Stewie

How is this looking now?

5 minutes ago, rochish said:

Both of them were in the hospital and would take turns to work on my head. They would also attend to other patients who were undergoing HT in other rooms. At times, neither of them would be in my room, but I would always be attended to by technicians. Hope that helps.

Similar to me, I mainly had Dr Soumesh and then Dr Arika did the hairline

4 minutes ago, GeneralNorwood said:

1. Other doctors plan procedure in 5 minutes, Zarev makes long consultation with specific measurements which lasts 2 hours. It's not like he recklessly expands the donor area. He looks at every areas and estimates grafts/cm2 in this areas and other details of the hair, then he decides how much he can extract from every area. It sounds simple, but it takes a lot of time.

100 patients equals 200 hours for the consultations and within this times random clinic can perfrom ~ 25 procedures. 

 

2. Expanding from traditional safe zone is what i call "New School of HT". There are more doctors that take this new approach. First examples that come to my mind are dr. Pittella or dr. Ferreira. 

Can't agree more

9 hours ago, Gatsby said:

Having met @Stewie in person pre Eugenix surgery, I can personally vouch that his results are not only incredible, but that they are even more incredible from where he came from. Looking mint mate! 👌

Appreciate it mate and honestly never thought I could get to a happy place with it like this. Be good to bump into you again. I feel we have a lot of stories left to cover  

10 hours ago, Rawkerboi said:

Really happy for you! Excellent Results!

I am wondering why you need another HT?

Hair Greed?

I don't really need one, its mainly to curb my OCD and get everything as even as I can from the native to the transplanted bits, but more than happy where I am and this one sure is a bit of greed and calming my mental issues and obsessions ha  

6 hours ago, Steeeve said:

is completely remarkable.

Hair transplant of the year.

With your touch up around the corner you’ll be Aces! You’re already 🔥🔥 right now and you haven’t even hit the year mark!!

Congratulations @Stewie

Thanks mate, when you see it side by side like that its ridiculous really, I can't believe how good it is, I still see the weaker parts but they are not as bad as they was and tbh even as short as the hair dresser just hacked it the other day its pretty good even at the shorter length I didn't want, I am so happy with it  

I had not seen @Jamos1982 and @A_4_Archan results before but I think they both look amazing. @mtb and @Capelli21 are stand out cases for me and shows what great hair characteristics and top surgeons can do as they both look like they never had hair loss, and then on the side of miracles if we are sticking with 2023 then @Gatsby and @Bandit90 are up there as they both had massive up hill battles, especially Gatsby, its unreal to think of his starting point

4 hours ago, Shadman said:

One of the finest results of 2023 👏

ha not sure about that, but ill take it, its turned out so much better than I could of imagined and I keep getting told off from my friends, GF and family about not needing to go back for more hair ha, thanks mate  

Thats looking great, and as said if thats harsh lighting then normal scenarios nothing will be noticeable, looks like a full natural head of hair

how has it all panned out mate?

Just now, Gatsby said:

@Stewie I could hardly recognize you from when I saw you at Eugenix in January. You look like a completely different person. This is one of the greatest come from behind results I’ve seen. 👌

thank you so much mate, really appreciate that, to say I am happy is an understatement, its really exceeded my expectations tbh  

2 hours ago, GoliGoliGoli said:

What exactly is a dry shampoo? It seems like it is basically a concealer? Looks great though 

I had never really heard about it and just used it at my GF, she said its a good way to hide your roots when grey is coming through etc, but I have found that its slowly died my hair more brown again and sits on the scalp a bit and gives an SMP type of effect, I only use it once a week and not much of it, but it really gives a good overall look to my hair I think, but using it more would really dry the hair out hence why once a week  

3 hours ago, Melvin- Admin said:

I have to say I think you’re in the running of best HT this year as well. Given your previous situation. Im so happy for you man. What’s the opposite of gutted in the UK? Chuffed? I’m chuffed for you mate. 

Ah thanks mate, honestly I never thought I could be in this position, I had resided myself to a life of being bald and I was actually ok with it, its only the pure spur of the moment mistake at the first hair mill that put me on the road to getting it done right, and now I am so glad I actually made that first mistake and rushed in as if I had planned it I probably would not of bothered going through with any of it, but to find myself with hair and actually enjoying it is a mad thing, and I am really happy with where I am at, the next pass in early Feb is pure vanity and just to curb my OCD to have it all more balanced, and looking what they have done this time around, I have no doubt ill be more than happy next year  

Couple of weeks shy of 11 months and got my hair hacked at the barbers. Asked them please to leave some length on top and now there is literally about an inch of hair apart from the front and he shaved the left hand side when he styled it. I asked him to leave the left to give me options. Guess this is the only style for the next month or so haha

under direct light and this length you can see thru bits but nothing terrible and in normal viewing conditions it’s unnoticeable 

super happy overall

18 hours ago, GeneralNorwood said:

From Eugenix, i didn't hear any plan, i didn't hear that i will need 2-3 procedures. Now it is obvious for me that i needed multiple surgeries, but 2 years ago it wasn't and i didn't hear this crucial information from the surgeon. So you have to understand that some people don't have such level of knowledge like you now and they can't make surgeries plan by themselves. This is a job of a doctors. 

I totally agree with this, I have been to a hair mill thats local to me and also Eugenix, and actually the hair mill was a lot better at presenting the information about the realities of what they can achieve and multiple sessions etc, but then they also had a pretty much in and out way of working which was not great and a hard limit on grafts etc rather than what you actually needed to get good results, where as the results from Eugenix are night and day better, but  I was shocked with their planning etc, it was all so fast and slap dash, I got my donor assessed within seconds and the plan was done in seconds and I was kind of made to agree with it, really it was only once in the operating theatre with Dr Soumesh that it all turned around and saved it for me, he listened and assessed my donor as they went on and the plan evolved into something I was very happy with. They really need to get better at this as that side has the potential to get a lot worse with the rapid expansion of the clinic too, hopefully it's something they are addressing? But if I would of seen this forum ahead of time before my first surgery then I would of had a lot more knowledge to arm myself with

As regards shaving your head even after HTs, I dont really see the issue, my sides are slightly over harvested yet I still shave them short when getting it cut etc and personally it does not bother me one bit, I suppose its all personal preference. The main thing that really played on my mind was after the first HTs with the hair mill the hairline was far to straight and unnatural and this was the big driving factor of going Eugenix for a more natural result

The OPs results are great for the grafts etc, and hopefully a second pass can put him where he is comfortable with it all

Definitely go for the hair and then keep shaving it through the early months up till maybe around month 5 when its coming to the good times

9 hours ago, THE GAME said:

Holy crap 9€ is some serious coin when you are talking 12k grafts 

Who can actually afford that? Fair play if you can

7 hours ago, asterix0 said:

A bit wrong but think what you want. Just look at how the donor heals a day or two after surgery, very very few can replicate this. 

You are getting significantly less trauma to the donor, the combination of homogenous extraction and this increases the amount of available grafts drastically. 

Eugenix and a lot of other clinics heal donor fine and quickly too etc, but they are not that way inclined to go beyond the typical safe zone, thats the main difference tbh, I am not saying he isn't great as he is, but he is just willing to do what looks best overall for both donor and head in general

its not rocket science, the results are great, what he Is doing is no different from anyone else in terms of technique, but what is different is his and a few other docs approach to this SAFE area your only suppose to take from, I went aggressively bald very early like many on the forum and dont see a problem going right up to the borders, but many docs just won't do it, and thats the difference, nothing mind boggling, just he sees and trust the process himself

The hair towards the humps looks quite strong still, I would agree in NW5 going to a 6, definitely not as bald as I was ha

you got any photos from back or side on?

do you have pics of 8 months?

14 hours ago, Melvin- Admin said:

Can you link the product? Brown batiste. It looks awesome, is it like dry shampoo.

Here you go, yeah its a dry shampoo, I stumbled on it by mistake using my GFs one and noticed it made my hair look amazing as it kind of gripped to the roots and then gave a better illusion over all, I only use it about once a week, few sprays, rub in and off with a towel and thats it, tends to hand in until I wash it out really - https://www.batistehair.com/products/dry-shampoo/color-divine-dark

So 10 months in and really happy. My normal regime now is once a week after a normal wash I use a little bit of dark brown batiste and rub in and off. This really seems to give the roots and scalp an SMP kind of effect and takes the eye right off the see thru aspect

i use sea salt spray maybe a couple of times a week just to hold it in a style

hair is looking better all the time. The donor on left and right is wrecked but this was the very first clinic and not Eugenix and tbh it does not really bother me that much but shows how unprofessional places can be. The back of the donor feels amazing and the native bits that still haven’t been touched are nice a thick compared to the rest still. 
 

i am about 5 months on OM and not noticed any difference?

overall apart from needing a hair cut I am happy and looking forward to next year for the last pass 🙌

10 hours ago, OliverAtom said:

 

I love how soft and natural your result looks on this photo! 

Congratulation @Stewie your transformation is amazing.

 

Thank you, I tried to highlight all the pros and cons as these were evaluation shots for Eugenix, plus with my hair styled better its hard to see through as much, overall I am over the moon with it so far