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Never decide on a hair transplant if it is based on a strict budget. History has shown that you will spend many times the cost of your original budget to repair the initial procedure (not to mention the psychological loss). You need to have a plan from the very beginning based on your hair supply/demand ratio over the life span. You need to work backwards and not look at the costs in the rear view mirror, but through the windscreen of where you are going with this in the final result. Research, research and more research. All the best.

Just following this thread now and the results of a hair transplant (one that is a state of the art result) would mirror what you have achieved by going down the medication path alone! I would stick with what you are doing religiously!!!! If that means increasing doses, switching to dutasteride under medical supervision, etc, etc, then stay the course assuming side effects are controllable. A hair transplant is a last resort. Currently you have no scars, no failed procedures, no over harvested donor areas, you are not left as a repair case, etc! Any and all of these scenarios we have all seen too often before. What you currently have, which would be a potential hair transplant candidate's 'dream come true' is a natural looking head of hair!!!!! No hair transplant would surpass what you have in density as well. All the best.

That journalist summarizes that from a couple of studies that hair loss could be due to anxiety, nutrition, etc from Covid 19, etc, etc. I am not disputing that Covid 19 may cause hair loss. I just think it's too early to say. Does the hair grow back if it is caused by Covid 19? I think I would be more concerned about getting Covid 19 myself.

Where is the science to back up this claim that Covid 19 results in a direct correlation to hair loss in women?

You are not alone. But firstly this is why I would never go to Turkey. I too had a hair transplant at 19. In fact I had two hair transplants 6 months apart. And they were horrible. They were punch graft procedures that look like 'doll's hair' or rows of corn fields. Your hair transplant looks natural but you really should have been rejected due to your age and it just highlights the ongoing criminality in this industry of continuing to perform hair transplants on teenagers!!!!!! But firstly you need to reach out as you have done. Feel free to pm me as I was in your exact situation at your age. The only difference was that I had the whole lot surgically taken out in a strip procedure leaving me with a horrible strip scar along the top of my forehead (not to mention the scars in the back donor region). All I wanted was 'more surgery' in the hope that it would hide the front scar (and my continuing baldness). Thank God it never happened. You need to stop for a moment and take a deep breath. Exhaust your options with finasteride and minoxidil and continue this. You have a natural result in the hairline (as opposed to plugs). Also I take it that you had FUE so you won't have horrible strip scars in the donor region. You need to also get in touch with people like Eugenix who can offer you options (other than immediate hair transplant surgery) to support you through what you are going through. You don't have only two weeks to make a decision. That's how you're feeling now because you are in a state of panic which is normal but will only end up in making bad decisions that can haunt you for the rest of your life. This response to your post doesn't allow for the range of options you need to look at (outside of surgery at this stage and age). This community is here for people exactly like you in this situation so please take advantage of it.

This looks like the start of a great result! Keep us updated and all the best!

That's fantastic news that you have found the solution for you to your hair loss to get your life back. It looks great! Take care!

I would definitely consider looking at Eugenix and the results that they have churned out. All the best!

You really need to choose someone who specializes in Norwood 6/7 patients and who has a large body of work you can see. Eugenix would easily be the best in my opinion. All the best.

🤣🤣🤣🤣 👍 Well said Zoomster (and well done on your results from your last update!!!). Yes unfortunately the latest update from our Prime Minister is that there will be no overseas travel for Australian citizens until there is a vaccine!! So by the time I get to Eugenix at this stage many of you who have had a hair transplant will be looking like ZZ Top! Anyway patience has always been one of my virtues since my first hair transplant disaster so things may change earlier than later with a bit of luck. Stay well everyone!

Zoomster what can I say? This has to be the best 'one and done' for a Norwood 6 that I have ever seen. On top of that, you have incredible coverage and naturalness, which is what every patient (regardless of where they are with their hair loss) can only aspire to. You look a good decade or more younger and you still have months ahead of you to top it all off. Very happy for you and thanks for keeping all of us updated!

Fantastic result in the vertex and crown! Well done with only using just over two and half thousand grafts to achieved a really full, natural result!

His hair appears so much fuller with only a minimum of grafts used. Well done!

Great coverage and a very natural result!

Looks brilliant! It looks 100% natural and that's why. Still some more months of growth ahead of you. If you find yourself responding well to the oral minoxidil you may not have to worry about the crown at all. Well done!

Looks very natural! Thanks for sharing!

Hi Niko, I'm from Melbourne, Australia and I have had consults with Dr Vikram and Dr Knudsen along with many other hair transplant surgeons in Australia. You have wavy/curly hair which will be an asset in your results. The FUT scar looks very clean. Did Dr Vikram tell you how many more grafts you still have available if you were wanting another procedure down the track? Thanks for sharing and I look forward to your updates.

Thanks for all the people who chimed in above. Yes the problem I see is not just being able to get a ticket out of Australia but also being able to get back into Australia. The current state of affairs is that international travel is only for special reasons (and wanting to have a transplant doesn't come under that). There is also the 14 day quarantine period at your own expense. On top of this, Australia is not letting many Aussies back into Australia at the moment. There is one Aussie guy I saw on the news that is stuck in the Philippines who does not have the virus and is willing to pay for everything. He is still waiting for an answer from the Australian government on when he can return home.

Hey everyone. I just wanted to post to see if anyone else like me is feeling a little concerned about when international travel will resume? I was hoping to book an appointment with Eugenix in early March but I had just missed the boat. That time or even just prior would have been ideal with all the lock downs going on around the world. I live in Melbourne, Australia and we are back in a lock down apart from essential services. No one has a crystal ball but I personally can't see international flights commencing for at least another year (perhaps longer)?

Great video Melvin. Thanks for sharing mate!

That's something some people need to realize. Without a donor supply you won't be able to have a hair transplant or in the case of many botched ones from Turkey even less donor to repair. You want to give yourself the maximum chance of coming out with the best results possible. That's just not going to happen if you are one of ten or more patients being worked on in just one day.

I am 100% with Melvin on this subject. Every hair transplant surgeon has performed a hair transplant that went pear shaped. Even the best of the best have. The reasons are varied right down to unrealistic expectations of the patient or not picking up mental health issues such as Body Dysmorphic Disorder, etc. A hair transplant should be your last resort and remember it is surgery. If I had to have a kidney transplant the first thoughts that would go through my mind would be issues like how successful would the outcome be? How long will it last? Will there be any scaring, how much will this cost me, etc. Yet when it comes to something that you have to live with and look at in the mirror for the rest of your life, people think of the money first! To me that's back to front thinking. 30% of most top hair transplant surgeons around the world now involves repair work (if they are lucky enough to be helped). Do your research and you find that a either a Syrian refugee or an ex barber may not be the best person to be involved in performing a hair transplant on you.

Cahustler i have just read through your thread and you are going to be kicking goals with both feet in the coming months! I gotta say that I found your thread both honest and very funny at times mate! I'm looking forward to your continuing results over the coming months as your hair continues to go from strength to strength! You're out of the ugly duckling phase and now just trust in the process. All the best!

Juri flap and other flap procedures have been outdated for good reason. Apart from punch grafts and scalp reductions they were the only other option in hair transplants back in my day as a late teen. Anyone who had either one or all three procedures today would wish they never had surgery back then! Trust me! The biggest problem with a flap procedure is that the transplanted skin graft is rotated 45 degrees or more and results in the entire skin graft now growing hair in the complete opposite direction to which it should. That, along with the risk of failure (leaving your with horrendous scars) and only covering just one area of baldness today rules out this procedure. It's beyond what you would call a hair transplant in today's vernacular and has no place in where these primitive forms of hair transplantation have evolved to today (both in terms in naturalness and unnecessary traumatic surgery).

Portugal25 from just prior to the surgery (to being slick bald in the vertex and crown) to now (at only 5/6 months in) your results so far are nothing less than amazing! Consider the amount of area that you are trying to cover. At this stage the coverage is incredible and probably even more importantly your results look incredibly natural. I really look forward to seeing further results down the track. I'm incredibly happy for you!