airporteffect

Looking fantastic so far!

19 hours ago, Melvin- Moderator said:

Looks good man 👍🏼 haven’t heard much of this doctor, but this is good work.

Yeah man, I had my hesitations but the publications that he did with Konior in the 90s and some reviews from others (who didn’t document anything) was enough to take a swing. Super happy so far.

5 hours ago, tonightisthenight said:

Got it.

Dare I say it looks better now than the photos you posted from the way back machine when you had hair. 

It looks much better for sure. I actually have a hairline again haha. 

17 hours ago, tonightisthenight said:

Very impressive. Are you shaving the back and sides for styling or you’re worried on the density in those areas? 

Stylistic though I’ve never liked how the sides looked with shorter cuts given to how fine my hair is in general.

7 months:

53 minutes ago, ThunderToast said:

@airporteffect, I'm on day 8 which is "gently massage the scabs day" per our Buchwach documentation.   How did that go for you?  I did it this morning but did not make much progress.  

I couldn't resist so I gently massaged the scabs away on day 6. I soaked them in a nice conditioner for 45mins and then massaged them all off.

On 7/27/2023 at 3:02 PM, ThunderToast said:

I'm looking forward to day 10 or so when things are somewhat back to normal on the "feel" of the donor and recipient areas.  I'm just laying low for a couple of weeks now working from my home office.  We did not shave my head.  Just about an inch drop in hair line all the way across.  

Nice, I still have redness but am prone to it. You should track your journey!

51 minutes ago, ThunderToast said:

Yes!  That's what he and I were talking about.  I asked how it was going through different stages and he said it was going extremely well and I had good density.  The placement techs were good too.  1143 total grafts.  The hairline was designed conservatively for my age.  I'm 48. No real swelling yet on day 2.  We didn't get into any temporal point work as mine is decent. 

Yeah, my temples were all gone hahaha.

8 minutes ago, ThunderToast said:

Had my procedure with Buchwach this week.  Not sure I want to post photos yet but it went really well.  Very efficient staff and the SmartGraft technican was very impressive.  Only 1100 grafts so it was quick.  Donor and Recipient areas are healing well. I was out before lunchtime so they bagged up their homemade lunch to take with me!

Congrats! That dude was one of the first to train on the machine. Super knowledgeable. 

6 month update:

Definitely still pretty thin in the temples but much better than where I started! The temples are also pretty funny — we clearly didn’t go far enough back on one so they look like little sideburns. I’ve been cutting it close to skin on the sides every couple of weeks and the donor looks fine.

Looking awesome! Very natural.

On 6/19/2023 at 3:42 PM, Henri said:

airporteffect hey there.. I was wondering how it looks now. Im going to see him soon

On 6/19/2023 at 3:42 PM, Henri said:

airporteffect hey there.. I was wondering how it looks now. Im going to see him soon

Just a bit longer — still have my fingers crossed for more temporal density. I’ll be updating in a few weeks!

En route to a grand slam. Enjoy the process!

5 months:

Definitely hoping that I get more density in the temples over the next 7 months but super happy at this stage overall.

6 hours ago, ThunderToast said:

About how long before all of your redness in the recipient area dissipated?  I'm fair-skinned and I'm almost positive my recipient area will be red for months if my test area is any indicator. 

I honestly still have redness. 

Nearing 5 months. Couldn’t resist posting these today, though:

Awesome, I’m coming up on month 5 and one of my temples is still pretty bald so this gives me hope!

On 4/11/2023 at 5:36 PM, Melvin- Moderator said:

Hey Guys,

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I contacted Pete and Pedro, a company owned by Aaron Marino (Alpha M), on YouTube. I arranged a 20% discount code for the forum (HRN20). This discount code is exclusive to forum members and applies to any product in the volumizing category, like their THICK Hair thickening cream, Volume styling powder, and sea salt spray. I haven't tried their styling powder or thickening cream, but they're sending me some bottles, and I'll review them for you when I receive them. 

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You can use the discount code here:

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Awesome. I just snagged some of this in anticipation of styling my hair for the first time in years soon. Thanks, Melvin.

Looking stellar!

3 minutes ago, duckling said:

great results at 4 months. its only going to get better in coming months. The left side of your hairline is better than right side currently.

Happy growing !

100%. It's quite common for one side to lag behind the other from what I've seen but my temples were completely bald. It's tough to tell how much fuller it will get given the implant density in that area being lower than I've seen with other cases. Some grafts definitely shed with the scabs but here are two post-op references of the area. Really hoping that it fills out nicely. Maybe I could consider SMP to help create the illusion of added density in the temples if they don't.

On 5/17/2023 at 9:13 AM, ThunderToast said:

Looking good!  Saw Dr. Buchwach last Wednesday.  He and his staff are great.  

Nice! Definitely track your journey on here so we can make a case for him to get approved.

Would love an update as well!

Alright, going for it. This is the longest my hair has been in over 3 years. It will be interesting to see what the temples look like in a month. 🧢