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3 Month Update So today marks 12 weeks since I finished my first sitting at Eugenix. In terms of progress, most of the shedding seems to have occurred now with the appearance of new hairs coming through. To be honest given that I was a slick bald Norwood 7, even looking at myself now I feel it is such a vast improvement. Scalp is still a little pink, however seems to be fading so not too concerned. I have also attached a picture of my Donor area. I have also booked for my second sitting in October to do the crown, so just a small way through the journey at current.

Looking incredible Juan! Donor looks Pristine considering the number of grafts taken and how short you have it! Loving your temple points too!

Was probably a sweeping statement by me there. However, I do still believe that the ED issues may be attributed to the placebo/nocebo effect. I just think that if you take the pill knowing there are potential impotence side effects, then it stays in the back of your mind and transpires into anxiety related ED. That’s my ten cents worth anyway.

I’m agnostic when it comes to PFS. I think the dudes that get it have more serious underlying health conditions. I have taken for 3 years now at 1mg daily, had zero sides. Also managed to conceive a child with my wife in that time without any difficulty. My only regret was listening to the alleged horror stories and let myself become slick bald, when in reality I would have tolerated the med just fine. Don’t wish to sound blasé but I do think that most men who get the ED issues are generally caused by ‘overthinking it’ and probably no doubt suffer from performance anxiety issues to start with. So many middle aged men have been taking this drug since the 80s at 5mg daily for enlarged prostates and they haven’t been claiming permanent sides.

Thanks Oliver!! I can’t take too much credit for the temples, it was the vision of Dr Sethi! Will do a 3 month update next week!

Many Thanks Rolandas! Was great meeting you and hearing your genuine passion for hair restoration education!

I spent Saturday with Dr P and had the same experience. Dr Pradeep does not do consults in the traditional way, he likes to remove the taboo and barriers around hair loss and have everyone talking with each other and sharing there experiences in open forum. He said to me within the first few seconds of meeting a patient I already know what the plan is, so why not spend the rest of time getting to know them personally! He is a super cool guy and far from your average doctor.

Great to hear everything went well Kamran and to plan (well minus the knee injury!). You certainly got the Eugenix experience for sure. Safe travels back home and can't wait to follow the journey and see those temples grow.

All the best! Kamran It has been a very rough ride for you to get to this point, but that grey cloud it soon to get lifted. All the stress and strain (both mentally and physically) to get to the procedure, will soon be soon be forgotten! You have been meticulous with your research and are going to reap the rewards!

So pleased for you Ian! Quite the transformation (and with yet still more growth to come).

Thanks Karl, comparing the month by month does look to be ever so slowly fading. So not going to hit the panic button just yet!

Thank you Armen! Always pleasant to hear your reassuring words!

No matter what package, a doctor will do the design. Just on the lower package you are going to get a doctor with lesser experience. Extractions and implantation are all done by techs, but techs work under the supervision of doctors. Eugenix use the DHT method, so they extract and implant at the same simultaneously, so therefore would be impossible for the lead surgeon to do both.

To compare Eugenix to a hair mill is a bit unjust! Anybody who has been to Eugenix will know that there is plenty of doctors presence beyond the leading surgeons!

I can totally empathise with your situation, I too never experienced a full head of hair in adult life to balding at 15 years old! I agree, with other posters you are going to need a least two surgeries and give up some beard hair, but it's a small price to pay for a good result! I too started for a similar position to yourself. I have just come out my first procedure with Dr Sethi in March, and going for round two in October. But I can hand on heart say it was the best decision i've ever made!

Month 2 Update Right in the middle of the ugly duckling phase, therefore not a huge amount to update on. Redness is still there, hopefully it starts to fade within the next month. The wild hairs are starting to make an appearance!

It's hard to believe that two and half years ago you were a norwood 6/7. One great clinic and a 11.6k grafts later here you are astonishing us all month by month! Karl, you have redefined HT expectations from us fellow high norwood's!

Great write up Ryan! I’m so happy for you. The work looks so clean. I have every confidence this will be yet another Eugenix home run result!

Nice detailed write up Ryan (and thanks for the mention!). I can't wait for you to start your Eugenix journey. You are a very knowledgeable guy which is evident through conversation and posts on here. You have done your research well and will reap the rewards in your choice of doctor and clinic. I know that Dr Pradeep & Dr Arika will take great care of you over there and make it an experience you won't forget. The cloud hanging over from your poor previous transplants is about to disappear! PS I cant see the pictures too!

But blended in well beard hair is an excellent filler for the scalp, we have so many examples of this now! Appreciate not everyone has a great beard. But generally speaking a higher Norwood is likely to have a strong beard. Taking a step back here, on reflection I am probably behaving biased, as I chose the FUE + BHT route to restore my advanced hair loss.

I would say that a 20% transaction rate in todays day and age is extremely high. With use of implanter pens, clinics are boasting yields in the high 90% with FUE. Even with numbers you have crunched, you could easily compensate with 2800 grafts with beard hair and just not even need a FUT. Generally speaking, I just cant honestly see that if you were starting a HT journey in 2022 and were a high grade, why you would want to pursue a strip.

For sure. But I guess now we now have a 3rd dimension in hair restoration with BHT, so it can’t really be ignored . The reality is that a Norwood 7 with poor donor can get reasonable coverage with FUE + BHT. Therefore, an OP has a choice whether they want the same end result, with or without a linear scar.

Just to play devils advocate. The Sharpio study looks at simply FUT then FUE for graft maxing. With FUE + BHT you can restore a Norwood 7, so in principle the Hypothesis has now evolved from the study.

Haha! Many Thanks Armen!

I’m quite knew to the Hair Restoration Network. But one thing I have found alarming is the number of posters that tell often quite young & naive, higher Norwood patients who post on here for the first time seeking help, that they should undergo an FUT procedure in order to maximise grafts. With recent advancements in FUE + BHT combinations surgeries, should people not be encouraging this as a first line surgical approach for graft maxing, as opposed to undergoing a much risker FUT procedure? This is purely my take on the situation. I may be completely off the mark. Appreciate every patient is different, but to me it feels that some posters are giving outdated, counterproductive advise.