Al - Moderator

The chest numbing is what hurt me the most. That is painful! My beard area wasn't as bad, but still hurts. The chin I think is the most painful part of the beard area for me. I agree that the head numbing is the easiest to handle. I have some questions for you. I don't know if you answered these because there are a lot of posts on this thread. You still have some very thin hair throughout your entire head. Are you still able to get more grafts done? If so, do you plan on doing more? Are you happy with the results so far?

Well I'm OK with mine ?

You think this result looks poor? In what way? The patient clearly has some early thinning going on through his midscalp and will most likely need further surgery to fill in that area and probably the crown as well in the future. I don't think filling in the hairline with 3000+ grafts is the right way to go when you can see he is thinning throughout. What will he do later when the rest of his hair falls out if he already use 3000+ to get a low hairline? You can't just consider what it looks like today. You have to consider the future as well. I think this results looks pretty good and certainly looks a lot better than where he started.

Everyone washes/shampoos their hair. Plenty of men with thick hair wash it every day. Unless you are in the first 2 weeks after a hair transplant surgery then wash and shampoo your hair normally and stop worrying about it.

It's extremely rare that this happens because the Dr checks for laxity before cutting the strip, so he knows approximately how wide he can go. However it did happen to me long ago during a scalp reduction. I had 5 scalp reductions and this was the last one done. It was actually done to remove some large plugs, cut them down, and place them into the frontal third. Anyway, my head didn't have much laxity left from all the previous surgeries, so they weren't able to completely close the wound. They used stitches to close it as much as they could and then put a bandage over it. It healed OK except with a wide scar in the area that they couldn't close. I've since had grafts placed over that area.

If you grow your hair long and don't plan to ever have a buzz cut or fade the back and sides then you should look into FUT rather than FUE as it is generally much cheaper and it is done without shaving the donor area. There are also some Drs who will perform a procedure without shaving the recipient area as well.

This will vary depending on the facility. Where I went they required a deposit when I booked the surgery and then the balance was due the morning of the surgery. At the end of the day when the surgery was done we settled the balance. If they did more grafts than expected then I paid the remaining balance or if we did less grafts they will refund the appropriate amount.

I think you should also be asking the donation center if they have any policy of how long someone has to wait after having surgery before they can donate plasma.

Here's what I would do: Color your hair so it's all one color and then have someone take a video doing a comb-through of your donor area.

If you do get a hair transplant, here's my personal opinion on your hairline placement. Don't try to make the hairline curve down to meet the sides. That rarely looks natural and is one thing that can make transplants look fake. Instead you should let the hairline go more towards the corners and bring the sides forward a bit. In other words the sides should be brought forward to meet the hairline, not the hairline being brought down to meet the sides. See the edited photo I'm posting with the red line showing the idea of how I think the hairline should be. This is my personal opinion, so take it or leave it.

I don't think you should take finisteride at 16 or 17 years old because you are still developing. Besides that you seem to think your hairline has been that way for some years, so I would not bother with meds for now. I personally would not get a hairpiece because they can be even more embarrassing than a high hairline. I have experience with wearing a hairpiece at 20 years old and it was worse than doing nothing. Women at that age want to run their fingers through your hair and play with your hair. It's extremely awkward when they do that and suddenly find out you have a hairpiece. I would continue looking into transplants, but for now just research some Drs and look at results of others to get an idea of what you need and who you should go to. This way when you get to age 21 or 22 you will be much more ready to go through with it if you still want to at that time. I do agree that it's much better to have hair when you are young rather than wait to 30 or 35 like some people may suggest.

Computer simulations for something like a hair transplant is a very effective sales tool because it shows the person what (supposedly) the hair transplant will look like on HIM. The patient gets to see HIS face with hair rather than someone else's face. The picture is instantly recognizable to the patient because it's what he remembers he looked like maybe 5 or 10 years ago. That can get someone easily excited to get started. That is a much stronger picture in a persons mind than looking at pictures or videos of someone else that they don't know. The patient needs to be careful when presented with this. It needs to be backed up with actual results of other patients. I'm not saying it is either good or bad because I do think there are merits to having an idea of what certain hairlines and temple work will look like on a particular persons face because every face has different features. A simulation can let you decide how low the hairline should be or how much recession in the corners there should be for YOUR face. That can be a very good tool if used correctly.

Mostly after that point it's a thickening of the individual transplanted hairs as they grow and mature for the next several months. This does gives the appearance of more hair, so it can look like new hair is still growing even if there's not actually any new hairs sprouting.

You are way over thinking it. It's been more than 3 months since your hair transplant. You can do normal activities. Stop worrying about it.

The choi implanter pen is one of various tools/methods used to perform FUE. I imagine they recommended it because that is what they use. Do a google search for choi implanter pen to get an idea of what it is.

I don't know Thomas Griffin, but I do know that Dr Gregory Pistone has been doing hair transplants since around the early 1990s in Marlton, NJ. He never did really great work and even as recent as a few years ago he was still doing mini grafts, so I would stay away from him. He is actually a plastic surgeon and I think he does hair transplants part time as part of the whole plastic surgery business he has, so he's probably not keeping up with new techniques. Does he even offer FUE? Dr. Herbert Feinberg is recommended on here, so I would definitely check him out. From the Drs you mentioned I'm guessing you are in the South Jersey area. You should take a look at True and Dorin in NY. You don't have to drive in NY. They are located near the corner of 7th and 37th. If you take a NJ Transit bus to the NY Port Authority Bus terminal you'll be at 8th and 40th, so it's just a few blocks walk from there. I personally took a bus from Atlantic City. It's about a 2.5 hr ride up the parkway with one 5 minute stop in Toms River. Alternatively you can take the train from the Trenton Transit Center to NY Pennsylvania Station. That will put you at around 33rd st and either 7th or 8th ave, so again it's just a few blocks walk to their office from there. As I said I took the bus. For the consultation I went with someone and spent a nice day walking around NY since it's in the center of Manhattan and the consultation only takes a short time, so why not make a day of it. For the actual procedure I booked a hotel room for 2 nights. Just find one located between the bus terminal (or train station if you take the train) and their office. I got there the day before and stay the night, so I can be at the office early morning for the procedure. Then afterwards I spend another night in the hotel and walk back for a cleaning the next morning and then back to the hotel, get my luggage bag and walk to the Port Authority bus terminal and take the bus back. It's pretty easy really.

The scar will always be there underneath. You are just covering it, so it will most likely never completely go away. Yours looks to be a good result. Did you only do SMP? If so, FUE into it would probably make it even better as it will be real hair coming out of your head to give a more natural, realistic look and cover more of the scar.

Many years ago I wore a hair system. After some time the color fades. Instead of getting it dyed or getting a new one from the company, I decided to dye it myself while I was wearing it. That way it was the exact same color as my real hair. That worked for me.

If you fill in the front middle hairline section it will look like you've lowered your hairline slightly simply because there's hardly anything there now. That's all I would do in the front for now. As for the crown I'd do 1000 grafts and see where that gets you. You don't want to use too much up in the crown yet. I think 1000 in the area that size is fine. If I was doing FUE then I'd possibly split the 1000 crown grafts between head and body grafts, perhaps 500 chest or beard grafts if the hair in those areas are good quality and 500 head grafts. This way you don't worry about depleting your head donor with further hair loss down the road. That's just me, though. It looks like you have plenty of thick donor hair.

The hairline was there, but that's because he is young and hasn't really experienced much hair loss yet. Nobody keeps their childhood hairline as they get older. This could turn into a problem down the road.

It's only a world record in India. Or maybe they are using the international conversion rate where 11,126 hair follicles in India = 16,246 Canadian follicles.

Beard and chest is best. However I know Dr Umar in California has used hair from all over including arms, legs, and I think pubic and underarms as well.

Looks rather normal at this point. I wouldn't worry too much about it, but you can keep an eye on it to see if it spreads. If it does look like it's spreading out over the next few days then contact the Dr for possibly some antibiotics or at least his opinion, but at this point it looks normal.

I stopped taking it some years back because I felt it was no longer working very well and it was also making me lose body hair which I knew I had to eventually use if I was ever going to have a chance at a decent head of hair. Since I stopped taking it my body hair has increased in length, thickness and the amount of hair on my body. I'm still gaining new body hairs where I never had any. I've since had a lot of body hair added to my head, but because I'm not on fin anymore my head hair has been falling out faster over the past years as a result. I'm hoping that the body hair being moved to my head will more than compensate over the long run. Now that is an excellent question that I never thought of. I can tell you that my body hair is slowly conforming to act like head hair as far as growing longer and less kinky/wiry.

Come on now Vox. Those before and after pictures you posted are obviously the result of topically applying the natural oil extract of the yugrow plant found in China. The Chinese have been using it for thousands of years to keep their hair growing thick and lustrous and now for just $89.95 per monthly supply you can purchase this little known secret natural oil extract and get results like you posted in just 3 months. Try to keep up with the latest news, Vox!