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Looking very good, and very natural. A few more grafts in the corners and you are set for life!

2 hours ago, Al - Moderator said:

I agree. There is great growth, but it’s too much of a straight line. It needs some irregularities. 
 

Excellent density though. And it would only take a small touchup of 150 grafts to give a few more irregularities, and he'll be absolutely golden! For a one-pass over this sized area, I think this is a great result - also taking price into consideration.

@dba your current baseline figures mean nothing. if you are losing your hair / thinning on your current DHT levels you need to bring them down in order to halt your hair loss. It's that simple.

There are a lot of different protocols people swear by. However, if 5α blockers are to have an effect on hair loss they need to reduce the amount of DHT circulating in your body. If someone cannot tolerate Finasteride because it gives them side effects (actual side effects, not nocebo), I highly doubt they will tolerate Dutasteride. This is simply because if Dutasteride is to have an effect it needs to lover DHT - i.e., the actual culprit of why someone would get Finasteride side effects to begin with.

Looking very nice! Dense packed, matching your native density behind. I am sure this will yield an excellent outcome for you

On 4/17/2024 at 5:17 AM, Norwood311 said:

[...] which would put it around 75-90 hairs per cubic centimeter. Completely unreal. There is basically no surgeon on earth who can go THAT DENSE in one procedure (I have heard of some surgeons getting up to 80-100 hairs per cm after doing multiple procedures, but never in a single one). 

That's not true, other doctors can also place that dense if appropriate for the patient. Dr. Hasson did 85FU/cm for me. There is s recent case where he did 90FU/cm on another patient. Both in one sitting. Not to discredit Leal's results in any way, though.

From the extraction patterns I have seen from Leal, he does not use nape hair. He uses hair above the ears.

You'll need a second pass to achieve your desired density. 2,600 grafts for that area was never going to visually match your native density in the area behind your newly established hairline.

If the side effects from Finasteride (or Dutasteride) is caused by elevated estrogen levels, then sure, taking exogenous testosterone could help. But by taking testosterone, you will also create more DHT in the body (some of exogenous testosterone will convert to DHT, you are not blocking all the enzymes. So what's the point in taking Fin/Dut to lower DHT if you are going to increase it again by going on gear? By taking exogenous testosterone you are fast-tracking your hairloss.

No

This looks like a marketing gimmick. I'm sorry, but I don't believe for a second an experience hair transpant surgeon would have any need for this.

22 hours ago, stephcurry30 said:

Agreed. I will go back to Konior's office at 12-18 months and update the thread with high res photos.

Try taking the photos with your front camera facing your hairline. If you stand in front of a mirror, you can easily see your screen and where your camera is pointing Just a small trick I learned trying to get good closeups! I took this photo on my Samsung phone right now, for reference:

Looks good, I really can't see anything wrong on either photos? That said, would be good to see some high res close up photos, not front/selfie cam

Looking fantastic!

Get on oral finasteride asap. You first start with oral. If you get sides, stick with it for at least 2 months, it usually resolves itself as your body adapts. Still sides after 2 months? Taper down to 3 times per week. Still sides? Reduce dosage to 0.5mg 3x a week. Still sides? Swap with topical.

Best of luck with Dr. Hasson. You are in the very best of hands  I am extremely happy with my own surgery with him.

Great! Can't wait for more updates from you early next year  Thoroughly enjoyed this thread from the start.

That is one amazing (and dense!) hairline, looking very good 😀

38 minutes ago, Fox243 said:

What is contraction? 

It's relating to how your skin "pulls" together before the scar tissue fills inn. I.e. the skins ability to contract, thereby semi-closing the wound. You can read more here:

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8605797/

If you take oral Finasteride: you do not need to stop at all. The only thing you need to keep in mind is that your wife/girlfriend should not get into contact with the medication (crushed tablets).

If you take topical/liquid Finasteride: you should probably stop when trying to conceive, and discontinue the use until the baby is born (if it is boy). I would talk to a doctor about it (if you take topical finasteride), since I haven't found articles saying when you should stop.

Another good article here: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK582707/

2 hours ago, Yabala said:

If it is a boy l'll have to stop during all the duration of the pregnancy right ?

If you are taking oral finasteride (pills), there is no need to stop. Your partner just needs to avoid getting her hands on crushed pills, that's all. You can continue with intimacy, the amount of finasteride in your semen is completely negligible.

You can read more here (this is just one of many scientific articles on this topic): https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2018472/pdf/11785276.pdf

If you take topical finasteride/Dutasteride you should stop, because it could theoretically transfer to her skin and then to the baby (boy) through her bloodstream.

Playing the piano is a skill. Having hair is not a skill.

Generally, having hair is aesthetically more pleasing than being bald. I say generally, because e.g., being a high NW and doing an extreme comb-over etc. is aesthetically less pleasing than being bald. If society generally sees having hair a favourable trait, then shaving your head shows you are confident because you don't care what other people think of you. Confidence is about believing in yourself.

Not shaving your head when you have terrible hair is the opposite of being confident.

By the looks of it, you'll be 100% happy before 12 months!

1 hour ago, HairFunk said:

Very hard to tell you’ve had any work done in all honesty. As Melvin said looks natural. Perhaps another small pass with 300 grafts to complete?

I think he's probably looking at closer to 700-1000 grafts to be honest. Density needs to be close to his natural density behind his new hairline. If not, it's going to look like there is a hairline behind the hairline.

I'm not a doctor, by my grafts were out of the body for 10+ hours. My surgery took approx. 12 hours. My survival rate was in the high 90s percentage range. The grafts are kept in a cold saline, or hypothermosol, solution throughout the surgery.

Absolutely flawless, looking as natural as...well, natural! Congratulations on a great result, with a beautiful hairline and excellent temple points.