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Maybe he went to where Blake Proehl got his transplant. Looks a little happier to have his picture taken now. Doesn't look like Shapiro's work to me.

I think this is actually be one of the best transplants I've ever seen. The graft count given the area covered with how dense it ended up being, with time left to go, is truly remarkable.

Dealing with the presence of DHT might be wise, but you might be one of the rare people who doesn't need to. Given the results of this surgery, I think you could cover a high degree of hair loss with good density.

8 hours ago, HappyMan2021 said:

What Norwood are you and what does your donor availability look like? Is your hairloss stable?

Looks like a positive result, but its a very conservative HT - especially for a 28 yr old. 

Essentially my question is why was this a conservative procedure? IMO most 28 yr olds want complete NW1 coverage. 

I think you were smart to keep it conservative - there is nothing wrong with that - just curious. 

I value future coverage over a low hairline. And being 28 is why I didn't want to go too low. Even with medication I will still likely lose hair and I still want it to look good in my 50s 60s etc. Things are stable now but MPB is unpredictable and I have an average donor.

22 hours ago, jonnyjon said:

Don't mean to insult, but not gonna lie - I don't think it looks good. It's very tell-tale sign of having a transplant with the thick spaced out hairs and shape of the hairline. That half moon shape is so over used for HTs I just don't get it. It's not how hair naturally is shaped, and it only causes more people to need future HTs to again address the issue. Just like in your sunlight photos, I think that is worse than your natural hairline. If you notice in the first 2 photos in this last post showing your hairline B/A comps, you'll see how fine and soft the natural hairline is. Regardless of balding, THAT's how it should look. Soft. Fine up front with graduation to thicker, with subtlety. I think there's too many people on here that are employed to pump "good" feedback on people so that everyone thinks this is acceptable and the standard. It could be a complete disaster, which it isn't, but it's not good either. Just being honest.

No offense taken at all! I want people to be honest and I think demanding excellent results helps the field.

The hair has softened since my last but it has seemed to have been taking longer than most people and there is still some time to soften up. It can take up to 24 months.

As for the hairline shape it was a collaborative effort, so I personally like it but to each their own.

11 Months

18 months

To me it looks perfectly fine this stage. I'd say it's on track. I wonder if there is some volunteer bias when it comes to posting transplant results. Maybe people who have better and faster growth are more likely to post warping people's perception of the growth timeline. I see no reason for concern, in fact I think it looks good so far.

Month 13.5

Sorry for the late update, been busy (lazy)

I actually think it will still improve over the next couple of months, some recently sprouted hairs are slowly getting thicker.

Right now I'm satisfied with the density especially considering the high number of singles. 

I think I'll update again at 18 months. I remember Alan Feller saying something like "if hair transplant surgeons said the true timeline of 18 months no one would want a transplant".

Anyway, it's been pretty life changing. I feel much more confident and that confidence has led to positive changes in my life that I've needed for years.

Right now I'm still deciding on getting the temple points filled in. I think it would balance the contrast of my light temple hair and dark transplanted hair, improving on already great naturalness and frame the face as they say in the biz.

I'll probably get a few professional opinions, and give updates but here are some before photos and the present situation.

Before

After

Before

After

Before

8 months

13 months

On 5/5/2022 at 7:20 AM, Ryan Daniel said:

Damn I paid 12k for mine I got ripped off! 

Hair transplant surgeons hate this man for his simple trick to cure baldness

Woah, is he putting just the strands of hair in his scalp?

48 minutes ago, Melvin- Moderator said:

There was a guy here a few years ago that paid like $2 a graft in Colorado. He was completely botched. 

That's the cheapest in the US I've seen

I remember seeing on reddit recently someone spent $600 on a hair transplant somewhere in Africa. They only posted post operative pics but it did not look promising to put it midly. 

Does anyone have a similar story regardless of how it turned out?

Thanks fellas! It'll probably look better when I get a haircut, most of the kinkiness is at the ends. I was like 6 hairs from shaving my head though, so I'll take the kinky hair.

Here's another angle which could be helpful

I think they did a good job in my case considering the circumstances. I don't have the thickest hair diameter and I have considerable temple loss. I like the naturalness, but they are known to be on the conservative side with hairline placement. 

Month 11

Well I'm approaching the "final" result, although I still do see some hairs sprouting this could be just hairs that have shed and are growing back.

It's still a little kinkier than I would like but I've heard it could take up to 2 years for that to full subside.

I'll post more of a review with my thoughts next month this is more of an update, but overall I think it's going well

Before

 After

I think it looks on schedule, my biggest months seemed to be 6-8. Maybe a little more length could add more of illusion of density?

9 months

Really liking the naturalness of the hairline, probably the number one reason I chose this surgeon. A lot of surgeons create too straight hairlines in my view. It's like they draw a line and put all the frontal hair on that perfectly straight line. It turns out looking too abrupt, like a wall of hair.

Mine isn't overly dense and I wasn't expecting it to be, especially with medium fine, straight, dark hair, on a pale scalp. But it’s definitely alleviated much of my concern over my hair.

All photos taken in harsh direct sunlight.

Pre Surgery 

4.5 Months

8.5 months

Thanks for the encouragement guys! I'll do a straight on shot next update. I'm still seeing hairs pop out so I'm thinking it's going to improve beyond the 12 month mark.

I'm contemplating a second surgery but I'm wondering is it "hair need" or "hair greed"

I think just doing the temple points could increase naturalness by reducing the contrast between my donor hair in the hairline and the fine temple point hairs. 

And let's be honest it would be nice to look even better lol

Pre meds or surgery 

After meds before surgery 

7.5 months after surgery 

Month 8

Apologies for the late update. Continuing to improve, hair is getting softer and easier to style. Realized I've never shown the top situation. Not super worried about it, "luckily" for me it's just the hairline. For now... 

22 minutes ago, JC71 said:

Excellent progress! Wow this has really improved since your last update. And still another 5 months to go 👍🏽

Thanks! Yeah this month has been kind to me it seems. Especially with the softening of the hair. It's easier to style now and looks more natural.

Here's a pic of the donor from last summer I forgot to post, about a month post op. Shaved to a 3 guard I believe.

7 hours ago, hybonix said:

Looking fantastic! Any dry hair pics as well?

Here's a few that are more in line with my previous pictures.

Month 7

Things are definitely improving. Transplanted hair is getting thicker and it's starting to soften and behave like native hair. I find myself worrying about my hair less. 

Here's before and at 7 months, both wet hair

Before

After

I think it looks fantastic. Only hair transplant weirdos like us would think that's "receded". The general public would think you have a full head of hair. 

You could go lower and it wouldn't be overly aggressive, I think that line you drew is appropriate but I don't think you necessarily need it