Tommy1991

Day 21. 
 

Photos taken inside and outside this morning. 
 

I did shave the hairs from extraction sight with a Phillips one blade, I just find it helps easier with massaging oil on there. 
 

Right hand side looks very neat and tidy, left hand a little less so as these grafts were in every other angle except the correct one. Still plenty of time over the next month for massaging and seeing how they will heal.

Beautiful hairline! 

On 5/8/2024 at 6:54 PM, KUPNIK said:

Those hairs that are growing back, are those grafts that have not been removed or where do they come from?

They are grafts not removed. At least two sittings required to get the majority of the grafts extracted. 

Day 14.

Hair fall in the recipient seems to have eased over last two days. 

As a tip just showing you how I just leave my hair for the time being when I’m out and about. It’s a pretty common hairstyle here in Ireland anyway so yet to have anyone questioning it 😂

1 hour ago, Berba11 said:

Amazing how quickly the hairline suddenly looks spot on. I know there's more extractions and refinements to come in the next session, but just getting the hairline position to a more suitable place and with a more natural widows peak shape has made a dramatic different to the balance of everything.

Absolutely, it’s pretty damn close to my original widows peak and I’m very glad about that! 

Biggest anger I have from the last repair was the complete closing off (straightening) of my temple recessions and you can already see the aesthetic difference. 
 

Day 10. Photos under strong spotlights. Just varying the photos in different lighting and scenarios which I think is always important for transparency.

1 hour ago, GeneralNorwood said:

Did Feriduni adviise you to take silicone gel for scar reduction?

The post surgery oil which is provided. Ingredients are attached

29 minutes ago, baddecisions said:

Thanks for providing those detailed pictures.

Skin will properly heal in some weeks (or months at max), Feriduni did a great job. 

On top of that, you have amazing and beautiful hair (color, caliber, texture). 

Thanks a lot!

Day 8.

I think it’s prudent to upload some outside photos this time to give some insight as to what you can expect.

Have noticed hair fail in recipient area which is totally normal!  
 

I tried to capture the new grafts as best I can, you can pick them out when zoomed in. 

Just as I thought, you no doubt have very aggressive hairloss.

I genuinely think 2000grafts won’t do much for you if they are spread out as said. 

You need careful planning with your doctor as I previously said, but I think it would be better if you let the community know who is your intended doc? 

It’s a very tricky case but in the right hands it could make you feel a lot better about your hair and make an improvement. 

you could also add your pre 1st surgery situation photos to determine what is transplanted hair.

I’d suggest uploading better photos mate. Clear shots from the front and sides with brushed back hair. More of a Birds Eye view of the top of your head. Perhaps share the photos you provided to the surgeon. 
2500grafts to the frontal third, the yield does not appear that good… so I think 1000 to the mid scalp in your case would not be suffice.. 

Based on your current condition you are destined for to be high on the norwood scale. You’re crown is already thinned a lot also, you need to be careful here… 

Also you need to have your donor assessed under magnification as you’ve already had previous surgery. 
 

4 hours ago, Bandit90 said:

Good luck Tommy, wishing you speedy healing and more importantly closure on your frustrating journey. Stating the obvious, but the work looks very refined & clean, which is demonstrated by your fast healing from the hairline extractions.

Quick question, is there any plan to add grafts to your hairline, not necessarily lower it, but perhaps add singles to your newly re-positioned hairline, or is it that what remains post-extraction, shall be the final hairline. Also, if you feel comfortable would you be able to share what the hairline height was before the surgery and what It is now.

Nonetheless, your journey will bring a lot of hope to the unfortunate growing trend of young males who have suffered the ill-fate of poorly designed, low hairlines with multi-grafts.

Thanks man, appreciate it.

The plan is to extract what will be left (or the majority) in October. Some of these grafts will be dissected where necessary and placed into the hairline. You can see there is ~4-6mm of the hairline not touched but there is a solid density, it can be touched up if needed. This is what we spoke about. Any other areas of concern in zone 2 would also be filled. Temples are to be closed off also.

If there are grafts left after the 2nd extraction I will just get electrolysis on them, I won’t be ocd about it that’s for sure. 

Pre surgery:

Hairline height from Centre to glabella was 5.5cm

Hairline height from right hand temporal recession to eyebrow was 6cm.

Hairline height from left hand temporal recession to eyebrow was 5.8cm.

Post surgery:

Hairline height from Centre to glabella is 6cm.

Hairline height from right hand temporal recession to eyebrow is 7.1cm

Hairline height from left hand temporal recession to eyebrow is 7cm.

obviously it’s a huge difference from the moment I look in the mirror. 

Dr Feriduni used a gadget like attached to check the measurements. 

Day 6 post op.
Final day visiting the Feriduni clinic for my wash and check up before flying home. 

Spent around 15mins with Dr Feriduni discussing things further! 

Some high res photos. Couldn’t be happier at this moment.

Im extremely impressed with the healing and how little redness I have. 

Day 5. First day using the serum at recipient area. Hair spray treatment is finished. Tonight will be the first time applying post surgery oil to extraction zone.

Ecstatic with how the hairline is healing. Most like will be 3-4days before the rest of the scabs come off from there and almost little to no redness.

25 minutes ago, Berba11 said:

 

@Tommy1991- I note that in Feriduni’s other similar cases on here, they are all fully shaven heads whereas you’ve had a no shave version. Interested to know what if any discussion there was around that? Did your case lend itself to no shave or did you simply have the choice either way? The no shave option will certainly help you navigate the next 6 months more easily I think. 

I think some patients left the hair long for the 1st stage of repairs too if I’m not mistaken. Most probably for same below.

It was decided for a no cut as it helped Dr Feriduni with the creation of the irregularities and then an overall estimate of how the hairline would look to my facial proportions. Just made things a little harder for graft placement the nurses were telling me. 
 

I believe so that the no shave will benefit me in camouflaging this over the next few months. I will probably try to do this in October again but I notice they tend to shave for the 2nd repair procedure on patients.

On 4/26/2024 at 5:10 PM, Melvin- Admin said:

I think you’re gonna look like a rock star after this. Did you take pictures of the clinic? I really want to visit Feriduni when I go to Europe. 

Yeah, I have to say, I’m really not concerned about how this will look at all… I believe it will be a pretty successful repair. 
 

I took no photos, not sure I’d like to rock up and start taking photos 😂It’s a class facility though! 
 

He’s a top guy and conversational wise, it’s great. He was showing me all the gadgets he was using during the surgery and showed me long haired graft extraction versus short, the bad grafts versus the good etc. 

19 hours ago, Stewie said:

I only realised when looking at your old topic last night that the hairline was lowered previous to Eugenix? Looks like Eugenix only put singles in to soften the blow on a harsh hairline? If you wanted a repair in the first place then maybe they wasn’t the right place to go if you had other plans? I think the result looked good tbh. But it’s all about what makes you happy at the end of the day

I’d rather not go into all that here again, there is another thread whereby you can comment there mate.

Day 3. 

I got my hair washed by post care team today. 

Hopefully he gets training other doctors so 😅 
 

The work Eugenix done on you was absolutely disgusting. Nothing short of it.

FairPlay to you for your resilience! It looks very good. 👌🏼

I certainly would advise against medication at 65. 
You have good coverage and I would just leave it as it is 😃

19 hours ago, Stewie said:

This looks amazing, but I can't help but think this does not look good for Eugenix, I have had two surgeries with them and been open in the sense they do not listen, and now to see them lowering your hairline and you having to resort to these measures, it confounds the fact that they are not the elite place to go, and in fact another place you role the dice with, which makes me sad in a way as they are all great, but me, you and others can not go there and have a plan and then come out with another, this is not acceptable for other practices so it should not be the case for them either. I wish you luck in getting to where your heading as this work looks brilliant

I agree that they don’t, even when issues are pointed out they still don’t listen and don’t accept. 
Having been there, they are far from elite. For as long as I’m on this forum I would definitely encourage people to steer clear of Eugenix. 

From where I have been personally, elite places are with Feriduni and Cooley. 

On 4/23/2024 at 2:25 PM, RTC said:

Will the punched out grafts be put back into the donor?

Back in Zone 2. 

I’m curious to know what Norwood you would class yourself as?

At this stage some things are not meant to be touched, and in your case you could end up making it a lot worse. 
 

4 hours ago, Tommy1991 said:

Day 1 post op:

I returned to clinic for the washing of my hair by post care nurse. 
 

Shortly after Dr Holscher invited me into his office. 
We discussed the future plan in October, he checked hair density again, my donor area is around 70-80 per sq cm, while my crown and midsection is showing 90-100 per sq cm with little to no miniaturisation. This confirms that I stabilized my hair loss for now…

He provided me a script for Oral Monoxodil. I will try it for one year and see if there is an improvement. 
 

Dr Holscher took more photos after the wash. Starting to heal rapidly. The quality of photos is also excellent, showing the irregularities, and widows peak he created from extraction.
Also there is a photo of where the ingrown hairs were extracted. (Unfortunately some of the photos aint uploading, just appearing as black)

I think myself there is probably another 250-300 grafts to be extracted from hairline in Oct but time will tell. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Just took screenshots of the rest of the photos.