Dillpickle123

Wow looks really good 

12 hours ago, Gatsby said:

The only good one was the original who performed the first hair transplant in Australia in 1967. Dr Richard Sheill. Even in the days of plugs, etc, he was a gentleman and was responsible for knocking me back when I considered jumping out of the pan and back into the fire in 1990. His words were 'If you offered me one million dollars I wouldn't do it and if I did you would live to regret it.' He was also involved in repairing some of the scars in my donor and removed a couple of plugs that remained after I had the two surgeries from 1985 removed by a plastic surgeon. It was also Dr Sheill's who recommended and helped organize for me to look at wearing a hair piece which I did and as a result I was able to get on with my life.

Wow thanks for this is good to hear about the history of transplant and that one of the first was indeed very ethical 

There seems to be a good market in Australia for ht I wonder why there’s never been a good one? Haha the day there is they’ll get all the business 

1 year update?

2 hours ago, LostAndFound said:

Thanks.

wondering if anyone compared these Belgian surgeons and also how do they compare to the Portugese/Spanish name mentioned above?

Yes they’re def comparable in quality 

I went with mwamba last I saw it was 3€ shaved and 4 unshaved I did unshaved 

If your going to Belgium to consult you might as well consult with lupanzula, feriduini and mwamba as you go for bisangas clinic 

The crown will be done later?

Yes take finasteride to stop any further loss, use rogaine everyday to stimulate hair follicles maybe you can even get regrowth but will have to keep using it, as for a transplant I would consult with dr pitella, eugenix they’re the best for high norwoods there’s a patient like you that was able to achieve a buzzcut look recently I’ll tag it 

4 hours ago, garcimore75 said:

Thank you everyone, quick update here at 135 days post op.

So I went to my barber and got my first "haircut" in like 6 years. It is amazing what a good haircut can achieve. I don't need the hair fibers anymore. I rather fade it from back to top, make hair appear thicker than what they actually are and I find it quite cool. 

I think I will probably stick with that haircut while waiting for the second hair transplant for my crown. (I will consider it around the 1 year mark to see the full result of the first hair transplant)

I am really delighted with how things are going, even if I am always able to find something wrong since I have never taken that many pictures of my head haha, I guess I am just impatient to see the final result.

From top and back perspective you can see that hairs are still thin and patchy but definitely growing and filling the bald spot compare to last month.  

Anyway, overall I am so happy !!!! I am excited to see how things will go in the next few months. 

Here are the pictures: 

 

 

The high bald fade looks good and def makes the top look fuller

Dr Nader or hmr look no further those are the only 2 in Mexico 

Hi I’m younger then you a lot of ppl here will tell you not to get it unless

1. your on finasteride and it’s stopped your hair-loss

2. you don’t go crazy with your design 

3. you use a conservative amount of grafts 

like others have said 2k grafts seems about right for a transplant but you need to get your donor checked to see the capacity 

Yea I can always go for a small fue donor looks excellent and that was the major thing and my case wasn’t as easy as it looks considering the vitiligo and the telogen effluvium 

1 hour ago, duckling said:

@Dillpickle123 Growth is slow but its gonna look great by month 6,7. The dry hair images show that so many small hairs are growing. In 3 months they will be of desired length and you can cut your existing hair a little shorter to match their length.

By looking at thread i can say that apart from your hairline rest part of your scalp don't show much thinning , except the area just behind your native hairline (the mid part).

You could have surely added little more grafts there if you went for shaved fue. If meds help you then no issues and also your hairline is gonna hide it easily in next 5-6 months but maybe a 400 more in those 2 days was possible to match the density little more. But is guess i am just thinking greedy here . Just suggesting btw 🙂 . 

Yea I wanted to transplant there but I have vitiligo there causing white skin and hair there and Dr mwamba didn’t want to inflame it further only a few grafts were placed in there it looks thinner right now since I haven’t dyed it apparently the density is decent but since the the hair is basically colorless under his microscopic analysis it was deemed to be not balding 

2 hours ago, rambo man said:

Looks good mate

Thanks Rambo hope growth is going well for you too!

5 hours ago, JDB89 said:

Thanks all, really pleased so far. Same as everyone I am dreading the shed but buzzing for the final position. 

My final graft numbers were:

440 single 

940 double 

670 multiple 

Total :2050 grafts

1700 in the hairline with remainder in the crown.

I switched to oral min in Jan, which if nothing else is helping my beard growth! I've managed to take the top line of my beard about 1cm higher in that period.

Currently undecided between letting the whole lot grow out vs keeping it all buzzed until the recipient starts to regrow and thicken...

I personally grew it out I did the no show method where only the donor was shaved the top was left as is 

6 hours ago, Spring15 said:

You have similar hair texture to mine, thick & curly - Great hair transplant characteristics apparently. Good luck pal

Same your hair looks similar to mine too same amount of grafts good luck!

Pictures with dry hair 

Any pictures 

7 minutes ago, Gatsby said:

Looking good @Dillpickle123 for five months! Your donor looks excellent and over the next couple of months things will just keep getting better! Thanks for sharing! 👌💯

Thanks def awaiting the hair explosion 💥 soon

Month 5 update:

Have seen more growth in the hairline still many tiny hairs sprouting! Slow but steady growth every day many tiny hairs that need to catch up pictures are with wet hair and harsh lighting, donor looks great doesn’t feel thinner still taking fin daily so far optimistic for the next few months I plan on cutting my hair when the hairline starts looking fuller 

23 hours ago, Surf said:

Thanks for posting this. I had a very similar number of grafts and I’m about 4-5 months through as well, with growth at a similar stage. You can see so many people posting their results at 5 months where they look like they’ve got nearly a full hairline, so it’s good to see some other people who are going through a more reasonable growth rate! 

Exactly! 5 months should represent about 40 percent growth some ppl have outstanding growth at month 5-6 but I’m also aware that it’s not the norm 

On 4/4/2023 at 9:43 AM, JP28 said:

How is it growing man? 

Decently there’s a bit more growth then 4 months will be posting pictures of progress in about a week still see a lot of smaller hairs trying to grow outline is very clear now some hairs are getting length now 

I wish Bay Area surgeons participated in this as I know we have to keep going to receive the scar treatment