Overthinker

Thanks for your reply! I didn’t get checked by microscope from the doctor who did the surgery, but that was 2 years ago with Lorenzo and he saw miniaturised hair and he told he would enhance the area if he did the surgery. Yet my procedure was only the hairline. Also I thought the community is built for sharing thoughts and concerns about hairloss. i don’t agree completely with this. You lose your hair in patterns, that’s why norwood scale exist in the first place and how every surgeon plans on working on your head for you to have hair into the future as long as possible. That’s also how elite surgeons from here work with donors “out of the safe zone”.

Maybe I am not much in this life, but at least I’m honest with myself 😂

Amen to that brother! May all of us get what we are after! Thanks for the courage!

Thanks guys for all the information and the help! Really appreciate it!

I get your points and I totally agree. Thanks for your reply. I know beforehand that ht is all about the illusion and I got on heavy medicines all in once trying to achieve the best I can and then retain it for as long. I wouldn’t do so also if my donor wasn’t measured giving a total of 10.500-11.000 grafts without visible thinning. Even with the miniaturised I couldn’t see scalp, I just got worried about the pattern and the usage of my grafts and if I did was correct.

Yes I did, 3 years ago and my situation was this. Lorenzo told me the density is the same but they’re all miniaturised in my forelock. Freitas told me my density also is great no thinning. So I probably am going crazy into this phase.

It’s really good to hear those words cause honestly I felt that I did a mistake. Hes a great doctor and a great clinic that’s why I’m going for the touch up there, you won’t have any complaints from them, I’m sure about that. hope everything goes great for you and you get what you really wish🙏🏼

Thanks for your reply man. Yes and I really trust their opinions, as I’ve seen doctor De Freitas have told some of them if they have some diffuse thinning or anything like this when the head is shaved, so I believe that he also would tell me so if there was anything. I was just scrolling through the photos and my perfectionism got me worried looking from follicle to follicle. But he didn’t access my scalp with the microscope so I guess the miniaturisation couldn’t be seen with the eye

That’s why I’m asking for your help, if it’s just the anxiety that I see a bigger norwood pattern now in the ugly duckling phase. And feels like my donor grow stronger and faster than the rest

Thanks brother, appreciate it. I’m just freaking out cause I couldn’t style it anymore with them being miniaturised that’s why I don’t know why he didn’t put any in between .I can tell the difference in the texture of the hair between my donor and my frontal region and middle. It feels like they are thicker on the donor. Is this a thing ?

Thanks for the reply! I know but I’ve seen many cases by him where he implanted even a few grafts just to thicken it up. take a look at this thread where his forelock was stronger than mine:

All this area was itchy for days after the procedure and I know my forelock had miniaturised hair from two years ago when I had my consultation with dr Lorenzo in person. Dr de Freitas told me it can be a combination of the light and the haircut. But the density when he shaved me was good. I really don’t know

Yes, the work is absolutely incredible I don’t doubt that, he did a great job!

i am worried I have a higher norwood pattern even though every doctor that saw me told me I was norwood 2 and I don’t get why they didn’t put any grafts in my forelock and midscalp. im stressing because of the pictures , and mostly the texture between the hair on top and the donor ones. Could it be the haircut from the clinic? Or the use of topical minoxidil for 2 years ? Is it naturally thicker in donor area ?

I am one month post a hair transplant with dr De Freitas. 3 years ago when I noticed my hairloss the one thing that bugged me the most was the miniaturised hair I have in the front and I couldn’t style my hair like I did. I had consultations with Lorenzo and Bhr in Greece and some other clinics all told me my crown was good but I have miniaturised hair in my forelock. Everybody, including dr De Freitas the day of the procedure told me that I was a norwood 2. I asked him 4 times during my procedure if there’s thinning or miniaturisation somewhere else in the scalp and he told me there’s not and for now I am good and I don’t have to stress. Before I chose him I saw some procedures that he implanted between native hair on the forelock even when people didn’t have a problem there, you can see it in all the different cases recently here. But I was surprised he didn’t put microscope and a single graft in mine he just did my hairline. Don’t get me wrong he did an excellent job on my hairline, and I asked him about a touch up and he told me I might need 800 or less to increase the density. but it’s getting on my mind though that I have a bigger norwood pattern , even though Lorenzo examined my scalp with a microscope and he told me too that I was a norwood 2 and possible norwood 3 in the years to come. so what’s going on here and why didn’t he put grafts in between ? I asked the clinic several times and they tell me doctor says it’s good and I have to wait until 3 months because they grow thicker after. I’m on heavy medication for 2.5 years , everyday fun and fits , minoxidil topical that switched in oral after the ht and vitamins. I got relieved when he told me that I was a norwood 2 because I have a great donor and I could get the result I’m dreaming of. But now Im depressed and I can’t have peace of mind cause I dont know what’s happening on my head and what to expect. Im attaching photos 3 years ago to see what I’m talking about and after my operation and today. what should I do ?