Administrators Melvin- Admin Posted April 10 Administrators Share Posted April 10 6 minutes ago, track_rat said: Hey my friends, I will carve out some time this week to get you an update. Thank you for checking on me. Glad to see you back brother. Can’t wait for your update. 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...
FailedFUE Posted April 10 Share Posted April 10 No problem. I am also in a similar situation as you. I was hoping maybe we would be able to connect and just chat? Your story really helped me man. So similar to my own. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member GoliGoliGoli Posted April 10 Senior Member Share Posted April 10 On 11/18/2023 at 12:08 AM, track_rat said: Will provide a thorough update soon mate. I was treading lightly and not posting recently as I was still pleading with Eugenix to try to make things right. I was finally able to get a few minutes with the clinic last month but Sethi suggested I look elsewhere for care. Can you go into detail on your conversation with Sethi? Did he take any responsibility for the situation? Did they offer a free repair? Did they just tell you "you're on your own"? Not to blame you in any way, but I think you're being far too lenient on the clinic throughout this post. They did an extreme disservice to you that could've been easily avoided if they had simply done their jobs in a proper way. And to think this was Eugenix's "founding doctors" and not any of the new ones they've hired. Another one for the Eugenix Wall of Shame. Hopefully Konior can get this straightened out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valued Contributor Berba11 Posted April 10 Valued Contributor Share Posted April 10 10 hours ago, track_rat said: Hey my friends, I will carve out some time this week to get you an update. Thank you for checking on me. Look forward to it mate 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FailedFUE Posted April 12 Share Posted April 12 On 4/9/2024 at 8:45 PM, Melvin- Admin said: Glad to see you back brother. Can’t wait for your update. Dont mean to hijack your reply.. However, I am going through something very similar as the OP. I am unable to message him. What are the requirements to send DM's? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valued Contributor Gatsby Posted April 12 Valued Contributor Share Posted April 12 On 4/10/2024 at 1:39 PM, track_rat said: Hey my friends, I will carve out some time this week to get you an update. Thank you for checking on me. Stay well @track_rat. Looking forward to seeing you post again. 👍 GATSBY 'UNPLUGGED!' 15,671 (3 surgeries) Grafts FUE+BHT Dr. Sethi Eugenix Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member mrmane85 Posted April 12 Senior Member Share Posted April 12 Love to see an update @track_rat Hope you are keeping well mate 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Melvin- Admin Posted April 12 Administrators Share Posted April 12 1 hour ago, FailedFUE said: Dont mean to hijack your reply.. However, I am going through something very similar as the OP. I am unable to message him. What are the requirements to send DM's? You need to have at least 10 posts before your dm is activated. 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 OliverAtom Posted April 12 Senior Member Share Posted April 12 Very difficult case for any clinic or doctor out there. I think you will need another procedure to improve your result. But be patient and keep updating, all will be good at the end! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FailedFUE Posted April 13 Share Posted April 13 Thank you for the update Melvin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member track_rat Posted April 24 Author Senior Member Share Posted April 24 (edited) Hi all, wanted to provide you with an update. You have been so supportive and encouraging, so thank you very much for that. My procedure at Eugenix was clearly a very poor result. I don’t think there’s any other way to view it. I will never get the time I lost back, but here’s to hoping I continue to make progress and am at a point where I’m content soon. Life stopped post surgery. I lived in a hat and was in a very bad place with low self esteem and an enormity of regret. After many tens of thousands of dollars and numerous visits to experts around the globe, I found a dynamic duo (Konior and Mwamba) that has yielded some success. We have plans to continue in the coming year. Excuse some of the extra cropped photos. I value my anonymity very much but am sharing in hopes this helps somebody else. Step 1: Konior | ~450 beard graft removal and redistribution Before Konior surgery. Day of Konior surgery. Focus was to remote the helmet head / birds nest of beard hair to yield a more natural blend, even if I looked more bald in the process. Goal was to look more natural and less people staring at me. Step 2: Mwamba | 800 scalp grafts into outer ring, 500 beard grafts combination of filling in beard gaps and also lower horseshoe of head, 500 chest grafts into donor Mwamba had a tall order on this surgery. Objectives: - Build around the island that Eugenix implanted on to try and merge the sections. You can see in prior photos there was nothing implanted in the outer ring and much of below, and things just looked awful. - Implant into my neck/beard to restore the empty patches left by Eugenix. - Implant into the top corners of my head where there was no work done prior. - Remove the remaining Unger hairs from my temple that were not pulled in India. There were so many. - Remove some hairs at the center of my hairline to lift it, as it was made to dip way too low. - Do all of this with a no shave technique. The red rings here would be his focus for the second session we had about a year later. About 8 months later: Step 3: Mwamba second session | 300 scalp grafts into various areas, some beard grafts into empty patches, some chest grafts into donor Objectives: - Continue to rebuild back of head with empty areas. Mostly refilling the red rings shown above. - Remove additional hairs from center of hairline to raise it. The prior session was less aggressive as a test to see how it would heal. - More touch ups on gaps in beard I didn’t take as many photos here. I was comfortable with Mwamba, and it was a relatively minor session with only a few hundred grafts moving. After approximately one year, and current state: The next session is with Konior coming up in a few months. We will be using scalp donor that I’ve been preciously saving to start giving me more volume on the top of my head. He has proposed a few sessions with a few hundred grafts a pop. It may seem nominal, but a few hundred in his hands can make a difference. I will also continue to see Mwamba to make use of body hair and targeting empty areas in the donor. Please let me know your thoughts. Edited April 24 by track_rat 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member track_rat Posted April 24 Author Senior Member Share Posted April 24 On 4/10/2024 at 12:01 AM, FailedFUE said: No problem. I am also in a similar situation as you. I was hoping maybe we would be able to connect and just chat? Your story really helped me man. So similar to my own. I will DM you. Call me anytime Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valued Contributor Berba11 Posted April 24 Valued Contributor Share Posted April 24 51 minutes ago, track_rat said: Hi all, wanted to provide you with an update. You have been so supportive and encouraging, so thank you very much for that. My procedure at Eugenix was clearly a very poor result. I don’t think there’s any other way to view it. I will never get the time I lost back, but here’s to hoping I continue to make progress and am at a point where I’m content soon. Life stopped post surgery. I lived in a hat and was in a very bad place with low self esteem and an enormity of regret. After many tens of thousands of dollars and numerous visits to experts around the globe, I found a dynamic duo (Konior and Mwamba) that has yielded some success. We have plans to continue in the coming year. Excuse some of the extra cropped photos. I value my anonymity very much but am sharing in hopes this helps somebody else. Step 1: Konior | ~450 beard graft removal and redistribution Before Konior surgery. Day of Konior surgery. Focus was to remote the helmet head / birds nest of beard hair to yield a more natural blend, even if I looked more bald in the process. Goal was to look more natural and less people staring at me. Step 2: Mwamba | 800 scalp grafts into outer ring, 500 beard grafts combination of filling in beard gaps and also lower horseshoe of head, 500 chest grafts into donor Mwamba had a tall order on this surgery. Objectives: - Build around the island that Eugenix implanted on to try and merge the sections. You can see in prior photos there was nothing implanted in the outer ring and much of below, and things just looked awful. - Implant into my neck/beard to restore the empty patches left by Eugenix. - Implant into the top corners of my head where there was no work done prior. - Remove the remaining Unger hairs from my temple that were not pulled in India. There were so many. - Remove some hairs at the center of my hairline to lift it, as it was made to dip way too low. - Do all of this with a no shave technique. The red rings here would be his focus for the second session we had about a year later. About 8 months later: Step 3: Mwamba second session | 300 scalp grafts into various areas, some beard grafts into empty patches, some chest grafts into donor Objectives: - Continue to rebuild back of head with empty areas. Mostly refilling the red rings shown above. - Remove additional hairs from center of hairline to raise it. The prior session was less aggressive as a test to see how it would heal. - More touch ups on gaps in beard I didn’t take as many photos here. I was comfortable with Mwamba, and it was a relatively minor session with only a few hundred grafts moving. After approximately one year, and current state: The next session is with Konior coming up in a few months. We will be using scalp donor that I’ve been preciously saving to start giving me more volume on the top of my head. He has proposed a few sessions with a few hundred grafts a pop. It may seem nominal, but a few hundred in his hands can make a difference. I will also continue to see Mwamba to make use of body hair and targeting empty areas in the donor. Please let me know your thoughts. Wow! What a journey so far. Everything is looking really, really good and it sounds as if you’re doing much better generally which is great. I’m really happy to see you very, very nearly out of the woods for good. How are you feeling about everything? Would love to see some close ups of the hairline extractions to see the healing. Also keen to hear your thoughts on the “bird’s nest”. Any new extractions planned for those? Great update mate. Really is good to know you’re on the up. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Melvin- Admin Posted April 25 Administrators Share Posted April 25 21 hours ago, track_rat said: Hi all, wanted to provide you with an update. You have been so supportive and encouraging, so thank you very much for that. My procedure at Eugenix was clearly a very poor result. I don’t think there’s any other way to view it. I will never get the time I lost back, but here’s to hoping I continue to make progress and am at a point where I’m content soon. Life stopped post surgery. I lived in a hat and was in a very bad place with low self esteem and an enormity of regret. After many tens of thousands of dollars and numerous visits to experts around the globe, I found a dynamic duo (Konior and Mwamba) that has yielded some success. We have plans to continue in the coming year. Excuse some of the extra cropped photos. I value my anonymity very much but am sharing in hopes this helps somebody else. Step 1: Konior | ~450 beard graft removal and redistribution Before Konior surgery. Day of Konior surgery. Focus was to remote the helmet head / birds nest of beard hair to yield a more natural blend, even if I looked more bald in the process. Goal was to look more natural and less people staring at me. Step 2: Mwamba | 800 scalp grafts into outer ring, 500 beard grafts combination of filling in beard gaps and also lower horseshoe of head, 500 chest grafts into donor Mwamba had a tall order on this surgery. Objectives: - Build around the island that Eugenix implanted on to try and merge the sections. You can see in prior photos there was nothing implanted in the outer ring and much of below, and things just looked awful. - Implant into my neck/beard to restore the empty patches left by Eugenix. - Implant into the top corners of my head where there was no work done prior. - Remove the remaining Unger hairs from my temple that were not pulled in India. There were so many. - Remove some hairs at the center of my hairline to lift it, as it was made to dip way too low. - Do all of this with a no shave technique. The red rings here would be his focus for the second session we had about a year later. About 8 months later: Step 3: Mwamba second session | 300 scalp grafts into various areas, some beard grafts into empty patches, some chest grafts into donor Objectives: - Continue to rebuild back of head with empty areas. Mostly refilling the red rings shown above. - Remove additional hairs from center of hairline to raise it. The prior session was less aggressive as a test to see how it would heal. - More touch ups on gaps in beard I didn’t take as many photos here. I was comfortable with Mwamba, and it was a relatively minor session with only a few hundred grafts moving. After approximately one year, and current state: The next session is with Konior coming up in a few months. We will be using scalp donor that I’ve been preciously saving to start giving me more volume on the top of my head. He has proposed a few sessions with a few hundred grafts a pop. It may seem nominal, but a few hundred in his hands can make a difference. I will also continue to see Mwamba to make use of body hair and targeting empty areas in the donor. Please let me know your thoughts. You look amazing brotha, so happy for you. Hit me up when you're in LA drinks on me 🍺 2 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 SLA Posted April 25 Senior Member Share Posted April 25 22 hours ago, track_rat said: Hi all, wanted to provide you with an update. You have been so supportive and encouraging, so thank you very much for that. My procedure at Eugenix was clearly a very poor result. I don’t think there’s any other way to view it. I will never get the time I lost back, but here’s to hoping I continue to make progress and am at a point where I’m content soon. Life stopped post surgery. I lived in a hat and was in a very bad place with low self esteem and an enormity of regret. After many tens of thousands of dollars and numerous visits to experts around the globe, I found a dynamic duo (Konior and Mwamba) that has yielded some success. We have plans to continue in the coming year. Excuse some of the extra cropped photos. I value my anonymity very much but am sharing in hopes this helps somebody else. Step 1: Konior | ~450 beard graft removal and redistribution Before Konior surgery. Day of Konior surgery. Focus was to remote the helmet head / birds nest of beard hair to yield a more natural blend, even if I looked more bald in the process. Goal was to look more natural and less people staring at me. Step 2: Mwamba | 800 scalp grafts into outer ring, 500 beard grafts combination of filling in beard gaps and also lower horseshoe of head, 500 chest grafts into donor Mwamba had a tall order on this surgery. Objectives: - Build around the island that Eugenix implanted on to try and merge the sections. You can see in prior photos there was nothing implanted in the outer ring and much of below, and things just looked awful. - Implant into my neck/beard to restore the empty patches left by Eugenix. - Implant into the top corners of my head where there was no work done prior. - Remove the remaining Unger hairs from my temple that were not pulled in India. There were so many. - Remove some hairs at the center of my hairline to lift it, as it was made to dip way too low. - Do all of this with a no shave technique. The red rings here would be his focus for the second session we had about a year later. About 8 months later: Step 3: Mwamba second session | 300 scalp grafts into various areas, some beard grafts into empty patches, some chest grafts into donor Objectives: - Continue to rebuild back of head with empty areas. Mostly refilling the red rings shown above. - Remove additional hairs from center of hairline to raise it. The prior session was less aggressive as a test to see how it would heal. - More touch ups on gaps in beard I didn’t take as many photos here. I was comfortable with Mwamba, and it was a relatively minor session with only a few hundred grafts moving. After approximately one year, and current state: The next session is with Konior coming up in a few months. We will be using scalp donor that I’ve been preciously saving to start giving me more volume on the top of my head. He has proposed a few sessions with a few hundred grafts a pop. It may seem nominal, but a few hundred in his hands can make a difference. I will also continue to see Mwamba to make use of body hair and targeting empty areas in the donor. Please let me know your thoughts. Looks great! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Al - Moderator Posted April 26 Moderators Share Posted April 26 I’m surprised how good the crown coverage turned out. It looks great. 1 Al Forum Moderator (formerly BeHappy) I am a forum moderator for hairrestorationnetwork.com. I am not a Dr. and I do not work for any particular Dr. My opinions are my own and may not reflect the opinions of other moderators or the owner of this site. I am also a hair transplant patient and repair patient. You can view some of my repair journey here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member Tommy1991 Posted April 26 Regular Member Share Posted April 26 The work Eugenix done on you was absolutely disgusting. Nothing short of it. FairPlay to you for your resilience! It looks very good. 👌🏼 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valued Contributor Gatsby Posted April 26 Valued Contributor Share Posted April 26 @track_rat this is becomes the greatest repair of all time. Already those ilL placed beard grafts in the crown by Eugenix are becoming a thing of the past! You are down the home straight now proving that guts, patience and determination does work. Super happy for you. The next surgery will seal the deal for sure. 👌💯 1 1 GATSBY 'UNPLUGGED!' 15,671 (3 surgeries) Grafts FUE+BHT Dr. Sethi Eugenix Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member Z-- Posted April 26 Senior Member Share Posted April 26 Huge improvement. Very happy to see the after photos. You have a dense looking -- and more importantly -- natural looking head of hair and its only going to get better. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member Ajamilo Posted Friday at 12:41 PM Senior Member Share Posted Friday at 12:41 PM 2 hours ago, Z-- said: Huge improvement. Very happy to see the after photos. You have a dense looking -- and more importantly -- natural looking head of hair and its only going to get better. This i am also really happy to see this improvement. This looks 100% natural and after one more it will look amazing 🤩 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member RTC Posted Friday at 07:32 PM Senior Member Share Posted Friday at 07:32 PM (edited) Looking much better my bro. I thought I was looking at Patrick Bet-David's hair at first lol Edited Friday at 07:32 PM by RTC 1 Hattingen September 2023 - Punchouts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member track_rat Posted Friday at 08:42 PM Author Senior Member Share Posted Friday at 08:42 PM On 4/24/2024 at 12:35 PM, Berba11 said: Wow! What a journey so far. Everything is looking really, really good and it sounds as if you’re doing much better generally which is great. I’m really happy to see you very, very nearly out of the Wds for good. How are you feeling about everything? Would love to see some close ups of the hairline extractions to see the healing. Also keen to hear your thoughts on the “bird’s nest”. Any new extractions planned for those? Great update mate. Really is good to know you’re on the up. Thank you Berba. Seeing your replies always cheers me up. It’s crazy to think that this started almost 3 years ago and you’ve stuck with me since then. Thank you for the encouragement brother. I promise to keep you all updated on future steps. I’ll post some close ups for you soon. All I can say is it’s been remarkable and uncanny healing. Given how abused my hairline and temples have been over the years, you really can’t even tell there’s been needling there unless you are staring 1 foot away - and even then, only people with hair radar on this forum would know. On 4/25/2024 at 8:49 AM, Melvin- Admin said: You look amazing brotha, so happy for you. Hit me up when you're in LA drinks on me 🍺 Thank you my man!! You’ve been awesome. Guys - Melvin and I have been texting on and off for a couple years now and he’s really just a gem. Thanks bro for only wanting to see me improve and for being my champion and giving all the encouragement. On 4/25/2024 at 9:56 AM, SLA said: Looks great! Thank you!! 17 hours ago, Al - Moderator said: I’m surprised how good the crown coverage turned out. It looks great. I love hearing this so much. You have no idea man. 11 hours ago, Tommy1991 said: The work Eugenix done on you was absolutely disgusting. Nothing short of it. FairPlay to you for your resilience! It looks very good. 👌🏼 I still don’t know how this was allowed to happen. I will address this in a follow on post. Given how many years have passed, you all will know my commentary is coming from a level headed and well thought out place. 10 hours ago, Gatsby said: @track_rat this is becomes the greatest repair of all time. Already those ilL placed beard grafts in the crown by Eugenix are becoming a thing of the past! You are down the home straight now proving that guts, patience and determination does work. Super happy for you. The next surgery will seal the deal for sure. 👌💯 Gatsby! Brother - you have been such a figure in my journey. Thank you for always commenting and always offering up positive thoughts. I wish nothing but the ultimate best for you, you deserve it and I’m so happy to see that you are now where you needed to be many years ago. You look fantastic and that is a testament to what Sethi and the team can do. Cheers my man. 9 hours ago, Z-- said: Huge improvement. Very happy to see the after photos. You have a dense looking -- and more importantly -- natural looking head of hair and its only going to get better. Thank you! I know this sounds silly, but hearing this will NEVER get old. I was so consumed by negativity and shame and disgust with myself and how I looked, that being able to get this kind of feedback is nothing short of a dream. I mean it. 7 hours ago, Ajamilo said: This i am also really happy to see this improvement. This looks 100% natural and after one more it will look amazing 🤩 Natural is the only goal I had in mind brother. I told Konior and Mwamba that I would gladly take sparse and bald areas over a completely unnatural look. And I was blessed enough to get some coverage in the process of rearranging the furniture (beard grafts). Thanks again man, I seriously can’t wait for my next session. Konior wants to see me succeed just as much as you all do. 56 minutes ago, RTC said: Looking much better my bro. I thought I was looking at Patrick Bet-David's hair at first lol Hahahah! Dude I will take that as the biggest compliment. You’re awesome - thank you for all the feedback and messaging we’ve had. You guys are gems with how unselfishly you want others to win. hope to get you an update again soon! Cheers man 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Senior Member mrmane85 Posted Saturday at 12:15 AM Senior Member Share Posted Saturday at 12:15 AM (edited) Night and day difference mate. Your persistence and patience has paid off. Looks so natural now. Congrats man you've earned it Edited Saturday at 12:15 AM by mrmane85 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member A Fue Good Men Posted Saturday at 11:27 PM Senior Member Share Posted Saturday at 11:27 PM Boom. You turned this around bro. Congrats 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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