe OM, their price etc.
  5. Rolandas
    Really nice result. Proper implantation angles. How do you feel, are you tempted for more work since you know what to expect? haha
  6. Rolandas
    Month 9 In this update I've ONLY focused on close-ups under lots of natural light, dry hair, wet hair, tried different hair styles with some product - ALL at the same place with the same light condition, so you can see it ALL
  7. Rolandas
    Thanks mate! Indeed one of the options on the table is increasing OM to 5mg/day. According to all evidence I've seen it's much more superior than 2.5mg, but also comes with more potential sides, which is something I'm not 100% comfortable with. Possibly more long term positive data on 5mg would convince me, but I haven't seen it as of yet. Another option is ofc transplant. It would be guaranteed result, but I don't think I'd do only crown, probably would get "hair greed" and do more work like lowering temples/adding density into temple peaks etc. We shall see I guess 😅
  8. Rolandas
    Month 8 Hi Peeps! It's been a while I've updated my thread! O_o The other day I was feeling like I have a "second chance" in life with my hair. First time around I screw up by not treating my hair loss. Now I've got 2 transplants and it looks great! Crown that wasn't touched looks thinner and thinner the more hair I have in other areas (and growing my hair longer on the sides), so I'm torn on what to do. It doesn't really bother me, but the more I look at it, the more I think "it could have been better!". Video as always going into more detail + usual close-ups.
  9. Rolandas
    HLC
  10. Rolandas
    If I were you I would definitely ask to put 100 or so grafts in temple peaks just to give more structure. Yours look exactly like mine did and just with few hundred grafts it looks already great. Surely few grafts are a bit thicker than the others but it doesn't really stand out (don't mind the length, I'm growing them out, so obviously transplanted ones are growing a bit faster). It also looks very natural as implantation angles are great and singles are picked well.
  11. Rolandas
    0.8mm & 0.85mm Hairstyle - Lol, as I said in the video, I did a high skin fade only to expose scars, so I can compare it down the line.
  12. Rolandas
    no, I'm happy the way it is. I'm doing it not for myself, but mainly as an experiment. If this will turn out positively, a lot of people could greatly benefit from it.
  13. Rolandas
    After my 1st transplant I felt like my scars got a bit worse 12 months in, than they were 6 months after the surgery. Essentially they reduced their pigment and became a bit more obvious.
  14. Rolandas
    Yeah indeed i like this length on top and shorter at the sides. Will possibly have something like this guy in the picture 😁
  15. Rolandas
    I need some bulk at the top approaching lateral humps, to create a bit "boxy" look as my head shape is like an egg. Attached example. Surely it won't be perfect, but it's better than just pure high skin fade.
  16. Rolandas
    In the first few months scars definitely were a bit pink. It definitely takes a long time. At 6 months you will have a good general idea. Possibly it's 80-90% of its "final form".
  17. Rolandas
    I have started an experiment on my channel on my 6500+ fue scars. They have almost no pigment, very white and stand out quite a lot when the hair is shaven very closely to the skin. I was thinking, since Microneedling has been used for variety of scars to disguise them, I was wondering if it's even possible for FUE scars. I couldn't find proper info on this, so obviously decided to do it myself. Current regiment: First month - Dr. Pen M8, MAX speed, 16 needle cartridge, 1mm needle length, 1 x two weeks Second and following months - Dr. Pen M8 MAX speed, 16 needle cartridge, 1.5mm needle length, 1 x every week Oh, I did a high skin fade to see the scars properly and so we will be able to compare them 6 months down the line where I will do it again. Let me know what do you think!
  18. Rolandas
    Month 6 It's one week over 6 months and so far I feel like it's the end game for me. Truly can't see how much better it can get (ironically I'm the one always saying to others full results to be expected at about month 10-12). In short - GOD DAMN THIS LOOKS GOOD! Just like I predicted few months ago, I expect very nice result combining about 2000 grafts into mid scalp and top of the crown alongisde oral minoxidil. Also had some fun styling my hair and it looks pretty good. You might noticed my hair is very short in the donor. I did a high skin fade 7 days ago to expose all scars as I'm running an experiment on my channel. In the video I'm showing my result in various light conditions with Dry | Wet | Styled hair as well as good close-ups (as usual).
  19. Rolandas
    Thanks! Yep I consider myself doing all the right steps when approaching hair restoration. Sadly can't say the same about managing hair loss at an earlier stage 😅
  20. Rolandas
    Thanks mate! Really happy how it looks after the haircut 😁 I'm on Fin 1mg/day for over 2 years now with no issues that I know of. I'm also using Oral Minoxidil (started 1 weeks after 2nd transplant), currently on 2.5mg/day.
  21. Rolandas
    Haircut + Wet Hair This is another aspect I've been enjoying sharing after my last year - how my donor area looks like with various hair lenghts as well as how my recipient area looks when wet, so YOU know what to expect in various situations in life after your hair transplant. In general, these extra 700 grafts in the frontal 1/3 did the trick and it looks a mile better already. Even though my hair caliber is very thin (50 microns), it still looks great even with wet hair. Mid scalp and crown of course have slightly lower density (rightly so, after all It's a Hair Transplant - illusion of density), but overall I'm really happy as I don't need to worry about wind, rain or going swimming.
  22. Rolandas
    Month 5 So I've missed a couple of updates in here... I apologize! Seems like we will have to jump from Month 3.5, to Month 5! To be honest it feels like I've got a full result already. This time I've been an extreme early grower. I would atribute it mainly to Oral Minoxidil. Right now at 5 months I've got full head of hair (except that small part of the thinning crown that wasn't touched with surgery... yet...). I've noticed lots of hair started popping through at month 3-3.5. That's where the magic happened. Of course I still had lots of miniaturised hair in mid scalp that got a great boost from Oral Minoxidil too. Here's an overview of my 5 Months in video format. BTW If you wish to see more of me, I'm posting many more videos on my channel where I'm more active (I wish I could have more than 24 hours a day to be active everywhere! 😃)
  23. Rolandas
    You have always keep in mind, most amazing "fue megasessions" are done on NOT average donor. An average patient won't be able to get huge amount of grafts. FUT on another hand can be superior, especially for someone with average donor. It all depends on the donor and hair loss area. Even in my case, after taking 6500 grafts via FUE I still think future FUT would be an option to get as many grafts as possible should I need.
  24. Rolandas
    3.5 Months Hey guys, I apologise for posting so infrequently! Here's my latest 3.5 month update on my 2nd Hair Transplant. - It appears I've got finally some new transplanted growht happening, not much, but it's a beginning - Temple peaks are getting into shape - Mid scalp & Crown is filling in nicely (although it's mainly due to oral minoxidil). But overall I'm very confident going through my daily life without any concealer - Difference in light can make everything. Indoors looks great, but as soon as I step outside it doesn't look all that good haha
  25. Rolandas
    Looks great. Gotta love the way Dr. Ferreira is building hairlines. Fine singles in the front (i see he took yours from around the ears) with very irregular pattern. Best of luck with your healing.
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