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I'm 30. I did feel like it was a lot of grafts, perhaps for a dense packing it was needed I'm not sure. I told him my history of hair loss has been slow, bilateral, and that I was born with naturally high temples. He did not recommend any treatments. Also I'm sure this will be hugely unpopular, but I can not in good conscious comfortably take finasteride knowing the possible risks. There are a plethora of studies detailing these risks. I'm not saying everyone will be affected by the side effects, but the percentages are way too high for me to be as dismissive of them as many people are. There are some links below to published, peer-reviewed studies that persuaded me. Excerpt: "Subjects that reported new-onset persistent sexual dysfunction associated with the use of finasteride: 94% developed low libido, 92% developed erectile dysfunction, 92% developed decreased arousal, and 69% developed problems with orgasm." https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1743609515335566 https://www.jsm.jsexmed.org/article/S1743-6095(22)01163-8/fulltext#relatedArticles https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1557988314538445 https://www.endocrine-abstracts.org/ea/0081/ea0081p448

The hairline itself was lowered half an inch at the front. The largest space covered was the right side of the temples with 1 and 1/4th inches from hairline to side of the scalp. He did not tell me the density, but stressed several times he would be going for the most dense pack he could since I didn't have a large pattern of loss and plenty of donor hair. We'll see.

Day 10 photos. I took these right after I got out of the shower, so my hair is really wet just fyi. I'll post some more in a couple of weeks. There seems to be some thinning compared to what I saw initially before the scabs fell off. However, I did see hairs fall off with the scabs, so there could be many more roots in the empty spaces (I hope).

I second the update request

Thanks for all the responses! I'll wait it out, good to hear some reassuring answers though

Here's some other pictures of the donor site. You guys don't think it went a little high? I'd hate for them to have got into the hairs that would be DHT sensitive. Not sure of the pattern of extraction, if there is one. Also, it is somewhat painful still and seems pretty noticeable at 6 days compared to some other poster's results. But if you guys think it's fine I'll wait it out lol

Looks great. I'll be following your progress

I've generally been happy with my hair, but have always been somewhat bothered by my natural hairline. I decided to get a procedure done by Hasson from Hasson and Wong on 5-18-22. My second choice was Konier in Chicago, who I will use for smaller touch ups if needed in the future. I attached some before and after pics below, although it's early. Also, I found it unusual that most of my hair grafts were removed from the side of my head. Is this a common practice? The degree of trauma was also concerning. What are you guy's opinion on the job on the hairline and grafts as well? He told me that since I have plenty of hair, he thought an extra dense packing on the entire hairline would deliver a great result. The last pics of the hairline and sides are from today, 5 days later. Edit: I added the graft chart, that details the number of grafts and types. Is it unusual that the majority of the grafts were doubles for my front hairline?