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The smp short cut hair looks good my friend! All the best in the 2nd round !

Hi there! I dont notice different hair lenght…maybe there are. Maybe because i have a haircut like every month. What i do see is different hair textures but not many. I can spot “one or two” beard hair. Also i can spot beard hairs by being white. The Dr try to use as many pigmented beard hairs as possible but some whent to scalp. Also if a hair was destined to be white it will be white anywhere you implant it as years goes by. Also the hair cycles are different. Some will fall out first than others…and then grow back again… thats why you have to well distribute beard and/or body hairs with your excisting hairs and implanted scalp hairs.  If you need grafts other than scalp, beard hairs are the 2nd option , then lastly chest.  Here a chart i found of Dr A. Bansal that talks about hair cycles.
Hope this helps.

No worries @Broni! It is a possibility to harvest from chin, cheeks and mustach. There are members here that have used these grafts. Just be sure the Dr you choose knows how to harvest them. Scaring in face and neck is almost none since the skin is more elastic than back of scalp! Other people have used sideburns too.

 @Stewie legend congrats on your procedures !!

This was discussed, i was receptive at first. This is my 3rd overall HT (two with drM). Overall i have used 3000+, 2500, 1200 ish = 7000 scalp G give or take. As conservative as DrM he wants to leave some scalp G in the bank just in case and since my chest hairs have some characteristics as the scalp G we give it a try…knowing the cycles are different😕. In the first HT with drM we also used chest G and they are still there. At least thats what the periscope told. These chest hairs were used as fillers…finguers crossed. Also he doesnt want to overharvest the donor…i have a bunch of scars that hopefully smp will cover if i ever buzzcut. I hope this is my last HT i feel the same as you…at least iam a bit tired of the process.

The beard Gs used where from the neck down and he used all the black hairs i got left. I dye my beard…it is almost all white. And all the white hairs i have now in my head are beard. If i ever wants another ht and we use beard they will be whites…that is a setback but a thing to consider !

hope the best for you bro!

here a photo of beard with no dye going home after procedure

@Broni the following photo is 3wks after procedure…my skin is quite sensitive…

harvesting the grafts in my case took longuer than scalp…dr wanted to extract the most black hairs as possible since i have a lot of whites. Hope this helps

Day 11 most scabbs gone

5 days after ht scabbs

First day after the 3 day procedure:

This was my second procedure with DrM and my third overall…back in 2018 i got a ht that for me was a mistake wasting 3000+ grafts back then and by stopping finasteride as per “doctor” recommendation…not only that dr used a large punch also by not using medications i started to loose more hair. Maybe Smp may be required for the large punch scars (done by the previous dr back in 2018) if i ever want to wear a buzzcut.

finguers crossed 

Round two with DrM-Brussels March 6,7,8 2024.
Day 1 Beard G - 950

Day 2 scalp G - 1235

Day 3 Chest G - 838

total - 3023 touchup

first the planning: bit touchup in left hairline and temple, crown (most G goes here), a bit in middle. 
My smp done back in 2019 helps a lot in the transicion and ugly duckling.

bare with me i will try to update every month

again thanks for the forum and all the guys i have contacted and helped me in this.

Wish you all the best my friend you are in great hands ! 

Hi! Maybe a silly question…but may i go to beach 2 months after HT obviously with a hat all the time and sunscreen?? Will the sunscreen damage my grafts ? Or even been with a hat …can this affect somehow the grafts ? Thanks

Thanks @Etownone ! The smp, in my opinion, is good if you have some hair to “backit up”…giving the 3d effect… after my smp and when i continued to loose hair my smp started to look bad…as paint. Thats when i started to focuse on my hair again and found this forum and DrM. 
btw i was also in BRU the last 3 days of the 1st week of this month March for the touchup… will post everything soon and hope the best on your procedure! 

Hope the baldness stabilizes. Anyway the op have more donor for a future HT. In my opinion 25yrs is too early for a procedure like this; but every of us and our wishes are diferent. Wish you the best!

3 hours ago, patronovski said:

Thanks, i saw the pictures but what if its shaved? Still no scars visible? Or if you have a little tan in summer?

Hello there ! This is my chest trimmed, i do not razor wet shave it perse. You can see sparse areas because now the density of chest hair is less …but no scars. Also my skin is a bit sensitive and thats the redness you may see or even trimmer cuts that i hate. I dont tan my skin i am very white and sun gives me trouble i use a lot of sun block so i cant tell if marks will appear; i assume not. Hope this helps

In this thread there are pictures of the chest! No dots whatsoever the chest and beard recover very well. 

Hi there my friend! Do you still feel the bumpiness you mentioned 1 month ago ? Thanks

Great result so far !! 🙏🏻

Hi you seem to have a lot of hair on top of scalp maybe miniaturized! Does the dr implanted new grafts on top of all thise native hairs? Or around them? The existing hairs may be damaged by the new grafts or insicions ?

thanks 

On march i will see DrM now in brussels for the touchup…finguers crossed and thanks again @gillenator

Hi @gillenator indeed Dr examined with microscope all my scalp before the procedure for density and quality. I remember one of the techs told me i have good donor hair (what i got left )…maybe the thinning pattern is because the two fue i have got :/. Anyways i will ask Dr again. Thanks always

@gillenator any feedback?, i know your are fan of DrMs work! And sorry to not mention you earlier i think i dm you once back in my 7th month mark. Hope everything with you is good

1 hour ago, Leos said:

Hey man, sure: he told me 2500 for the crown would be enough, but I’m pretty sure we will push for more in the surgery day 😁

We have performed the same in the first session, I was quoted 3500, but we’ve done 4200.

Impressive results man, keep it up 💪💪💪

Thanks @Leos we picked an excellent surgeon! Wish you the best in april my friend! For me he also quoted 2500-3000 but most will be bht 🤞🏻….will try for more grafts also !

Thanks @Melvin- Admin and thanks for your guidance to all of us !

Thanks @Belve ! 

12th month in sunlight and bathroom lights with haircut

For my 2nd procedure with Dr Mwamba on march 2024 i hope to touchup a little the left part of hairline but the majority of the grafts will be for the top and the crown (2500-3000). Since all my top of scalp hair was miniaturized i needed a lot of work done and i did my research and found Dr Mwamba. Also my hairline was gone :/.  A 2nd procedure with DrM was always in the planning…and just after i hit the 12mo i scheduled the second part for march 2024. Iam super happy with the work achieved by Mwamba and his team.

Till then now…see you in march and happy growing to all !