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7 months update Well it's 7 months and 2 weeks really. Not much to update, hair is just longer. Density seems around the same dependent on lighting. Using finasteride.

Hair is longer but not much difference in density on month 7 compared to month 6. Maybe even less cause I had a haircut.

What a difference mate!! Excellent results

You mean near my crown? Yeah it's still pretty sparse. Afaik it's normal for that area to be weak (or slow) for growth.

It's probably shock loss and the pimples are normal. I went through the same exact same stage as you are at the moment. My donor did not fully heal in month 2.

It's not noticeable since there's no sun in scotland Aye it's a lot better. I have more hair than I did before the surgery. The patches were pretty much bald. These are pictures from July 2022. You can see with the wind it's pretty horrid. Yeah same! The pimple stage is torture. I try my best to not scratch or rub it but it inevitably drew some blood too. I think you can see some in my month 3 pics.

6 months update At the half way mark now! In terms of noticeable changes. Not much, just length. Depending on lighting, you can still see what part on the top of my head that still needs growing. I've sent my month 6 pictures to Doga at Dr Yaman's Clinic. He says it's growing well and has advised me to use minoxidil foam. I've not used minoxidil yet and I'm gonna be honest, I'll be too lazy to apply it twice daily. Maybe once but definitely not twice. Using finasteride. Vitamins supplied by clinic have been used up.

It's looking good Rob 😁And still more months of growing to look forward to!

I still see what looks like bumps on my head when I aim my camera really close. Can't really feel it though probably because of the hair. Never really paid attention how or when the bumps appeared sorry. The pimples on the other hand... Was really annoying. No fibers were used. Good to hear! Look forward to it. I do notice one side of my head has slightly less hair. Or positively thinking, the other side is just growing a bit faster.

Aye, just posted it yesterday

Thanks I hope so too! Thanks Rob! How's yours getting along? Thanks Napoli! It started improving on month 4 and began noticing a difference.

I think there's much more shedding to come mate. The clinic gave me anti biotic cream, shampoo and moisturiser, saline spray and vitamins up to 6 months. Upon googling it, not much info tbh...

5 months update Compared to month 3, there is significant improvement. The top part is deceiving depending on lighting. Taking vitamins provided by the clinic and finasteride.

At the moment I'm pretty happy so far. I've got hair again on the areas that had vanished and my donor appears to have recovered. Dr Yaman was in the forum recommended list and I was reading his reviews on here. I stumbled onto the forum by accident from a youtube comment after going through hair transplant reviews on google, facebook groups. Almost fell into Smile Clinic as their marketing is something else. The options of clinics were so vast, I would spend more time on here before I can make a solid decision. As you said, I can't expect a 100% perfect outcome from any doctor. I ended up just focusing on Dr Yaman and took the plunge despite knowing some of his reviews were not as glowing but it was the risk I was gonna take. It's hard to say whether I would recommend cause he's the only one I went to and my results aren't finalised yet.

Honestly I know I'm gonna be too lazy to keep up using minoxidil.

I went the same day as @NorwoodSlayer69. Currently just under 4 months after the HT. My donor areas appear to be fine. Extraction was done by a separate Doctor and an assistant. Dr Yaman's involvement during the process was incisions and would come in and out every so often during the implantation. I've only noticed 3. Me, Norwoodslayer and another guy that was in my taxi. Spent most of the time in a room so don't know who else was there.

It's honestly not as bad as it looks, the camera makes it more red than it is. At least for me. I'm not sure (haven't researched) if there are lotions that reduce redness. Aye everyday with the baby shampoo. Thanks, just finasteride

Agreed, the best days are coming now. Nice one Rob Donor looks thick and full!

incredible amount! The cake was a nice touch, happy growing

3 month update Shedding has slowed down, hopefully that's the end of it. Hair has grown marginally. Pimples come and go. There appears to be some new tiny hairs sprouting upon zooming in. Sent them to Doga who said everything looked fine. Not much difference other than hair length from month 2. Have a great Christmas everybody!

I would say so yes. Although I didn't ask much questions other than the shampoo and saline spray.

Looks good Rob!!

During the transplant, no. During extraction I really don't know sorry. I'm pretty much blind when I don't have my glasses and I wasn't facing them.

2 month update. Looks horrible and been wearing a hat mostly. It's cold anyway. Shedding has been much more aggressive and pimples are forming more frequently. Got a wee trim to try even the look a bit. Donor area has recovered well. Still slight patches of shock loss on the sides but nothing I didn't expect so far. There are sprouts of hair appearing but can't tell if they are the transplanted ones or not.

Thanks mate glad my writeup was some use! Will update soon The shedding has been more aggressive and pimples have started to form. It looks horrible currently but I just gotta trust the process.