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  1. The short answer is no. I've been fine with using fibers or dermatch now for years just fine on a much larger portion of my head and won't have much of a problem at all just dealing with the (what will be much smaller) crown area once the second surgery results come about. SMP to the crown is also a possibility I am seriously thinking about down the road.
  2. Could you elaborate a bit? I guess you mean the big forehead becomes more pronounced when the sides are short and the hair is styling upwards in the front. I have grown my hair out quite a bit before my recent haircut. I was starting to like it a lot actually, but then what happens at around the two month mark is the hair on the sides starts getting curly/wavy and I just end up feeling very raggy and just not sharp. If I had totally straight hair it would be great, but I don't. My hair also doesn't grow very thick or long at the temple point areas so I have this other problem where there is a contrast between that area and the traditional horseshoe-ish growth of the sides and back, if that makes sense. At the end of the day you have to remember I'm technically a Norwood 5V/6. Hair is not great.
  3. Though it doesn't really show the full extent of the frontal third, here is another pic showing just how natural and undetectable the hairline came out. Below that is a photo pre-surgery for perspective. Again, this was a very conservative procedure with a rather high hairline placement given the fact that my donor was somewhat limited and I knew I'd need at least one more surgery down the road (next month). The visual impact is not drastic and it wasn't meant to be, but I still beleive it has been a huge help after what was going on with my hair loss. A few other final pics to share.... Right out of the shower, hair somewhat volumized by the shampoo. Looking great. Great hair day(with product) ^^^^
  4. What do you mean? Longer style as in rock star long? Or Brad Pitt Once Upon a Time in Hollywood long?
  5. Hey guys. Two final pics below showing the results now well after one year. The surgery was a complete success for what it was in my opinion. I'll also say that it definitely took me the full one year (and even then a month or two after imo) to get to full growth and full maturing of the hair. For example the left side which at one point as late as 9-10 months was behind, now is perfectly fine. Sure it might not be a drastic change but not being on medication I had to be conservative and am extremely happy with how things turned out. Yes I absolutely WISH the hairline could be a little lower as that would make things a lot easier when it came to styling, but the reality is I only have so many grafts left to move from my donor, and not being on Fin makes me realize I need to not be greedy. I've had some amazing hair days ever since around the 1 year mark. I especially like letting the left side grow a little long and have the slight overhang to cover up the one side of my forehead which helps with the illusion of how big the forehead still can kind of be. My second surgery is currently set for next month and the focus will be mainly on the midscalp with some strengthening into the forelock and corner areas. I'm about 95% sure I won't be lowering the hairline at this point, but sadly I'm still having a few final greedy thoughts... It will definitely be nice to have hair in my midscalp again though. I can't wait. Right now it can be tough where I have this great slick frontal third but then nothing directly behind it. Almost nothing to support it in a way. Also, while I'm looking forward to going into an amazing clinic and seeing Dr. Ferreira again, I must say I'm not at all looking forward to another round of recovery and the insane undertaking of it all. The traveling from New York, the sleeping upright, the washing, the being careful with my head, the pain meds in middle of the night, the hiding under a hat for a while after I return, the waiting for the donor to recover which last time took a solid 4-5 months, etc. I guess this time though things might be a lot better in the sense that since I already have a foundation of solid hair at my frontal third, after 1.5 months or so there will now be something there to work with as opposed to last time where I had to wait a good 3-4 months before I got there with the new grafts growing out. Is that fair to say? Thank you all for following my journey.
  6. Jimmy Kimmel - One of the more under the radar celebrity hair transplants as he didn't have terrible loss but definitely some thinning in the corners there back in 2012. If you look at pics of him now though the guy pretty much has the hairline of a 15 year old.
  7. Never went there. Only read a few things. Wasn't crazy about their advertising. I remember specifically they called FUE a "scarless" surgery. Huge red flag. I ended up going to Dr. Ferreira in Portugal.
  8. So anytime I spray a hairspray (i.e. L'oreal Elnett or TRESemme) onto my crown where the fibers are to "hold" them in place, they always clump up into gross little bits and pieces of the fibers. I'm curious what everyone else uses that might be better and not create this mess. @Melvin- Moderator I know you use fibers. Perhaps you have a good one you use? Thank you.
  9. I appreciate your response. I understand what you mean by the subconsiously processing the look, but wouldn't you agree from my photos that my hairline IS in fact quite high to begin with? So much so to the point where if it were lowered just a very small amount (just under 1 CM) it would almost be impossible to think it looks "unnatural", no? As far as the temple points, that is probably one of the biggest things making me think twice the most. I know right off the bat that would require another 100 grafts a piece on each side, and then aside from the hairline being natural, I have to hope the temple points are pulled off well, too. If I'm being honest I would say that the temple points are usually the most difficult of areas to pull off by the surgeon, and I really wish I wouldn't have to have them dealt with again, but I know they'd have to be brought in a bit more to compliment the newer, even slightly lower hairline. As far as the cost goes, the hairline grafts are factored in in my estimate for 2500. I've already research and its my understanding that 600 grafts is definitely possible for the range of 1 CM.
  10. 8 months post-op. Pretty much a final result at this point aside from a little more thickening that may happen through month 10 and possibly 11, but you get the idea. Overall my satisfaction with the surgery's near final result and growth is a 9.5 out of 10. However, my overall satisfaction with my hair in general isn't quite at that number and of course a second surgery will be needed. More on that now.... As previously talked about I want to do one more 2 day surgery of approximately 2500 grafts with emphasis on the mid-scalp and as also mentioned, lowering the hairline just a very little bit as my only very small regret about the surgery was not going ever so slightly lower at the hairline. Even though I'd still be fine if I never had the hairline lowered, I'd be lying if I said I am 10 out of 10 completely satisfied with it. If I could put a number on it now I'd say I'm at about a 7 out of 10. Yes that's still a great number, but if I could get to a 10 out of 10, what an amazing feeling that would be. So with that said, I am strongly considering lowering the hairline just around 1 centimeter, which to my knowledge would require around 600 grafts. Does that sound right to you guys? Also, I'd like to get everyones thoughts in general on lowering the hairline. Part of me thinks given the home run naturalness of the hairline I got in the first surgery, I should just be happy and leave well enough alone just incase god forbid things don't turn out as well next time. But the other part of me really craves that ever so slightly lower hairline that I truly want and know that Dr. Ferreira is almost a guarantee to give me it and in a natural way again. (BEFORE)
  11. You can easily shoot some hair fibers into those corners now that there is at least some form of hair there that can take them on, until your results of the second surgery come about.
  12. If I couldn't have got in with Bisanga again I would have gone to Ferreira,I believe he has something like an 18 month waiting list though? I have not yet discussed a date for a second surgery but I sure hope it’s not 18 months. That would be crazy.
  13. I know what you mean about the lesser contrast but it is still quite problematic when styling as I basically have a small frontal third with nothing at all behind it to "support" it if that makes sense. For example I can get a good look in the front but then it goes very flat very fast. Long story short I think I'm going to be moving forward with a second surgery sooner than later as having a midscalp again will certainly be the solution for all of this.
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