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Gatsby

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  1. Generally a clinic will ask you of any conditions/allergies that you may have. A blood test, blood pressure, etc should be taken pre op. Always disclosr any health problems, etc to a clinic/doctor before surgery. All the best.
  2. @Singh1276 for six months your hair is looking really full. Still another six months of growth and maturing. 👊🏻
  3. Is that by choice? If you are considering a hair transplant you will benefit from medication in preserving your existing native hair.
  4. @Ake for only four months your results are excellent. No one here in Australia could give you a result (even at only four months) like this. I don't know if it would make a difference but you could try the 2% Nizoral. Already from the pics your donor looks great. Plenty more growth ahead of you. I'm a huge fan of Dr Laorwong and a great option for many Aussies. Happy growing. 👌
  5. The biggest link is that working out (weight resistance training) increases your own testosterone levels. So it potentially 'will' increase your DHT levels. However this should never be a reason to not work out. The jury is even out if creatine will have a flow on effect to your DHT enough to affect your hair based on one poorly designed study on a small group of rugby players back in 2009 (?). I'm back at the gym and loving it. I think if you train hard and eat a nutritious diet you will be better off al round. Health really should be our number one goal. 👊
  6. @Frosted Flaked this is an excellent write up. Ignore the unsupportive posters. This result needs more time and more grafts. A second pass will make a huge difference being a Norwood 7. Even after 8700 odd grafts in my first procedure it wasn’t until my second procedure matured that things really kicked off. Until then keep growing away. Fibers can always be your friend. 👌👊🏻
  7. Starting to fill in. Many months ahead to look forward to. 👊🏻
  8. Yes since the packages came in it does become a little confusing. However I think it is designed to offer a hair transplant to those who can’t afford paying the prices of Dr Sethi and Dr Arika.
  9. This is exactly why medication should always be the first choice in treating MPB. Compare these pics to where you started @Ccd99. 👌
  10. I would definitely just let your growth play out until the final month. I pictured that you had a lot of grafts that needed removing.
  11. I would wait until 8 months also. I have a similar rounded corner also. In order to hide my hairline scar it was necessary to do so.
  12. I would seriously be guided by your surgeon's advice. So many surgeons could have just taken your money and left you in a really bad place.
  13. @FredMitch I actually like Dr Mani Mital who is very patient focused. I would be recommending that you shave your head but you have already tried that and don't like it. What are your goals with surgery? What are your expectations from a hair transplant/s? At 24 surgery will not be a one and done and you need a surgeon who is planning for the future. All the best.
  14. @hairman4321 what are your goals? To forget about hair or to keep it. I feel it’s best to retransplant these finite grafts back into receding or weak spots rather than waste them.
  15. @Noble001. You don’t get results at three months. You get results at one year. How good your hair looks before the end of the ugly duck phase is irrelevant. You need to wait at least 6 months before even to get an idea of where your heading. Even then you still have another six months before you can your results. The good thing is that you are staying on your medication to stabilize your hair from future loss. I think you just need to do more research on the process of hair transplantation. All the best man and stay on the medication religiously. You’ve got this. 👊🏻
  16. I’m not being ‘unpatriotic’ or I have it in for Australian doctors. What I am ‘unpatriotic’ or have it in for are terrible results. Over the past 39 years now I have had consultations with all of the so called ‘elite’ Australian surgeons going back to Dr Richard Shiels who performed the first hair transplant in the early 1960’s up to today’s chain clinics. I’ve met with ex patients of Dr Jayaprakash and Dr Knudsen and the planning is non existent and the hairlines are full of doubles and I could just keep going on. Dr Laorwong in BKK is an excellent choice and far cheaper than the surgeons here with great patient results you can view here. Of course their are other elite surgeons overseas but this is at least a much safer and cheaper option than here in Australia
  17. I've been on oral minoxidil 5mg per day for well over a year now. To date I haven't noticed any side effects. Other people however may and will experience side effects. I guess coming off the drug without changing anything else (dieting, exercise changes, etc) should show you if the minoxidil is causing the weight gain. Wishing you all the best!
  18. Personally and from my own experience I would first look at SMP. Later you could also have FUE into the strip itself. All the best.
  19. In short, like all aspects of hair transplantation, the skill and the artistry lies with the surgeon. Look for patient results who have had great crown work and then see who the surgeon is that performed this. Be guided by genuine patient results and not geography or price or other variables outside of the skill reflected in the results. All the best.
  20. How did the doctor come to this finding? Is this your first procedure? Do you have scarring on your body elsewhere? Did you inform the doctor of this information? Just trying to clarify.
  21. @Portugal I would definitely be guided by your doctor/specialist on this. All the best.
  22. You have had a great response to the meds. However looking for one hair transplant based purely on price could cost you much more in the long run. The surgeons in Turkey you have chosen though are good ones. But rarely is surgery a one and done over the lifespan.
  23. If you were on TRT (and I’m assuming it’s a health requirement for you) then to be honest I wouldn’t have had a hair transplant two weeks ago.
  24. The donor scalp hair is finite. I would not destroy these grafts. I would have them reimplanted in any weak areas or to strengthen the hairline further back. Wherever the surgeon feels is best.
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