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Hi @Matt Kheder. Welcome to the forums. Thanks for posting about your experience with Dr Parsa Mohebi. Your results look great.

A lot of people experience a shed in the first few months of use. It speeds up the fall out cycle, so new hair can start growing in. It's like acne medication. You get really bad very fast at first before it all clears up. You should start to see regrowth in the next few months.

There are two things going on here. First is when can you be active at a normal level without breaking open the scar. When I had FUT surgeries I usually had the sutures removed at day 11. That's what they suggested. Sometimes it would be day 12 or 13 depending on the day of the week it ends up on. I always waited another day or two before doing anything strenuous to make sure the scar was completely closed and didn't break open since there was nothing holding it closed after the sutures are removed. That's your 14 day period where you are OK do do any activities past that point. Second is scar stretching. Although you can do most activities after 14 days, there is still a chance the scar will stretch over the next few months. To reduce the chance of that you should avoid any activities that will stretch the back of your neck. That is usually suggested to be from 3 to 6 months.

This is a NW 6 with 4610 grafts. If you look at any NW 6 who had spectacular results (Gatsby, Zoomster, Melvin, etc) they all use 10,000+ grafts to get there over several sessions. This looks very good for 4610 grafts.

The staples need to come out within about 2 weeks or else they can end up leaving permanent marks at the staple holes. As far as the pain along the scar line, that tends to be normal for FUT procedures. It can take a long time for the nerve endings to completely heal to where it doesn’t hurt during stress.

Hi @Benjymu welcome to the forums. Do you have any pictures you can post? That would give us a much better idea of your situation because any answers really depend on how you style your hair and how big an area you need to cover.

It looks like it's held up pretty well over 8 years, but it would be great if you had 1 year results to compare with the 8 year results to really see any changes.

Finasteride reduced my body hair. It slowly grew back after I stopped using finasteride.

It could be that the difference in graft count estimates depends on where they are thinking of putting the hairline at.

No. It's just normal growing hair at this point. I'd be more concerned about your head depending on how hard you hit it.

It's hard to tell without seeing a picture of the hair combed back to expose the hairline. I would say if you're happy with it then leave it alone. It seems to look OK with the side combing in your picture that mostly covers it. You have a lot of area in the midscalp and crown to cover, so I'd try to focus on that. Then once that grows in you can see if you have any more grafts you can use to have a touch up to enhance any spots you think need it.

This is the point where it really starts kicking in.

It looks like there's a nice improvement in the front and it looks like the rest of it has some minor improvement as well.

Nothing to worry about. You may get a few more of those lines that look like grafts are missing show up before the scabs all come off. It’s normal.

New hair usually starts growing in at around the 3 month mark.

Take a look at our recommended Drs and get cost estimates from them based on how many grafts you'll need. That's the best way to go about it. See the link below. https://hairtransplantnetwork.com/best-hair-transplant-surgeons

The savings, if any, is going to depend on how many grafts you need. If you are only need 1500 grafts then you're probably not going to be saving much after you factor in air fare, hotels, and food. If you require over 3000 grafts then you are going to start seeing big savings. Without knowing your situation there's no good answer on the savings. With that said, you do need to be careful about where you go. Don't just look for cost savings. Getting a bad hair transplant will cost you more after the required fixes, not just in money, but also time and emotional issues. It's not easy living every day for a few years with a botched hair transplant until you can get it corrected.

You are 35 years old with no signs of thinning anywhere that we can see, yet you think you have DUPA. Why would you think you have DUPA?

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.