KJ123456

Hey guys.  I’m at a bit of a weird stage in my HT journey.

i honestly feel like I preferred my look at 7 months to now (almost 12 months).  I think that’s maybe due to the fact that I’ve gone from a terrible hairline, to an improved one but then ‘demand’ more.  I have to look back on old photos to fully appreciate the transformation but it’s still strange.

I was wearing my hair ‘up’ and over to the side like a parting but whenever I go anywhere with intense lighting (eg in a changing room in clothes shop) it looks like I have 20% hair and I’m aLmost bald.  I don’t think it’s helped by my hair being extremely ‘fine’ anyway (barbers have always commented on that) and maybe I need either more transplanted hair, or the micro tattoo things to imitate dark hair roots.

ive started to wear my hair forward with a fringe, as harsh lighting does not affect that style and it looks ‘full’.

anyone else get like this?? 

14 hours ago, yesplease said:

Clearly a tremendous improvement. 
 

That said, “before” photo is in harsh, bright lighting with the hair soaking wet amd brushed straight back.
 

”After” is in flattering lighting, dry and styled.

 

Would be super helpful to see an after shot with the hair wet, brushed back and in bright lighting. Just in terms of really getting a feel for before/after. 

6 minutes ago, yesplease said:

Don’t get me wrong. Not trying to be accusatory, if that’s how it sounded. Agree that the wet hair, combed back is a super honest illustration of the true state of things, both before and after. Si is a top down shot. 

No not at all.  Just asking valid questions.  I guess this is the problem with photos on forums.  You’re only ever going to see ‘real results’ when you meet someone in person (before and after).  I get that ‘harsh lightning’ is the best way to see results, but at the same time we don’t walk around in harsh lightning all the time.  So it’s both a true reflection of results at the same time as being a poor reflection of how we would look in real life.  
 

ill try and remember to take that pic tomorrow 👍🏻

2 hours ago, yesplease said:

Looking great!

 

Early on you mentioned that your were considering starting fin. Did you ever take that plunge? 

No I didn’t in the end.  Going to see if I suffer any further loss then consider it 

This was me during lockdown btw.  Can you see why I took the plunge?! 😂

17 minutes ago, yesplease said:

Clearly a tremendous improvement. 
 

That said, “before” photo is in harsh, bright lighting with the hair soaking wet amd brushed straight back.
 

”After” is in flattering lighting, dry and styled.

 

Would be super helpful to see an after shot with the hair wet, brushed back and in bright lighting. Just in terms of really getting a feel for before/after. 

My previous haircut was a ‘cover up’ so it was difficult to see the extent of hair loss the way it was styled.  I thought the wet pics would have provided a better idea of actual hair loss areas .

I’ll take a pic with wet pulled back hair tomorrow for reference.

Out of interest, the last pic I posted was under the same harsh lighting (spotlights in a bathroom) but I take your point on not being a true comparison. 

Coming up to 9 months and decided on a new style.  The world is my oyster 🤣

4 hours ago, RandoBrando517 said:

Would love to see how the donor looks as well you’ve got a dream result

To be honest, you couldn’t see anything in donor area after about day 10 

On 7/9/2021 at 6:01 PM, follically challenged said:

Looks great! 

Are there any professional pics that Farjo took..? Normally they document cases with the utmost transparency, so it would be cool to see super clear photos if possible...

Also, did they give you the option to bring the temples in, or was it not even suggested?

Dr Farjo did take plenty of pre-op photos and I guess he’ll be doing more when I go for final check-up.

Temples weren’t really discussed.  I was more than happy with the hairline once drawn on though. 

On 6/12/2021 at 1:02 AM, rocktitan said:

Awesome result KJ!

Density looks great.  Especially for 2000 grafts.

Did Farjo ever mention the size of your recipient area? 70 cm2?

Sorry for late reply.  No recipient area wasn’t discussed but it was pretty significant IMO 

Ok so maybe the final pic for a while as I’m sure people will be getting sick of me by now 😆 but really pleased with this one...

58 minutes ago, Yoo said:

Amazing result, buzzing for you mate, the hairline is so natural.

It was  your post that made me book with Farjo in the end, so thanks for posting. The big day next Thursday and a similar amount of grafts. 

Completely empathise with the wind thing, for me it’s always the first corner I turn out of any building 😂

Enjoy the rest of the growing!

Ah you’re in good hands with Dr Farjo and his team.  You’ll spend months doubting everything, thinking that your case is the one that doesn’t work, but you have to be patient.  Easy for me to say who questioned everything 😆.  Good luck on your journey 

41 minutes ago, Melvin-Moderator said:

Damn man that’s an amazing result! Congratulations 👏🏼

Thanks for that! I’m really pleased with the results.  I especially like the fact that I can just smile when it’s windy, gone are the day’s of moving my whole body position to get the wind to blow my hair in the right direction (ie not letting the ‘cover up’ hair look like a wig blowing in the wind!!) 😆

Coming up to 7 months so thought I’d share a couple of pics 

Fantastic result so far.  What a transformation!  I must have had my surgery a month after yours (also by Dr Farjo) and I’m equally as pleased with my results. 

Just had my haircut and I’m really pleased with results to date.  I’ve included a before/after pic for reference 

1 hour ago, Egy said:

The hairline is very natural, I like it.

Thanks man!  I really liked Dr Farjo’s drawing of the hairline pre-op and really pleased with the post-op result too.  Looking forward to the next few months! 

Just over 5 months and definitely seeing significant growth now!  A few pics in various lighting.

The pic with the flash on is probably misleading as I still have a ‘cover up’ haircut so the transplanted hair is being heavily supported by existing hair.  On the other pics I’ve tried to pull the existing hair back to show the actual transplanted hair. 

This stage is really strange.  On one hand I look at the pic above and think it looks great and ‘full’ then under harsh lighting it looks bald with a few sparse hairs here and there.  Just wondering how normal this is? 
 

Just under 2 weeks off the 5 month stage and thought I’d post an update 

20 hours ago, JohnAC71 said:

Your right at the beginning of your growth, so this is looking good 😌 improvement since the last pics for sure. And the best months are now ahead. Ugly duckling phase is in the rear view mirror 🙏

Thanks John! 

16 hours ago, pkipling said:

I love stumbling across a thread that has about 4 months of updates by the time I see it. Lol. Lots of instant gratification for me - something you probably wish you had more of with your hair transplant, I see.   Chiming in to say that you A) you seem to be right on track, B) my redness lingered in much the same way yours has been and it eventually completed went away, C) the work immediately post-op looked extremely clean/sophisticated, and D) I suspect you're about to turn a corner and start seeing some solid improvements over the next couple of months.  

Hey, thanks a lot for your reply.  It’s really helpful.  You kind of try and compare your own case to others that you’ve seen but when someone is drawing a direct comparison to their own results, it’s a huge help. 
 

Can’t wait for the next couple of months’ results ! 

Thought I’d share a few pics at 17 weeks / 4 Months.

it’s strange as in darker lights, my hair is starting to look thicker with less visible ‘scalp’ but it still looks extremely thin and sparse in harsh lighting.  I’m hoping things thicken up over the next few weeks (maybe months).

On 2/10/2021 at 10:44 PM, RandoBrando517 said:

Looks normal for the time frame, there’s a guy here who completely crapped on his surgeon and then got an insane result. Easier said than done. I’m sure I’ll be freaking out too.

Wow.  I can understand people (like myself) starting to doubt things but to blame the surgeon before waiting it out is pretty harsh.  They obviously didn’t count to 10!