TheDarkHour

6 months

5 months post op. More of the same. Looks fairly thick now and is blending in quite well. Just waiting for the transplanted hair to be a bit longer so I can get all my hair evened out at the barbers. Also started doing my old hairstyle again (see last pic).

€3.5

4 months post-op. Everything is coming along nicely. Just wish my hair grew faster so I could go back to my old hairstyle . Hoping the left temporal point will thicken up in the coming months.

It's coming along nicely. Has definitely thickened up and is blending in with my existing hair. Photos from a little above 3 months below. Last pic is from today (3.5 months). Will update on the 4th month mark (early next month).

Just got my blood test results back and most of my hormones fall in the normal range besides DHT and Prolactin. My LH is also slightly high. Should I use topical fin? I know it doesn't really affect LH and Prolactin but my DHT is borderline low. Or should I consider Fluridil? See pics for my hormone levels. I've taken 1mg oral finasteride (everyday) in the past and experienced side effects which is why I'm very hesitant to use it again. Planning to use 0.025% topical finasteride 3x a week for at least the first 2 months and then may move up to using it everyday.

One month post-op. Shedding begun around this stage. The lighting made it look a lot better than it actually did. ~6 weeks post-op. Shedding fully kicked in at this stage. 10 weeks post-op. Looks a lot better at this stage. Not sure if this is regrowth or my non-shedded hair just grew out. My transplanted hair definitely looks like it's starting to blend in with my existing hair. Sorry about the difference in lighting quality, it gets dark pretty early in the UK nowadays. Will be posting future photos during nightime with my room light. These photos were also taken by my selfie cam and I don't have the steadiest hands, hence the slightly blurry pics. Will update with better photos in a couple of weeks.

So you five months post op? Can you upload a photo of how you hair currently looks now?

Would you guys recommend RU58441 instead? Side effect profile seems low anecdotally. Yeah, I'm planning to use 0.25% topical 3x a week and then move up from there. May even consider oral 0.25mg once my hair grows out. Been using oral min for the past 9 months but haven't seen any regrowth. Also visited the doctor recently who said I don't have gyno, just a bit of chest fat. Hopefully the risk of me getting gyno is low.

Would a test that produces results like this be reliable enough to determine my hormone levels?

Beisides Pyrilutamide and GT20029, I don't think there's any upcoming treatments in the near future. I guess you could experiment with RU58441. There's also Verteporfin which is being experiemented with to regenerate donor hair.

Do you take anything for your hair?

Since estrogen consists of estrone, estradiol, and estriol, would testing just the main hormone, estradiol be suffucient?

I'm on the verge of deciding between finasteride or RU, but I'd like to establish my baseline hormone levels before starting either treatment. Some recommendations suggest testing around 20 hormones to determine baseline levels, but this could be quite costly, especially if I plan to retest later to assess the impact of finasteride or RU. Additionally, being in the UK, it seems that only testosterone testing is available through the NHS. I've found a package from Medichecks that covers testosterone, free testosterone, estradiol, and DHT for approximately £200. Would this be sufficient, or should I consider testing other hormones as well?

Isn't it acidic though?