JavierMarc

Month 6 There are grafts growing now. Went through a life change past few months and havnt paid much attention to the hairs during that period. Before you know it, you can def notice some growth. Transplant site still has numbness, but has reduced from initially. Hope the numbness goes away this year. To recap this is 1500 grafts FUE in the frontal area. The hairline is from a previous procedure. Nadimis work is behind that to add some density in the frontal zone. Looking forward to month 9 and 12.

Looking forward to your progress as well, my friend. -John

Attached pic is 2.5 mo post procedure. Keep in mind front line of hair is existing and not from this procedure. Was from a previous procedure. That explains that hair being thicker. The transplant site for this right behind it. At the moment transplant Area is still numb. Donor site feels normal. Just playing the waiting game. Deciding whether I should buzz off all my hair again or just let it grow. Will likely provide another update at 4mo mark. I don't think it'll be of any value providing updates too often as changes are minimal.

The majority of transplanted hair has shed. I want to say it shed around week 2 or 3. Most of it has shed off pretty quick. The pics I just posted above (from Sept 1) prob looks more dense than it actually is as I think a lot of it is shed hair that is sitting on my head. I wasn't profusely scrubbing my head hard around that time so a lot of the loose shed hairs were prob sitting on my head. Once I upload my Oct head, you will be able to tell the difference from all the shed hair fallen off. My frontal transplant area is still numb for the most part. I want to say it's slightly less numb than last month but hard to say. Perhaps very marginally. Will post Oct update shortly

See attached for 1 month from Sept 1. Will upload 2 month for Oct soon.

likely to just let them grow. We'll see how well it blends in to the hair behind it. My guess is it may give it a slightly thining up front look. We'll find out up coming winter/spring. Will provide updates.

Here is day 7, which is 1 week post op, today on Aug 10 2021. Did not experience any visual swelling past week. At the moment, top of the head still feels slightly numb. Sometimes get a tingling or microsecond sharp sensation assuming as the feeling comes back. I started resuming normal activities, at a modified manner. I started going to the gym again. Using light weights with higher volume and small isolation movements rather than big compound movements. Also giving ample time to completely cool off before another set. Trying to avoid any high pressure or overexertion. Will prob stick to that for 2 weeks. It's good to vary the workout load anyways. When I'm outside I wear a hat (stiff shape that dosnt touch the grafts) whenever Im not in the shade. I'm generally not wearing a hat if I'm under the shade to allow natural air flow. -John

Here is day 1, Aug 3rd 2021. Keep in mind I had some previous transplanted hair on the front from a subpar clinic. Refer to previous thread from earlier this year, but summarization is not all the grafts grew, hairline is incorrect, too low, incorrect direction, ect. My doner area is limited in grafts so we are working with a large coverage area with limited grafts for this procedure. The new grafts transplanted are behind it. Perhaps not too obvious on day 1 as it's all shaved down. Excuse the creepy facial expression. -John

Hey JohnAC. Yes.

Transplant area is frontal and mid scalp. Will post pics on following pics as they are on my phone.

Hello gang. I was refered to the Chicago Hair Institute from this forum here earlier this year and we just completed my FUE of 1500 grafts last week at the Chicago Hair Institute. I'll post pic on a following post from my phone. I'll use this thread to post updated pics at various milestones. Most likely every several weeks. I flew in to Chicago from DC area. One thing to keep in mind for out of towners is Oakbrook Ter, where the clinic is, is outside of Chicago city. While downtown Chicago is extremely public transit friendly, the areas outside of Chicago is not. So please plan logistics accordingly. I recommend staying near the clinic for the first day or so. -I personally had an airbnb in Chicago and drove to the clinic with the plan to drive back same day. Although I felt fine after op, i didn't want to concern anyone at the clinic and decided to book an additonal hotel near by and drove there instead of driving back to my airbnb in the city- Day of procedure: If you've never had an in-person consultation before, you will require a 7am in-person consult, prior to the actual procedure. We started in the AM, and finished in the late afternoon. Procedure was smooth. I don't seem to recall the afternoon session after eating lunch where they were implanting the grafts. I think i may have passed out. I had a 4 hour long audio book playing and I woke up with it no longer playing so i either went through it completely or i accidnetly stopped it at some point while passed out. Dr Nadimi personally did majority of the work. Both her and their staff extremely professional throughout the process. Days following, i came in for a quick check up, and on the third day, Dr Nadimi took a look to give the thumbs up. Feel free to ask about my experience. Will post my 1 week post op shortly in a following post from my smart phone.

@24needmore Curious if you have pics of yours? I'm also getting 1500-ish with similar current loss. Perhaps on a seprate thread would be more apprpciate since this is someone else's thread.

I'm really looking forward to the progress as I'm scheduled for FUE with Dr Sahar Nadimi in Aug. Timing is meh as it'll cut summer activities short but atleast it'll give ample timing for the regrowth into the winter. I think Original Poster's timing is perfect as he'll have hair coming in as it really gets warm. I have similar hair loss as Original Poster, however opting for less grafts (Dr. Nadimi discussed 1200-1500) to conserve grafts. Hopefully it'll be enough for coverage. I'd assuming Original Post would have good density given the higher graft count.

Agreed. Thats what I'm thinking. Its a community. I'm happy to host someone who may be getting a procedure here in DC/MD/VA in one of my airbnbs or where I live. The practices near me are Lindsay in VA and Vogel in MD.

I am getting FUE procedure on Aug 2 in Chicago with Dr Sahar Nadimi. Seeing if anybody in the community is willing to host me for a week stay. Happy to consider donation. I'm 35, have an online business, enjoy reading, personal growth, psychology, nutrition/health.

I know many people here post results from Dr Konior but are some of those Dr Nadimi's work as well? I've inquired to work with Konior but ended up consulting with Nadimi. They seem to have their separate businesses it seems like, and share staff. I'm not opposed to working with Nadimi especially if they have similar outcomes, I am just not familiar with her results when I've specifically inquired for Konior.

Gotcha. Thanks for the feedback.

Wow, what a thread. I read through all 12 pages. I just had a Zoom consult with Diep this week. TBH, my opinions on Diep feels congruent to what Jim is describing. It is difficult communicating to their office through Email. Questionaires that has been asked before are re-asked. My post-consult for procedure scheduling never happened, i had to reach out multiple times about it, where they reasked questionaire that has been answered multiple times. My impression is they are short staffed on that part. It may not be representive of the work they do, but just sharing my experience so far. My biggest redflag though is Diep is telling me things that completely differ from what other Drs have suggested. Other FUE doctors have told me I have limited harvest due to some previous scaring. Limitation numbers ranged from 800-1500 from various doctors. Diep says they just don't know what they're talking about and says my harvest isn't an issue. Its possible he didn't even look at the pictures I sent, but I've brought it up a few times during the consult and he just kept suggesting that he is a better surgeon than the others.

I know in our society's political creativeness climate, its not PC to talk about race, but is this something that should be considered when picking a Doctor? What draws me to Deip is he is Asian and my natural assumption would be other Asian clients would gravitate towards another Asian doctor (especially international clients), giving that doctor more experience with hair properties attributed with Asian people. Plus he is in the SF Bay area where it is already heavily populated with Asians. Someone like say, Konior, my assumption would be about 5% of his clients are Asian (based on general demographic of US). Thoughts?

I see Dr Konior was brought up a few times. I will do some research on Konior. But whats the quick cliff notes on why he is the guy for this? I see many of the Doctors I've spoken to has had a period of "top doctor" accolade at some point. I know its more of a PR business thing and after achieving after a few years may put less effort into this type of PR as they continue to get referral business. Any thoughts or feedback?

You're right. My expectation wouldn't be same hair as I did at 18 at all. I'm in my mid 30s. Just going by logic, I'm disbursing hair from one area onto another. Density would be low for both areas. I'm not so concerned about whether I can do 1500 or 2000 on this session, I'm thinking long term in the next decade in how much harvest there is potentially throughout my lifetime. I just find it a bit odd that Dr Diep would tell me not to worry about limited harvest. I raised that concern to him and he justifies it by saying hes just simply better than the other doctors. It may or may not be true. I told Dr Diep I would be okay with a higher hair line for the sake of having higher density in a smaller area due to limited harvest, but Dr Diep says to not worry about that as its not a concern.

Thanks. updated pic thread. To summarize, I know Dr Diep is respected in the community, but how is his opinion so different from other doctors I've visted? Other have expressed some harvest limitations at varying degree (800 and 1300), but Dr John Diep says don't even worry about it and we can do 2000 without issue and not to worry about not having enough for my life span. Any thoughts / opinions?

As an update- I also had a consultation with Dr John Diep. Diep said to pay no attention to the other doctors that say my harvest is limited. He justifies by saying he is just better than the other doctors. He also said something about Asian hair being thick and dark being advantageous. Diep says we can do thousands without running out of harvest throughout my lifetime. What i find so confusing is such a difference in opinions. Dr Linday (VA) says he is hesitant to do more than 500-800 (and warned me about other drs claiming they can do more just to get business). Dr Vogel (MD) says 1300-1500 without a problem Hassan and Wong (BC Vancouver) says 1300-1500. Dr Diep (CA) says 2000+ and not to worry about limited harvest. I know Dr Diep is highly respected and I value his opinion, but how are their opinions so different from everybody elses? Diep's explaination is he is just better than every body else, which is why he chargest the most (he said it in a modest way). Any thoughts/opinions?

Let me know if these pics work. front https://photos.app.goo.gl/Ata642TwCA9aiAEd8 Back https://photos.app.goo.gl/ZrXPhY5mS7FH4kVW9 Sorry if top/front hair was a bit long and not showing true thin-ness of my hair.

Yeah not sure what that means either.. I don't recall if those were the exact words but the general context of what he was saying is we can do 1200-1400 grafts now, and it should look pretty good. If you continue to loose hair, we'll figure it out then when we cross that bridge.