Al - Moderator

This sounds like they implanted the grafts facing straight up rather than facing forward. Hair doesn't grow straight up out of the scalp in most places. It's usually angled forward in the front half while also facing towards the sides a bit on either side of the hair line.

I think most people comb their hair back because they get less grafts transplanted into the midscalp and crown, so combing it back usually provides the best coverage. This is not always the case, though. There are a lot of people who do side parts.

This guy has some great hair now. Nice job.

Most of the hair is going to shed. I's normal. 

Very natural looking hair line.

I think if you are down to such small doses only a couple of times per week and still having side effects then you should probably just quit it all together and try something else. You could try oral Minoxidil.

You also have to wonder if it's in your mind rather than an actual effect of Finasteride.

Beautiful hair line 

On 4/25/2024 at 6:57 PM, Devt said:

6 weeks post transplant:

there seems to be thinning out of hair between 2.5 wks and 6wks.

Is this normal

Yes. That’s normal. Most of the transplanted hair falls out in that time. You will start growing new hair sometime around 3 to 4 months after the transplant. 

Just to be clear. You are losing hair around and behind the transplanted hair but not the transplanted hair itself. Is that right? 

It looks good. Hopefully this will resolve any issues you had. Keep us updated. 

Honestly it might just be better to move on to another Dr. I don’t know why some clinics are so awful at responding to potential patients. It could be that they are way over booked but they should still reply to you to let you know that. 

With those scabs gone it’s really looking good. Does the hair line have just a hint of a widows peak in the center? I always felt that gives the hair line a more natural look. I want to see how that turns out. 

I’m surprised how good the crown coverage turned out. It looks great. 

It seems to look like it’s filling in more compared to previous pictures. I know sometimes the lighting can make a difference. Do you feel like it improved any? 

You usually have to stay on meds at least a few months before starting to see results so don’t give up on them too soon. It could take 6 months or more to see an improvement. 

There are a couple of members here who have gone to Dr Bekir Bek. You can do a search for the Drs name and you should come up with a few results that you can view. 

Thank you for coming back to let us know you went through with a hair transplant. Keep us updated on the progress. Do you plan on going back later to fill in the crown? 

It looks about right for 5 months. Update us again in another month so we can see the progress. 

1 minute ago, Melvin- Admin said:

I feel like Shia Lebouf would have been a better fit.

 

In looks you’re right. But would he have played the part as well. I haven’t seen the movie so I can’t say but some   people have the right skills for certain parts. 

If you are a NW 6 or know you are headed there then I think it’s probably a good idea to use some beard hair from the start rather than waiting until some later time when you run out of scalp donor. If you mix beard hair in at the beginning the Dr can blend it in with scalp donor hair to make any differences less noticeable. If you wait until years later as you lose more hair then you’ll be stuck using all beard hair in a ring around the fringe area which may be more noticeable then if you blended it in with other hair from the start. You also will have to worry less about donor depletion since you’re not using as much scalp hair 

It’s a good idea to try meds because you’ll get a better idea of what you can get with a hair transplant. If the meds work and you get some growth without having side effects then you will need less grafts and you may be able to go a little more aggressive with density or where you create the hair line. If the meds aren’t working for you, or if you get side effects, or just decide you don’t want to stay on them long term then you’ll know you need to be more conservative with density and the hair line design. 
 

You can’t get better than that. Your hair is so full and thick. 

According to that test case, Ixekizumab caused the hair loss rather than improve it. The hair started growing back after he stopped taking it.

What you should have done was had an in-person consultation with a HT Dr near you before committing to this surgery. Then you'd have a good idea of your hair situation and can make a more informed decision on what to do. It's not a great idea to end of having to make those decisions on the day of surgery like what happened to you. You want to have an idea of your situation before you go there. The Dr has never seen you before, so you can't expect him to know your situation.

You did get 5003 grafts which is a large amount and it looks like you got decent density all over with those grafts, so I wouldn't be so down about it thinking you wasted a lot of money for nothing.

16 hours ago, salsazio said:

I wanted to ask you In your opinion, how much donor do I have left?

It doesn't look like your donor was all that great to begin with, so you may not have much left after taking over 5000 grafts. You'll have to wait at least 6 months until it grows back in to see how dense (or not) it is.

The density seems OK. It's hard to tell what it actually looks like this early after the HT because you still have a lot of blood on the grafts. Once the scabs come off you will have a much better idea of what it all looks like.