Stewie

I only realised when looking at your old topic last night that the hairline was lowered previous to Eugenix? Looks like Eugenix only put singles in to soften the blow on a harsh hairline? If you wanted a repair in the first place then maybe they wasn’t the right place to go if you had other plans? I think the result looked good tbh. But it’s all about what makes you happy at the end of the day

This looks amazing, but I can't help but think this does not look good for Eugenix, I have had two surgeries with them and been open in the sense they do not listen, and now to see them lowering your hairline and you having to resort to these measures, it confounds the fact that they are not the elite place to go, and in fact another place you role the dice with, which makes me sad in a way as they are all great, but me, you and others can not go there and have a plan and then come out with another, this is not acceptable for other practices so it should not be the case for them either. I wish you luck in getting to where your heading as this work looks brilliant

For me I saw a lot of growth in month 6/7 but month 9/10 was when the hair thickened up and started to look better, definitely give it a bit more time and hopefully you'll be happy

This is actually looking really good and all seems to be growing, I think you are taking this all the wrong way, I have over twice as many grafts as you and suffer from all the same things you are talking about, its see thru and unless longer and heavily layered then the illusion is not there properly. I think even the best of the best HT on here if messed up I the way you have done your hair would look exactly the same. But in doing that you can actually see all of the new hairs all over, 4.5k across your whole scalp is not a lot in the grand scheme to have great density, but in what you have had IMO is looking good and growing well

It's worth trying it and see how you feel, tbh I had two years on it and not one side effect, so it might be the same for you? I know others on here have had various sides that put them off being on it, but they wished they could take it for all the points made above. At the end of the day like mentioned above, if the hair is destined to thin and fall out, it'll do it moved or not, which was essentially my argument in trying to get all my thicker bits moved to weaker areas, as even if they are in whats classed as the unsafe zone, surely it does not matter, as if they fall out and have not been used vs whats been transplanted from safe areas, then it would still leave me with odd bald areas where the HT does not match up, so in my eyes they might as well use everything if its stablised What is your families baldness like? similar to yours? have you noticed any changes over the last few years at all?

Its a tough one, I choose not to carry on with Fin as my baldness stabilised to full NW6 by 23, started aggressively at 17, so when I had my first HT in 2021 up till the latest this year, I have had no worries in the back of my mind that my hair will get worse, I am 46 now and when I look at the family history and my dad etc, their level of baldness stopped at the same NW6 pattern So if you are unsure where yours might end and depending on age it might be worth considering and trying it out if you dont get sides then it wont be the end of the world as its a cheap generic drug nowadays? Last thing you want is to be chasing baldness with HT's. Worth considering, I was the same, but I took it for 2 years with no sides and no helping from it either, and I choose to bin it off because of the above and I truly believe I don't need it, but many on the forum take it for the just in case reasons, and also some seem to be super responders and even grow hair back?!

Ha thanks for the kind words All makes sense for sure, and like I said I have hair envy as its so thick, I think looking at what you achieved last time, I think you'll be sorted after this one and will not need to endure another HT fingers crossed, yeah I am the same, tired of going through it all now haha, who knows hair greed might get me one day, lets see, ill never say never, but time will tell for us both Good luck and happy growing mate!

Was there a reason behind using chest hair and not more scalp/beard? as it looks like you have a lot of scalp and beard left? Looks great BTW, your hair is very thick and this will look awesome

I think so. But honestly not sure either way 🤣

To be honest this is near word for word the same as me apart from the last day event. And the pressure for reviews and filming is immense. I held firm on a lot of filming this time around and they still managed to get some. They are getting quite relentless on the marketing front. And I got that pressured for a review even though i said I did last year that when I did it I didn’t even realise it was for one of their other clinics that had just opened and I had never been too?!

Just trying to pay it forward with honest feedback and progress pics, the same thing inspired me to know that there is hope out there

What's weird is I have only today confirmed something I have been thinking for a while, all the work Eugenix did down the left temple and filling in the disconnected area as they put it did not take, my left temple is as it was before any surgery still, yet the right temple took fine?! Eugenix did not spot this and never said a thing which I actually find very weird with how much they are on top of peoples temple points, whilst it does not bother me to much, its something now looking at it I would of loved them to address when there, but I am not sure ill ever go back for surgery ever again tbh! And I have mentioned this before, I actually never wanted my temples touching, I had faint fine temples that I was good with in the first place and got talked into the new temples, first world problems for sure, but maybe a lesson in trusting myself more than them! I am not saying my temples are messed up, I don't mind them not being perfect, but I have noticed other HRN members not having great growth on the left and I wondered if there was something in it?

heard of them but never used them, do you not have Revolut or Starling or something similar over there? more internet banks that carry a very good interbank rate so you don't get destroyed on fees and crap rates

Ha thanks mate, I think depending what lighting I manage to catch it in then it looks alright, if its bright direct on top lighting then its struggling atm haha

Thanks dude, the hair is not that long tbh, I am just spiking it up with some dry gel as to short to do anything with it, in certain lighting its looking alright, but in general very see-thru atm ha, but to be expected at this stage in the game. Yours is looking killer mate, the long hair mixed with short sides suits you!

I used to have a Revolut card and now have a Starling card, they basically have excellent inter bank rates when paying international, so I normally load them up and pay with them and get an excellent rate when paying in the native currency

Thanks guys! It's still very see-thru atm, needs some length etc, and for it to fill in a bit again. Gone from it looking great even in the bathroom to now the light making it look like I have no hair on my head again haha

Just shy of 2 month update, gave myself a DIY shave to back and sides, still some shock loss in a few bits that I can notice from where I was, but seems to be growing well so far and keeping calm about the whole ugly duckling phase atm, my donor still has a thick horse shoe around the top and the back especially still feels thick and full, which is mad after so many grafts from so many sessions. Cant wait to see what impact this last session does to the density overall

do you have more photos of how it currently is atm?

If it goes into a third day and you end up with another Dr taking care of you, the main hard work in terms of slits etc has taken place at that point, and its more on the rest of the team to do the work and have the Dr oversee it at that point. I think either option sounds good, but I would think you would more than likely run into 3 days for sure

I think like others have said, you was covering up how diffuse you head was with the long hair from the back, for the amount of grafts you had over such a big area it looks like its all growing well, and yes if you want good density then you will need at least another session To put in context I had a similar sized area filled over four sessions and have now hit around 12k grafts and I am still worried about what the density might be, it'll never be perfect but you can definitely get in a place you want to be And maybe if growing it forward is your ultimate goal and you don't mind having your hair long then maybe starting toward the back and moving forward with density to allow the thicker layers might be better? But from this pic just two months ago to the one from today its obvious how well its growing, and me personally on my 3rd one last year, I think it was month 9+ for me when I thought it was starting to really look good

Thanks man, yeah I hear you and keep telling myself the same, think its just the shock of the shedding phase etc atm, but it'll pass and I know it will start going from strength to strength again all going well

So its been a month already and I am getting that horrid feeling its all not going to turn out well, I am not enjoying my hair atm, it doesn't feel good, loads keep falling out when I rub it, I am getting super nervous about bits that have been missed in different surgeries, and noticed things that didn't quite take last time like the left temple Whilst I know these are all normal fears at this stage, I think they feel worse this time with seeing how good it was getting back end of last year, I wish I could fast forward this next couple of months to get to the good times (fingers crossed there is some, as doesn't feel like it atm haha) I have been keeping hair short atm, its currently about 5-10mm as different lengths all over

looking awesome that mate

most anticipated case of 2024!