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”

40 minutes ago, BaldV said:

Thats how you look if you dont lose any hair

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.

15 minutes ago, A_4_Archan said:

Yeh that baby hairs which are sprouted will start geting fuller and thicker ..its a long process and keeping calm is the key...some slow growers takes around 16-18 months to achieve the full results and there are some lucky ones who get full results before 12 months...and i hope you are on medication ...medication will help you...

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. 

1 minute ago, Rogith said:

@Rafael Manelli @duckling @A_4_Archan now in my transplanted area I feel i like some small hair are growing can consider it in for four months. But when I see under bright light I feel like baldness  in recipient area.

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?

17 hours ago, duckling said:

Everyone uses 6 month as a time interval to see around 50 percent of their results. 4 months time is very less except some rare cases where they have so much growth which is noticeable. 

But to answer your question , maybe 35-40 percent of growth can be seen.

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. 

On 8/1/2022 at 9:14 PM, BeHappy said:

No. It is possible it could even look worse with short hair because it will be impossible to hide any of it by combing over the area. Hairline design and graft angles are very important. Too many people new to hair transplants think they can go anywhere and just get more hair and it will automatically look better.

 

 

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. 

On 10/18/2022 at 4:03 PM, HappyMan2021 said:

i will never have peace of mind as long as I have any unnatural and bad angled hair sprouting from my scalp, so I need to see this finished off. 

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.

6 hours ago, Melvin- Moderator said:

I believe he's on dutasteride and oral minoxidil, but yes very envious of such a mane.

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 ? 

11 minutes ago, mavigo said:

Go on...

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2 hours ago, mavigo said:

Yes, Dr. Holt is a terrible doctor but a good liar. No, even the best physician's FUT scars are still quite visible on shorter hair. A scar is a scar. 

I think it should only be used if an FUE is not a viable option. 

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. 

2 minutes ago, Xanadu said:

I think it looks fine.

At least in the car. Because of the lighting inside a car, it is probably one of the most easy places for a HT to look good.

 

It looks okay 

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

On 2/15/2021 at 8:47 PM, Curious25 said:

Razor Ruddock, after the influence from his younger model wife! 
 

 

Obviously a transplant even without the before photo. 

On 1/29/2022 at 7:56 AM, Curious25 said:

To me - that hairline to temple closure, is indicative of a transplant. Bisanga's hairlines are similar to this - I'm not speculating he went there, but I'm using it as an example of what to look for. 

What exactly do you mean about the temple closure? 

On 10/24/2022 at 7:33 PM, ITA said:

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