Problems 3 1/2 months after FUE

[Luca456]

Hey guys, 

 

my name is Luca and im 22 years old.. 

Round about 3 1/2 months ago i had my first hairtransplantation with 2.300 grafts and the FUE method.. Now im really afraid that a lot of the grafts died because i smoked before and after the transplantation.. I just couldnt stop it and some people said that it is not necessary to stop.. If you zoome inside the picture you see that some hairs are already growing but that are just a few… On Youtube the people already got much more of the  hairs than me.. 

Pls give me your opinion about it guys.. :(

 

 

[Britanium]

Please can you provide some more pre/post op? Who was the Dr/Clinic? 22 years of age is very young to have a transplant. But with regards to smoking i really don’t think you will have killed your grafts. At only 3.5 months it’s way too early to be worried about growth. Most people won’t even have growth begin until month 4. So for now all you can do is see how it progresses every month. Full results won’t be seen until at least month 12. Ok so we know smoking can affect/comprise the blood circulation but I can see you are already seeing the growth start.  Hopefully it will continue, keep us updated ! 

[Luca456]

Thanks for your reply, it was „Hairmedic“ in Dortmund (Germany). 

Here is a photo of my pre op status 

[Berba11]

1 hour ago, Luca456 said:

Thanks for your reply, it was „Hairmedic“ in Dortmund (Germany). 

Here is a photo of my pre op status 

There's virtually no hair loss here. I'm pretty surprised that a clinic would accept you as a patient at your age and with such incredibly minor loss. I'm also not sure why you thought you needed a HT at all? 

You said you had 2,300 grafts? Are you sure that's the right number? Would need to see your immediate post-op photos but you don't have 2,300 grafts worth of hair loss so I'm struggling to see where on earth so many grafts could even be placed. You need to provide the full range of photos including the ones the clinic would have taken before and after the op.

Cheers

[SD1984]

2300?? Did you mean 300? Looks like about 150 in each temple 😂

[Style22]

Shame on whichever Dr. operated on you. No ethics whatsoever.

[Melvin- Admin]

Guys,

As a community, we need to be better. We all know that 3.5 months is way too early to make these sort of statements. For one, we don’t have graft placement photos to say how many grafts were transplanted. Furthermore, nothing looks out of the ordinary for 3.5 months. You need to give it time. Takes 12 months to grow.

[Luca456]

this is what ist looked like after the transplant 

[Luca456]

23 hours ago, SD1984 said:

2300?? Did you mean 300? Looks like about 150 in each temple 😂

shut ya mouth 

[Luca456]

On 7/23/2021 at 11:44 AM, Berba11 said:

There's virtually no hair loss here. I'm pretty surprised that a clinic would accept you as a patient at your age and with such incredibly minor loss. I'm also not sure why you thought you needed a HT at all? 

You said you had 2,300 grafts? Are you sure that's the right number? Would need to see your immediate post-op photos but you don't have 2,300 grafts worth of hair loss so I'm struggling to see where on earth so many grafts could even be placed. You need to provide the full range of photos including the ones the clinic would have taken before and after the op.

Cheers

i uploaded the pictures i took and i will ask the clinc of their pictures on monday so that i can send you 

[Luca456]

1 minute ago, Luca456 said:

i uploaded the pictures i took and i will ask the clinc of their pictures on monday so that i can send you 

 

[Britanium]

The work looks fine ! Give it another month or so and you will see the real growth begin. Thanks for posting the additional pics 🙏

[Luca456]

21 minutes ago, JohnAC71 said:

The work looks fine ! Give it another month or so and you will see the real growth begin. Thanks for posting the additional pics 🙏

thank you for the reply i need some hope  im just a little bit afraid that a lot of the grafts died and that only the ones who are visuable now will start to grow..  

[Britanium]

Just now, Luca456 said:

thank you for the reply i need some hope  im just a little bit afraid that a lot of the grafts died and that only the ones who are visuable now will start to grow..  

Your going to be fine, it honestly looks perfectly normal for 3.5 months. 🙏

[Luca456]

29 minutes ago, JohnAC71 said:

Your going to be fine, it honestly looks perfectly normal for 3.5 months. 🙏

thank you very much  i will keep you updatet 

[MachoVato]

Yes, you are still in the "ugly duckling" phase. But I would say in the next 1-2 months you will see hair start to grow. Be patient. Trust the process.

[Berba11]

9 hours ago, Luca456 said:

 

Ok so we can at least see where the things were implanted. Sort of looks like you had grafts placed in amongst native hair to reinforce what was already there? Hard to say without better pre & immediate post op photos. But at 3.5 months things look roughly where you'd expect. You could have had a little shock loss to native hairs if you've had hairs transplanted among them which might give the false impression that things aren't progressing but if that's the case, the shock loss will recover with a little more time. I wouldn't worry too much yet!

[Melvin- Admin]

10 hours ago, Luca456 said:

shut ya mouth 

No need for that here. 

[Luca456]

11 hours ago, Berba11 said:

Ok so we can at least see where the things were implanted. Sort of looks like you had grafts placed in amongst native hair to reinforce what was already there? Hard to say without better pre & immediate post op photos. But at 3.5 months things look roughly where you'd expect. You could have had a little shock loss to native hairs if you've had hairs transplanted among them which might give the false impression that things aren't progressing but if that's the case, the shock loss will recover with a little more time. I wouldn't worry too much yet!

thank you for the reply so i get it right that there should be already more growth? the transplanted hairs was just around the existing hairs  

[Berba11]

1 hour ago, Luca456 said:

thank you for the reply so i get it right that there should be already more growth? the transplanted hairs was just around the existing hairs  

Not not necessarily, you're still in the phase before most people start to see changes. You should hope to see some noticeable development from roughly 4 months onwards, but as a general rule of thumb, 6 months is going to be a better indicator - so don't worry just yet!

Also, if you are a bit worried or you think something hasn't worked, the best thing to do at this stage is seek some advice from the clinic and see what they have to say. I'm pretty sure though that they'll tell you to give it a few more months given that you're still in the early stages.

If the transplanted hairs was around the existing hairs then it's certainly possible that some of those native hairs have undergone some shock loss, which might make it look a bit worse than before the HT. Don't worry - that's quite common and normal - the native hairs will grow back as well as the transplanted ones with time. Just hang in there!

[Britanium]

You are already actually getting growth which is putting you in the early grower category. Any shock loss which has occurred will grow back within a few months. Everything is more than on track. Be interesting when we see another months updated pics 👌

[Luca456]

Hey Guys.. now im in Month 4 and my haie now looks like this.. Im very worried because of the less new hairs and the redness.. What do you think? Please honest opinions..

[Berba11]

The redness is something that some people experience worse than others, so don't worry about that too much at this stage.

You're seeing hairs start to sprout now, which is good. 4 months is usually the point at which hairs start to emerge, so just hang in there! You're on track!

[shami26]

The redness looks similar to the one on this thread. I can't say what your final result will look like but I think you will be fine.

https://www.hairrestorationnetwork.com/topic/59271-dr-pekiner-1805-grafts-feb-1-2021/?do=findComment&comment=587426

Edited August 12, 2021 by shami26

[A Fue Good Men]

Still very early. A lot can happen in the next 6 months. Try to be patient and don’t look too often