3 months FUE 2027 grafts, crown + hairline. Min spray & 1mg Fin daily. Signs of life & optimism on hairline, prayer hands & patience for crown.
To add: I was on 1mg finasteride daily for 2-3 years before procedure, but only began minoxidil following procedure.
I used cabooki hair fibers (on the crown only) for the last few years, which generally did the trick. I was worried that as time passed, however, I would continue to lose hair and the Velcro effect, leaving the fibers to look caked-on.
My crown went through shock loss and the fibers did in fact looked badly caked-on for the first two months after procedure. I also had lots of pimples during the second month. I’m feeling better about the concealing effect now at three months.
I’m feeling good about the hairline. I was pretty conservative there. I did not want to lower the hairline drastically but, rather, buffer it to a more solid mature hairline.
My biggest concern is the mid scalp gap and crown density. I’m not sure why they didn’t do a better job blending the crown into the frontal hair. Best case, I will be combing over; worst case (and more likely) the doc knew the crown would never reach that density anyway.
My pragmatic guess is that after a year I will still have to use some hair fibers on the crown but that the velcro effect will be much improved and more natural looking. Eventually I will look into SMP for density to finish the job.
My hair is currently clipped with a #8 guard on top, #3 on sides. I would like to get to a #5 buzz, so that there is less contrast blending into the thin crown, but right now I still need a little extra length to cover the ripe temples.
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A few weeks before, lines I photoshopped for Doc reference: