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Guys, no worries. Have a good one 🙂

You sure did a very well choice with BF. I'll ask about the density and get back to you as soon as I get an answer.

@botchedguy95 and @Otis james thanks for your nice words.

True. But actually this would be to much effort for me atm and the price-graft ratio probably would be over the moon. In case my hairloss will progress a little over the next years behind the transplanted area I'd be fine with a touch-up as a very conservative seconds operation. For me there's ne need to rush right now - I'll wait for BF final reply. Thanks for your assessment

Yep, it could always (no matter how good the result is) be "better". But a hair transplant is in the end just an illusion of having a (partially) full head of hair. There's physically not enough hair in most donors to reconstruct "natural density" from your twenties and that shouldn't be the goal either. Still I don't want to sound like I'm complaining - I'm not. To be fair, BF always said from the beginning a second operation might be needed to finalize the outcome. I'm waiting for his final check. But so far I'm very happy with the fact that I went to Portugal, to Bruno.

Thank you for your last answers. Attached you will find the final result after 1 year and 1 month. Overall, I am happy with the result. I would have liked a slightly higher density in the hairline, but I am more than happy for the next few years that's for sure. I can wear hairstyles that were absolutely impossible before. The exchange with BF has always been there to this day - excellent. 3 pictures unstyled and in rather unfavorable lighting conditions. 3 images styled with wax in the same lighting conditions. Thanks to everyone for supporting my journey. Wouldn't be in this position without this forum!

It was a suggestion from BF, I didn't question it.

Dear @Calihome1, thank you for your honest feedback. I know exactly what you are referring to. I have a few spots that are a bit lacking in density. As I mentioned, I see these myself, but for now I'm fine with it. I'm even starting to notice "imperfections" in other people's hair that I never would have noticed before. Some of us (myself included) are probably looking for something almost unattainable because we are so extremely focused on our hair situation. If it's a perfect result is very subjective I'd say, but I am 100% satisfied with the naturalness. Thanks everyone else for their feedback!!

Hello all, lately I haven't really had the time or the will to update my status. Not much has really changed. Note from my side, I had to stop using Fin temporarily since 2 months due to personal circumstances. So far no acceleration of hair loss, but of course I'm worried. Will probably start again in 1-2 months. For me the (probably more or less final) result is a big improvement compared to before. I have much more freedom after sports, swimming or in bad weather without worrying about the hairstyle. There are good days and not so good days, sometimes I'm very happy and sometimes I think, hmm, maybe a little touch-up wouldn't be wrong. Either way, I find the result very natural and now I just hope to maintain this status for years, better decades. Cheers and thanks for the feedback so far.

Today it's 7 and a half months since the operation.

Hi Sitries, as I said, I am already very satisfied with the result after 7 months. Thanks to BF. You are probably right. I mean, your result is exceptional. In your case (you are a perfectionist, no offense :-)) I can definitely understand the reasons for a second transplant. Still your your case, obviously the first one, really supported my decision to go with BF. Personally, I wouldn't take the risk of using the amount of grafts of 2 HTs for the first third. I would say that my hairloss is a bit more aggressive than yours, and even if Fin works quite well - you never know if you might have to stop at some point. For most a HT is the illusion of a full head of hair.

Sure, I will post a couple more photos in the following weeks.

Attached is my current status of month 7. At the moment I can't find the time to take really optimal photos. As soon as I have more time, I will upload more comparable photos again. Overall, I am very satisfied with the result so far. From my point of view, the result couldn't be more natural. But I think it lacks just a bit of density (comparing with the grafts that have been implanted), but I'm not complaining. The HT is still a huge positive change to my personal well-being. BF said about 2 months ago that I should expect improvements until month 10-12. And I know that is the main consensus here. But for around 1.5 months I hardly see any changes, so I would be really surprised if something will change from now on. Edit: I added a couple more close-ups.

Update: 5.5 months Cheers everyone and thanks for your feedbacks!

@FallenIdol I didn't mean to sound ungrateful. You are right. There is nothing for me to complain about at this point. But the journey after a HT has simply put me in a situation of endless uncertainty. At least that's how it feels. Anyway, this forum is a great support to get through all the stages after a HT. So thank you all!