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Thoughts: Lower graft count than what I wanted. Still unhappy with the temples (was told no to them). Think they just need a CM or so bringing in / re-angling. Other than that, much better than how I used to be. Looking back at the first picture before the transplant...yeah it sucked for me back then honestly. I really wish I had noticed that I was receding. I just never clocked it. The cost was good, and quickly they were able to put forward a date for a transplant was very good. The doctor was knowledgable and the team were very professional and friendly. You can't tell the hair is transplanted because it sits under my regular hair. However, if I pull back everything and just show the transplanted hair, you can see it's fairly sparse. It feels course and sometimes curls up saw-tooth like, lol. Been on fin since nov 2022 (side note, spiked my Test insanely high), applying minox once a night to transplanted area. I would consider an additional transplant, but it would probably be fairly far in the future.

~14 months

Yeah. Can take some soon.

Yeah I think I agree. The clinic has told me not to worry about the density, but given how dense my native hair is, it'll probably need a boost. That and I do want the temples bringing in because even if it grows it'll look a bit wide and receded still, which kinda defeats the point of a HT, I think. It'll be a big improvement if it grows out good, but it won't solve all the issues I hoped it would and it'll bug me. I remember one clinic telling me I'd need two transplants to get a satisfactory result anyway. I'll just try to switch off from it for a few months and see what more can be done.

Interesting. I was hoping not to get a second transplant because I have some big plans for this time next year. I think it will go that way though because it's already irritating me not having the temples done. Think I rushed to into it. What's the sort of timeframe before getting another?

True. Okay. Kinda wish I pushed to get the temples done a bit, but if it grows out dense enough I'll be very happy.

Just gonna bump this. I was expecting a higher figure of grafts. At consultation I was expecting up to 1800, but only 1400 went in. Can anyone comment on the density, looking at the photos I attached? Everyones immediately said 1400 is not enough, so I'm a little concerned now.

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Do you have a link to yours?

Time will tell. I mean I hope I don't need another really. To me it looks dense, and I was assured it was. I've seen good results on reddit around ~1500 grafts for similar hairlines. Another clinic in the UK said 2300. Turkish / Eugenix clinics were saying around 1800-2600. So I am surprised, but the Dr said those numbers were quite absurd.

Was gonna say. NW4 is a bit mean 😭. Ive posted what I look like on here before and the consensus was NW2. Some Turkish clinics reckoned NW3.

The number was lower than I was expecting, but was told you couldn't really pack much more in. It's not a massive area.

SurgeryGroup Nottingham. Dr Ahmad Moussa

Was advised against bringing the temples inwards. Happy with the design, hoping for the best. I believe it was 1400 grafts total, around 240 being singles. Before: After grafts put in:

Any progress in the past month?