7 month update in harsh lighting. 2000 FUE

[Letitgrow]

Hey friends,

 

2000 FUE to lower hair line apporox 2 cm and fill in receding corners to the hairline.

 

(the pictures with the black border are the before, the other 3 are 7 months after)

 

I chose the harshest lighting possible (the dreaded bathroom mirror with the lights on).

With a little concealer & the right hairstyle, I can make this look fairly full. But I wanted to get an honest opinion from the guys here. The surgeon in not listed on this site, but is a fully accredited American Hair Loss Restoration Surgeon (Dr. James Slusher). Seems to have a few positive past experiences on here from my search. His practice he is a part of (The Bassin Center), certainly had plenty positive on the internet and even a few interviews on FOX and other major news networks. Nothing bad that I could find via google, and nothing bad on the BBB. Met with a few previous patients of his and everything seemed to check out.

 

 

I'm only 7 months in, I know this is early. I've been told I'm having decent progress. Nothing super fast but nothing super slow I guess. Google is so full of people who are way past where I am at 7 months. I know I'm probably being impatient, but does this look normal? The corner are obviously very weak. Some areas, just a little thickening of the hairs would be fine, but there are large gaps in the corners with no hair grown out yet. It worries me that I haven't seen many hairs there break the surface with a fine velluos hair that will eventually thicken and color up. Could there really be a signifixant amount of hairs waiting to break the surface? I'm under the impression it works in spurts, and that another should come near 9-10 months. Is this really true?

 

Any input from knowledgeable, experienced hair transplant patients is appreciated.

[Letitgrow]

anyone???

[esrec]

do you have better photos? both before and after? I'm trying to get a better gauge but the pictures are kind of far and angles limited.

[Spidey]

in this day and age, you would think people would be able to take good pictures with the type of phones that are out there now... sorry to sound like a dick, but it just surprises me the amount of poor quality pics are posted on this site.

[esrec]

Give us a few close-ups, and call out the areas of concern. I think that will help us better determine.

[ontop]

Bottom line are you happy with your progress at 7mths as there is still time to have more growth.

From what I can see & like other's have said poor pictures but looks to me your coming along just fine.

 

Again it maybe best to post clearer pictures.

[Letitgrow]

*feels like newb*

 

My doc took some good ones with a real camera. I'll have them email it over & post tomorrow. Thanks to the ppl who weren't dicks about my poor cameramanship (here's looking at you spidey)

[esrec]

Do you have an iphone? Should be able to snap a bunch of different shots under different lights. If anything I find my phone camera to produce more harsh settings which is good under the circumstances.

 

7 months is still relatively early. Check out some of spex's reads on growth time and patience. Im just over 6 and scrutinizing hard too.

[secondtryuser]

Aside from better photos, you need to post pre-op photos. How can anyone judge progress without them?

 

Comparing with pre-op, you may have a fantastic result, or a very poor result. No conclusion can be drawn by anyone on this site without pre-op photos.

[Spanker]

Looks about right to me for 7 months. You seem to have fairly fine hair.

[Bill - Seemiller]

Letitgrow,

 

From the photos you provided, I would say you are having excellent growth however, it would be helpful if you talk better quality photos and photo showing areas angles of the scalp. But as far as I can tell, everything looks like it's growing in very well.

 

Best wishes,

 

Bill