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6+ month update Thicker but still not very dense when viewed from above and up close. From afar looks filled in. feels like it got thinner since month 5? Anyone experience thinning or shedding late at 6 months?

4 month, 1 week photo update lots more growth and lots of coverage. Happy with hairline. Density is still thin in transplanted areas. We will see if that gets thicker

3 month photo update

2 month, 1 week. Photos below after first haircut

3 week update. healing nicely and growing quickly. not sure when the ugly duckling phase will start.

@ScottishGuy21Glad to hear about your similar experience! Thats great! Did you share any of your photos on the forum? Taking any medications? I'm on minoxidil oral and have been doing topical finasteride. plan to keep this up

@duckling here’s donor pre- surgery and two days after surgery

Sharing my recent FUE hair transplant with Dr. Bicer in Istanbul and hope to give back by sharing my story with this great network. I am surprised at how smooth the entire process was from initial consult to surgery day with her offices. I traveled from US after having interviewed 5 doctors on my situation across US and Mexico before selecting Bicer in Turkey. I’m 35and norwood 5 verging on 6. Fortunately have strong donor area to utilize and appreciated the plan recommended to me by Dr. Bicer for obtaining maximum coverage now and preserving donor for future need. She recommended a session of 4k grafts and potential for 4k more in a session down the road since I had a large balding area. We did a super session of 10 hours. The team was very good and I appreciated their natural approach to recreating my hairline. Dr. Bicer was there checking on progress and doing the extraction and incisions herself and her team handled anesthesia and insertions. I was drowsy and slept for part of the surgery but the time flew for being 10 hours! She did check in on every stage of process. the only discomfort felt was with needle during anesthethia and that was quick process to numb the area. I appreciated how they ensured there would be no pain and methodical approach here. after a successful surgery, I was given my medications and instructions and walked the 2 mins to the Sheraton hotel to recover. The day after the surgery I did my follow up with Dr. Bicer and she was very pleased and excited for my future results. The benefit in my case was how much donor hair I had to work with and how much they were able to cover on my scalp in one session. Optimistically it might be some time before I need to do another session. We will see over the coming year. Fingers crossed. Sharing some before and after photos below. You can see they did a large graft harvest all along my donor area.

Appreciate the feedback! All the quoted graft amounts were for a first procedure for hairline/front of head. All have agreed I will need 2 procedures and that could be 4000-6000 grafts total.

Appreciate the feedback and advice!

I'm 35 yrs old, Norwood 5, and have been told Im a good candidate for both FUE or FUT transplant options, and that I would need two procedures to cover the entire head. I'm confused since 3 doctors have said FUE and seemed to discourage FUT and 1 doctor advises FUT first over FUE. For first procedure the FUE doctors have widely different graft recommendations- I have been quoted 2,000 grafts, 3,000 grafts, and 4,000 grafts. The FUT doctor seems to think 3,000-3,500 grafts would be possible with first FUT procedure. Looking for any guidance from the forum. Should I be pursuing an FUT or an FUE procedure? Any advise as to the number of grafts for first procedure? I'm familiar with the differences of the surgery process, scarring, and recovery. I'm looking to rebuild front hairline, create more density on top of head, and ultimately add to density on crown. I do not want to over exhaust donor area for any future procedure. What would you be pursuing for first surgery? FUT or FUE? If it helps, I'm sharing photos.