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Hey man so here's the thing. When I posted this I was extremely nervous because all over-harvesting pictures online resembled mine. However around 2.5-3 months or so after this post, once the hair were over an inch long it started to blend in and you couldn't tell I got a transplant done from the back. It may even have been shock loss as I have extremely sensitive skin and the antiseptic or whatever applied there really did a number on it. There are two areas however I which have more hair harvested than others and so if my barber cuts too much it shows upon close inspection, but only for a few days. One small complain I do have is that the hairline looks a bit fake. He didn't spend enough time giving a little fade in the front. Having said that I joined a new job after getting this done and I believe no one has noticed the transplant. I'm fairly happy with the transplant as of now, I cant remember myself from the days of having a balding hairline at all. I do want to get another done soon as my original hair is falling out leaving a gap. But I may go for consultation at Eugenix or other ones mentioned in this forum to avoid the panic and fix the hairline maybe. Overall I think Arth is not bad. I'm happy with my results. Though with such a huge life decision I wish he'd take more time to consult you and allay your fears. He is in a rush all the time but seems to generally get it right. However a doc in rush isn't very reassuring. I'll try to post a series of pictures in this forum if I get the time of my whole journey.

All I can do at this moment is wait it out. So I'll do that. And update here how it progresses. There's no chance I'll go to the same clinic to fix it if this happens to not be shock loss. Tough few months ahead for sure.

I was a big fan of forums back in the day. Still stumble upon most answers in forums such as this. Guess I'll seek out more of them now. In a way it is good forums aren't as accessible as other mediums else it would be easy to end up with shills like everywhere else. Specially in a domain such as this with so much emotional baggage.

Yes certainly, I was planning to.

I'd say about half a dollar. People get it done for even cheaper at shadier clinics in smaller cities.

Makes this forum all the more valuable honestly. I gave up researching because most stuff I found just seemed like shilling. I don't understand why I never came across this.

Fingers well and truly crossed 🤞.

They were keeping a count and separating it in twos and threes yes. And while I did ask them how many were extracted I didn't push for an accurate number. Clinics here like to quote the 3k number whether or not they extract that number so that's what they said, around 3k. I'm regretting being so dumb and going into something so permanent with only half the confidence in my choice.

I will check again. I'm certain they were referring to grafts. Would be kind of impossible to tell I agree, but from the recipient picture does it look like 3k grafts compared to the 3k other folks here have posted? I'm looking around the forum to gauge that till I can go to the clinic tomorrow.

I guess I can only hope 3k weren't extracted and there is shock loss 🥲

This is what I don't understand myself. I have extremely sensitive skin and always thought I heal relatively slowly. But end of Day 3 and there was no perceptible holes whatsoever.

He did the holes and oversaw the extraction. Implant was all by the techs.

I am worried about my donor area too. I do have some native hair in midscalp and some in crown. Thinning heavily though. So they spread out some hair in the mid-scalp and some in the crown. I am hoping this turns out okay with time but I will definitely go to a better clinic to get this fixed at some point.

This is what I'm hoping. At this point I'm unable to gauge what the count was. @Berba11 @digi23 the doctor was Arth Shah (Ahmedabad, India)

The area looks sparse as compared to the area around it, at least 1/3 the density roughly. The surgeon mentioned they'll be taking the grafts from the safe area only that is prone to lesser shedding later. I wish at this stage it was more spread out like yours and unsafe area to not have this weird crescent if I wanted to keep my hair short, which I did. Oh well. Any thoughts on recipient area?