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Curious. You were advised to avoid Hermest but went anyway? I know you were considering Yaman and could tell immediately that you'd gone elsewhere. What I'm seeing is a hairline that looks very linear and lacking irregularities. We know with Hermest that you will also liekly have multiple hair grafts in the hairline. Linear hairlines with few irregularities and multi grafts won't look very natural, which is why you were advised to avoid at all costs. I'm hoping for the best for you, but I'm also at a loss to understand why you ignored quality advice from the very forum you sought advice from in the first place...

Who was the surgeon/clinic? You don't wash your head until day 7 or 8 when the scabs will be ready to be removed. What you should do is keep the scalp moist through regularly saline spray so that things don't over harden.

Cutting edge science is almost always by definition very slow, cautious and careful, with lots of hurdles and barriers to overcome that lay people watching from the sidelines will not be privy to. This level of impatience serves no one. If verteporfin actually works to either reduce visible scarring or regenerate a portion of previously extracted follicles (or both!), then it needs to be demonstrated in a testable, repeatable, robust way before it will become adopted at all, let alone widely. Dr B's "micro trial" as you put it is perfectly in accordance with scientific study in all the major disciplines. You don't do experiments in biology by looking out the window at the trees and insects and try to figure out what's going on. You get down a cellular level and work upwards. Same in physics, chemistry etc (atoms, molecules, matter etc). Dr B is just one man, doing his best to do this the right way. It will take time. Ideally a few more interested surgeons can participate and help to speed up the learning curve to see if vert can actually offer benefits of any kind to HT patients in the future. For now I wouldn't putting much stock in having this used commonly for a good few years.

Has she been stressed? Stress related hair loss will usually recover once the stress itself is addressed. PRP won't outdo stress. I've no idea what "vax-induced rapid aging" is, or what the medical basis for this is, or what vaccinations you're referring to specifically, but again, even if this were the case, I'm not seeing how PRP would be an antidote. There's simply no good evidence that PRP works for hair loss at all as far as I'm aware.

I can't speak on the clinic's behalf but typically no-shave HT's take a bit longer and are just a bit trickier in general. Maybe the reduced graft count eliminated a discount that would normally be triggered for slightly higher grafts as I'd guess there's probably a minimum rate the clinic needs to make on any surgery to make it financially viable for that day. Again I don't know for sure, but these are some business considerations that could influence the price.

That's all a bit vague to be honest. What is the issue your partner is having with her hair? And what makes you think PRP will resolve it?

One of the disadvantages of doing an unshaved surgery is that by having to tie your hairline up, it's slightly more guesswork in terms of matching all the angles/directions of the newly implanted hairs with the existing hair than it would have been shaved. Shaved down, your existing hair angles/direction would have been clear and easier to replicate. I was a bit surprised you went down the no shave route to be honest, especially after you were told it would cost extra and that they wouldn't go into the forelock as much to add density.

Purely on the grounds that it doesn’t seem to be somewhere with any patient verification of quality results, which makes it a massive risk. It being a hospital makes zero difference, as does its size.

I think you should avoid this clinic. Eyebrow transplants are a delicate art and you don’t want to risk a bad result that wouldn’t be borderline impossible to hide. Spend the extra money and go to a highly regarded clinic elsewhere in Europe.

Very difficult to say from these pictures to be honest. Would be easier to tell if you’d shaved the native hair and once the scabs are off.

Other posters will doubtless take a different view but personally I’d save the money on the PRP. I don’t think there’s any compelling evidence that it does anything worth parting with your money over. It may have some benefits from a surgical perspective, but I guess I’d ask… What are you/your partner hoping to achieve from PRP?

Everything has grown in very nicely here for sure. If I were casting a critical eye over it, the hairline looks a bit artificial through lack of irregularities and breakup to give it a softer appearance closer to nature, which is kind of par for the course with the types of clinic you went to unfortunately. That said, if you’re happy then so be it!

Have you asked Eugenix to send you your pre and post op photos? They'll send them to you no problems at all. Would be great to see the work. Problems you encountered during surgery aside, you'll still likely end up with a great result in any case so would be cool to see some pics.

What? At 5 months? OP this is looking right on course as far as I can tell and you’ve gotten yourself a pretty dramatic improvement from where you started (never lose sight of that!). You’ve come through the first big growth phase in great shape and you will hopefully notice another round of larger improvement between roughly month 8 & 10.

Still the most radical and transformative NW3 case I've ever seen. Great update, Armen!

Look forward to it mate

You feel like it based on what, exactly? If that can be shown to be true then great, but I'm not sure it can. It's also not what the OP asked... Feriduni's hairline work on both male and female patients is exceptional, no doubts about that.

For amazing hairlines AND top-notch repair work, Dr Feriduni would be my personal pick, along with Hattingen. There's too many surgeons to list though when it comes to just great hairline work. All of the top docs - most of which are on the recommended list here - do refined, natural hairline restoration.

99.9% likely your hair was not the issue. That's just the realities of the dating game. She ghosted you after the second stay over... That's barely even dating at that point really. People get ghosted in those early stages all the time.

If you're waking up with a girl then you're already in, aren't you? She likes you already. Some visible balding on the crown isn't going to be a problem at that point. There's really nothing to worry about. The best way to deal with hair loss in front of others is to own it; joke about it, make light of it. It's honestly fine - nothing bad will happen!

If I were in your situation - factoring in your age - I'd genuinely save myself the hassle and money. As I've said before, maybe what I'd do is look to have grafts placed into the FUT scars so that their visibility is reduced and you can wear a tighter buzz cut all over and move on with life. I'd also maybe look to have some of the old transplanted hairs punched out if they didn't quite look right buzzed down or they were bothersome in some way. It really comes down to your propensity for risk; you'll be spending a lot of money on something that may end up disappointing you. This is a risk calculation that all HT patients make, but often their starting point is superior to yours, which mitigates some of that risk. If anyone can get you at least somewhat close to where you want to be, it's Dr Pittella. You'd be in the best hands possible. Nevertheless, there's only so much that anyone can do in cases like yours so there is still more risk than usual. Would I want to take that risk on? I don't think so personally.

Density looks good. Can we see the hairline itself?

I too recognise some of things outlined here by the OP & @maintaining from my own surgeries at Eugenix.

The NW scale isn’t too important and in many cases it’s hard to give a specific point on the scale. Based on your temples most would put you around a NW2, give or take. Whether that reflects your final pattern of hair loss requires a bit of guesswork really. As long as any first HT you undergo is conservative and leaves as many grafts in the donor bank as possible, you’ll likely be absolutely fine long term. Having not lost much hair by age 30, it seems unlikely you’d end up as a full blown NW6 or 7.

Nobody needs a HT. The benefit from a hairline restoration is that the hairline helps to “frame” the face, often giving a younger look. However it’s a misconception that a strong or low hairline is needed to achieve this. In most cases, you only need enough of a hairline to give the aesthetic benefits. In your case, you have a strong forelock, with good density and minimal recession. You have enough hair at the front to frame your face and be able to have some fun with different styling options. Point being that a HT would only offer you a marginal & subtle enhancement from your current position (unless you did something radical and lowered your hairline unnecessarily) because your starting point is very good. As I see it - and this is just my opinion - you have two options: 1. Do nothing (but consider medication to slow additional loss). 2. Have a very small & conservative HT with a top surgeon who does really refined hairline work, who can fill in the corners without lowering the hairline.