LondonRamen

Hey, not yet. Quite busy at the moment. I will probably wait until I get my surgery report from BF which has the pre and post surgery pictures which will be nice to compare with my photos at the beginning of my first surgery.

Good stuff! To touch on the topic about his marketing, he does actually have a lot more results on his instagram. I just realised my 10 month photos I gave to him a few months back ended up on there.

For the illusion of density you typically want 50-60grafts/cm^2 in the hairline. You can use that to get an estimate of how many grafts you need. Keep in mind though, for efficient use of the donor, sometimes the doctor will usually target a bit less (40-50 ish?) a cm or two behind the hairline since it's less important than the hairline in maintaining the illusion of density.

Can confirm what you say - i've had two with him now. Extraction and implantation is done by the doc. Not to minimize the effort of the techs though, they play a vital role. The techs sort and load. But also, they've been with him for quite a while and have good rapport/relationship with each other from what I can see so as you say, they work together very efficiently. Give it a few years and i'm sure they'll still be around and probably have more experience that some doctors out there. So if you plan on going back multiple times, I recommend learning all their names, it'll be worth your while as they're a lovely bunch

Very happy for you man. Hope it works out well. Looks like it'll be a good one.

A few more with leave in conditioner I use after showering. The slight clumping it causes does expose my scalp a bit more, but I like the overall style. But the good doctor reinforced my hairline behind the hairline on the right side for this purpose.

hey, yeah that's right. On one side behind the hairline he strengthened it a bit, as it seemed a bit more see through there. Likely an artifact of the way I comb my hair which forcefuly exposes more of my scalp on that side.

Sorry for the late update. Here's some photos I took on january 22 ~13 months The last two close up are for the follicle peepers who want to count the grafts and compare with my close up from the first post. Overall i'm very pleased. Also big news. I have just finished my second surgery today with BF for my crown work (separate post to follow). Bit of a mare at the moment as I noticed some bleeding and it looks like one of the grafts might have come out (potentially bumped my head without realising since I can't feel anything and wouldn't have realised).

For sure, there was noticeable increase in thickness going to month 8 from 7. I can't really 'feel' hairs sprout through- my scalp is not sensitive enough I just notice in the mirror my hair looks thicker. I don't generally go close in either to count the follicles or track new ones poking through. I feel like i'd go insane with paranoia if I did that regularly haha. Most of the growth was from month 6 to 7 though. That was when I achieved scalp coverage and I could no longer see through. My lack of follicular peeping means I sadly can't give an honest answer here because I don't know if the growth is from new hairs or the current hair thickening up and maturing. All I know is that even 8 months in it is still improving so looks like I may be one of the 'long growers' relative to the people who basically get complete growth 6 months in

Oooh, after digging around in my google photos album I found some extra pics pre-surgery and pre fin+min. All around the same length of hair by luck. Pre fin + min (4 years ago) Pre-surgery (around 2 years ago), when the hairloss and extra growth from going on fin+min had stabilised And then my 8 month result

Hello all, Last weekend was the 8 month date when I took photos, though just getting around to posting it now. Please have a look and let me know your thoughts. I had a little haircut and the hair length is roughly the same as it was pre-surgery so I'm pretty pleased as you can no longer see my scalp at this length whereas before you could in the pre-surgery photos (apart from my crown where I did not have surgery - to be addressed in the future). It was a bit of a gamble getting this operation as a diffuse thinner, but I think it's working out for me so pretty chuffed. Unfortunately it's hard to take the right photos that can display to you what I and others see in real life. it's pretty dense in real-life but with this newfangled computational photography some phonemakers like iphone do I find the contrast is messed around with a bit which can make things appear thinner than they are. This is my usualy style of combing my hair. Freshly washed and dried here too. The side parting I do, can make some parts look thinner and other parts thicker than they really are because of how the hair angle hits the camera so I've also done a few where it is combed straight down so you have a more realistic view of the uniformity of growth. Scalp is still hidden, so pretty good!

Congrats! Looks good and I'm looking forward to the final results!

Hey gang, sorry I haven't been updating the past couple of months. I took 6 and 7 month photos, but haven't had the chance to post get them off my phone and post them yet. This weekend it will be 8 months exactly and it's looking good and i'm pleased with the result so far. Hopefully I can find the time to post all three months in one go this weekend and give you guys an update.

Only a minor improvement (like 2%?) and is the kind that only appears if you're looking for it, and probably hard to show in static pictures. Not a difference worth fussing over as how clean, dry or what product you use in your hair has a much bigger visual effect than what I got from taking Duta. The main reason I took it was to help strengthen my hair pre-surgery and minimise shock loss. I suppose it will help me hold on to what I already have better and for longer than fin will do alone, which is more important to me than gaining density from it.

5 month Post Op Hair has become quite long in lockdown which is definitely contributing to the illusion a bit. Feels and looks thicker, especially in real life and people have commented my hair looks thicker these days. It looks a bit thinner in photos than what I see in the mirror, I suppose the bright lighting by my window in this sunny UK weather and computational photography on iPhones automatically increasing contrast doesn't really help in showing how my hair looks in normal settings. One thing I noticed is that when wet (such as applying minoxidil in the mornings) my hair no longer becomes quite transparent and whispy. It seems to mantain a reasonable a density and not look too bad when combed. Now that barbers are open again in the UK, it will be interesting to see how it looks after a light trim...