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Sure! Will ask the question in my next follow up. If they don’t have it I’m back there in October for the second sitting, so will ask them if could measure.

1 month post op update Not a huge amount to report. Most hair seems to have shed now and some hairs even look to be growing. Still lots of redness in the recipient, hopefully will start to fade over the coming months. Really happy with how he donor looks, hard to tell 4000 grafts were extracted four weeks ago! Will be shaving the donor down to a number 1 at weekend. I've also took a couple of zoomed in shots on the temples, for those with the interest

I do think you have very similar hair characteristics to me in many ways, so I would certainly look at my recent surgery. I got on finasteride for a year and reached out to Eugenix. Providing you are willing to get on finasteride and give up most of your beard to offset the poor scalp donor, then in reality you will likely get reasonable coverage and more importantly a decent cosmetic improvement. Personally, knowing first hand what FUE + BHT combos can achieve for the highest grade of baldness, you will be very surprised what can be done in the hands of good doctor! There are many great doctors recommended here. From my personal perspective you should be putting Eugenix at the top of that list for a consult.

No problem at all! They didn’t tell me the micron size unfortunately! I think “brilliant” was a bit of an exaggeration by me in hindsight. In the pre-op, Dr Pradeep thought I had very poor donor and went conservative in his plan to do only 4000 grafts. However, when all shaved down for the extractions, he noted it was slightly better than he had initially thought and decided he could get 1000 more grafts out. I guess because i’m still quite fair haired it can be quite hard to assess the donor . What I would say my donor is probably still below average, but not poor as initially thought.

Cheers Daniel. It was just short of 400 grafts in each temple.

Simply Amazing Karl! Every time I see a new photo of you my jaw hits the ground with envy. Eugenix has done the impossible on you and rolled back the years! Who'd had thought the words "Hair Greed" and "Norwood 6/7" could be used in the same sentence. Couldn't wish for a better result for a better person! I owe a huge thank to you to. Your live testimonial, is what inspired me to get on that plane to Eugenix. Something which I will be forever grateful for.

I got told by Eugenix too that after 7 days the grafts are secure and you are a free person.

Good explanation! From my own personal experience, being a Norwood 7 with reverse thinning (Norwood 8 if there was such a thing lol) I am still able to get full coverage by just using scalp and beard hair with FUE. Appreciate everyone is different, but if you can give up a bit of the beard then to me FUT is an unnecessary approach for graft maxing. In Melvin's recent interview with Dr Hasson if I recall correctly, he mentioned he has only preformed 3 FUT procedures in the past 18 months, so even their focus is on FUE now.

There has been a paradigm shift in recent years, with surgeons utilising beard hair in higher norwoords, to get much more coverage via FUE. FUE does leave scaring but it's minimal so you can wear your hair much shorter. With FUT you would have to leave it long on the back to cover the scar. Please can you share the source where you have got that FUT is the gold standard? I categorically disagree with this, with recent advancements in FUE how can this even be true?

Feel your situation, I started loosing my hair at 17 to. I would certainly stress the following points. 1. Get on finasteride and stableize the hair loss. Being aged 23 you still have potential to lose more (once stabilised the surgeon will know exactly what they have to work with) 2. Educate your self, get a realistic expectation of what can be achieved with a HT. i 3. Reach out to a reputable surgeon. One who has a proven track record of restoring higher norwoods and those of a younger age. I can't stress enough the need to get on fin! It will help thicken up and save what you have left, and what has been lost can be dealt with via a HT. Also stay away from FUT surgery (or at very least educate yourself on the implications of the surgery i.e large linear scaring). Providing you get on fin and stabilise the hair loss, your age shouldn't really be an issue for a transplant. In the meantime, reach out to a recommended doctor on this forum.

Cheers! Due to the ever covid situation at the time, ended up being about a year.

I'm sure you will get a great result, Eugenix are really masters of their craft when it comes to temples. I dont think there is a clinic that even comes close when it comes to the temple reconstruction. I'm not sure on the exact rationale as to why Dr Pradeep used a higher number of grafts on my temples. I don't believe he went any denser than he usually would, i'm of the impression he needed to cover a larger area to sufficiently reconstruct. He did mention to me during the pre-op that even when the temples are really washed out (like in my case), you can still see if you look carefully where they used to be, and this is what he uses to inform his design. I'm guessing once upon a time, I must of had really big temples. This purely my take on the situation and I could be way of the mark, but I will put the question to him in our next follow up appointment.

I'm glad that I did. The bonus was that I had my donor cleaned everyday by the clinic and they did full day 7 full clean to remove the scabs. This meant that I could travel back without wearing a surgical cap. Plus after 7 days the grafts are set in place, so any accidental knocks wouldn't damage the grafts, so it gave me peace of mind.

Hope you get it soon! Once you have it and are on the plane, all shall be distant memory! I look forward to reading your journey.

I had the meeting at the VFS Centre at the start of December, and then it got granted 7 days later. It all seemed a bit blurred at the time regarding quarantine rules in India. My fear was arriving at the airport, undertaking a mandatory PCR test, testing positive and having to do a 14 day hotel quarantine. Just wasn't worth the risk for me, so I opted to defer two months. Hopefully they revert back to the much simpler E-Visa system for UK nationals, when I return back for my second sitting in October.

I applied for mine at the start of December. I was intending to go Eugenix at the start of Jan, however the Indian government introduced a mandatory quarantine for international arrivals, so had to delay to March. My visa was valid for six months. I was clear at visa processing centre I needed some flexibility due to changing Covid situation, as a one month would not be suitable for me.

Yes i'm in Manchester. Happy to meet up in May (we can sort the details over DM). Not confirmed yet, but Dr Pradeep may be in Manchester in May, so you may be able to meet the temple legend himself and have an even better discussion! Seems like you having a tough time with the Visa. Once I had my meeting at the VFS Centre, I got my visa within the week. But I imagine with everything opening up now in India demand will be a lot higher.

Sounds like a very tough journey back. However, take some solace in that you have done the hard part now. I personally decided to stay 7 days after the procedure so I could recover, as I didn't trust myself not to bang my head. However, appreciate not everyone has that luxury. Time to kick back now are relax now and enjoy the growing. Looking very forward to following this journey.

Dr. Priyadarshini Das who is a senior surgeon at Eugenix, is available on the 120inr per graft Exclusive Package and is showcasing some really neat work. Dr. Priyadarshini has spent the past seven years learning her trade under Dr Pradeep & Dr Arika, and has quite rightly earned herself the title as a Senior Doctor! Over the upcoming months, I have a hunch we are going to see a lot of members document their results by her.

Looking good and healing nicely! You can already visualise how the hairline and temples are going to make such a vast improvement for you. Seeing you before the surgery, I can really picture the huge difference this is going to make for you! I can't wait to see your progress over the coming months.

Alex, the early signs all look positive! Very neat work by Dr Das! Was great hanging out with you and Dr Sethi in Mumbai! You’re a top guy with a witty sense of humour.

On initial impressions, your hair line looks very age appropriate. I personally believe that you should keep the hair line where it is, rather than raise it. In your pre-op design session, Eugenix will have used the laser to project a line from from your eye brows, to ensure your hair line sits at an appropriate position (which it looks to do). For only four months, you are already have a huge improvements! I can't wait to see the final result, it's going to be a knock out!

Fantastic Juan. So unbelievably natural looking too! You are a new man!

Cheers! To add Dr Pradeep is intending on extracting another 2000 grafts from there in the second sitting, along with another 3000 beard grafts.

So true! I guess if there was ever an ideal time to have a transplant it would be October time. Unfortunately, We are going to be spending summer under a cap!