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Hairline is not as good as some of the other elite doctors on this forum. Overall, satisfied with my results though. Feel free to PM me

Does anyone do this: Using topical fin/min every other day and then using topical minoxidil foam in between? Any harm if I started this routine?

4 month update: Started noticing growth at 2.5 months. Those first 2.5 months were tough though. I was still skeptical about HT, even though I am part of this community. I can now say I am a firm believer in HT after seeing the progress myself. These pictures were taken in the morning:

I can kinda relate to OP. I felt that way when I got FUE, but I got over it. There is a certain angle and a certain length of hair that will expose your FUE procedure. Only you know that. It will be impossible for the people who are in your daily life to even notice anything. Even if you took a photo from that ankle (just like what you did here), it still hard to tell. I had my wife take a photo of the back of my head 2 weeks post op and my donor looked good on the photo and I asked her if the photo is really what she sees in person and she said “yes.” However if i looked in the wall mirror and used a hand held mirror to get a closer look, it will definitely look like something got done. People aint gonna look at your donor the way how you look at your donor.

Interesting!

I’m hoping all the early growth are from the transplanted hairs and not from the medication. Hard to tell at this point. Hopefully someone can chime in about that. Glad I’m passed the ugly duckling phase though.

First picture is pre-op photo. Second picture is my 10 week post op photo. Both pictures were taken in the same room, same lighting condition, and same camera phone.

Just wanted to give a quick update. I’m a little over 2 months post op. I would say at least 90% of the grafts have shedded by now. Redness on the recipient area is gone by now. I am at a very confusing stage in this process. I’ve been on oral fin for the past 6 months and topical min for the past month. I started shedding the past week and not sure from which medication (maybe both?). I’m also starting to see very thin/fine (almost like peach fuzz) hair sprouting out of my recipient area. I’m not sure if the hairs are from the medication or transplanted hair. I also see just a few thicker caliber hair that is sprouting out. I know for sure those are the transplanted hair. I know it’s still early. Just wanted to check in.

Is it safe to use topical minoxidil at this point?

This is spot on

At the 10 day mark when the scabs were all gone, the density level looked good. Once the recipient area is fully matured, does it return to that density level or does it become denser?

Do you have any pictures?

I’m at 4 weeks today. I probably shed at least 75% of my recipient hair by now. Have I hit the ugly duckling stage yet? Huge difference of emotions from day 10-14 to now. Lol I’ve been looking at some of the bald spots in the recipient area and asking myself “is hair really gonna grow out from there?” Does anyone have any advice on how to make the recipient area more presentable? Anyways trying to stay positive and grind this out for the next few months. Thanks for all the feedback and comments so far.

I’m about 3 weeks today and shaved my donor area to a #1. I would say under most lighting conditions, it looks good. Can definitely tell a difference under my bathroom lighting. I know it’s still early. Also the shedding is no joke!

I think you guys are right, nothing to worry about. I took a closer look at these type of hair grafts last night. I noticed some of these grafts gets bent after showering and it just lays flat on the recipient area, especially when wet. So when these grafts shed, you get the j-shaped grafts.