knivesout09

I would echo the above sentiments.

Hi - no I didn't pursue it.

I'm of the opinion if it didn't work first time, going with the same Dr doesn't make sense.

My hair calibre has thickened thankfully, but is clear that everything planted didn't grow.

@RTC

Thank you

Have you also got cobblestoning?

Yes it's from the 2nd intervention.

Thank you - appreciate the kind words

Donor is good. Mwambas donor management is superb.

Thankfully I'm blessed with good calibre hair so can sort of camouflage the scaring.

I've been on fin for 10 years - hair has been stable in time. 

With regards to the Dr's. I think there were a lot of poor results with hair dr at the time I was there. I think I may have a degree of bad luck unfortunately.

Thanks for the reply.

I'm presently 6 days away from 12 months so doubt there will any groundbreaking change.

There was a little from the hair dr, but it's mostly new.

He advised things may improve, advised a silicone based scar gel - which hasn't helped.

He advised a small top up could help, but didn't elaborate much further.

It was quite disheartening tbh. He had struggled to tell apart the pre and post intervention photos apart.

Hello

I do agree, partly the difficulty is I want to respect my anonymity.

The photos in which it looks good are in low lighting, given the high skin to hair contrast it looks better there. 

Surgeon was Dr Mwamba.

Original was Dr Arshard.

Surgical placement is detailed in the 1st post - last image.

Wanted to give an update as I approach 12 months.

The density unfortunately hasn't improved so much, although my hair calibre has developed.

Unfortunately I've also been left with cobblestoning.

Fair to say I don't consider the repair to be a success.

I'm now reviewing further options.

I think we started at 11am and then went to 2 am the next morning.

Dr Ali assisted also. I went for partial shave so that may have been a factor.

No small amount ~1300

Just now, baldfighter said:

do you mean 2-3pm?

I think most surgeries take until 4-5pm.

No am - as in the morning!

15 minutes ago, HappyMan2021 said:

ughh I've been hearing this alot from Mwamba patients lately 😪

Is there a specific reason you think yield may have been poor? 

I agree unfortunately.

I wonder if the grafts were out too long. We didn't finish till like 2-3am.

Could have also been surgical error - I have cobblestoning.

Not sure. Mine would come out very easily. I had quite poor yield so unsure if they were grafts that had dried out.

I had the same stalled hairs also with Mwamba. Unsure what the significance is.

Donor repair and temples look fantastic!

Sorry to hear about your concerns about the top. I hope you manage to get them resolved.

Redman, I just wanted to say that I pretty much had the same consultation with mwamba, almost word for word!, following my repair review at 9 months. I also have sparse areas, doubles in the hairline and cobblestoning 

I'm a little worried this might be a recurring theme as I've seen a few cases on HRN now where this has happened.

Anyway to rotate the photos?

Wanted to give this a bump, am unsure if I need to consider a second surgery.

Thought I'd give an update at 8 months.  Attached are photos under favorable and harsh lighting.

I think there has been some improvement - certainly in hair calibre, but am still not 100% happy. Although I have got growth, I'm not sure I've yielded particularly well. I have a meeting with the Dr later this month so will discuss then.

Is there usually a significant change from month 8 onwards or should I prepare myself for a further repair?

First was a uk recommended. Second was a elite repair surgeon also recommended on the forum.

Apologies!  First time posting on the forum.

I can see the photos when access the website on another device.

Is there another way to upload?

Hi all

I’ve been losing my hair since my 20s – mainly diffuse loss in a Norwood V pattern, forunately managed to pop on finasteride + minoxidil, which I’ve responded very well to and held decent ground. Unfortunately by the time I had started meds I had lost a lot of the hairline.

Cue 2021, in the wake of the Covid pandemic, remote working etc, I felt that this was a good opportunity to address the hairline and as such booked a transplant in a UK clinic which was forum recommended. At the time they gave 2660 grafts, however as you can see they were distributed quite sparsely and I feel like the yield was fairly poor.

I elected for a repair at a different clinic and have had 1400 grafts to the area.
I’m now past 7 months and while my results a certainly an improvement, the density still feels quite poor and I’m quite limited in how I can style my hair.

I’ m starting to feel a bit of deja vu unfortunately. Can I expect much more over the next few months? Will the maturation of grafts be enough to give satisfactory density or will need a further procedure at this point?