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Looks like you went 12 rounds with that lamp as well, haha. Jokes aside, incredible how clean that work is - and I think you mentioned you were one of the rougher looking Zarev patients. Nonetheless, that donor makes me want to slow lap in front of my phone by myself. Zarev is king at this. Incredible result overall mate, wishing you all the best.

Separately, can I ask how you found these chaps? Like their website is pretty hidden, and in all honesty and hope no offence - it doesn’t exactly inspire trust. Also no high NW cases on there as far as I can tell, so how’d you figure these guys will sort you out?

Give it time mate, some people’s crowns take 18 months to really be full blown. I waould say wait at least a full year before you really consider your options, and try growing it out past like month 6/7 to see what it looks like with a bit of length. You might never look back from that point, as the length might give you the density you re after. I know it’s tough, because it looks good very short, then not so good in between and then you get a couple cm on there and it starts to really look like a full head of hair. Or it should, if all goes well. Hang tight pal, I think it’ll turn out good 🤞🏻

This is looking very good mate. Minimal scarring, even with the poor donor. Lots of coverage and little to no initial shedding, decent density. Not sure why people aren’t raving about this more (perhaps doc. doesn’t sponsor this as I am sure the others do), we may have another high NW slayer doc. here. Like this is Zarev/Pitella graft levels in one session, with good management of everything else (at probably a fraction of the price). I will be following closely (it is still early to say how this’ll turn out), but if this turns out good, you may have uncovered a little diamond in the rough here with this doc. Good luck and please keep us posted.

Just read this a it popped up, people asking for updates. Feel like I need to say something here. Coming in pretty hard here Melvin. It is actually pretty standard for docs to do slits and hairline design and oversee everything else. Most places have extractions/inplantations done by techs, including Eugenix - a forum favourite. Won’t be dr. Sethi or dr. Bansal doing extractions even for the higher end packages. The exceptions are Zarev and Pittella who do it all themselves, at least in the high NW world. I think the low cost element and the marketing is concerning, but having said that with the doctor stating he does max. 1-2 surgeries a day, it’s pretty clear it does not fall under the hair mill banner, so I think all that immediate pigeonholing was a little unfair. This forum does a lot for people looking at HTs and getting advice, so it needs to remain fair and open minded to keep its credibility. We are all human, and make mistakes at times, but when we do that it should be acknowledged and owned up to. Just my 2 cents. looking forward to the update mate, let’s see what the results as saying.

That crown is a piece of absolute beauty mate. Density and swirl absolutely spot on. Rest looks pretty good too, agreed donor is a little thin and the left hand side of your hairline has a tiny gap, but I think that makes it more natural than anything, doesn’t bother me. Only noticeable point to me, HT hawk central, is the donor, but I bet no one out there would ever pick up on it.

Yeah I hear you mate and I think that s no small point. I think any high NW restoration is a bit of a process, and having a clear plan is key to achieving aesthetically pleasing results. We have to rely on their advice, they are the experts, but I think at times we should be allowed to chime in and express preference for this and that. At the end of the day no HT is perfect, we all try to get to a point where you are happy looking in the mirror. If we can achieve that, with less work than perhaps a doc. may think (I m thinking temple points here), or by uniforming some area that is bothering us (like your little denser bit), then why not? I have a clear plan in my head for what I want and should I go with Eugenix I hope they will stick to it, if feasible. It would be very important to me, so I definitely apreciate your feedback about the communication.

I would say 90%, just because scar tissue can sometimes lead to fading, but with a fresh treatment I think 100% - of course considering you’ll choose someone who knows what they are doing. Not sure who the big players are in this anymore, I got mine at HisHair in the UK 10+ years ago.

SMP defo works mate, not sure why people think it’s not permanent. I have had mine for 10y and looks slightly more faded (maybe 10% compared to day 1), but that is it. I do know it may need more treatments in scars, but it defo works. Plus you can easily get a top up here and there, it’s not expensive and downtime is literally 3-5 days at the very most.

Just read through your whole story mate, results are unreal. Cool to see someone buzz it down and get a real good look at that density, when short. Like I said I think it looks spot on, only objection, or rather noticable point to me, that I saw you mention too (but can’t notice with longer hair) is that little strip of native hair at full density they left. Aesthetically, when buzzed I think there would be a lot of benefit in that being lower density and blending with the top and sides better. Don’t understand why they left it behind, with your history. If they’re not happy using those hairs on top, they could just leave them out? At the end of the day it’s all about the aesthetic look right. Dunno, just my two cents (I am also in a similar boat to you and considering Eugenix, so that s why I am so pationate about this lol). In any case, could only hope to get anywhere close to what you got, it really does look sublime. All the best mate!

Yeah you should be beyond fully healed, so would expect those to be much smaller and less noticeable. HLC are meant to be decent, so not sure what happened there. Or are my expectations higher for how negligible fue scarring is? Seen some shaved donors from Eugenix where I could honestly not see a thing, but may just have been lighting.

Yes they definitely are. how long are you after surgery? where did you have it done?

Agreed, looks like solid work.

Anybody out there has wetshaved since or having regular wetshaves after an FUE procedure? Everybody knows there will be some scarring after the surgery, but does it totally rule out wet shaving? How about a no grade buzz? Is it the growth that makes the scars pop out (lack of hair) or can you see them in the skin quite clearly? Finally, anyone out there whose scarring is entirely negligible? Is that even possible?

Looking like loads came from the beard, but no scarring at all. That is quite impressive. Will be following to see the result.