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apparently he works 7 days a week unless he goes to hair conferences. he doesn't use machines, he is the machine 😂

put it this way, in Australia we have no decent HT doctors and the cheaper option of Laorwong in Thailand is more effortful but gets a much better result - effortful in the sense you have to book flights, organise places to stay, deal with some language barrier issues. But the quality of his work is better than 99% of other HT places out there and he has been pumping out great results to the forum members here lately. And I would say for most people the extra effort is worth it given this is a procedure that you have to see every time you look in the mirror - may as well give it the greatest chance of success! I've heard/seen Konior is great also but very pricey. I haven't looked into Ron Shapiro so can't comment.

FYI i saw a good result from them recently:

@A_4_Archan did you ever find out your graft breakdown - how many singles / doubles / triples etc?

A great result, congrats. You will need to change your display photo to one of Krillin with hair! Did you ever find out your graft breakdown, how many singles / doubles / triples etc?

hey Jamos, curious what brand of topical fin/min you take? Thanks also, did you ever get a break down of how many singles, doubles, triples you used?

i think maybe one issue is that the hairline was lowered a lot - it was a lot of completely bald area to cover. In that case i think a second pass is required for decent density. maybe also a low graft survival - was DHT blocker, minoxidil, or blood flow supplement / anything else being used to ensure high graft survival?

looks really good at your 1 day after surgery photos. good head shape, you could rock a buzz cut!

Just chiming in here, perhaps you are very sensitive to drugs. Like in your OP you said how you fell asleep almost instantly after they gave you meds before the HT - myself and a few others here were awake the whole time. I was the tiniest bit drowsy and it made me feel less stressed about the whole thing, but no chance was I going to fall asleep.

Looks great. Just to play devils advocate here, it will look great whatever hairstyle you have, but i think it actually looked best as a buzzcut. A slightly longer one. Suits your face and makes the jawline pop and kinda gives you a 'tough guy' look combined with the tattoos (in a good way).

i also think a bit of sparsity is what can make it look natural, especially given your age. imagine the situation where you're over 30 and your previously slick bald temples are thicker than a 10 year olds, but the middle forelock is thinner. that wouldn't look natural! doctors these days purposely create some jagged imperfections for this reason. your hair is looking amazing man.

when i get nervous i ask a lot of questions, although maybe not the most useful ones haha. i asked him the other day what he thought of my donor and hair thickness - he said donor was good and thickness caliber was medium (this was just looking with his eyes in the pre-op consult, though). with that i'm hoping for a positive result! i've only had 1500 grafts in the hairline and did the cell therapy also so hoping that can boost the native hairs also. i'm also planning on eating 1 raw garlic clove a day (supposed to boost blood flow), use topical min and topical dutasteride when i get back home. and maybe something like "nitro wood" supplement - also supposed to boost blood flow, its mostly beetroot powder i believe. i'll probably just do these for the first 3 months. i've used topical min before and don't like the hassle of daily application.

Chin up - itll only be a little longer. A drop in the ocean of time in your life, youll forget this stsge ever happaned by next year. Can you still wear a hat? If you don't wanna talk about it you could make up some story about having foliculitis or something. It seems things only start getting better around month 4, and you'll be laughing after that.

Looks like this will frame your face r3ally well.

A very simple technique I use is not letting myself go more than 5kg over my ideal weight, and when I get to that point I stop eating breakfast (and have black coffee instead so keeps me in a fasted state and suppresses appetite) and make sure my dinner and lunch aren't too large and are real whole food meals. This keeps me in a mild calorie deficit while not making it too hard to follow long term, so I do this 3 months or so to lose the 5kg. I also incorporate light exercise like yoga and walking. When I do heavy exercise my hunger gets out of control and I start eating too much and too much junk food.

can't tell that anything has happened to the donor at all in these photos, and after 4000 grafts too! you could rock a buzz cut

lay and pray, don't want to mess it up and you've got a long time to do until its final form - its looking pretty good already.

wow, thats good growth! scalp is looking at lot less red too, or maybe its just the flash. hoping you have a good result dude!

might be worth coming off it slowly rather than all at once

why is it considered aggressive? the patients existing hairline wasn't lowered. nonetheless, looks like a great result - i'd be happy with it!

great video, this guy knows his stuff!

awesome guys. anyone going to Dr Laorwong mid nov?

what are people using in terms of neck pillows? I thought i remembered reading somewhere on his website that just a rolled up towel will do fine.

interesting. i believe we see the full effects of min at around the 4 month mark, did you use it more than 4 months before the HT? if so, thats interesting. maybe you aren't benefiting that much from the min. I've also heard that getting a HT is similar to micro needling - it wounds the scalp which can create better blood flow and regenerate some hairloss on its own (as another way to explain the benefit you've had to your crown, with no HT there)

better a baseball cap than a baseball bat! the idea of melatonin sounds great. how much were you using to knock yourself out? i'm also not a back sleeper so will need some help!