Regular Member Egott92 Posted September 27, 2021 Author Regular Member Share Posted September 27, 2021 7 minutes ago, Melvin- Moderator said: Wow is all I have to say 🤯 Melvin coming up clutch with the side-by-side! I appreciate you and appreciate this forum man. Seriously so grateful for everyone's support and willingness to share their experiences in the wild wild west of hair restoration. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Melvin- Admin Posted September 27, 2021 Administrators Share Posted September 27, 2021 4 minutes ago, Egott92 said: Melvin coming up clutch with the side-by-side! I appreciate you and appreciate this forum man. Seriously so grateful for everyone's support and willingness to share their experiences in the wild wild west of hair restoration. You’ve been resurrected my man looking fantastic 🙌🏼 1 I’m a paid admin for Hair Transplant Network. I do not receive any compensation from any clinic. My comments are not medical advice. Check out my final hair transplant and topical dutasteride journey: View my thread Topical dutasteride journey Melvin- Managing Publisher and Forum Moderator for the Hair Transplant Network, the Coalition Hair Loss Learning Center, and the Hair Loss Q&A Blog. Follow our Social Media: Facebook, Instagram, Linkedin, and YouTube. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member Britanium Posted September 27, 2021 Senior Member Share Posted September 27, 2021 As I said… invisible looking FUT scar as expected 😂 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member Ads Posted September 27, 2021 Regular Member Share Posted September 27, 2021 Amazing results! Hair envy here. What grade is the back cut to? Looks pretty short. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member Egott92 Posted September 27, 2021 Author Regular Member Share Posted September 27, 2021 17 minutes ago, Ads said: Amazing results! Hair envy here. What grade is the back cut to? Looks pretty short. Thank you! It's down to about a 3 guard here. I probably can get it down lower without revealing the scar, but I actually prefer this length for work. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member kramer79 Posted September 28, 2021 Senior Member Share Posted September 28, 2021 9 hours ago, Egott92 said: Thank you! It's down to about a 3 guard here. I probably can get it down lower without revealing the scar, but I actually prefer this length for work. Looks great. Out of curiosity, can you see the outline of the scar if you tilt your head forward? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member Egott92 Posted September 28, 2021 Author Regular Member Share Posted September 28, 2021 11 hours ago, kramer79 said: Looks great. Out of curiosity, can you see the outline of the scar if you tilt your head forward? Thanks! Hmm, I don’t believe so. I tried to take a few angles and I don’t see the scar significantly more prominent in that angle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member yesplease Posted October 2, 2021 Senior Member Share Posted October 2, 2021 On 3/12/2021 at 8:18 AM, Egott92 said: Thanks so much Aaron. Luckily I hopped on the minoxidil train about 5 years ago once I started to notice frontal thinning, and then 1 year ago with topical finasteride once thinning my crown started to become more apparent. I am also impressed with the dense packing -- I admit I didn't even know or expect it was possible to pack that densely! Amazing result. Congrats! wondering if you’ve been able to see any results from the topical fin, and whether you’ve noticed any side effects at all? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member sbguy01 Posted October 3, 2021 Regular Member Share Posted October 3, 2021 @Egott92 Congrats on your awesome hair and thanks for this very helpful thread! I'm considering a HT and one of the things that scared me was the FUT scar because I'd like to wear my hair relative short (3-4 guard). Your clean "linear" post-op scar looked amazing and random graft locations looked very natural. You must have good genes and a good doctor to boot 🙂 I'm going to book and consult with Konior. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member AlBrown Posted October 4, 2021 Regular Member Share Posted October 4, 2021 On 10/3/2021 at 11:45 AM, sbguy01 said: @Egott92 ... one of the things that scared me was the FUT scar because I'd like to wear my hair relative short (3-4 guard). Your clean "linear" post-op scar looked amazing and random graft locations looked very natural. You must have good genes and a good doctor to boot 🙂 I'm going to book and consult with Konior. Dr. Konior's remarkable scars are what drew me to him originally. I'm a 3-4 gaurd fella myself and had those same fears over a decade ago when FUE was not as prevalent. I scoured many of his results specifically for scars. I was always and still am impressed by their low visibility. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member aaron1234 Posted October 5, 2021 Senior Member Share Posted October 5, 2021 Wait, I thought strip scars were supposed to be barbaric? 🤣 Practically invisible. 2 Dr. G: 1,000 grafts (FUT) 2008 Dr. Paul Shapiro: 2,348 grafts (FUT) 2009 ~ 1,999 grafts (FUT) 2011 ~ 300 grafts (Scar Reduction) 2013 Dr. Konior: 771 grafts (FUT) 2015 ~ 558 grafts (FUT) 2017 ~ 1,124 grafts (FUE) 2020 My Hair Transplant Journey with Shapiro Medical Group Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member Egott92 Posted October 6, 2021 Author Regular Member Share Posted October 6, 2021 On 10/2/2021 at 11:01 AM, yesplease said: Amazing result. Congrats! wondering if you’ve been able to see any results from the topical fin, and whether you’ve noticed any side effects at all? I've actually switched to a topical dutasteride solution (0.1% dutasteride and 7.5% minoxidil from Strutyours.com) and I think I've seen some thickening throughout my scalp, but at a minimum definitely no more loss. I use it once a day before bed. No side effects whatsoever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member yesplease Posted October 6, 2021 Senior Member Share Posted October 6, 2021 7 minutes ago, Egott92 said: I've actually switched to a topical dutasteride solution (0.1% dutasteride and 7.5% minoxidil from Strutyours.com) and I think I've seen some thickening throughout my scalp, but at a minimum definitely no more loss. I use it once a day before bed. No side effects whatsoever. I see, that's awesome that it seems to be working for you but no sides. So, you aren't taking any oral fin or dut, then? Did you have sides with oral meds before, and that's why you're using a topical solution now? Or you just skipped the oral meds and went straight to topical? Thanks for sharing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member Egott92 Posted October 6, 2021 Author Regular Member Share Posted October 6, 2021 (edited) 2 hours ago, yesplease said: I see, that's awesome that it seems to be working for you but no sides. So, you aren't taking any oral fin or dut, then? Did you have sides with oral meds before, and that's why you're using a topical solution now? Or you just skipped the oral meds and went straight to topical? Thanks for sharing. That's right, I am not taking any oral meds. Immediately after the procedure I took oral finasteride (twice a week) plus oral minoxidil (daily). The intention was just to help expedite results. It was fine for 3 or so months, but once I saw growth I tapered off and decided to return to a topical solution -- mostly because I preferred not to have this stuff go systemic, and the effects of topical solutions are generally thought to be more localized. I did try to bump up my oral finasteride dose to 3x per week at around month 3 and started to feel some slight depression. I was going through life stuff at the time, so I can't exactly say it caused it (and perhaps there was some placebo at work), but it was enough for me to want to return to topical rather than oral treatment. Edited October 6, 2021 by Egott92 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member cheeseywonder Posted February 9, 2022 Regular Member Share Posted February 9, 2022 @Egott92update? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member Egott92 Posted February 16, 2022 Author Regular Member Share Posted February 16, 2022 On 2/9/2022 at 3:00 PM, cheeseywonder said: @Egott92update? No major update, other than I had my 2nd procedure (~2,100 FUE) with Dr. Konior for my crown last month (Jan 5). I think I'll create a thread once results are in. I had to shave my head for the crown procedure, but here are some pics I took around the month before out in the wild. This would have been ~9-10 months post-op. Obviously thrilled with the result. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member stephcurry30 Posted February 17, 2022 Senior Member Share Posted February 17, 2022 Incredible result. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member stephcurry30 Posted February 17, 2022 Senior Member Share Posted February 17, 2022 Just now, stephcurry30 said: Incredible result. Any photos of the donor area? Are you on oral minoxidil by any chance? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Melvin- Admin Posted February 17, 2022 Administrators Share Posted February 17, 2022 This is absolutely jaw dropping results damn! 1 1 I’m a paid admin for Hair Transplant Network. I do not receive any compensation from any clinic. My comments are not medical advice. Check out my final hair transplant and topical dutasteride journey: View my thread Topical dutasteride journey Melvin- Managing Publisher and Forum Moderator for the Hair Transplant Network, the Coalition Hair Loss Learning Center, and the Hair Loss Q&A Blog. Follow our Social Media: Facebook, Instagram, Linkedin, and YouTube. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member Egott92 Posted February 23, 2022 Author Regular Member Share Posted February 23, 2022 On 2/17/2022 at 2:59 PM, stephcurry30 said: Any photos of the donor area? Are you on oral minoxidil by any chance? Nope, just on topical dutasteride (0.25%) and topical minoxidil (8%). As for donor area, I've posted donor pics from when it was healed and grown in before on this thread - please scroll back to find them. It's basically invisible, but I want to be able to cut my sides shorter so during my recent crown FUE procedure Dr. Konior put around 250 grafts into my FUT scar, which is why it's bright red. See image below. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member BDK081522 Posted February 23, 2022 Senior Member Share Posted February 23, 2022 That FUT scar healed amazingly and your FUE extraction pattern is flawless. No doubt you'll be able to go short on the sides. 1 1 Bosley 11-2016 FUE - 1,407 grafts Dr. Diep 09-2017 FUE - 2,024 grafts Dr. Konior 03-2020 FUE - 2,076 grafts Dr. Konior 09-2021 FUE - 697 scalp to scalp, FUE - 716 beard to beard Total scalp FUE - 6,204 grafts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member stephcurry30 Posted February 23, 2022 Senior Member Share Posted February 23, 2022 (edited) 36 minutes ago, Egott92 said: Nope, just on topical dutasteride (0.25%) and topical minoxidil (8%). As for donor area, I've posted donor pics from when it was healed and grown in before on this thread - please scroll back to find them. It's basically invisible, but I want to be able to cut my sides shorter so during my recent crown FUE procedure Dr. Konior put around 250 grafts into my FUT scar, which is why it's bright red. See image below. Unreal result. How were your post OP instructions with grafts being placed in the back of the head. Also may I ask where you get your topical dutasitirde? Edited February 23, 2022 by stephcurry30 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member Egott92 Posted February 23, 2022 Author Regular Member Share Posted February 23, 2022 9 minutes ago, stephcurry30 said: Unreal result. How were your post OP instructions with grafts being placed in the back of the head. Also may I ask where you get your topical dutasitirde? They actually said I can place my head on a pillow and lay down normally but just to be careful not to roll around too much. I thought they'd make me sleep vertically. I guess gentle pressure was fine, but any left/right tugging while laying down was not. Recovery and post-op was honestly a breeze this time with FUE. I used to get topical dutasteride from Strutyours.com, but recently moved to California and they don't service CA, so now I order it from Happy Head. I'm pretty sure Strut and Happy Head are the only two providers offering topical dutasteride at the moment, so your options are unfortunately limited. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member Egott92 Posted February 23, 2022 Author Regular Member Share Posted February 23, 2022 38 minutes ago, BDK081522 said: That FUT scar healed amazingly and your FUE extraction pattern is flawless. No doubt you'll be able to go short on the sides. Actually it's hard to see but on a section of the right side of my head/scar it did widen significantly but that was my own fault. I hit my head on a wall 4 days post-op and opened up a few sutures. At least it wasn't my recipient area, and as you mentioned nothing 20-30 grafts can't (hopefully) fix 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member A Fue Good Men Posted February 28, 2022 Senior Member Share Posted February 28, 2022 Unreal. The density in the front blends in very well 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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