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Hello @Baldie1008. Welcome to our forums. Thanks for posting your pictures. To answer your question, you had a lot of area covered, so it does look like a large number of grafts were used. Who did you go to? I hope you keep us updated on your progress.

On 4/1/2024 at 3:20 PM, Skeeter said:

Here is 3 months post FUE with Dr Gabel, so far things seem to be going fine. Scalp is starting to itch and tingle a bit. Here’s to hoping growth will start to accelerate!

sorry about the upside down pics… they will not load correctly no matter what I do!i

Looking good so far. I re-uploaded your pics to make them face the correct way.

Thanks for posting about your experience with Dr Bicer. The work looks good so far. Please keep us updated on your progress as the months go by.

Hi @Matt Kheder. Welcome to the forums. Thanks for posting about your experience with Dr Parsa Mohebi. Your results look great. 

A lot of people experience a shed in the first few months of use. It speeds up the fall out cycle, so new hair can start growing in. It's like acne medication. You get really bad very fast at first before it all clears up. You should start to see regrowth in the next few months. 

19 hours ago, JoeD said:

Thanks for the info re continued sensitivity at scar line with more strenuous activity. I guess just looking for some reassurance that it’s still normal. Does not appear to have stretched.
 

re the 10-14 days, sorry I wasn’t clear, I meant some docs (Feller/Bloxham) advise full activity is ok at that point vs some saying 3-6 months to minimize risk of scar stretching

There are two things going on here.

First is when can you be active at a normal level without breaking open the scar. When I had FUT surgeries I usually had the sutures removed at day 11. That's what they suggested. Sometimes it would be day 12 or 13 depending on the day of the week it ends up on. I always waited another day or two before doing anything strenuous to make sure the scar was completely closed and didn't break open since there was nothing holding it closed after the sutures are removed. That's your 14 day period where you are OK do do any activities past that point.

Second is scar stretching. Although you can do most activities after 14 days, there is still a chance the scar will stretch over the next few months. To reduce the chance of that you should avoid any activities that will stretch the back of your neck. That is usually suggested to be from 3 to 6 months.

On 3/31/2024 at 1:42 PM, jjalay said:

For this number of grafts the result is rather dissapointing. I"m really not impressed.

This is a NW 6 with 4610 grafts. If you look at any NW 6 who had spectacular results (Gatsby, Zoomster, Melvin, etc) they all use 10,000+ grafts to get there over several sessions. This looks very good for 4610 grafts.

21 hours ago, JoeD said:

6-12 months? I’ve never heard more than 6, most say 3, as per prior answers.  I do find it interesting that some FUT docs rec 10-14 days- when staples come out (Feller & Bloxham). 

re my sensitivity Q above re activity at 3 months.  A sign to back off or not really of concern? Still gonna hold off deadlifting, squatting etc til 6 months. 

The staples need to come out within about 2 weeks or else they can end up leaving permanent marks at the staple holes.

As far as the pain along the scar line, that tends to be normal for FUT procedures. It can take a long time for the nerve endings to completely heal to where it doesn’t hurt during stress. 
 

Hi @Benjymu  welcome to the forums. Do you have any pictures you can post? That would give us a much better idea of your situation because any answers really depend on how you style your hair and how big an area you need to cover. 

It looks like it's held up pretty well over 8 years, but it would be great if you had 1 year results to compare with the 8 year results to really see any changes.

14 hours ago, grassPacket said:

I have very oily skin and semi-frequent acne that I'm hardly able to keep under control. I've heard good things about finasteride helping with acne, but, in the experience of people here: 

1. Has it helped with facial acne or body acne?

2. If it got worse in the beginning, did it get better later? 

Also, this may be strange to some, but I have to wonder how much finasteride will impact my body hair growth. I've been building muscle over time and have a good amount of body hair to begin with that contributes to the masculine look (which I like, of course). I would hate to lose it. For those taking finasteride: 

3. Did your body hair reduce noticeably? 

4. If it did, did it ever come back or just continue to decline? 

5. Did it come back after you stopped using finasteride (I would assume it would)? 

6. For those that take both finasteride and minoxidil orally, did you still notice a decline in body hair?

Finasteride reduced my body hair. It slowly grew back after I stopped using finasteride.

It could be that the difference in graft count estimates depends on where they are thinking of putting the hairline at.

No. It's just normal growing hair at this point. I'd be more concerned about your head depending on how hard you hit it.

On 3/27/2024 at 1:26 PM, Mascherano said:

From the photos provided do you think my hairline needs fixing and if so why? I think it's fine 

It's hard to tell without seeing a picture of the hair combed back to expose the hairline. I would say if you're happy with it then leave it alone. It seems to look OK with the side combing in your picture that mostly covers it. You have a lot of area in the midscalp and crown to cover, so I'd try to focus on that. Then once that grows in you can see if you have any more grafts you can use to have a touch up to enhance any spots you think need it.

This is the point where it really starts kicking in. 

On 3/15/2024 at 2:43 AM, Rawkerboi said:

Both your pictures looks same. No Improvement.

It looks like there's a nice improvement in the front and it looks like the rest of it has some minor improvement as well. 

Nothing to worry about. You may get a few more of those lines that look like grafts are missing show up before the scabs all come off. It’s normal. 

9 hours ago, Portugal said:

Thanks for clarifying. I was expecting the shedding, but the thing that threw me was seeing only a few hairs growing back in quite sparsely rather than all of the transplanted hairs growing back in all at the same time

 

New hair usually starts growing in at around the 3 month mark.

Take a look at our recommended Drs and get cost estimates from them based on how many grafts you'll need. That's the best way to go about it. See the link below.

https://hairtransplantnetwork.com/best-hair-transplant-surgeons

The savings, if any, is going to depend on how many grafts you need. If you are only need 1500 grafts then you're probably not going to be saving much after you factor in air fare, hotels, and food. If you require over 3000 grafts then you are going to start seeing big savings. Without knowing your situation there's no good answer on the savings.

With that said, you do need to be careful about where you go. Don't just look for cost savings. Getting a bad hair transplant will cost you more after the required fixes, not just in money, but also time and emotional issues. It's not easy living every day for a few years with a botched hair transplant until you can get it corrected.

You are 35 years old with no signs of thinning anywhere that we can see, yet you think you have DUPA. Why would you think you have DUPA?

It looks like they didn't transplant anything behind the hairline ??

Don't worry. Growth doesn't start kicking in until month 3 or 4.

I'm really impressed with how they handled the situation with a few grafts coming out. It looks like you covered all the areas that you have been posting about, so I'm sure you're feeling really good about it right now. I can't wait to see how it looks in another 9 months.

Big improvement from month 4.