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Corvettester, well said. I could not agree more .

I think the work by Dr Wesley looks very refined and natural .It seems like he pays good attention to detail . I would recommend him .

The donor harvesting looks like it could be covered up with the patients hair while healing . Pretty nice being able to go around without having the whole donor shaved down . A big plus if you have to be back at work soon after the procedure . Can you harvest from the same areas if the remaining donor hair density is real thick ? Nice results in the recipient area as well .Looks totally natural .

I recommend him 100% . The work presented looks top notch . He is also gives great info when responding to questions on the forum .

Dr.Lindsey the hairline improvement is excellent . Is it harder to place the grafts near big plugs due to scar tissue ?

I am between months 4 and 5 post op . I feel stubble coming in some of the areas above the scar so it is hard to tell how much will grow . I would guess it is 25 percent grown back . Stretchback is the scar itself getting wider after the stitches come out .

Hi Gunnar, I would say that the right side has gotten a little better not so much on the left side . It is still pretty red and I need to keep the hair long to hide it . I feel the hairs above the scar are a little like stubble . My instincts tell me that the right side will turn out better . I have had some stretchback . The healing takes time so I will wait and see what the next few months bring .

Good luck with the revision . Keep us posted . If you get a chance can you describe what the acell procedure is like . Is it a liquid injection or a powder etc ... On your scar the smaller strip had the double layer sutures or did the main one have them ? Dr Cooley has some of the best looking results .(yours included) and he is a stand up guy I think you will have a excellent result .

Try to schedule a few in person consults if possible . If in Manhattan you could see Drs True and Dorin plus Bernstien . Dr.Feller is close to them as well . I can say that True and Dorin are very skilled and are worth a visit .

The result looks excellent .The patient looks younger as well . It is interesting to see those hairs popping out of the scalp in bunches . It makes me want to pluck them out with a tweezer .

Dr. Pathomvanich this is an excellent repair result . The hairline looks soft while still hiding the big plugs . Good job in not creating a thick wall of hair but instead giving a natural looking transition . This patient has to be thrilled .

I have experienced a lot of irritation from Kirkland Minoxidil . I diluted it with some alcohol and the itch subsided a great deal . I think it is the Propylene glycol % . I used to use regular minox from Dr Lee and the Propylene glycol% was lower and did nor itch too much . I just purchased some spectral dnc minoxidil creme . It is light brown and dries quick . I notice no itching .It is pricey but it should last a long time at once a day applications . Has anyone ever tried this stuff ?

I have read different things on this . I think 3 months is ok but a little early. 6-7 months is more of a solid point to feel confident . Some people have more surgery at the 9-12 month mark .

Dr. Lindsey that is some very clean looking work post op . It seems the patient had very little bleeding . Very impressive and refined .

This look very natural . It is a nice use of grafts to get coverage of the majority of the scalp . The patient looks much better and must be very pleased .

I am experiencing donor shock loss as well . I noticed it the first week post op and now at around 2 months I have about a 1 inch gap at the donor . My hair is almost 3" long but you can still see bare skin through it in the back . I am pretty confident it will grow back . I never had it before . Lots of hairs dropping in the sink . I feel once the redness lessens it wont be as visible .

I saw a pic of something similar an Dr. Limmers website . I think it was from a strip procedure . The patient had the grafts inserted in the recipient area with the normal length hairs still emerging from the graft instead of shaving the donor follicles pre op .

Good luck Tom . Your first procedure looks great . Keep us posted !

It depends on the size of the punch used . If it is between 1-1.5 mm it will heal sooner and the redness will fade over a month or two . It also depends on an individuals healing characteristics . Bigger punch = more trauma=longer healing . For punching out some unsightly 3 hair grafts I would think the redness would fade in about a month or two on my own scalp .

Looks really good . It is still only 7 months and you can expect more maturation of the hairs. How many of the grafts went to the crown ? It is a definite improvement of the crown and also remember crown grafts seem to take longer to grow for some patients.

1982UK It looks like you are growing very well . I like your results at this stage for the number of grafts and the area covered . I think it will still improve over the months to come . Honestly if you said this was a 12 months post op result I would still be happy . You have a lot of new hair for 3500 grafts at 7 months . I read the section on quality control on the Dr's site and was very impressed with his statments regarding staffing . This is a reality in all of the medical field . Staffing more than the number of techs needed is really thoughtful and proactive on his part . Fatigue and people calling in sick can affect how people work .I have never read that type of quality control description before . Good job .

If you get a chance post some pictures . The size of your grafts and the condition of the skin surface in the recipient area are critical in choosing a repair route .

Dr.Charles this is a very natural looking result . I would not detect any work being done if I saw this guy on the street .

Dr.Lindsey nice pics of the scar and I bet this patient will have one of the thinnest scars of all . His original scar makes me jealous .

The work looks very nice . It seems that care was taken to match the angles of the existing hairs in the temples with a gradual transition from the sides of the hairline into the temples .