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You know I saw a video of you talking about sea salt spray a while back, picked it up, and it works great! I'm very lucky. Unless I pull my hair apart, it sits nicely and you can't tell even under harsh light that there's thinning. The problem is, though, if my hair gets wet or, say, a woman goes to put her hand through my hair. I just wish I had something to fill in those spots. That said, I don't know how i'm going to financially or logistically pull off three trips to NY in a couple month span.

Thank you!

Thanks, I appreciate your feedback so much. Seems like I may need to find a way to go to NYC often for a couple of months. Can't seem to find much in the Boston area.

If I could ask you for a little more time, could you let me know what you think of: https://www.scalpmastersri.com/gallery? I promise to return your generosity with a full review of wherever I go for others to consult. Thank you so much!

Thank you!

I appreciate that! Here's where I'm at:

Sorry, he was saying "surgery would not be a good option at the moment," because transplanting into the diffuse thinning would be an ideal situation to cause shock loss and a net negative result. I wish I could get another transplant!

Here's the website for the place: Removed link

Hi everyone, I don't know what to look for exactly with SMP providers, unlike with FUE, so I hope someone can help. I have had additional loss behind my FUE and I am looking to add density. I contacted Dr. Bloxham who graciously reviewed my case and said right now another transplant would be "an ideal situation for bad shock loss." So SMP it is. Here's what this place shared with me:

Just bumping this in case anyone sees it and has recommendations about SMP in Boston. Thank you!

hey sean just want to follow up when you have a minute! posted some questions above, thank you

Thank you so much. Looks fantastic! A couple of questions, if you have time. Did you get SMP to your entire scalp, though, or only in specific areas? I had a phone consult with Scalp Micro USA and they insisted they had to do the entire head and charge full price. Did you have to shave your head to have the SMP? Lastly, any tips on researching a place? I am in Boston and don't see any recommendations on this forum. I'm not sure what to look for, either. Thank you!

Hey everyone! Trying to find a reputable SMP to add density. I had a FUE in March 2021 and take 1 mg finasteride and use minoxidil. I have some thin areas and want to do something about it but was told by Dr. Bloxham that another HT would be too risky right now for shock loss. Do you have any recommendations for Boston? I'd drive to NYC for a hair transplant, but driving back and forth for multiple SMP sessions would be hard for me. Thank you!

Wow! Man. So happy for you and look forward to continuing to follow your journey. Thanks so much for posting here for us all to see and learn from. Looking forward to seeing the detailed SMP post when you have time!

Looks terrific! How are you feeling? I am sorry if I am missing the details in your other thread, but do you discuss what was involved in the SMP sessions? Thank you for sharing!

Nice! Hope all is going well and thank you!

Very interested in seeing how this turned out (I hope great!). Any pics to share, please?

I really appreciate this post, because my dream was (is?) to have long hair again. While my fue fixed the front fairly well, I only had 1852 grafts and was not on fin at the time (now I am). That means the front grew in very nicely, but there was still progression of loss behind the ht. I guess I could have long hair now, so long as I part it from the side. Otherwise, the part in any other spot is slightly too wide and reveals too much thinning. I can wear a pompadour sort of, but under certain lighting the hair becomes see-through. (I am strongly considering going back for a second ht this fall to try to fill in the area behind the first ht or maybe some smp.) Which is to say...I think it is great that you are getting many more grafts than me but also I hope you consider starting finasteride. I am happy to dm about it, if you'd like. There are so many myths about this drug, it is really frustrating. As you likely know already, your donor is not limitless and you are starting off with 3500-4000 grafts. Without a dht blocker, the rest will without a doubt fall out and there will almost certainly not be enough grafts to cover the rest of your scalp. I don't mean to be harsh, I just want you to achieve your goals, too.

Honestly, I would have never noticed if you had not pointed it out.

Hey everyone! Looking to book my second FUE (1200) to add some density and fill in loss behind my first FUE (1852 to the front). The ugly duckling phase was very hard for me, even though I knew it was coming and would and did end. Wondering what the ugly duckling phase is like for a second procedure? About the same? Less so because there’s transplanted hair there now? Any insight appreciated!

I was still making significant gains from month 7 through 9. There was a big difference for me between month 7 and 10. But hardly any difference between 10 and 12. I agree with people who are saying in this thread and your original post that lighting and hair style makes a massive difference. Something I've had to accept is that my hair absolutely will look see-through under some combing and lighting conditions. Accepting that my hair, despite all of this effort, will never look perfect in all conditions is tough. Fortunately, I think a lot can be solved or at least minimized by spending time with what hair style works best for you. There are also plenty of excellent posts about using fibers, etc, to help fill in problematic spots. That all said, looking at your original thread and comparing with this post, I hope you are also excited about how far you've come. I think it is looking, man, and the best is yet to come.

Can you share how many grafts you got? I also have one thinner side. I noticed density improvements between months 7 and 10, but not much between months 10 and 12. (I had 1852 to the front, so not a massive transplant either.)

Today is one year since my hair transplant. There were times I thought it wasn't possible for this day to come and time never marched more slowly than during the ugly duckling months. But march on it did. The FUE with Dr. Dorin was the best money I ever spent. I am a tough critic, so there's no way I think it is perfect and I am already scheming on a second round. But a random gorgeous woman told me the other day she loves my hair and I nearly ascended into heaven. I have some diffuse thinning behind the transplant and thinning at my crown, but not sure if enough to move forward with a second procedure without risking too much of the native hair. We did 1852 grafts and I never had an expectation of a thick hairline, but it is still a bummer to see the thinness in places and the right side is certainly less dense than the left. I am trying to grow my hair long, which was the driving dream of this whole endeavor, and I've learned (the hard way) about what hair styles work for me and which don't. For me, any style where the hair is lifted at all, especially pompadour style, seems to invite trouble if harsh light collides with it. That's the problem, though, with an excellent illusion of density: it's easy to forget it's an illusion, too. Nothing like a friend's camera with a flash and harsh light to snap you right back to reality. Live, learn. Right now, I am on 1mg finasteride daily, topical minoxidil twice per day, and I try to microneedle once per week. I haven't been great about posting here, as I intended a year ago, since this has been a very hard year otherwise. I am going to try to post more and will check private messages if I ever can be of help to anyone else. Okay here's some pics, not really trying to make it "look good," just showing where we were immediately pre-op and now are:

Can you say more about why long hair can be a bad style for post-ht? I am about a year since my fue and had hoped to grow my hair out. I thought it had been looking good, but last night someone took a picture of me in very harsh light and it looked so terrible.

Wow. I think it looks great for 1400. Nice!