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tbh still looks like a really bad case of shock loss. I would give it a couple more months before going for a repair.

Going from the pics, your loss on that side is way worse than the amount of grafts taken from it. that being said, still not a fan of his extraction pattern, but it shouldn't look this bad IMO.

Looking great! It's gotta be a great feeling not worrying about your hair and living your life  

The scar looks like it stretched a lot, do you have an idea why? Usually I've seen Bloxham with some nice pencil thin fut scars, so surprised by this one tbh. You could always get it reduced and/or some FUE grafts/SMP on it to cover it up.

Looking great! Thanks for the update.

Great result! Echoing what everyone else said here- the crown is just fine. I personally wouldn't even bother- just use toppik when you are going to a special event otherwise it looks perfectly fine the way it is. Cheers!

On 7/2/2022 at 11:52 AM, Calihome1 said:

Did you make a decision on a doc?

Not yet- I just bought a house so shooting for 2023-2024 before I make a decision. My hairline is thinning out fast now that I'm hitting 36, so I might just buzz my head next year until I get something done!

Awesome, thanks. Your hair loss is a lot like mine- almost full coverage, little hairline receding and almost the same overall pattern. My crown is still decent, but it's been starting to go the last couple of years (turning 36 this year). I'm really curious to see how this turns out as I'm looking to take the plunge in the next couple of years.

Following!

I like the design of the hairline! How many grafts went into the crown?

The scarring from your first procedure doesn't look too bad, but you can tell it was not extracted with care or overall homogeneity in mind. I would get a few online/live consultations to see what your donor capacity is right now and temper your expectation for a 2nd procedure. I think you can def get the frontal zone & some of the mid scalp looking really good, but attacking the crown might not work (this depends on the donor you have left). Personally, that's not a big deal- you can always use some topic in the crown when you go out and look really good. Focus on the the front and mid scalp when having your next consultations. 

Good luck!

Seriously amazing transformation. Thank you so much for documenting your journey!

This looks really good! With only 3000 scalp and 500 beard grafts taken, I think a second pass to fill out the mid section would give you an A+ look. Have you considered a second HT?

looks great bro congrats!

2 hours ago, therambler said:

Thanks! I done online consultations with a list of top surgeons and every one of them recommended FUE this time ( Even in cases where the doctor performs both FUT and FUE transplants). So I was happy to go along with that, I figured they know best! I was also a massive fan of Dr. Pintos work and he only performs FUE surgeries.

That makes sense! It looks super clean- I think the result is going to be fantastic. Will be following this thread for sure

Great result! Going to work on the crown next or do you feel like it's good enough?

Edit: just saw your quote about the second one lol. You should go for it!

Looking good! Is there a reason you didn't decide to go FUT one more time? I've always assumed you get more grafts doing 2x FUT and then FUE after so I'm just curious (this is my plan when I get mine in a couple of years).

On 5/17/2022 at 11:45 PM, Calihome1 said:

Which doctors are you considering in the states?

Bloxham, Konior or Rahal. My plan is to get my first surgery in the states w/ a focus on the hairline and front 1/3 (which I know will be expensive) and get my next ones overseas cheaper. Hairline is what I am most concerned w/ so I want to go through a trusted doctor in the states. Right now I am leaning towards Bloxham (I am planning on Jan 2024 for my surgery).

Looks good dude!

I want to stay in states to get my first HT but seeing work like Dr. Bisanga gives me second thoughts. Great donor management and really clean extraction. 

Please keep us updated!

Very good for only 3k grafts. Huge difference!

I would def not focus on the crown. Fill up the mid-scalp and plan for having to use most of your future grafts done on the hairline.

You can always use fibers on the crown and it will look good. The hairline is 100% the most important, so considering we all have finite grafts I would plan on using most of them in the frontal third (not yet but later in the future maybe) and some in the mid scalp. The crown is a black hole for grafts from what I have seen.

Edit:

Also, if you care about your hair now it won't change when you are in your late 40s. With that in mind you need to temper your expectations, because hair loss is a progressive condition and transplants only give you the illusion of coverage. We will never be able to get the same thickness in our youth, so the goal should always be a solid hairline w/ decent coverage throughout the rest. 

Always trust your gut. There is a doctor that has been active on this forum (haven't seen him post in awhile) that I went to for consultations since I started losing hair in 2010. He was good to me at the beginning (before success) but that changed the last time I checked in with him. The last time I went to see what he thought about my hair (it had been about 8 years since my last visit, since finasteride was working great) and give him my thoughts on a transplant in the next 2-3 years, he was pretty aloof and I got the vibe he was uninterested in me even being there.

You probably saved yourself thousands of dollars and years of despair. Kudos! 

Home run on this one already. You should be super happy- with more growth to go as well!

I wouldn't worry until you are past month 7 or 8. You're probably just a slow grower. 

This is where I am going next Christmas Love seeing his good results!

One thing I have noticed is he doesn't like to rebuild temples very much. Have you considered it? I feel like it would give your result a huge aesthetic boost.

Anyways, congrats OP!

Edit: 3900 seems a lot but looking closer not really- Bloxham most definitely planned on the tuft that remained pre-op to eventually disappear and thus implanted over it (he said the same thing about mine when I did a live consultation with him last summer). OP had the entire frontal 3rd restored (most likely a bit of the mid scalp as well), which makes the graft count seem more reasonable.

He quoted me around the same amount of grafts for the frontal third (I think he said 3400 for me) and I have much more hair, but I am also diffuse thinning all over my scalp in a NW5 pattern. 

8 hours ago, GeneralNorwood said:

Sorry, but in my opinion you and Melvin are completly wrong in this situation. You overreacted guys.

If you post your hairtransplant results, you have to be preapared to be critisized. It can hurt, because you spend money and have high hopes. Everybody has different expectations, so for some people your results can be amazing, others can see some imperfections and point them out. 

Arguments like "you don't post your own pictures, so you can't critisize" are illogical. You can always create some weird rules to try silence critique, but i think, it's against mission of this forum. 

For me, when i see before and after photos in this topic, this is like heaven(now) and hell(before). This topic helped me to make decision and i scheduled my procedure with dr Priyadarshini for May. I will create new topic about my journey of course

Let's say that i will have results similar to Adil. It's hard to say if i will be thinking about second hairtransplant. I am on finasteride since 1 year(+ dermapen and minoxidil) and i am already happy from the results i got from medication, because miniaturization ended and i can now have normal hairstyle. However, year ago i didn't understand term "hair greed", now i understand it perfectly. As Gordon Geeko said - Greed is good  

 

Completely disagree. This is an interactive journal- not a thread whose focus and purpose is criticizing the surgeons procedure and/or the result. If the OP asks for your opinion, like 'hey all I think my hairline is looking pluggy, what do you all think?' then obviously you can answer. It's called tact, and something everyone should practice when it comes to these journals. 

If you want, start a thread in the hair transplant Q&A section where you disect doctors and their results, but doing it in these journals is not the place.

Really good! I'm continuously impressed w/ the outcomes that Eugenix gets using such little grafts. They seem to do very well at getting a good yield of successful grafts implanted.