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  1. I live in Italy, europe, but i'm willing to travel, i'm actually looking at different clinics such as DarlingBuds and Eugenix in India, Dr. Yaman in turkey or Demirsoy
  2. this doctor made an amazing transplant, the hair blends perfectly, the hairline is natural and the donor area seems still healthy and natural but the costs are proibitive to me , but this is exactly what i want (less dense of course, i'm talking about the hairline precision and refinment)
  3. Hello, I shared in the past my SMP results that i did with MensInk HERE, the results have been great, but i still miss my hair and when i'm under a bright light my Nw3/4v pattern is visible so.... Since i can't tolerate any antiandrogens and since minoxidil stopped to work after 1 year and few months i know that a hair transplant would be only temporary in my case- I'm 25 now and i have thinning all around my NW6 pattern, both my grandad and my uncle/dad have had a NW6v pattern... I think i can extract around 6 to 7k grafts realistically speaking, I'd like to have two hair transplant, the goal is to keep my hair short and not expect to have density nor a complete head of hair, then when my native hair will fall, i'll shave it off but at least i'll have the 3D effect and also an hairline.. I Would love to keep my hair longer till they last and then shave with the 3d texture because even the SMP effect with some hair is amazing IMO I saw some pictures online, this is what i'm looking for as a final result: https://californiahairsurgeon.com/news/fue-hair-transplant-with-scalp-micropigmentation-smp/ BUT with my actual SMP and Hairline with whom my hairline is lower The key to do this successfully is to find a doctor who: Extract the grafts with a small punch and doesn't leave a lot of scarring in the donor zone - Manual extraction in order to have more precision and less scars/cobblestoning - Natural Direction of the hairline and single hair grafts in the front I saw that most clinics do a quite okayish job if you wear your hair long, while it's much more difficoult to wear hair short... I think this is because technicians are following the same concept over and over, since I'll be obliged to wear my hair short in few years because i'll continue to lose my native hair i need someone who can make a not too dense hair transplant and that does exactly what i want So here i am asking you guys which doctos/clinics would you advice, Ideally my first transplant should be around 2 to 3k grafts, I'd like to spend around 3k to 4k max could you please make a list of good doctors who could create a natural hairline that will suits my SMP, Short hair requirment?
  4. Thank you guys, the SMP still looks good, It is just a little bit lighter but it's normal and expected, I'll have to do a touch up in few months.... I'm looking for people with SMP + FUE since i'll lose my native hair in the next couple years according to my family pattern, of course smp looks way better with some underlying texture as i have now, even if i lost the temples the few hairs that are there are giving the illusion of density AND some texture.
  5. Hello everyone, I started to use this forum few months ago when I was looking for a solution to my hair loss and now i have to share my progress. I am an Italian dude, I started to lose my hair when i was 21 more or less, i wasn't that much bothered about it, then it started to be really noticeable at 22, I tried Finasteride, RU, CB0301 and almost any sort of vitamins/supplement you can find on the internet, unfortunatly i got sides with Fin and antiandrogens in general, vitamins didn't worked as well as any supplement i've tried.... In June 2018 I started 5% Minoxidil twice a day, it was working so well that i regrow almost all my hair back, then, the effects, however, lasted for 6 - 8 months and after 8 months i was already at baseline again, my dad is a NW5 at 52 y o, my grandpa instead was bald at 25, I think i'll probably be a NW6-NW7 before 30 too... Anyway, after months and months of research, i realized that Hair transplants aren't a viable solution for me as i'm young (24 now) and my hair genetics sucks Of course my confidence went down a lot, i've been so stressed out that I started to avoid social interactions, trying to pick up girls and on top of that i had a sense of inferiority, because i felt like i had something less than others... The alopecia progressed and I decided i needed to stop blaming my genetics and that i had to do something because i wasn't living anymore, i was just surviving, waiting to die. I started to browse the internet looking for alternative solutions other than HTs and i thought that maybe a SMP + Low density FUE could have been a great solution. In this forum i saw diffent pictures of different SMP Practitioners, I saw some great and natural results from a studio close to my city, I'm talking about Men's Ink Tricopigmentation. I contacted them, they have great prices, amazing natural results on their Instagram page and the girl i talked with (Debora Cetrulo) was kind and honest about the expectations I could have had and also her thoughts on my situation, I decided to book my first session in November. My expectations were that even with SMP, i wouldn't have been able to accept my situation and I was even scared that someone could spot my tatto. This has been far from the truth, the SMP looks AMAZING, it's so realistic that i can't even tell where my native hair begins, most people ask me why I decided to shave my head as a fullhead Confidence went up a lot and I finally feel happy about myself and i started to live my life again... I found them thru this forum so i wanted to share my progress and thoughts with you... If you have any questions, don't be afraid to ask me whatever you want! Here's the pics, here's 2 weeks worth of growth Here's instead is 1 day after shaving with the clipper, as you can see i had diffuse thinning on top with a NW3- NW4 pattern and some vertex balding Then here's the after In my opinion this is one of the best results i saw online, for now i'm super happy, I'm just worried for the future as i love this look with 2-3 days worth of growth as it has the 3D effects and it is dark enough to fool people into believing that i still have all my native hair, so this is why i think my fight against hair loss is not ended yet, i think i'll undergo a low density hair transplant, maybe with a little bit of beard or body hair in general as i want to keep this lenght and i'm scared that after a HT my donor zone will look too depleted and different with such short hair, of course i'd do the SMP even in the donor zone but my opinion on SMP over scar tissue isn't clear yet... For now i can't complain and i'd advice any of you guys to go for a SMP if you are wondering if it's the right choice for you... Men's Ink is in Milan, Italy, but they also works in Spain sometimes, they have been the best IMO in terms of realisticity and they have fair prices compared to others famous brands
  6. Assuming you go with a top tier surgeon, would it avoid the big noticeable scarring? Assuming you're going with a small punch and an experienced surgeon with a not enorumus amount of grafts (3-4 k) maybe done in 2 sessions, wouldn't it work to replicate the result of this guy? OK the look will be much thinner but also that mm or two of hair make the difference Imo, and also, should the donor area scarring be a problem for a shaved head? I mean, with SMP what's the problem in hiding the scars? The best results could be obtained Imo if you cut very short the sides (everyday at the bone) and you leave 1-2 to max 3 mm on the top, although I know that filling the tiny dots with the ink could be more difficoult than regular skin... Also the ridging of the scalp on the top is scary... So you don't advice to go for an hair transplant in short
  7. The best cases of course occurs when people still have some native hair, so the pigment will blend better and the final results will be darker, this is the perfect treatment for a diffuse thinner, what would you think of a very low density hair transplant with like 20-25 grafts in the hairline and midscalp to have a thicker, better and more realistic hairline and even less grafts for the crown zone like 15 grafts/cm^2 ? Would it give the illusion of a darker head? And also, the fastidious shine would go away I guess or at least reduce, that's the annoying thing about SMP, when you are below harsh light, the shiness is noticeable without hair... So a person could potentially have a 4000-4500-5000 grafts all over the head, let the hair grow 2-3 mm and have a better illusion and a darker head that would appear an hairy head even with harsh light and the night, what's your thought on this?
  8. I'm looking for some pics to understand how does 20 grafts x cm^2 looks like or 25 grafts x cm^2, because I think it is the density i could expect from my donor zone to cover my nw6/7 area, still looking for some results of HT + Low density SMP
  9. Hi, great work, as melvin said i'm interested in seeing more pics of FUE + SMP if avaiable as my goal is to keep a buzzcut. I'm italian and i live 300 kms from Milan, gonna check your website for sure!
  10. I'm still on minoxidil, never stopped, minox 8% liquid twice a day, can't do more than that, not gonna spend other thousand dollars for a laser cap, lots of people haven't had any results
  11. Thanks for your answer, i tried topical Fin for a while and then my nipples became enormous, I started to develop gynecomastia and I got also ED, had a bad time with the girls at the time, also I got a bad depression and fatigue, same thing with the oral version, I tried 1 mg, 0.5, then 0.25, then 0.25 every other day and then 0.25 mg every 3 days, same sides, I don't want to deal with that situation again. Minoxidil stopped to work because now I am shaved 0 guard and I lost almost every hair you see in the pics, temples went back and density went downhill, i'll post a recent pic of one week ago, I just had these pics to show the donor hair with long hair since now I'm shaved 0 guard. Minoxidil stopped working 100% sure because I lost a big amount of hair, the pics I posted in the first post were from less than 1 year ago, so in the lest few months this is the results, I already consider myself a nw6/7,that's why i:m planning everything as a nw6/7...but let the pics talks for me, retrograde is highly unlikely as I checked ALL my parents history and all of them are NW6.
  12. Hello guys, I'm trying to find some answer to my questions and after spending days and days behind this forum, i'd say i'm still dubious about what to do... I'd say my pattern is a NW6/NW7, i'm losing my hair now, but my thinning is all over, i can't tolerate finasteride, minoxidil stopped to work, so i am dealing with the fact that i'll be soon a NW6/NW7. My general idea is that covering a NW7 is difficoult, expecially with my donor hair, i'll attach some pics of my donor and current hair. Anyway, since my grandpa was around a nw6 at 30, my uncle is nw6 and my dad is nw5v heading to a NW6 and the fact that my hair are thinning in that same exact pattern, i know what can i expect in the next few years... So obviously i started to do some research, Melvin's results are so motivational but i suspect my hair loss area is bigger and probably even my donor area isn't as good as his, even tho i have a small head, i think my total NW7 pattern could be 200 square centimeters or less because i also wore the smallest size for helmets and caps. Since i shaved my head i'd say i could accept this look if i can cope and give the illusion of a full head, that's why i started to get interested in SMP, after some videos i realized that the "darkest" and better results that i would like to achieve looks fake in extensive norwood if you don't have any hair underneath, so i started to look for some results online and i found just few results, one of the most interesting ones is the following: Click here This gentleman has had only 2000 grafts to cover a NW4v area, with an average density of 18 grafts/cm^2 which is good in combination with an SMP, i think his results are good and he has achieved a great illusion of a shaved head, that low density grafts solved some problems, for example, the shine that SMP gives, the 3D effect, so you can shave every few days instead of everyday, because even if your hair will grow, you can blend them with SMP and have a great look.... and also the touch sensation... often girls touches my head, i'd be embarassed if a girl touches my head and she feels hair only on the sides. I personally don't like his hairline, i'd be less conservative and i'll go for a lower hairline since with that density you have less problem using donor hair. Of course thinking about having the same style for the rest of your life kinda sucks, i'm only 23 and i'll be the same for the rest of my life, but i feel like i don't have much choice... I'm gonna have some online consulation with some surgeons and i'll send them some pics to try to understand how many grafts they could safely extract from my donor area. Is there some tool/trick that i can use to calculate the average density of my donor area and the surface that i should cover? i'd like to do some calculations. I'd like to know what you guys think about this results, you can see the full results after 1 year in the third page. In the attachment here some pics of my donor hair
  13. Thanks for the answer, Is there a way to do your own donor area density calculation? Seems like I have the same pattern of my family, some remenent hair on the mid scalp, a small island in the fron between the temples, and a NW6/Nw7 pattern, I know that probably the best option would be to have a fut First and then FUE after, but since now I'm shaved and I kinda like it, I would like to have the option to shave my head one day, and with Scalp Micropigmentation I could cover the little white scars done by the FUE procedure, I can't say the same about FUT, it is still a debate on me... With FUT I could probably extract more hair, but is it the trade of not being able to shave your hair in case your density won't be enough worth it? The other option I was thinking about is to extract as many donor hair as possible and then do a FUE with body hair to refill the donor area, if you keep your donor area short, it wouldn't be that much of a problem Imo... Do you guys think this is a norwood 6 pattern or a Norwood 7 pattern?
  14. This is my head 1 week after shaving at 0 guarda, is this thinning pattern a Norwood 7 pattern or Norwood 6 pattern? How does my donor area looks like? @Melvin-Moderator seems like you have less crown loss, too bad I can't tolerate finasteride or other Antiandrogens
  15. What to do if you already know it will end up badly? Still a nw2.5 at 24 with diffuse thinning all over the top till a nw6/Nw7 pattern... Considering a series of Hair transplant, I don't know if I'll have enough donor tho
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