Rafael Manelli

She may as well have said “If the patient is smart he will avoid clinics with poor quality photos such as ours. If he fails this test, he deserves whatever result he gets”

That’s not quite true. Even most boys before and during puberty tend to have hairlines which are lower in the middle than the corners.

Some people are lucky enough to get full results before 6 months Some people never even shed their grafts. But that's a small minority.

You are probably just a slow grower. The next few months will make a big difference.

If you've spent any time on men's hairstyles on YouTube, you may have come across these guys from Slikhaar TV (twin brothers). I can't help but notice they have an unusual hairline shape. Certainly enviable, for most of us, but the overall shape is actually highest in the middle and forms a sort of concave shape, with the temples rounded. For most men the hairline has some temporal recession, or a convex shape, where the midfrontal point is the lowest on the forehead. Many believe the "ideal" Norwood 1 would have a straight hairline, without recession at the temples. But this is basically the opposite, where the sides actually have a little more hair than the middle. I think some would even describe this as feminine. What do you think? Is it a nice design? Would you expect a surgeon to create this?

6 months = 50% is very crude and not accurate for most people in all honesty. For some people it's about right, but more often 6 months is more like 70% growth - it's length that's missing and needs time to fill in. And for some people, 6 months is actually a bit less than 50%

Shorter hair can actually make a bad transplant look worse. I would agree with this. You'll also notice the density differential between the native hair and grafted hairs more starkly if the hair is very short.

I understand the mentality, but it's dangerous and futile to be a perfectionist in this. You can't trim every blade of grass to the millimeter. Transplants will never be perfect. Your body will never be perfect. Nobody else is examining you in minute detail and you will only drive yourself mad by doing it yourself. Don't worry about being perfect. Just try to be content with good enough. I'm sure you'll look natural soon.

You should be completely fine.

At the risk of rocking the boat, I feel the need to buck the trend here and say you don’t need to wait a full year to get a second surgery. It’s not a bad idea to wait, if you have the patience, but waiting is more important if you’re wanting a second surgery to add density to the same area. If you’re looking to graft a different section (the crown, in your case), you might get away with doing it 5 months after the first op. However, you may also wish to wait until the results of the first op are satisfactory. The reason is if they end up unsatisfying after a year, you may change your plan for the second op and add more density or reshape the hairline.

Why do you believe that? Did he say or do you just suspect it for some reason? Its possible he uses them as a better safe than sorry regimen.

It should clear up by itself.

Looks exciting. Also dr Sergio has basically a perfect hairline. Have you noticed a lot of hair surgeons are either a perfect Norwood 1 or are bald or grafted themselves ?

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There are a lot of legitimate arguments for strip in many cases

Diffuse thinning is terrible in the donor, but if it’s in the regular Norwood balding area then it’s not necessarily worse than recession. The main challenge is in implanting hairs without killing native ones. However, you have a large thinning area. If you’re not on meds, I wouldn’t bother with a transplant necessarily, as you may just end up right back where you started once the natives fall out

I think you’ll need a bigger budget. You need thousands of grafts.

Who were the 4 clinics? I will second what Melvin said, go to Hattingen for big FUTs. Also consider Dr Ball for FUT.

All the names listed here are good. If you narrowed down your priorities such as where you live, how much you’re looking to spend, we could perhaps narrow it down more.

It’s normal. Just accept it. About it looking like a normal buzzcut… the first month it will likely be reddish and tender, and you’ll have scabs the first few weeks. Then most of the hairs will fall out, and you’ll look like before the surgery but with short hair,

It varies. Maybe 40% on average.

It looks okay The issue for me is the macro shape gives it away. Very high, receded hairline with strong uniform density.

Obviously a transplant even without the before photo.

What exactly do you mean about the temple closure?

Horrible. Looked better before. He should not have brought down the centre point of the hairline at all.