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Made it to 1 year! ^^ hair is still a bit damp post shower here Super happy with the results I think one more procedure on the crown and I'll be right where I want to be. Even have to deal with Burton-esque bedhead again: Can't thank Dr. Shah enough for his excellent work. My wife constantly says she can't get over how good it looks and how, "Now you're not bald, you just have a bald spot" lol.

I worked outside in the rain about a monthish after my surgery. It's just water, you should be fine.

I missed last month, been crazy. Here's the month 9 results: for a candid comparison, here's me at a wedding in 2022: Vs a wedding at the beginning of September 2023:

Thanks, I'm very happy. I didn't have a ton taken from the beard, but you cannot tell at all. I can definitely pick a few of them out on my head, but I think that's because a large number of them didn't shed initially, and have grown longer and thicker than the hairs around them have had a chance to; a haircut to uniform length would probably fix that. Here's a picture from last month, where i felt I could see a lot of them in my mid-scalp: I was worried that the hairs might be too kinky to mix in well, but when I actually put something in my hair and comb it, everything lays together. I wonder if beard hairs tend to not shed at a higher rate, if so, your surgery may yield better results early on. Good luck!

7 months:

6 month check in: Not noticing a huge change this month, but it definitely looks better in natural light. Here's hoping it gets a bit more density.

I guess that's what I was afraid of. This is the first time I've seen it at the appropriate angle, when shorter, it looks more like a square or rectangular patch, here it looks to follow that nw7 line... I'm only related to one bald male and he's a nw5... That thinning cannae make the jump, I'll have to toss it: And yep, I'm on oral minoxidil and a topical fin.

Hello all, Looking at my crown to monitor regrowth, I'm noticing this small area on my occipital that is thin, but separated from my bald crown. It lies directly on the spot where my hard hat band rested, and I often wore my hardhat tight enough to cause headaches (I bend forward a lot and it would fall off, otherwise. I can't find much evidence online that this is even possible, but I've only noticed the thinning there in the past year or two since I started wearing the hard hat more. I'm slightly concerned about what this might mean for any transplanted grafts from that area. Do you suppose the doc would have seen this thin area and avoided it?

I think the crown is slowly improving. Not super noticeable visually, but it feels thicker. I can see some thin boys popping up that will hopefully thicken soon. The odd thing is, it's taking off way more on the right side of my crown, the left side much less of a difference...

Yeah, that's what lead me to CHI in the first place, was Konior's (and therefore, Shah and Nadimi's) method of getting more done with less. My biggest fear was that somehow it wouldn't be enough for coverage, and that it would end up looking as it does now at 12 months. Considering we're only at month 5, I'm hopeful for a noticeable change in the coming months. I feel like I'm seeing more and more high density surgeries this year, so maybe that's where the industry is trending. However, I'm glad we went with a conservative approach, I have a big area to fill and only an average donor.

Five month check in:

A few days late on my 4 month update. When I see myself in soft lighting it just looks like I have hair. Pretty cool.

Or is this a fresh transplant? (New pics he posted in Rome filming)

Started it a few days after the surgery. Hopefully I'll see some change in the crown in the coming months.

Not really. I have light, curly hair that's always been low density, anyway, so we'll just have to see how this round plays out. I've got a pretty big crown to fill, so that's the next priority, maybe reinforcing more up front if money/grafts allows. I was holding out a small hope that the oral minoxidil would help the crown at least a little; it may be helping the grafts grow, but the crown doesn't seem much different.