Al - Moderator

The first time around you didn’t have any hair to start with, so there wasn’t much hair to lose in the shedding phase. This time around you have a lot of hair, so it’s much harder to get through it mentally because now you have to see yourself go backwards. Try not to worry too much. It will all come back and you’ll end up with more than you had.

I was going to say the same thing. It looks like your hairline is fine and you need to fill in all behind it so I don’t think it’s going to make much difference which package you choose. For someone in your situation you may be just as well off with the cheaper option. None of the Eugenix Drs are bad so why bother with an expensive package for a Dr who is better at hairlines if you’re not doing that area. Just my opinion.

Without seeing it from the front there is no way we can give you an opinion if the hairline is too low or not. Why would you go through the trouble of having a hair transplant to then suddenly want to shave your head?

This doesn't look bad from what I can see. It will thicken up over the next few months, so you may not feel its too thin by the time you get near the one year mark. Keep us updated.

I agree... and if, as you say, it looks full when gown out, but you can see it's thinning when you shave it then right now you caught it early. If you start on meds now you may be able to keep it looking full for a lot of years. The longer you wait and let the hair fall out, the harder it is to bring it back.

I hope you create your own thread and update us on the progress once your surgery date comes.

It looks great with the buzz cut at this stage.

There's nothing wrong with trying to change dosage or change how you take it (oral vs topical). It does make a difference in some people, so for someone who is trying to find something that works, it may be worth trying to make some changes using the same drug before giving up on it. Everyone has to decide for themselves. We are just telling the OP what possible options there are.

Yeah I won't take it either for the same reasons. I had heart palpitations when I tried it long ago and got off it right away. However some people seem to have no bad effects, at least not noticeable to them.

You could try oral minoxidil. It should give you better results than the topical.

Yes. Good point. With all the comments about hat wearing, it should be noted that you should definitely wear a hat when appropriate. I wouldn't suggest anyone not wear some kind of head covering in below 0 weather either. Thanks.

But I think you would be wise to do as @Gatsby says and let them grow for now and see what it looks like once the entire new hairline is grown out. Then you can play around with shaping it the way you want by plucking a few if you still feel the need to.

If you pluck them regularly as they grow in then yes they will eventually stop growing. That is basically what happens with traction alopecia. The hair keeps getting pulled all the time and eventually stops growing. Also you can ask all the 45 and up year old women who used to pluck their eyebrows when they were younger because thin eyebrows were in style. Now that thick brows are in, those women can't grow eyebrows, so now they color them in.

Right. The FUT strip was in the back. They didn’t get enough grafts so he extended the strip from both ends.

Man! You still have a lot of beard hair left. You can still add some to your crown if you wanted to.... or at least you know you have a lot left in case your area expands some over the years.

If it's only those few hairs and you don't mind eliminating them and not reusing them then you could consider simply plucking them with a tweezers whenever they start growing in. As long as you're consistent with plucking them they will eventually stop growing.

People wanting hair transplants with low hairlines need to read that. This patient, by going with a higher hairline, was not only able to fill in his frontal area, but also got grafts into his midscalp and crown using only a total of just over 3000 grafts. I think it's usually better to have thick hair everywhere with a bit higher hairline than to have a low hairline with grafts spaced further apart and end up still being thin everywhere. Very nice work.

As @JoeD asked, I am also curious to see what the scar looks like at this point. Thanks

With all the hairmills in Turkey, if I heard that a clinic anywhere was importing Turkish trained technicians, that would be a big red flag for me. I'd definitely stay away from a clinic importing technicians, not just from Turkey, but from anywhere. A good clinic should have a dedicated team of technicians working for them who should be trained by the Dr as well as the other long time techs working in that clinic. It doesn't give me a feeling of competence if a Dr has to start import techs who were trained elsewhere. I'd ask why? What was wrong with your techs you had all these years? If they still can't do the job then doesn't that mean the Dr can't do it either? Surely he'd be able to train a tech to work in his own clinic.

Wow. That is dense packing!

I'm not seeing an issue with the growth in the case posted here. The end result looks pretty good to me. There certainly could be a discrepancy on the amount of grafts received and the price charged and I did email Dr Bloxham about this case to get his response, but it doesn't appear to me that there is a graft failure as you put it.

Yep. You are fine. Looks like normal shedding with scabs. Shedding starts as early as about a week in some people.

Wow. I would never guess that hairline is a hair transplant if I saw you on the street. It looks so normal.

He uses as much beard hair as he can, especially from areas where it won't be noticed much or from places you'd like to eliminate some hair from anyway. In the pictures below you can se he took all the hair that was growing up into his cheeks and also a lot of the sideburns. That's in addition to all the hair he had growing under the chin area. For men who grow a lot of beard hair, if you actually look at the size of the area and how much hair is growing, you can fill the entire top of your head with it if you used it all.

The extraction pattern looks beautiful. It's spread out evenly all over.