JohnnySins

Wow that looks unreal for a 2 cut with an FUT. I'm hoping I can look like that with a 2 cut... Congrats again man, looking forward to your full results!

Looks amazing man! how short did you cut your sides/back where your scar is? I believe I can barely see the scar in the photo of the back of your head, but it looks great. Your scar healed really well.

4 month pics look really good man, only gets better from here!

Yeah, I think if anything, I will do an FUE procedure on my whole strip, that way it'll blend in nicely and I'll be able to cut my hair shorter.

Thank you man! Yeah, The pre-op photo does bear a striking resemblance, albeit under significantly lower lighting conditions. All my post-op photos have been taken with a bright ring light to effectively showcase whether the scalp is visible through the hair. Anticipating further growth in the coming months!🤞

MONTH 4 UPDATE HOLY CRAP, I HAVE HAIR! Man was I ever starting to freak out that I would never come back from losing my native hair during my shock loss, but boy was I wrong. The difference between month 3 and 4 has been insane. I can't belive I already have this much hair at month 4. I was expecting this result at maybe the 6 month mark. My crown is finally filling in and my mid scalp area is much fuller now. I'm hoping it only gets better from here. The only drawback, if I may say so, is the FUT scar in one particular spot on my head (as indicated by the circle). It appears that the scar stretched enough to create a noticeable area where my scalp is visible. Fortunately, the rest of the scar seems inconspicuous for now. I'll only be able to gauge its visibility with a haircut – determining how low I can go without it being noticeable.

I would say my shock loss hit a little over the one month mark. I'm currently at the four month mark and everything has definitely grown back at this point (and more). It can take longer then 4 months for shock loss to recover, so I wouldn't freak out about it! I've been on finasteride (1.25mg) for a couple of years now.

Amazing results so far man! Dr. Laorwong is putting out some amazing work.

I have to agree with @Needhelpwithscar the day before surgery I was told I would be a better candidate for FUT than FUE as I would have more grafts available with the FUT method. I fully went in with the anticipation of having an FUE procedure, so I asked Dr. Wong for photos of what FUT scars looked like fully healed and when he showed me a couple of them, I thought they looked amazing and barely noticeable and that's why I went ahead with the FUT.

Depending on how it turns out, I may get an FUE procedure to get it filled in. Some people are extremely lucky when it comes to their scar lines not stretching from the looks of it and they're barely noticeable. When I asked Dr. Wong what a typical scar line looked like healed, they looked great and barely noticeable. I'm not sure what happened in my case, but I will wait for it to heal 100% before contacting the clinic. I guess we each have our own classification of "severe diffuse thinning" but I think I did. This photo shows just my crown area dry (a week before surgery) where it looks visibly thin and can easily see the scalp. Someone without diffuse thinning wouldn't look like this with dry hair. This wasn't even in direct sunlight, if it was taken outside in natural light, it would have shown the true extent of it. At the end of the day, I know some people have more severe cases of diffuse thinning, but to me, this has always been troublesome and what I consider diffuse thinning. Thank you for your wishes, I'm hoping for the best in terms of results 🤞

Finally hit the 3 month mark and thank God I have some of my native hair growing back after the shock loss. It doesn't look fully recovered from the shock loss, but hoping within the next couple of months I'll get there. Overall things look much better from month 1 and even had a chance to get a haircut at month 2. My scar finally feels less sensitive and has become less red. I think my scar line did stretch slightly, which I will have to look into further when the scar fully heals and I can take some photos to review. \

So funny to see how similar our stories/ hair procedures are! I'm basically at the 2-month mark and well below baseline (kind of freaking out) but hoping it's just temporary shock loss of my non-transplanted hair. Wishing you all the best on your journey!

Looks amazing man! Wishing you all the best on your journey!

Well, I've finally hit the 1-month mark. The shed has been insane, I'm kind of freaking out a bit, since I am well below baseline. I definitely have lost native hair along with all my transplanted hair. I've never seen my scalp like this before, I would assume this is due to shock loss. The scar area looks way better than I thought for the 1-month mark. I'm really trusting the process of this and hoping for the best.🤞

When I grew out my hair longer, the crown was awfully visible because of how thin my hair was in that area. I told Dr.Wong I wanted as much density as possible and wanted this to be a one-and-done surgery. I assume that's why he took that approach. I consulted with 3 other clinics with the same photos: Dr.Bicer who suggested 1800-2200 grafts, Vera Clinic suggested 1850-2250 grafts, and Dr.Rahal suggested 1500-2500. All the clinics suggested more or less the same amount of grafts when seeing the photos provided. I will never know if they would have suggested more if they saw me in person.