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Thank you @Sitries1! Fair point and something that definitely should be kept in mind by people reading this thread and who are considering a hair transplant. I knew that having this procedure done all at once could have led to less optimal results. I weighted the pros and cons of my circumstances and decided to take my chances. Long story short, I was mentally not in the right position to wait 2 years and go through 2 operations to get to the finish line. I needed my life to move faster All considered, happy with my decision! One day, maybe, I will consider a second pass, but I will wait for my hair to thin further

Thank you @Belve!

And that's all folks!! Can't believe 1+ year has passed! If some of you guys want to share your honest opinion, I am super-happy and curious to read it! Personally, I am satisfied with the overall result. The improvement is clear. With wet hair and sharp light, the lower density of the transplanted area in the front becomes more evident, but this is normal I believe. After all a hair transplant just gives an illusion. The crown area unfortunately does not have a very good density even when the hair are dry, but I can live with that. The donor area looks very good to me. I know ASMED has left some people very unhappy and is now regarded to be a hair-mill, and if I had learnt of this before my operation I would have chosen differently. Of course I have the doubt in my mind that if I had chosen differently my final result could have been better. Perhaps. But it could have gone worse too

Hello forum, 12-month update. I will first post a bunch of pictures of me with wet hair, taken right at the 12 month mark (end of November 2022). Then some others taken shortly after with dry hair, just after a hair cut. And finally I will post few more pictures taken 1 month later, as I believe they better show the overall result.

Hi @PatientHT5020 , I'm so very sorry, just saw your message now! I must have missed the notification of your post sent to my email ... I am going to post my 12-months update right now. I hope it can still be of some help to you ...

Thank you Jason! I am less worried and happier about the result 😊 As you said, it is still a bit thin but a decent result so far. Few months ahead of growth, I'll patiently wait to see how the final result will look like. I am also hoping to gain a bit more density in the crown area, as I am told it is the slower growing part. The incisions were made by Dr Erdogan's himself so I would hope he knows how to recreate a good illusion of density.. In any case, thank you so much for the names suggested, I will keep them in mind. But probably, even if the final result will stay as it is, I may decide it is good enough and not worthy a second surgery (yet at least, until my hair will thin more). I don't wear super-short hair and when they grow they are curlier, which luckily helps in making my hair look more dense.

Here they are Taken on 24th May, so at about 6 months and 1 week I think. First bunch is with wet hair, second with dry hair. Lots of pictures as I was asked by the Doctor to send them to him for an evaluation.

Thank you for your kind words @Mountinvan ! I wish you amazing results in your HT journey

Thank you @CaliforniaLiving. I'm just not seeing much evidence of new growth coming through, so that's what worries me Although in comparison to the pre-op pictures the crown and front areas are a bit fuller and there is now a hairline, which I did not have before. I'll keep my fingers crossed I'm just a slow grower!

I keep my fingers crossed but I am starting to worry a bit on the final result. Am I lagging behind in your opinion guys?

Hello again with a new update!Pictures taken on April's fools day. So basically at week 20 (minus few days). Sorry for the quality of the pictures, I wish there I had someone taking them for me! With dry hair. Left and right sides. And crown. With wet hair Crown area

This is very reassuring, thank you @JC71 !