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@jjsrader thanks for the feedback. I did start back on fin in Dec 22 after I reached out for the consult. I do wish I had stayed on it the whole time. I’d definitely be in better shape and plan to stay on it from here out. To your point I think the light color and fine hair did help me achieve the outcome I was hoping with the amount of loss I had. Right now not planning on another pass but I could see it in the future though depending on how things progress. Doubt I could get another 18 years in between again though. Ha! we’ll see how the next few months go with the growth. Hopefully still more to come!

Hi. 9 month update. Inside and outside pics.

@Buffaloboy I don’t think it was a case of not maintaining the transplanted hair from 18 years ago but more of an issue of continued hair loss of native hair. Dr. Wong said the transplanted hair held up pretty well. With diffuse thinning and NW 6 and having started losing my hair younger in life I just kept losing. Regretfully I had also stopped taking fin several years ago. Likely not a wise move. If I can go another 18 years in between I’ll be good. Ha.

Hi guys, 8 month update. Sorry missed a few months. Still very happy with things. It was rainy day today so couldn’t get outside shots. This is about 3 weeks out from my last haircut. Still using no. 5 guard on the sides. Thanks!

Hi, I don’t know about the survival rate. Yeah it was only 50 on each side. And to be fair it was very hard to get a picture with longer hair and certainly the view wasn’t like for like on the full grafted area and full photographed area for comparison. Regardless at 6 months things aren’t final by any stretch. Maybe at the year mark after a fresh haircut I can do some better photos with more accurate comparison. No Dr. Wong didn’t mention survival rate. But I didn’t ask. I’d assume though if it was anticipated to be any lower than the rest of the scalp he’d have said something and told me don’t waste the graphs. But honestly the scar was of little concern to me going in or now. As you can see with my hair length at a no. 5 guard along with my skin tone and hair color it’s a non issue. Atleast in my eyes. You should reach out to Dr. Wong to discuss any particulars on scar grafting. Sorry I don’t know more particulars. Hope that helps.

Looks great man and dramatically different! I think any waviness will settle down. From what I can recall from my first procedure with Dr. Wong the texture improved over time. But definitely a nice problem to have like you said!

Sorry I missed the 5 month update. Here is the 6 month update. It’s also been one year since I started back on Fin and a year since having stopped Minoxidil. Things are progressing about as expected. The top is pretty much back to my normal length. Tried to get a few pictures of the graphs in the scar for @Needhelpwithscar You can definitely see some graphs growing through already. Inside and outside photos.

@Needhelpwithscar I have some pics above that are from day 1 and the next few days they show the graphs in the scar. It’s only 50 on each side of the scar to break it up some. I’ve posted any pics I have. I haven’t tried to get any close ups of the scar recently since I’m just coming up on 5 months and waiting for more growth to start overall. I’ll try to see if can get some with next update. sorry you’ve had any issues with your scar. I’ve been very happy with mine and I don’t wear my hair lower than a guard 5 so it’s not that short anyways.

4 month and 2 days update. Have had a few haircuts now. Hair length is growing out. Pimples have died down. Happy with things. Again my goal was coverage as density is not in my cards. But having light hair and skin I think it helps. Pictures from inside bathroom lights and outside. Only thing I may have changed in retrospect is spending 100 graphs on the scar when I don’t traditionally wear my hair that short on the sides but later if I ever decided to get another procedure to fill in the scar it jump starts that and also breaks up the scar some with how Dr. Wong did it put some on either side to break up one long scar.

I have blonde and light colored hair and it was no issue for FUE. They just colored my hair dark the day before. No way would I have FUT for 1200 graphs, like others have said save that for bigger surgeries.

I have a lot of light hair, it has darked up more over the years since I had my 1st surgery, but still pretty fair and more gray hair on sides. The day before this second surgery with Dr. Wong, they shaved my hair and just dyed the the donor areas really dark. So basically dying all of the remaining stubble.

@Spidey no I haven't. I hadn't even heard of it until I came back for this second surgery since I hadn't really kept up with anything after getting my first one. Guess will need to do some more digging. Dr. Wong did put some graphs on each side to break it up a little on this second pass, but that is all I have ever done to address it since I typically don't wear my hair short. Thanks for the tip.

I've had both with Dr. Wong, FUT then 18 years later the FUE. I did like the healing quicker of the FUE over the FUT and not having to deal with the staples, but since you need a lot of graphs I would vote to wait for Dr. Wong and get the FUT and get as many graphs as you can. You have a lot of real estate to cover also so you are going to be closer to be satisfied with having more the first round then less. Sometimes I feel like on the forum people don't really how fast graphs get eaten up and then they are disappointed, so best to have realistic expectations regardless of what the doctors may tell you. But if you want to keep your hair really short no way around the FUT scar if that is going to factor in for you. I think which either way you go, you may end up wanting a second pass also since even 5k goes quick depending on how you want to use them, for me I was going more for coverage than density. I've shared both my FUT and recent FUE pictures in the review section and lots of other recent Dr. Wong patients as well. I can tell you that also not staying on finasteride the whole time definitely set me back some. I took it the first several years, then faded off when wanting to have kids and never went back until I did my last consult with Dr. Wong for this surgery and plan to stay on it consistently going forward. Best of luck on everything!

2 month update. Not much to report as expected. Getting first hair cut tomorrow just to clean things up a bit. Inside and outside photos.

Looking great. I am sure you will have an awesome result! Now just have to be patient and wait it all out!