3,900 grafts Norwood 6/7 Dr. Diep

[Melvin- Admin]

2 minutes ago, JohnAC71 said:

Congratulations 🎉🥳 You look very dapper indeed ! Your hair looks fantastic 👌

Thanks John, you’re an asset to the community.

[RandoBrando517]

How tf were you almost a Norwood 7 do you have any pics before?

[Melvin- Admin]

16 minutes ago, RandoBrando517 said:

How tf were you almost a Norwood 7 do you have any pics before?

I have plenty every where, I never took pictures without a hat, so the only ones I have are for HT consultation purposes. 

This picture was taken 71/2 years ago before I was even 30. Turning 36 next month.

 

[RandoBrando517]

33 minutes ago, Melvin- Moderator said:

I have plenty every where, I never took pictures without a hat, so the only ones I have are for HT consultation purposes. 

This picture was taken 71/2 years ago before I was even 30. Turning 36 next month.

 

Damn that’s a hell of a transformation man

[SLA]

Congratulations Melvin!- Wishing you the best in your journey into marriage and more hair!

 

Spectacular transformation.

[Melvin- Admin]

4 minutes ago, SLA said:

Congratulations Melvin!- Wishing you the best in your journey into marriage and more hair!

 

Spectacular transformation.

Thanks man I appreciate it 

[ITA]

On 9/15/2021 at 11:04 PM, Melvin- Moderator said:

have plenty every where, I never took pictures without a hat, so the only ones I have are for HT consultation purposes. 

This picture was taken 71/2 years ago before I was even 30. Turning 36 next month.

 

damn what a change 😳

[Melvin- Admin]

37 minutes ago, Egy said:

damn what a change 😳

Yea it’s been a hell of a journey. My temple points have receded a lot more. So I’m thinking of having them rebuilt. 

[ITA]

35 minutes ago, Melvin- Moderator said:

Yea it’s been a hell of a journey. My temple points have receded a lot more. So I’m thinking of having them rebuilt. 

From the pics you post and the videos you make, you are from God, but if you have decided to make another intervention, I wish you the best, we will all follow your next trip with great interest.  Good luck

[BDK081522]

Congrats on the nuptials! It's been an amazing transformation with more to come!

[EvoXOhio]

On 9/15/2021 at 3:05 PM, Melvin- Moderator said:

Thank you bro, your hair is my inspiration 😁

It’s everyone’s inspiration 😂

[Zoomster]

On 9/17/2021 at 6:08 PM, Melvin- Moderator said:

Yea it’s been a hell of a journey. My temple points have receded a lot more. So I’m thinking of having them rebuilt. 

KERRCHING for Zoomster 💵💵!!😊

[Jerome]

On 7/26/2015 at 11:56 AM, Melvin- Admin said:

Hi everyone,

 

Im making this thread because there might be alot of guys out there in my situation, I was a diffuse norwood 6 thinner with retrograde alopecia, before deciding to do a hair trasnpant I often searched hair loss forums, members would constantly dissuade individuals from receiving hair restoration because of extensive hairloss. At 29 years old I decided to do it, I had my first procedure with Dr. Behnam in Santa Monica I had 1,800 grafts put in my midscalp in a diffuse pattern. I  recently decided to have 2,120 grafts implanted to my hairline by Dr. D**** in Los Gatos, im one week post op, but I just wanted to address some apprehensions.

When deciding to have hair restoration you need to first stabilize hairloss, ive been on minoxidil and ketocanozole shampoo for over 4 years, no hair regrowth but my hairloss hasn't gotten much worse, I tried Finasteride but couldn't handle the sides, but I encourage everyone to at least try it.

Secondly, what is your goal realistically, it should be always be natural, address the hairline, midscalp and lateral humps first and foremost, the crown must be something you're willing to leave thin or completely bald.

Thirdly, you must be willing to step outside the box should worst case scenario come in to play, what I mean by this is that you must be willing to invest your time and money if the hair transplant should not come to fruition, for example I have average to below average donor density due to my retrograde alopecia, my hair characteristics are fairly good though, so I plan to use as much of my donor as possible with the possibility of going over 50% donor density. My back up plan is body hair transplant (BHT) to the donor area to make up for the donor depletion, luckily I have alot of body hair I could probably use over 30,000 follicular units just on body hair alone. I also wear my hair short on the sides so the change in hair characteristics from body hair to scalp wont be too apparent in the donor area.

All things considered, MONEY, what I plan on doing will cost me the price of a brand new Mercedez Benz, are you in a position to afford this? Is it worth it to you? I truly dislike when people automatically write off Norwood 6/7 as hopeless, there is still hope if you have managed your hair loss and have realistic expectations, with body hair transplantion you're not solely reliant on hair from your scalp anymore. So with out further ive attached some pics of my first procedure before and after exactly 14 months post op, picture taken same place same lighting with Crew hair wax (not a concealer just hair product).

The other pictures attached are my recent hair transplant sides and donor area. Its been exactly 8 days since I had the procedure done, both procedure were done via FUE.

 

On 7/26/2015 at 11:56 AM, Melvin- Admin said:

Hi everyone,

 

Im making this thread because there might be alot of guys out there in my situation, I was a diffuse norwood 6 thinner with retrograde alopecia, before deciding to do a hair trasnpant I often searched hair loss forums, members would constantly dissuade individuals from receiving hair restoration because of extensive hairloss. At 29 years old I decided to do it, I had my first procedure with Dr. Behnam in Santa Monica I had 1,800 grafts put in my midscalp in a diffuse pattern. I  recently decided to have 2,120 grafts implanted to my hairline by Dr. D**** in Los Gatos, im one week post op, but I just wanted to address some apprehensions.

When deciding to have hair restoration you need to first stabilize hairloss, ive been on minoxidil and ketocanozole shampoo for over 4 years, no hair regrowth but my hairloss hasn't gotten much worse, I tried Finasteride but couldn't handle the sides, but I encourage everyone to at least try it.

Secondly, what is your goal realistically, it should be always be natural, address the hairline, midscalp and lateral humps first and foremost, the crown must be something you're willing to leave thin or completely bald.

Thirdly, you must be willing to step outside the box should worst case scenario come in to play, what I mean by this is that you must be willing to invest your time and money if the hair transplant should not come to fruition, for example I have average to below average donor density due to my retrograde alopecia, my hair characteristics are fairly good though, so I plan to use as much of my donor as possible with the possibility of going over 50% donor density. My back up plan is body hair transplant (BHT) to the donor area to make up for the donor depletion, luckily I have alot of body hair I could probably use over 30,000 follicular units just on body hair alone. I also wear my hair short on the sides so the change in hair characteristics from body hair to scalp wont be too apparent in the donor area.

All things considered, MONEY, what I plan on doing will cost me the price of a brand new Mercedez Benz, are you in a position to afford this? Is it worth it to you? I truly dislike when people automatically write off Norwood 6/7 as hopeless, there is still hope if you have managed your hair loss and have realistic expectations, with body hair transplantion you're not solely reliant on hair from your scalp anymore. So with out further ive attached some pics of my first procedure before and after exactly 14 months post op, picture taken same place same lighting with Crew hair wax (not a concealer just hair product).

The other pictures attached are my recent hair transplant sides and donor area. Its been exactly 8 days since I had the procedure done, both procedure were done via FUE.

is the very first pic the result .