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Well, I read normal dosage is 2.5/day, and is ok to use in women with some restrictions like everything I suppose.

I have not used any minoxidil, I only take low dose finasteride 2.5, daily, hoping to stop that maybe end of the year..........

Here are photos, I am 3-1/2 months, on July 1 will be 4 months. The temple areas have grown in quite a bit, the front is better than before but it is still sparse, I am hoping it fills in thicker.

They cut a horizontal strip in the back that wasn't noticeable afterwards. It is definitely showing an improvement now at the 3-1/2 month mark. Will try to send photos later.

This is exactly now 12 weeks. There is really no change yet. I am curious how is Washingtondc, I haven't seen any reports yet, and would be curious as is same doctor.

I don't have much to report, this is the 3 month mark but I don't see growth yet. What I do have are some ingrown hair follicles, so there are like pimple type sores; the dr office has said to take alcohol swabs and rub them even til they bleed, which I have done, now they have formed crusts, so am hoping they heal well. I am hoping by next month that there will be some sign of hair growth; my fear was that after all this that the recipient hairs would just stay dormant and not grow at all........

I am 7 weeks now and believe i have the same issue as here, from the beginning i didn't feel the front was filled in enough. However, it is way too early to complain and i can do nothing but wait it out. I would like to see more photos, if there has been a change, please post updated photos, will be encouraging.

Hi i wonder how your 8 month results look? I am at 5 weeks with same dr and also concerned about low coverage although its way too early to tell. I also undergoing some shock loss

Oh thanks for checking in. Yes as you see i am two weeks in. The surgery was uneventful, i actually went in every day to be washed, the dr was some days he came to speak to me, but any questions now his staff respond by mail. I live out of the country so i dont think will follow up personally until maybe the 5 month mark? Can u send an image of your hair now, it must be almost grown in by now. Did you experience any shock loss? I am sure he didnt put enough in the front center although he did put in the temple areas. I am not keen on doing this again!!!

Thanks but i guess i wont know for at least another 6 months or so! I still think he put too few grafts in front

This is 2 week and looks a little sparse in center front but I do feel stubs when I touch that area, hopefully grows in full .........I was concerned they told me they only put 256 singles, 1076 doubles and 496 triples, but not only the front but both temple areas, most I think to the temple areas. The Dr said he put in mostly singles in the front so would look more natural? I am afraid might not be as dense as I had hoped for, but I can only hold out and wait.........

Here I am exactly 2 weeks and 1 day from procedure. When I touch that area in front I feel a lot of stubs, however they told me there were around 1830 total grafts, with around 400 singles, then something like 1000 doubles and the rest triple, I have to look for the exact count. But now it looks sparse but he said when it grows in will fill it in?

With me i made a point of saying 'this is a one time deal, no follow ups' and he agreed. I hope i dont need it

Thanks for the update and i see your concern but only because i fear this will be exactly the same issue with me. I am only 8 days post op but i can tell there was not enough central density. He made the hairline as i had requested but i had told him i wanted full density and the central front part he only went back about 1 cm or so and did not touch the part. I feel when this grows in it wont provide enough to cover any sparse areas behind it.

How do i send a private message?

Hello i am female and two days ago had fut 1700 grafts. I gave photos of my original hairline and wanted copied, i didnt want to lower it just fill in where center scalp showed and temple areas. I thought it might look a little sparse in front but dr says he didnt want to fill in more where i had hair. Any thoughts? I will give more info as days progress. This is day 2.

I had thick coarse hair never thinking it would be a problem but at menopause I lost a chunk right in the center front hairline; that was difficult to camouflage regardless of how it was styled. Nevertheless it did not occur to me to hair transplant, I tried various remedies of vitamins, oils, etc but over the years it got worse especially in the temples and the center front area, however was still thick on sides and back. Finally 2 years ago I noticed a big change in the front where the strands were separated and could see my scalp, it was most worrisome and this is when I started my investigation into HT. I live out of the US but have a place in NY so I wanted to concentrate there so as to stay there while recovering; I first visited one known doctor but he drew my hairline so low and even after commenting on this, he re-drew it slightly higher but still too low, and I decided against him because I didn’t want him to make a unilateral decision on where he preferred my hairline. I have high forehead but I don’t want to lower it, I only want to fill in the density of where I lost the hairs, and return to my original hairline. My hairdresser in NY was making suggestions and rejected some doctors because he didn’t like results of some of his colleagues in the salon, but one day he said his friend had it done with dr Wesley and it looked quite good, so I decided to contact him some months later. It was via zoom because was in still the ‘covid’ stage; from the computer screen I asked what he suggested and he said he wouldn’t lower it but rather he would even out the hairline, I thought that was a more conservative approach. Around 6 months later when in NY I went to see him personally and then maybe 3 months later I booked the appointment which was another 3 months away. I didn’t think about it much until about 2-3 weeks before the surgery and then literally panicked, really scared that what if the grafts didn’t hold and then I lost original hairs due to shock loss that never returned. Sometimes I couldn’t even sleep at night. But I held a zoom call the day prior to surgery with the Dr and my husband even said beforehand that if I was going to cancel I had to let him know right then. But Dr Wesley I don’t know why but he put me so much at ease that all my fear dissipated completely and I was not even nervous day of surgery. On to the surgery itself, I took to the clinic photos of my original youthful hairline with me and the Dr said he was going to use those photos as a basis to copy my hairline for me. Everything very efficient and timely, no wait time, I went right in, I was given two pills a valium and something else, they put an IV but I believe they removed it shortly afterwards because it was painful to me, and I honestly don’t remember anything else, not shaving the strip, not the shots, I only recall eating a few crackers while they were placing the grafts but i never even watched the video screen. I went in at 10:30 and was out by 5:30 or so, bandaged and walked 20 blocks home. No pain at all that night. The next day I had bandages removed and they said everything looked good. This is only day 3, I still notice lot of redness although I do have redness in my skin tone. I was concerned that the very front doesn’t have enough grafts, he said there were 1700 in total, but only around 1 cm or so in the front, a lot concentrated in the temples, especially one temple area. When I see in some lights I see my scalp, although I do feel the grafts in that area so maybe as they grow will fill everything in. I have asked the Dr a couple times but he says further back I didn’t need it and he didn’t want to destroy natural hair follicles. I haven’t really taken pain meds, once extra strength tylenol and last night one vicodin, but the scar area does hurt at night only not during the day, because I have to sleep on my back not to touch the grafts. Every day twice/day I go in for a shampoo/massage to the clinic, at an extra cost, but I may try to do the washings myself this weekend, I have already invested so much into this I don’t want to do anything to ruin it. I haven’t had any swelling as yet, I have been taking arnica, and have tried to icepack my forehead often. Here are photos, will keep posted as progress.

Hello i am female and two days ago had fut 1700 grafts. I gave photos of my original hairline and wanted copied, i didnt want to lower it just fill in where center scalp showed and temple areas. I thought it might look a little sparse in front but dr says he didnt want to fill in more where i had hair. Any thoughts? I will give more info as days progress. This is day 2.

Thanks to all and i Will post my whole journey in a few days. Was only concerned not enough grafts in front but he says that if he put more it could destroy the natural hairs behind. He put more around temple areas. Well, can only wait to see results.

Hello i am female and two days ago had fut 1700 grafts. I gave photos of my original hairline and wanted copied, i didnt want to lower it just fill in where center scalp showed and temple areas. I thought it might look a little sparse in front but dr says he didnt want to fill in more where i had hair. Any thoughts? I will give more info as days progress. This is day 2.

Your last foto parted on side looks very good though. i notice dr cooley was recommended but not dr wesley? Is there a reason?

Thank you. What i want is not to change my hairline, not to lower it, just to fill in and make it more dense. This is why i felt that perhaps shock loss and trauma to existing hairs might create permanent loss of existing hairs.

Can you explain what pitting is?

Hello i did consult with another dr and i believe it the same around 1800 grafts. I tried to postpone but they still said i forfeited the deposit and had to put new deposit for the new date. They later reduced by 1/2 the loss on deposit. At the time i did have a real family medical reason to postpone so i didnt think it was correct. But i worked around it and kept the date. i go back and forth with this. I only worried because of shock loss, what if it doesnt grow back, what if it gets worse.

Has anyone had a negative experience with Dr Bernstein or Dr Wesley in NY?