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I was keeping an eye on this clinic as well. The doc does amazing masterpieces, judging by the youtube channel and Instagram pics.

What I care the most is, in addition to the good results of the surgery itself, the durability of the HT over time. Thus, I keep looking at the evolution of the HT of a guy named Chadtepper on Instagram who had the procedure done in 2017. He is kind of popular in the social, so the clinic filmed (as they usually do) and tagged him on the clinic page on Instagram. 
The thing is, after the procedure (now it's been more than 2 years), he always wears a hat in every picture😂😂, so it is damn impossible to asses if he still has a great hair situation or not (from the picture of the clinic, after 1 year post operation, of course, he had).

BUUUUUT i jumped on his profile just today aaaaaand the last picture he posted is without hat. Looks not bad, but it is a picture that I would not take for  accurate judgment. But at least is something. I am waiting for more picture, hopefully taken closely.

Still wondering why after such an expensive and great HT this guy always wears a hat 🤔

9 hours ago, LaserCap said:

I am afraid there are no such reports.  If we had a crystal ball - that would be great. Hair loss is complicated.  It can skip generations, it can come from either side of the family - or both.  And, just because one sibling has it, it does not mean the other one will.  Off hand - family history.  This would, at least, give you a bit of info.  

Much of what happens years later can be attributed to the donor.  The patient is either experiencing retrograde alopecia or is starting to lose hair in the donor.  Transplanted grafts will react the same way as if they were still in the donor area.  Grafts do keep a "memory." So, if the patient is thinning in the donor, transplanted grafts originating from there will also thin out.

Another problem is the native hair because it gets in the way.  Now-a-days the work is so good and natural that most folks can't tell the difference between transplanted hair and the native stuff.  So, the patient moves forward with a procedure, starts to lose native hair....He is going to think the is losing the grafts when in fact it's the native hair.  Medical therapy is HUGE.  And this same medication may also have an impact on the donor.

It's complicated. But, if the donor is intact for a lifetime, so should the grafts.

That I know but if the grafts are super strong because taken from "safe" zones, clearly identified, the hairs should grow for years with that calibre. It's ok there could be some problems throughout the years, but I accept this to happen after 10 years at least.
The thing is that a transplant is proposed as a DURABLE solution from every physician, but if the quality (the appearance) of the results loses after 2/3 years, that's insane, It's a mockery!

Do you agree with me?

4 hours ago, CosmoKramer said:

Great topic OP! And great comments and observations!

I would love to see a quantitative analysis done of the longevity of HT’s....I think it would be fantastic if it was done in the vein of the Norwood scale, with such classification pre and post, current and future timelines.

It would be revelatory to collect such information...

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I'd be fascinated by this as well.

You occasionally see guys come on the forum after 8-10 years with an unnatural balding pattern asking for recommendations of what to do next from their initial HT's. My greatest fear myself is actually not going bald or thinning (that's just ageing) but being left with an unnatural appearance once all my native hairs fall out and having to reconsider surgery again [as I always thought the goal of a successful HT was to never think about your hair ever again].

I have seen some posting by clinics of patients which cover some history, Konior documented one lasting over 14years, (albeit it was a repair case)  https://www.hairrestorationnetwork.com/topic/50312-raymond-konior-md-chicago-hair-institute-hairline-repair-a-14-year-history/

that's interesting! that's a fair result over time! Hope that's real and NOT just an extraordinary case!

Hello People, 

I want to open this discussion about the objective duration of a hair transplant.

I had various hair transplants during the last few years which I'm not satisfied with at the moment (I always kept the official, high standards, maintaining cure done). I was very much satisfied until a few months ago when I started to notice a consistent hair fall and a shedding of the transplanted area too.

It would be so much interesting for everyone I bet to collect as many (real) information as possible about the stability of a hair transplant over time (I mean at least more than 10 years), especially If performed by top surgeons, so we can exclude the variable of a no well-made operation. 

Any of you have reports, information, a story to share about hair transplant overtime ????

I think it is in the interests of all here (both patients and surgeons who work ethically) to feel safer and more serene to invest (because we all know the financial sacrifice that there's behind) in this kind of hair loss treatment.

Cheers