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The whole point of FUT is to reduce laxity, as it removes a section of your scalp.

10/10!

Scalp laxity

Likely a good sign. I'm not a doctor Keep in mind roughly 15% of the hairs transplanted are in the telogen phase and will not grow before they shed. That doesn't mean that specific graft is "lost", it could just be in the telogen phase. If a graft is in the telogen phase it will just shed without seeing the initial growth.

Completely normal, and common

Please read this article by Hasson & Wong. https://hassonandwong.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/lateral_slit.pdf See how hairs grow in "groups" of rows. This is similar to how many surgeons implant.

You should seek the input of a hair restoration surgeon. You should get in-person consults, and I think you should start with Dr. Hasson as he was your surgeon. That is my recommendation and input for you moving forward. We are not surgeons or medical experts on this forum, hence why you are getting varied input on your case. One person could tell you 1000 grafts is adequate, while another could tell you 4000. No one knows before you have had in-person consults. Your case is difficult, that's why I would say online consults wouldn't give you any answers or conclusions. If I were to guess, your mid-scalp is losing native hairs. I can't find a reason why your transplanted hairs would suddenly fall out. Melvin should be able to assist in getting in touch with the clinic.

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To be honest, I cannot spot a difference between the two sets of pictures. I also looked at them in your progression thread. Why don't you comb your hair with a middle part, so that you can actually examine the hair behind the forelock better? We can't judge your mid-scalp when you are covering it up. The only thing I can see is that your scalp seems excessively red where you had grafts placed, and at 10.5 months it makes me think there could be some sort of inflammation going on.

Please let us know how things are progressing @Nordster34

Dude, relax. You'll find we are more developed over here than the US in almost every possible way - except military force. Spain is a NATO member, so if world war three was to go down when you get your FUE procedure, you'll be protected by your own anyway.

Could you please link to these cases? I think I know what cases you refer to (it's not 7 cases, and one of them is a Reddit case where even the mods gave up on the poster due to his history of posting inaccurate statements; he claimed to be botched by both Konior and then Wong). I think this thread has derailed. Let's discuss OPs case and not the clinic in general. Keep in mind Dr. Wong and Dr. Hasson operate independently, they only share office premises; their team of technicians (and surgical methods) are different. It's impossible to know what has happened before OP gets a thorough evaluation of his scalp. I still believe most thinning native hairs have been lost, and not the transplanted hairs. If that is the case the surgery was not unsuccessful at all - and the yield is certainly above 50%. We are not doctors on this forum, and even though we consume a lot of information about hair transplants, we are in no way experts. Let's stay humble and not jump to conclusions about whether the quality of a clinic has declined the last year or not based on a few online cases reported on this forum because we truly do not know the background and technicalities of each individual case.

Before passing judgement on this case (i.e., saying that the doctor failed the patient, which I believe are a strong choice of words), it would be helpful if OP could get an evaluation by a hair restoration surgeon to assess if the yield of the transplanted hairs was actually 50%, or if it is native hairs that didn't survive the nearby trauma to the scalp.

Yes, it's hairs that didn't shed but kept growing after the transplant. Normal.

Looking like excellent work, keep posting updates Thanks for sharing!

@stephcurry30 Please go back to page 1 of this thread, and look at the post-op pictures. You can clearly see the correct angulation of the grafts, both in the hairline and the crown. They sit at the correct angles to the scalp. You can also clearly see that the grafts placed in the crown follows the patients natural crown whorl. Perhaps styling of the hair makes them stick upwards. We also know that it takes some time for the hairs to mature and soften and lay down, most often more than 12 months.

You cannot see telogen hairs unless you dissect each graft under a microscope. And even then, sometimes it's very very hard to detect. That's why elite clinics sometimes misplace a double in the hairline. It's not a big deal though, it also happens in nature. A "micro camera" cannot see under the skin. I don't understand why Zarev doesn't want to use microscopes. And he didn't give s good answer in the podcast / video.

Well, Musk went to Hasson. So did I

Looks good! You can literally see the tiny baby vellus hairs popping through

It varies between individuals. The average is just that, an average. Many people are above, especially for those with low Norwoods who does not have much thinning. Myself included. 40-45 in the hairline could look OK if you have the same density behind it. For @Fue3361 and myself such 'low' density would not have been sufficient.

Yes, but I think your hairline suits you very well!

He's saying it will make your face look smaller, and frame your face better. And I agree

It's alarming he is on the recommended list. Imagine checking up on recommended doctors, finding this doctor and believing you'll have a good result, only to end up with an almost straight hairline withour any irregularities and only consisting of multi grafts. Additionally, it seems OP has some scalp issues which likely is from the surgery as well. In my opinion, cases like these warrant that a doctor is removed from the recommended surgeon list. No question about it. It's pure neglience. Was loupes / magnification not used in sorting the grafts? Were single hairs not extracted at all?

Great write up, thanks for sharing! The grafts in the last photo you posted looks like untrimmed FUE grafts. Doctors have different ways of doing transplants, some doctors trim down FUE grafts to be able to pack denser and have a smaller recipient size, which reduces trauma. For FUT you have to trim the grafts because they need to be taken out from the strip. Best of luck with the journey!

It depends on the clinic. Several clinics trim grafts regardless of them being harvested by FUT (in which they of course must be trimmed) or FUE. Some clinics trim grafts to be very small ('skeletonized'). The latter is important if you want to really dense pack. Look at different post-op pictures from various clinics. Some have this very prominent white residue around the grafts after placement, whereas other clinics (e.g., H&W, Konior, etc.) do not have this tissue surrounding the grafts, thereby they can also pack at a higher density, and slits also can be smaller (= less pressure on surrounding grafts and less trauma to the scalp). In the right technical hands, a skeletonized graft has the same rate of survival as a non- or less trimmed graft.