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This has nothing to do with the surgeon’s work.

Oh sorry for the misunderstanding:)

my question is about the caliber in the beginning of the growth of the transplanted hair (hair diameter @3-4 months after transplant) vs. diameter after 12 months from transplant

Hi everyone:)

does anyone know to what degree (on avg.) the transplanted hair diameter changes? Does it double its diameter?

more?

less?

any estimations would be welcomed

thanks!

I Think women in general are more aware to importance of aesthetics (hence will support your decision) and will probably be much less judgemental than we think of them

3 months + 3 weeks:

16 minutes ago, Ryan Daniel said:

This is the reality of hair transplant in one picture

I speak for myself, because I had this aswell at one point. You basically have a lack of density and a couple of hairs in the wrong direction which is causing serious ''see through'' effect. Lighting plays a part too. Automatically when you have too much scalp showing your hair instantly looks like a hair transplant, rather than looking like a normal head of hair

Your solution will be to add another 1000 grafts in the entire frontal zone and soften the hairline with a row of softer single grafts for a more natural appearance. Once you do that I'm sure you will be satisfied and it will look much better 

Hi

could you please elaborate on “the wrong direction  “? Are there any specific hairs in the pictures whose angles are wrong? And in what should they be for better coverage? This is very interesting 🙌😯

13 hours ago, ObtuseAlbatross133 said:

Hair styled:

Hair down:

What’s wrong with these pictures? It looks good😮

I'm actually asking about the timing of sprouting and hence growing, not rate of growing, and I never used the term "definitely"

I'm asking whether that happens in the majority of cases. I've read somwehere that the midline (sagittally speaking) there's less blood supply, so that would make sense.

Any thoughts/ideas anyone?

18 minutes ago, NARMAK said:

No, your hair can grow in some areas quicker than others, but that doesn't mean it will definitely grow in those specific areas more and less. 

The most important thing is the direction and angles of the hair when implanted and then you have to wait the full time. 

This is a "yes", not a "no"

Is it true that after a HT the hairs start to grow on the lateral sides (yellow) before the cerntral (white)?

13 hours ago, Vann said:

I completely agree man, the hairline definitely suits you. I think the area you have covered was just enough. Your hair looks pretty thick in the photos with the fiber, so I think when you actually get to months 9+ you probably wont need it. Your temple points seem pretty good too and you can rock the beard at its current length with the fade. Overall the hairline is a very good frame to your face.

Hi, thank you very much for your support and kind words

About the temple points - I'm a bit embarrassed to say I haven't been giving too much thought prior surgery. When Dr. Maras planned the new hairline he said: "temples are good and not needed at this point" (I didn't even think about it to this point in time, and I also trust him both professionally and as a gentlemen). I'm def. happy other people think it suits me! 

3.5 months - today I started to use clay + toppik again, the way I used to see myself in the last 15 years or so.

Even though probably only 50% of the transplanted hair sprouted and they're curled/colorless/thin - I really feel the new hairline frames my face better, and using toppik today (both pictures are with toppik) took me 1 minute in comparison to the 20-30 minutes I needed to style my hair pre-surgery.

For me it took around 3.5 months so that native hair sufficiently concealed my new hair. I lowered my hairline 1 cm. When I go to work, I use toppik. Did you try?

3 months and 1 weeks:

I'm still waiting for more hair to pop out at the hairline, so I can start comb my hair up like I was used to. 

1.5 weeks on oral minoxidil 2.5 mg - no side effects so I'm happy.

How’s things looking, friend?

any improvement in the last 2 weeks?🙏

“By month 4 approximately 40% of the hairs have penetrated the scalp, 50% by month 5 and roughly 60% to 70% of the hairs should have made an appearance by the end of month 6. At the end of the 9^thmonth you should be able to see 90 to 100% of the transplanted hairs”

???

I know it changes from person to person, but in many blogs here it looks as though by 4 months around 80-90% had already popped through the scalp 🧐🤨

Impeccable

rough estimation maybe..?

Thank you in advance

There’s much to be said about this, but forehead height should be third of the length between hairline to chin

Dr. Maras is a fantastic surgeon imho, and the waiting list isn’t too long

his pre-surgery baldness pattern is a bit atypical, no? hairline has some hairs, but posteriorly it is bald..

One more thing I forgot!

4 days ago I switched from topical (foam) minoxidil to oral 2.5 mg per day. 

Hope it will help things out!
 

13.5 weeks

3 hours ago, zerocool said:

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. 🤷🏻‍♂️

I think it’s progressing very nicely actually