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Thanks for the comments/help.t about the scar - mine is long (ear to ear) and thin--difficult to see now--which made me think the doctor did a great job on the cutting and stitching, but which could mean a "fool you into thinking it was more than it was" situation to quote @BeHappy. One other note I should make clear: the "Immediate post HT in dr office" photo was taken by me, selfie style, not the official doctors photo. So, dr is off the hook there. Although I asked dr for original but they wouldn't release to me. So, maybe not off the hook. Notes from my 1 year post-op check in: Doctor basically said these things: The result is definitely better than before. He said I basically had no hair on the temples and now I do, so it's better To my question of "this doesn't seem like 2500 grafts", he reiterated that he did 2.5 grafts even pulling out the chart and reading 2, 531 grafts To my question of "you said 2500 would do the trick, you did 2500 it didn't provide full coverage, did I have non-typical results" he responded with a generic "results vary person to person, hair type to hair type" type of answer To my comment of "seems weird that there's very little coverage on the right side of my head", he examined my head more, drew an oval about the size of two dimes laid side by side and said yes, "that spot didn't seem to take", he said that could be for various reasons but he couldn't tell me what exactly happened there. He said I probably want thicker coverage so we should do a second procedure, he would comp me 200 grafts for the oval where the procedure didn't stick and he didn't know what happened. That was basically it. The doctor was Dr. Charles from Boca. You guys have been helpful here so far, so thanks for that. Any other thought on the subject would be helpful. And a recommendation for a different doctor that can do the 2nd "fix up" procedure would also be appreciated. p.s. one other comment that the dr mentioned when talking about procedure #2 - I asked FUE vs. FUT for procedure #2 and he basically said FUE makes completely no sense as a second procedure if you have previously done FUT. Because you already have the scar. I never thought about that before doing #1 and have never seen discussed here. But something that seems like an extremely important piece of info to contemplate before you go into your first procedure.

One other note: I followed the pre- and post-op instructions to a tee: Slept sitting upright for 3 days - this was way easier to do than I thought it would be thanks to the hydrocodone (post op said sleep upright for 1 day) No bending down/over or strenuous activity for for 5 months (post op said avoid for 14 days) No alcohol for 14 days after (post op didn't give advice on this) No sun on head for 5 months (post op said avoid for 14 days) No swimming in chlorine for 7 months (post op said avoid for 14 days) Didn't shower for 3 days, when I did shower, I did not put my head under the nozzel but poured water over my head as instructed Used the special shampoo the doctor sold me and used how he instructed ... i.e. pat on gently, pour water over head Used H2Ocean spray two times a day Didn't get haircut until 4 months post op Since this was COVID/WFH times and I didn't have to go in public, I let the scabbing fall off naturally rather than pick at them or try to brush them off. So you can see scabs still on my head for a couple of weeks post op. Wonder if that may have been an issue.

Thanks for the quick feedback. Here's some more details: Dr is one whose name has been mentioned here previously. Not Bosley, although I know someone who did Bosley and I think they got better results than me quite frankly. I'm in my 50s. My hair was receding at temples for a long time, since my 20s, but noticed the "peninsula" of hair at the top/front thin which prompted action Fin for about 3 years, I think that's helped retain better. Prior to that, tried Minox for around 6 months, but made my head too itchy and didn't seem to give good results. Before and after fin pic is below More pics below. Again, appreciate the comments/feedback ... especially your educated guesses to how many grafts it looks like I actually got (or that "took") and, if that number is significantly less than "2,500", your thoughts on why that might be.

Just about a year ago I had a FUT transplant. Would love to get y'alls opinion on how you think my Doctor did. I won't divulge who my Dr is until after I have my one year review meeting with him in a couple of weeks. But would love to get your take on how you think my dr did and what follow up questions / actions I should ask him. Here are some details: The Dr. told me I was a Norwood 3, requiring 2,500 grafts. He strongly recommended FUT. I also had consultation with a separate doctor (Dr. Diep) and he also recommended 2,500 grafts with FUT so I felt comfortable with going with that recommendation. On the day I came in for the apt, during the initial consultation and drawing of the new hairline, doctor said I would likely lose all of the hair I had in the "peninsula" of hair growing at the top/front of my head and also said I would require a 2nd transplant. These things may be true regardless of which doctor I saw, but I did feel it was a little shady telling me this info so "late in the game" (after I'd travelled there and taken calming drugs). My doctor's office (US based) and staff were pretty professional. Doctor made the cut and stitch and made all the incisions. techs did the placement. I didn't count the incisions so don't know if I actually got 2,500 grafts. But the procedure didn't seem to last that long. I showed up at 10, did a dr consultation from 10 to 11, started procedure at 11, lunch from 1 - 1:45ish, done at 3:30. Does that sound right for 2,500 grafts? So I guess that would work out to ~14 grafts placed per minute: assuming 45min of incision and extraction then 3 hours of actually placing 2,500 grafts. There was no visible whiteboard showing hair counts and no mention of counts, which leads me to believe this whole "I had exactly 2,500 grafts" that other people/doctors are saying is a racket (I mean, how do you make a FUT cut that has exactly 2,500 grafts instead of, say 2,492 or 2,534, etc.) or my doctor is lazy at best or deceptive at worst. FUT scar is really not an issue. I think my doctor did a good job at minimizing it. It's not really visible unless I go below a 6 clipper guard at the top of the sides. I typically cut to a 6 clipper near the top and fade down to a 2 clipper at sides and rear and I feel it's not really noticeable I'm still trying to come to an opinion on how well I think my doctor/techs did. Below is a before and 11 months after pic. I've seen a couple of examples of jobs I think were worse, but those were on folks with advanced Norwoods and bad donor areas. My doc said (and I'd tend to agree) that my donor area was great. I've seen a lot of examples here of jobs that were much better. Thoughts on how well my doctor did and what I should ask/discuss at our one year review? Thanks in advance. p.s. FWIW, one of the techs commented on me having a lot of fluid coming out of the incision (serous exudate/discharge, which is typical for wounds/incisions I assume?) that she mention was popping out some incisions. She asked if I had I followed the no alcohol consumption guidelines, which was no drinking 3 days prior and which I had followed. But I did drink before that (4, 5 days prior). Not sure if this is a factor or not but wonder if others have heard of this.