keratin_matters

What do you think about adding some beard grafts in the donor area where there's a patch of retrograde alopecia.

Month 7 Update So in my effort to document this whole thing upto the one year mark, here's the next post. Mostly adding the hairline photos now, nothing special to see in the donor, it's undetectable. A shot from farther away to see how other people may see it. I feel like they might just be detecting it as nothing out of the usual. The curly nature of my hair really helps in making it look so much more denser. Here's a close-up shot in more harsh lighting. It is always important to remember that after all this is an illusion and can never match the real density. I'm very satisfied with where it's now and hoping for some improvements in the density. Either way this is looks natural to me and most people don't go scrutinizing somebody's hair density so I'm already pretty happy. I do have some alcohol based minoxidil in my hair over here, it does make the hair a bit coarse and make it look a little more thicker.

Interested to see your updates!

Month 6 update I couldn't update the month 5 results due to having a busy schedule. Will try my best to update regularly until the one year mark so that it can help others in what to expect. So here is the progress: Hairline left side Hairline right side Hairline front Donor right side Donor left side My thoughts: My barber told me today that most transplants are detectable and mine absolutely isn't and he wouldn't have known if I'd not told him! The donor seems to be recovering well. The transplanted area density is increasing but is still far from where I'd want it to be. The right side is much thicker while the left side is still catching up. I'm hoping it will thicken up in the coming months. Will reserve all judgements until the 1 year mark.

I think if you ask for the doctor name for a package, they'll tell you. For the exclusive package, it's Dr Somesh that leads the surgery afaik. He has some results posted on this website that you can review and decide for yourself.

Any pics? With Dr das you're in safe hands. Best of luck. Aata takkal visrun jaa! 😉

I think it's ahead of the schedule! By 6 months you would have much more thicker results. I found this video from Mr rolandas which is really helpful in assessing where we are and where we should be : https://youtu.be/cmxmeuO7kHY

Agreed. The area should have been marked out and avoided for extraction. But it seems that they've extracted from the zone at the same density as elsewhere. OP should try some minoxidil on the area to speed up the recovery if it is shock loss. Worst case scenario, one can do some beard hair grafting or SMP in the area.

Yup.. may the hair gods bless us

Thanks! I think the next 2 months are probably going to turn the corner.

Hey everyone! I'm almost at the four month mark now, so wanted to give my update. So far there are some hair that have come up but it's nothing very dense as of yet. I'm being patient and I'm ok with it for now because I can comb my hair forward and with for toppik I can roam around freely. At least the stage where I was super conscious of it is over 😅. Hopefully, The next 2 months are going to be absolutely amazing. Not adding the donor pics because the hair are so long that there's no point in evaluating it at this length. I'm in no hurry to cut them down very short as of yet. I will let it heal and cut it months later. No need to cause myself needless stress untill then I guess.

The doctors are the same. It's just that they're available at the Mumbai location on limited dates.

Hey guys. Need some advice. I'm about 3.5 months post op right now. Is it safe to us dermmatch during this period? How long can I keep it on?

But officer, shouldn't the chips packet say it's 1$ AND you have to hand over the money to the cashier?

So I'm guessing that if you go for Dr Arika now, you are going to have to get her complete involvement including extractions and hairline placement.