Al - Moderator

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.

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.

Looks good.

You most likely have at least some shock loss, so I would guess it will look better than it does now after several months. There’s no way to tell how much though. 5500 grafts is a lot to take out, so you’re going to be thinner in the donor area compared to before the transplant.

This looks awesome.

Hi @Paul J. Welcome to the forums. Thank you for posting. How many grafts did Dr Cooley give you. I hope you don't mind, but I changed the title of the post to spell the Drs name correctly.

Very good density. It seems to all blend together very well.

Very nice result.

I would love to see a picture of the graft placement on the temple points.