FluffyPanda

Just book a hotel lol. Honestly, Bangkok is super affordable

Hi everyone! I had previously made a thread with monthly updates with my HT with Bogota Hairlines. I wanted to create a new one to showcase the final result after 12 months (my apologies Melvin if this is not allowed). It's hard to believe it's already been a year since this life changing procedure has occurred. As I said in the previous thread, they operate like a well-oiled machine and felt very efficient at what they were doing. I'm going to let the results speak for itself. I know a lot of guys wear their hair long after a HT, but I personally always wear mine shorter, although I may try changing it up. Although I'm still self-conscious, I definitely walk around feeling better than before. While it might not be the GOAT of HTs, this to me is a solid improvement compared to where I was previously. I will probably go for a 2nd HT at some point, but at least for now, I'm quite pleased with the final result. Happy growing everyone! Before: Immediately after procedure: 12 months later: If people want a more month-by-month breakdown, feel free to check it out here: https://www.hairrestorationnetwork.com/topic/66456-dr-camacho-in-bogota-3050-grafts/

Both are great. I feel like I've yet to see a Pekiner hairline that doesn't look incredible, so I would learn more towards him, but I don't think you could go wrong with either

Hello everyone! Here are photos from the 11 month mark. Overall, love where I am at compared to before. Probably will end up getting a 2nd HT in the future to add more density, but I finally feel like I can go out without feel as self conscious as I did previously. Not expecting much change between months 11 and 12, but overall I'm definitely pleased where I'm at

Thanks @mofo and @Gatsby! Definitely a noticeable change the last few months. Guess they really mean it when they say you have to wait at least 12 months!

Month 10! How are we looking? Wishing everyone a happy return to college football season!

Month 9 update: Looks like it filled in a little more compared to month 8. It's such a drastic change from where I started pre-HT. Probably will do a 2nd HT to add in some density in the future, but hopefully some the next few months have some additional filling in to keep making it look better

Tomorrow will be the 8 month mark since this journey began! Since I may be out of town tomorrow, I took pics today instead. Compared to where I started, it's like night and day. I fully expect to go for a 2nd HT at some point, but I can say there has definitely been remarkable improvement from what it once was. Donor area still looks fantastic which is nice for future work down the line. Looking forward to seeing it thicken up some more.

Looks great! Excited to see how it ends up. Looks like it'll be nothing short of great

It's weird. The picture on my phone looks more dense than when I emailed it to myself to post here. I'm unsure why that is. The white areas on the crown in the photos on my phone actually have more hair in them (although thin right now, perhaps they will thicken up). I took another picture in a little less bright light, and it appears a bit more dense (I know the photo is a little blurry but I just got off work after 13 straight hours so I'm tired lol): I also asked them to put some in the crown. The crown actually bothered me a lot. Perhaps it was a mistake on my part and they should've put everything in the front, but I knew deep down I would be unhappy if the crown went untouched. As you can see though, my starting point was awful: https://content.invisioncic.com/o278943/monthly_2022_11/IMG-20221104-WA0001.jpg.80150fc41be674ca25fa51ac5aea27db.jpg It's definitely a substantial improvement from what it was before. This is one of the reasons I have mixed feeling so far. On the one hand, it feels like what was implanted should have resulted in a more dense result thus far. On the other hand, compared to what I had, it's markedly improved. My partner says he feels it's a substantial difference as well. There are some people here who have said they noticed a substantial difference between months 6 and 12. Hopefully that will be me.

Well we're at month 7! Cheers everyone! Just want to check in and see how the progress is. Mostly want to see if this is on pace for what to expect and/or if I should be expecting more in the coming months! As a reminder this is what it looked like post-op, and then the pics underneath are at the 7 month mark. Obviously I'm super greedy and hope for more ;). Compared to where I started though, it's like night and day.

Depends how bad the diabetes is. A1c of 6.5% and receiving treatment? Probably fine. a1c of 18% and refusing any insulin? Definitely a lot higher risk for wound healing where a surgeon may not be comfortable doing this procedure.

I think the final result will look great. I am however very surprised that based on the OP's current hairloss level, it required nearly 7000 grafts.

I think I stopped feeling them around the 5 month mark or so. It's weird though because if I look in the mirror, it looks like there's short hairs poking through even though I can't feel them. Not sure if it's just so thin right now that I can barely feel it or what

That's good to hear! I think I see so many stellar results online of people looking great at like 5 months that it made me concerned. The post-op density looked good so hopefully it'll keep growing in! Taking finasteride 1mg daily. Holding off on minoxidil because my blood pressure runs on the low-normal side.