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Looking good man! I was very close to going to HMR myself and I have heard a lot of good things. Glad to hear you had a good experience with them and looking forward to seeing your results as they come in!

So today is day 6 post op and I was scheduled to return to work today but I was able to get this week off. I could have made it through the work day with a hat on but I’m glad to have the extra time to get more healing done before I have to go back to work. Swelling is gone completely, donor looks good, still scabs on the recipient area and head still itches but all in all I’m feeling great.

Bandages came off yesterday and I washed my head once yesterday and once today. Forehead definitely swelled up a lot after day 2. Head itches like crazy now lol donor looking pretty good. here are 3 days post op pics

@Dillpickle123yeah I’m not sure how other places do it but he looked everything over in his office and counted around the donor site and recipient areas to see what type of density we could get to. This was all done by eye and then he did some math and came up with the 2500 graft count. if you’re between 1500 and 2500 it won’t be big deal because he can do that all in one day either way and you’ll be the only patient scheduled so he’ll have the time to do it right either way you guys decide to go. For me he blocked off 2 days and ended up telling me we only needed one day after all, so I trust he will advise you honestly and not try to rush you out or upsell you or anything.

@Dillpickle123 yeah I think I’ll draw less attention to my head with keeping at least a little hair on top. But he may have to cut it short depending on where you want to get grafts and how much native hair is in the surrounding area. Basically he said as long as I can see the skin I can place the grafts. I didn’t ask for or get a specific layout of how many grafts per cm and 1’s 2’s 3’s etc - maybe I’ll follow up with Nader and see if I can get one.

@SadMan2021 When Dr Nader asked me when I was due to return to work and I said Tuesday Jan 4th he brought up the option to leave a little hair up top to help conceal the recipient area, even though I can wear a hat to work and he said that was fine too… I was not expecting to do a no-shave but he said it would be easy enough so I figured why not! I’ll probably trim it all down at some point as it heals and it starts to look weird with different lengths of hair.

Here’s a couple more pictures from one day post op. Not really in any pain, no swelling yet, just bored of sitting in this hotel haha.

Well after years of thinking about it, it’s finally done! I just finished my fue transplant with Dr Luis Nader in Reynosa Mexico and I’m sitting back in the hotel in McAllen Texas. Here’s a recap of my experience. First, getting in touch with Dr Nader which I’ve heard can be difficult. I filled out the online request form with all my info and pictures at the Nader medical website. Brenda the office coordinator got back to me in a few days with different package options and the Drs recommendations of approximately 2500 grafts for the frontal 3rd and 1000 more for the crown. I was able to secure a date after a few messages back and forth and now 8 weeks later it’s all done. I decided to stay at the Wyndham Garden that Brenda recommended - it’s no frills but worked fine for me (there’s a mini fridge and microwave so I can hide out in here if I want) and they reimburse you for $120 per night depending which package you select. I was picked up at 7:45am by Dr Naders driver and 20 minutes later we were at the office. Super clean, nice place inside , and as others have said he only sees one patient a day so it’s just you, the doctor and his 6 techs. Dr Nader and I chatted about my life and hair and transplant goals etc. He drew me 2 hairline options. One very conservative and one a little more aggressive (like my wife wanted lol) we discussed and ended up splitting the difference and agreed that it would look good and very natural. After counting the cm squares he told me the grafts I would need would be less than he thought and we agreed to do 2500 grafts. They offered to let me keep my hair on top but the dr said the crown would be difficult to see unless we cut it down some, so they cut the sides and back down to a zero and a 5 clipper on top. I was laughing because Dr Nader is so involved he literally gave me a fade himself, with one tech assistant haha. Next was extraction. For me this was the worst part simply because I hated lying face down and to the side for so long and not being able to fidget but they were very accommodating whenever I wanted to shuffle around or stand and stretch. Dr Nader was extracting and a team was checking graft counts separating by hair quantity. I guess they got a lot of singles in the 2500 he pulled so Dr Nader decided to pull some more so they could get the density he wanted (that’s how we got 2640 - still payed for the 2500 as agreed at Naders insistence) After this phase ended I got to have the famous tacos for lunch and relax in the implantation chair. This phase took the longest but I was more comfortable. I watched Netflix and even fell asleep for a while. Dr Nader and one assistant were doing incisions and planting grafts. Then at the end 2 assistants closely checked the placement and angles of the grafts, cleaned my head and put a fresh bandage on my donor. Dr Nader gave me my follow up instructions and medication (an anti inflammatory, an antibiotic, and a pain medication- not narcotic, just a NSAID) I paid half cash to get the 10% discount, Brenda gave me back my hat that she had disinfected so I can wear on the flight home and I was in the car headed back to McAllen. It took about 40 minutes and we were through the border really quickly and easily. Anyways here I am at the hotel, so glad I went with Dr Nader just based on the professionalism, bedside manner and his track record of good results and great prices.

Great write up and excellent looking results!

Yeah that is pretty amazing that you can pull it off already at only 12 days out haha. Looks like it’s healing super well in the donor area too 👍

Looks good man! Thank you for posting. I like the hairline design and I bet it’s gonna look really good and natural on you. Keep us updated - I’ll be following along with you as I’m gonna be about a month behind you with my own Nader transplant. (and as JC said for some reason the day 2 and 3 photos don’t seem to be showing)

Hi all, I have an appointment scheduled with Dr Nader for FUE later this month. Super excited and nervous as the date approaches. Dr Nader suggested approximately 2500 grafts for the front and 1000 for the crown. Wondering how you all went about planning the hairline… I want to be conservative and “age into it” but also have a huge forehead even before hair loss lol. Scheduled for 2 days and then fly home the following day. Return to work 3 days later at a desk job where I can wear a hat so hopefully it goes unnoticed… Any advice on hairline planning and days before or after procedure are appreciated. Thanks!

Hey man, glad to hear you had a positive experience going with Dr Nader! I have an appointment with him myself later this month and I’ve heard a lot of good things. Happy healing