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This is incredible, probably one of my favourite results out there actually. Great naturalness.

Already looks incredible but this will take you into the god level tier for sure.

Honest question Patronovski, how bad have you found the stress of the first op failing? I can understand your frustration when you think the same thing has happened again and you're in a worse place.

Like I said in your other thread, my experience so far with BHR has been brilliant, both from a HT perspective but also any clinic/business.

I will say if true that telling you about the 50% survival into non virgin areas just before the surgery is concerning however. 

That said, it'd be a lot easier for them to not take on any repair patients as it's got to be a far more arduous task from a surgical perspective, and I do respect that they're willing to do that for people who genuinely need their help.

Best of luck pal, Dr Nadimi is a great surgeon and this work looks clean, will follow!

 I bet Dr Couto and Freitas are starting to get a little worried haha😁

Update would be good!

On 12/7/2023 at 7:29 PM, general-etwan said:

I agree not 5500; though I do think 3000 might be feasible. Plus another few hundred from sidelocks and maybe another 500 from beard if I desperately need it. Been super busy so will get to adding pics and doing more analysis soon, but based on the recovery of the middle back of my donor, it has been superb and still appears and feels very thick. So my hope is to able to get another 3,000 from that central area. I plan to use SMP in the future to create added illusion of density if the donor area ends up looking too depleted for my liking.

Have you seen @mustang case? Won't be cheap but one to consider down the line if you have decent body hair..

Excellent result here Dr, and as other have said, you really made the grafts go a long way. Restoration of the temple points really add a lot to this result, and are some of the most natural I've ever seen.

Do you have any directly post op pics?

Hair looks great bro, thanks for coming back and updating. The asymmetry of the temples do make things look very natural, but do whatever makes you happy!

Why is Dr Bisanga not on your list?

On 12/5/2023 at 7:08 PM, Der3k7 said:

Yea I agree and I am happy with the progress made with this one. Just some more reinforcement in the hairline and corners and some in the mid scalp and then in crown will really help a lot with my last concerns next November with wong again. 

I believe in total around 9500 grafts. However for the first 7400 of them the yields were fairly low so many of them were wasted. This surgery had the least amount of grafts and yet I notice the biggest difference 

Your donor looks in great shape for that many grafts!

On 10/11/2023 at 12:34 AM, mustang said:

In my experience from best to worse coverage

Beard

Chest

Legs

Armpit

This said, my armpit is very fine, thus if your upper thick is quite thick they will provide a better coverage for sure

Do you reckon yield is similar from all those areas, , assuming the surgeon is very skilled at extractions?

Been interesting following your case, i wonder if a dr can extract the entire armpit area to add 1000 grafts to donor?

Month 7 pics?

There's a huge difference in those photos Derek, I know you want more, but this surgery was clearly a success!

What's your total graft count now?

5 hours ago, Melvin- Admin said:

Wonderful results 👏🏼

Agree, I was originally thinking it could be denser, but actually the naturalness is a work of art. People in the industry would probably struggle to be able to tell.

1 hour ago, FaganBecker said:

Hi there! So it's been a few weeks since I last posted. I'm about 3 days off 4 months and I haven't noticed any change whatsoever since my 3 month photos. The hair is longer, perhaps. But despite experiencing a huge change between 1-3 months, 3-4 months has yielded very little. Is this normal? Is it possible that the hairs that are yet to grow are somehow dormant and will spring into action between months 4-6? 

Not just possible but normal, early growth is great but defo isn't the norm..at 3 months a lot of guys look worse than pre surgery. 

Don't stress, keep you healthy lifestyle up and check in 2 months from now, where there should be a big difference. Certainly things are moving that way already.

Also your donor still looks incredible, at a glance I wouldn't say 8000 left is unrealistic.

11 hours ago, Fue3361 said:

This is stupidly good work.

I've seen enough, for me, Zarev is easily #1 in the world for high norwoods.  Everyone else has to fight for 2nd place.

@mtb This is high praise from the hairline king himself

21 hours ago, Melvin- Admin said:

@mtb You’ve joined legendary status with @HugoX 🙌🏼

Wow can't believe I haven't seen Hugo's case before, that is actually insane😲Maybe Zarev does have magical powers after all?

Christ your donor looks phenomenal shave down with 8k grafts extracted, absolutely nuts!

All the best with the outcome of this surgery mate, should be another amazing result.

Btw the  shaved back and sides with beard combo is badass, you look like you could play a Jarl in Vikings or something😀

1 hour ago, Throwaway2233 said:

I don’t think I’ll be able to get full scalp coverage. But I hope I have enough for the frontal 1/3

Possibly not, but we won't know without pics. If you've had 3500 grafts max, then so long as they didn't butcher your donor, you should be able to cover frontal third with  good density.

It's my understanding that meds can help the donor area, particularly when experiencing retrograde alopecia?

Just curious why you wouldn't wait for Dr Zarev? I reckon at this stage you need someone who is meticulous about donor preservation to get you through your next transplant.

2 hours ago, Throwaway2233 said:

Yeah I’ve been on finasteride and minoxidil for over two years. My day to day hairloss is minimal. I also agree it seems like I’m worse than my starting point. At 5 months Dr Arshad said they don’t expect growth until 6 months. At month 6 they said I could be a late grower and that I should go to dermatologist. 

 

 

Ok fine, sounds like meds are working then if shedding has basically stopped. 

From what I've seen, saying your a late grower is just a way of kicking the can down the road, I'd start consulting elsewhere if I were you.

Can you post pics of donor and beard so we can see how many grafts you've got to work with?

6 hours ago, Chrisno said:

Thanks for sharing, a magnificent hairline!

I was about to post that this was a magnificent result myself lol

I'll be honest with you, it actually looks like zero growth has occurred unfortunately. At month 7, not to make you disappointed but it's extremely unlikely that you're going to see enough improvement to notice a substantial difference.

What have the clinic said? Not sure why they've put grafts all over the top of your head like that either, normally surgeons either tackle the front followed by the crown, or do a mega session all over.

Are you on meds?

Hair looks phenomenal buddy, as others have said this has been quite the journey!

Just reading through your thread has been incredibly informative as well😃

I'd personally wait at least a year and evaluate any options then, I practically look at hairlines for a living and yours does just look like a normal, slightly thinned from early 20s as everyone does head of hair.

37 minutes ago, dragonbo said:

Right, stitches don't come out for another 13 days, so very fresh still. I actually think it's healing very well and is already close to my skin color. It's deceiving since my hair is short, and they also shaved that section all the way down. This is what I would expect it to look like if I shaved a line across the back of my head. I'm not concerned about it at all, just wish I grew my hair out more prior to the surgery to hide it better. Lesson learned!

A fair enough, a few months from now you won't care at all wither way dude.

If anyone gives you grief just say you had a brain tumour removed or something, that should quieten them down (I'm partially joking)!