Al - Moderator

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.

Your temple points don't look too bad. I'd probably leave those alone because those are hard to get looking right. I don't think it's worth risking it unless you really needed them. I'd concentrate on lowering the sides of the hairline just a bit and adding some density. I think the front, center is probably at the right height, but you have too much of a V. Straightening it out just a bit with added density in the area you already have transplanted would give you a nice improvement.

Most of them start off very thin. They are brand new hairs growing, so it takes time for them to thicken and mature. You can get a few that never shed and start growing soon after being transplanted. Those would be growing in thick, but usually there are only a very few of them. Most of it usually sheds first.

That's a huge change. You must be loving it.

In addition to what you said it looks like it could also be larger punch sizes. How long ago was this done?

I think it will improve some, but I agree that this is much worse than a normal case of it, but the best thing to do is wait a few more months to see how it turns out and then go from there. It's rarely a good idea to just jump into a repair without seeing the end result. As I said I do think he has some bad angles as well and he should consult a better Dr to see what his options are, but I just don't want him jumping into another HT before knowing the end result of this one.

Your donor doesn't look bad based on that last picture from the back and the sides seemed to be OK from the earlier pictures. You should consider having a consultation with one of the recommended hair transplant Drs listed on this site. That will at least give you a better idea of where you stand and if you can move forward with a HT. See the link below https://hairtransplantnetwork.com/best-hair-transplant-surgeons

At 2 months it look like you are getting growth already. That is excellent. Did some of those grafts never shed?

Dr Bicer does some very good work. This looks good so far. Please keep us updated on your progress as the months go by. Good luck with the hair growth.

Hello @scafellfun. Welcome to the forums. Thank you for posting your pictures and questions. I think you should be able get a very good result with 3500 grafts if you concentrate on the front half. You just started on Finasteride 2 months ago and you switched from topical minoxidil to oral, so you may get some improvement in the crown over the next few months without putting any grafts there. I'd wait to see how that turns out before specifically planning on putting grafts into your crown.

Hello @kassam. Welcome to the forums. Thank you for posting your questions. Yes they probably will help. You still have a lot of hair left and it's better to save it and maybe gain a bit back, then to let it fall out and then try to replace it with surgery. I would go that route first before having a hair transplant. You say you took Finasteride before. How long were you on it and did you see any positive results at that time? I believe there are several people who post on these forums who take both orally.

And that's the reason for some seemingly odd questions. Its to find out if you are mentally ready for a hair transplant. Some people aren't mentally ready even though they may be great candidates as far as hair available.

I'm putting a picture here to show what I mean. If you can thicken this area up a bit with meds you may not feel like you need a hair transplant, depending on your goals.

You're not going to create an entirely new hairline with meds, but it looks like you may be thinning throughout the entire front third, so meds may thicken that up. If you can strengthen and thicken the hair shafts along the current front hairline, you may get a noticeable improvement and look like your hairline was lowered slightly.

Do you have any pictures of your current hair situation? You may still be a candidate for hair transplants even if you can't use meds. If you have a lot of body hair you can try using some of that mixed in with scalp donor. If you are prone to eventual donor thinning, the body hair grafts should last much longer than scalp grafts , so that is something you can try doing if you went with a hair transplant. Beard hair is in a much safer zone that the back and sides of the head. Even if you lose a lot more hair, the beard grafts should have a much better chance at continued growth.

Wow Davy. This turned out so perfect. Back in the beginning I was worried that you’d have a lot of scarring because you were removing an entire pluggy hairline, not just a few grafts in the corners. It needed to be done for sure, but I thought there would be visible scars. If I was just looking at the end result now without ever seeing the before pics I would never think you had any work done.

This is an interesting question because I think some Drs are feeling more pressured to perform surgeries on younger men these days than in the past. If you turn then down then they go to a cheap place and get botched, so you almost want to say yes just to try to save them from something worse.

As others have said, I think it looks good for only 2500 grafts on that large area.

I removed all of the recent posts arguing back and forth. I am not going to allow that here. However I am going to reply to a couple of items as I think it directly pertains to this thread. First you say you did some research and claim the Colorado clinic has nothing to do with the Las Vegas clinic. Then you claim to actually work at the Las Vegas clinic. The web site clearly lists both locations ( I checked the website myself to be sure), so to say you had to do research to know that is totally ridiculous. To also claim that you are not affiliated when your own web site shows you are is again ridiculous. I'm pointing this out so anyone who happens to read this doing any research on these clinics can see the blatant lies being done by them. To claim it's unjustified slander, well just take a look at the OPs surgery pictures. Everyone can decide for themselves whether it's justified or whether it's slander. I don't want to see any more of this nonsense here. I dealt with this kind of thing myself years ago when the company I went to kept changing names and claiming they weren't connected with their previous company.

That bald patch in the donor looks like shock loss. I tried to compare it to some of your previous pictures right after surgery and that area seems to be fine in the earlier pics. If the patch is just developing recently then it's shock loss and will grow back.

Great improvement on that FUT scar.

Sometimes transplanted hair will grow in very curly, wiry, kinky, rough, etc. That usually slowly gets back to normal by around 18 months. You should hopefully start seeing some improvement of that soon. You may also have badly angled grafts which could make it look worse. In that situation the hair grows in a different direction than your native hair. Bad angles won’t improve, but the roughness, wiryness should. You can see what Farjo thinks of your situation but I suggest you don’t actually do anything until at least past the 1 year mark to really know what you’re dealing with.