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Your two months is looking more like four!!! At just over two months now for me it feels like I can see the key to open this prison. It’s all growth from here on @Bandit90. 👊🏻

Can you share pics in excellent lighting of your scalp from above, the sides and from behind.

I would recommend that you should be guided by your doctor/dermatologist when taking this. Personally I started on 2.5mg a day for three months and then upped the dose to 5mg a day by my dermatologist. I’ve been on this regimen now for a year and a half (?). My native and transplanted hair as well as my beard feels thicker and stronger and I believe stays in the anagen phase longer. I haven’t experienced any side effects and for someone who cannot take Finasteride, oral minoxidil has been a God send. 🙏

@Kraki77 everyone is different in terms of their rate of growth. Slow and steady wins the race!👊

At week six you are in the ugly duckling phase where the transplanted hair will be shedding. It's impossible to tell how your results will turn out. You need to be patient before you can see how your hair looks and give it 'at least' six months before making any judgement and really twelve months is when you can call it so to speak. Stay on the medication you are taking and give that frontal area more time. All the best!

I really like how Dr Kesser left your native hair in the midpoint of the hairline to give it a more natural result. There are though some multi grafts in the temples and hairline however. The growth and your donor is looking excellent for only five months. You have plenty of time ahead of you for even more growth and thickening up of your hair.

At 26 you need a surgeon who is well versed with Norwood 6/7 patients over the lifespan. That to me means Dr Pittella, Dr Zarev and Dr Sethi. If the cost is a problem then I would not risk having surgery so young. I would definitely suggest you try finasteride and minoxidil (I'm not a doctor) prior to surgery to try and stabilize your hair loss. Wishing you all the best!

Two months to me is like being in prison post op. It's the worst time post op in my opinion. For only two months @Shawnintheusa everything seems to be going to plan. Thanks for sharing and I look forward to your updates! All the best!

You will be fine @Mike1212321312. 👍

Three thousand grafts unfortunately would be more appropriate for a Norwood 3. I like the conservative hair line design which does frame the face. You could consider a second pass with another surgeon. If so I would recommend a scalp biopsy just to rule out any health conditions with the scalp.

This ^ should on every patient's consultation question list! 👊

Very full looking result. Do you have pics of the hairline?

This is looking excellent @Otis james and you're only at two months! 🤩 A really soft and natural hairline. Enjoy the stag night! 👊

Yes

You could use oral minoxidil if you're talking around a year off finasteride.