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It's been just about a year - the year flew by no notes I'd love to hear people's thoughts but I am very happy overall Expectations were met and exceeded In summary I have a nice blend of density and uniformity - even in the areas that are thinner I'll still share a 1.5 year and 2 year update because I think the longer term results we tend to not see Thank you to the forum and all those reviews people were willing to share and discuss - it really helps to give these procedures the thought they deserve happy growing everyone 😁

Thank you for sharing this! It's really cool and useful to hear about this type of decision and outcome - seeing photos would be great too! We often see after starting meds, after HT, but rarely ever after stopping for a long term and the outcome! I'm sure we all have thought about "how long am I realllly gonna do these meds etc for" at some point we want to just let it go and see what happens Thank you for sharing, would love to see photos

Thank you @Melvin- Admin! You're absolutely right I never realized how much the hairline played a role in framing my features I was much more worried about the crown But I just let Dr B & team do their magic. Now my hairline is strengthened, crown is growing in nicely Dr. Bisanga knows what he is doing - I'm really happy I chose him as my physician Lessons learned - choose a good surgeon and TRUST them!

How goes it friends (I assume we're all friends here right!? ) I'm a little past the 6 month mark now and sharing some photos. The photos were taken almost exactly on the 6 month mark and now I'm about 6 1/2 months and there has been even more growth and density in the past 2 weeks It's been an interesting journey and so far all positive and I'm happy A few things to note: 1) I don't feel like there is an illusion of density anymore my hair actually feels denser and thicker (probably humidity somedays) but certainly more substance in areas I never even considered. 2) Ever so often I feel like I get a light "shed" and the mid-frontal area feels a little weaker at that point (was most noticeable around month 4/5), maybe a touch starting now. I feel like my hair feels really thick then sheds a little then thick again - par for the course? 3) I continue to be happy with how the results are progressing, I don't use any concealers, fibers maybe a little moisturizer, texturizing spray/powder for light hold and I am good to go. All in in at 6 months I'm happy, I think most days I don't ever "worry" about my hair anymore (or lack of it in some areas). It all feels natural. Hopefully continued positive results in the next 6 months as well. I'll probably update again around month 8! Photos below are with freshly cleaned hair, maybe with a little moisturizer in it, in relatively harsh indoor lighting

Results look very natural and fits you well The team at BHR are all top class This is just the early stages too - looking forward to the months to come

I was on 5mg for a few months (~4months), and I also felt a bit of the palpitations intermittently Hair def responded well to 5mg Then I tried 2.5mg and haven't looked back since - no sides watsoever. Hair has been getting the same results as at 5mg - no palpitations of the sort I firmly believe in having the lowest dose of any medication to get the desired effect. I agree with all the above. Try 2.5mg and see the response. Get any palpitations symptoms evaluated by an doctor

Appreciate you. I specifically looked into Dr Bisanga because of his donor management skills That was my #1 criteria so I'm very happy with how my donor has recovered - it feels almost like pre HT even now

some of my photos got corrupted unfortunately I'll try to correct them with some help from admin if possible But in the meantime I want to share my 4month update! So far I've been back to my usual no real limitations still using oral min & topical fin To me I think there is progress and growth, and if I had to shave my head clean from where it is now I think with the framing of my hairline and the transplanted hairs I would be fine and happy with it push come to shove Hairline has been strengthened, crown (even though we used less grafts in the crown that originally intended, I think we have progress), all donor areas fully recovered to the point I should probably cut it! I know photos can only show so much - and personally I think I look pretty janky in photos so I try to avoid them - I am really digging my transplant. Although the end result isn't complete, I am seeing the foundation of success and Dr Bisanga + team's vision for the transplant and it makes me positive for the next few months and beyond Happy growing everyone!

reviewing a study by looking at the abstract alone is probably not the best to make a complete decision A review of the entire article details would help to answer most of the questions, unfortunately the full text of the article isn't readily available From the abstract alone it's really hard to tell but probably: 1) There is a "low" risk of systemic side effects - but there's no control group to compare to take with a grain of salt 2) We can only conclude from 90days, most people will be on the medication lifelong, so a 6 month, 1 year timeline would be nice to see. These antihypertensive meds would look at risk of adverse outcomes or major cardiac events at 30 / 60 / 90 days, but also more long term. Likewise some medication side effects don't occur within the first 90 days or even a year - sometimes they can be triggered by other factors later on in life. 3) The abstract said 15% had hypertrichosis that's not a huge amount to have positive results for LDOM 4) the LDOM was titrated in 1065 patients allowing the analysis of 2469 cases. There's a bit of a scientific flaw in this logic - in simple terms 1065 patients will almost always be 1065 cases, even if the dose is titrated from 2.5mg to 5mg in the same person, that's not a "new case" it's the same person/patient receiving the drug so that's misleading. Seeing the entire article (and appendix) however will shed light on a lot of those things In short the abstract is great and a useful snippet of information for the multitudes using oral minoxidil. By itself though it's not enough. P.S. I am using LDOM for about 8 months now

Ok it's just about 3 months I didn't post anything at 2 months, cz well.....not much was happening I guess but here we are at 3 months. My hair is definitely growing The duckling phase in full effect as well, but I mostly just shrug it off and am pretty much back to life as normal +/- a hat. Gym, running, sports, but avoiding sun exposure I'm still on topical fin (4x a week) and oral min (5 days a week) I take weekend breaks from meds and have had no issues I was given the green light to use concealers after 3 months but not sure if dermmatch/toppik will work for me, esp in crown (never used either b4) Any thoughts on if concealers can give me a little help? I doubt with a bald spot so clear I'm hopeful and patient - at the worst case I think I could shave my entire head if I needed to now and not suffer too much about image (although it would be insanely funny to get a HT to end up with a shaved head hahaha) Photos below - just hoping I get a 4 - 5 month growth spurt and some crown coverage but only time will tell! Happy growing everyone (Top down view)

I am so happy for you! you must be thrilled with the progress thus far. The growth has nice visual uniformity when it's brushed forward like that and you still have some solid months of growth ahead. It would be good to see your natural styling pattern with the hairline to see how it all adds up so far, but looking excellent man.

really natural result congratulations!

Pure wizardry! Any NW7 would be ecstatic for a result like this

Congrats! You're looking great I hope to have the same level of growth in the next few weeks Keep giving others hope and thank you for sharing

1 month! No real issues. Shed has started about a week to 10 days ago, I'll be the ugliest duck on the block for a bit. Maybe there's a bit of shock loss in the donor All in all par for the course I believe. I've started back working out, running, gym etc. no issues Haven't decided if I'll take a haircut at anytime yet Let me know your thoughts! Grow you squiggly wigglies GROWWWWW