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Interesting! Never heard that before. I hope it's the same case with me. Thanks for sharing

Thank you! As always, you are well informed and you provide comfort in your knowledge. I will start the regimen today and hope for the best. I will update in due time.

Hey Melvin! When you say meds, which do you mean? I've seen your video where you said you don't take Finasteride anymore, and I remember it actually inspired me back then. Your hairline looks amazing. Do you use minoxidil? Do you have a video explaining your hair regimen and treatment now after your hair transplants?

Thanks! I actually just rather go bald than taking finasteride (oral or topical) and if I'd known I'll have to take it eventually to keep the transplanted hair, I wouldn't have gone through the procedure. The area that is thinning now didn't have much native hair from the start, so it's mostly transplanted hair that is thinning now. I guess I should have done my homework beforehand. Oh well, at least it's just hair

I wish this post existed before my HT. I didn't know you just have to be on meds to keep the newly transplanted hair, unless you're a lucky bastard I guess. You can see what happens when you don't take your meds in my HT post. I will start taking topical minoxidil soon. Not into finasteride either. I hope my example helps your decision.

Update on my hair transplant a year & a half later: I was pretty happy about my hair regrowth, till now. The hairline was full and looked very natural. No one can ever tell I had hair transplanted in that area and I kinda enjoyed it. It was perfect for the last 6 months, but this week I noticed some thinning areas in the front of my head. Ugh, I felt like I'm living in a bad sequel. If you read my story, you know by now that I decided not to take any medications, although my doctor advised it. I honestly thought that the transplanted hair will stick there for much longer and I would only need to worry about the rest of the native hair which I'd fix at some point in the future when it got bad. So I was advised by the clinic to start taking meds again. I really don't see any way around it anymore. To be honest, if I understood this prior to the HT, I would have opted out. But I already started this journey, so I better go through it properly. I won't take Finasteride, been there, done that, it's not for me. But I will start applying topical Minoxidil and hope for the best.

Thanks! I sure am happy about it.

Sorry for the late reply, let's blame it on corona times. Anyway, yes, you're right. The grafts were extracted from the back and right side of my head only. It was enough I guess. You can't really see the difference in volume when comparing the sides, but when I run my fingers through both sides, I can feel that the right side is thinner than the left. No biggy though, one can't really notice it.

Thanks Raphael, I was too lazy to do this myself. But yeah, when you put the before & after pics together, you can see that the change, though small, is pretty noticeable. I'm pretty happy about it. Feels like traveling back in time.

Thank you! My donor area is fine I think. When I asked my barber about it, he said that he can hardly notice that hair was taken from there, and only when he really gets close and looks for it, he'll notice the little scars, but they're really minimal.

Hey, Finally an update! (I know, I said I'll do it monthly, but hey, covid-19) It's been 9 months since the transplant and here are some pics to show how it looks now, after a fresh haircut. I'm pretty happy about it so far. I'm not taking any meds or using any topical creams to help it grow faster. The only thing i was taking was 1000mg biotin daily and I stopped that a month ago after it gave me a bit of acne on my forehead. I admit, there are some areas that could be improved more, like that left side temple, but it's really hard to complain when I finally have an actual visible hairline in the front of my head. People don't even notice that it's a transplant. Dr Bisanga is truly a magician. It looks and feels so natural. I guess I'll post more photos when I hit the 1 year mark. Cheers!

Hey Pyrat, sorry for the late reply, but I think I missed this one at the time. To answer your question, no, I didn't experience any shock loss of native hair, or at least it didn't seem like I did.

@Pyrat It's my first transplant. Not on any medication.

Hey @Pyrat, Well, so far so good. At 4 months I noticed my hairline is getting fuller and clearer. Now at 5 months it's pretty clear I got a new hairline, not so full yet, but looks like it's getting there. It's pretty exciting to see it in progress. Kinda feels like magic, lol. Anyway, with no barbers around, I can't have a haircut and take a normal picture of myself. My hair is a mess. I will try to see if I can sort it out somehow and upload a picture soon. But I'm happy so far.

Yeah, my doctor just confirmed the same thing. Thanks