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The surgeon I’m booked with says my donor is sufficient for the repair and the crown. I also have a great beard and hope to use as much as possible of it. Fingers crossed.

You can find the before pictures earlier in this thread in my posts from Sept 30th 2022.

I’m now 20 months after my transplant. Overall things haven’t improved much since I last posted. The area that was wounded had zero growth. Overall, behind the hairline I look quite patchy considering the number of grafts that were transplanted so while I do look better, I consider this transplant a failure. I’m booked for a 3rd transplant with a top tier surgeon for January in order to get my crown done as well as repair the area behind my hairline. Planning to start topical min to get my crown under control before the transplant as I believe there is hair to save there and my donor is almost fully depleted. Here’s how it looks now. My hair is slightly longer than usual here which helps a bit:

I stared using toppik. Of course it helps a lot but it’s disappointing that I need to use it. I did. They said wait until 12 months and they’ll do a repair if needed. I doubt I’ll go back there for a repair tbh.

6.5 months: Things have been pretty much stagnant since month 5. While I do get complements thanks to a new hairline, the top is patchy and there’s a significant bold spot where the infection was. Overall, a poor result and I will obviously need another a repair. Not at all what I was expecting.

Thanks 😊 Yes, it looks good from the front. Not using fibers yet, as I don’t want to apply it daily so soon after the HT.

5 months: Continuing to improve but still very patchy. Area that was infected is very bare. It’s still early so hoping it will even out.

4 months: Definitely improving on one hand, but still very patchy. The center of the scalp is lagging and the area that was infected (about 2 sq/cm) is almost completely bold. 4 months is still very early so I’m continuing to wait patiently for a more uniform/dense outcome. Bold patch where the infection occurred: Before (top) and +4 months (below) under sunlight:

Does shock loss normally recover more slowly than the growth of newly transplanted hair?

Immediately pre op: Immediately post op:

Another pre op under direct sunlight:

Procedure was with Dr. Maras at HDC. Here are a couple of pre-op photos. These were taken with less harsh lighting conditions compared to the one above.

3.5 months: Things are continuing to improve, but I’m not sure if the shock loss area will ever catch up. I still look worse than I did before this procedure.

It was 3800 grafts. You can see pre and post op pictures earlier in the thread. I wasn’t thinking it’s slow. I think it’s as expected. 🤷🏻‍♂️

3 months update: I’ve been using Minoxi on the shock loss area for the last 6 weeks and it’s beginning to recover. Also seeing some initial signs of growth in other places. Hoping that the main boost will come in in the next month or so as it does for most people.