Upcoming FUE - 1800-2000 grafts

[pkipling]

The work looks incredible and very clean - and there's no reason to think this will be anything less than a home run for you. Looking forward to seeing how this progresses!

[FUT4000]

On 8/5/2022 at 9:35 AM, lindros88 said:

Good day all,

It has been awhile since my original post here but I am glad to now be able to post some updates, as I had my surgery yesterday (Aug 4th) with Dr. Nadimi. Today I am just relaxing in the hotel with not much to do, while my partner enjoys the pool at the Hilton Oakbrook. Also, great golf course here, I wish that I could hit the links today, but alas. I will outline the procedure itself as well as add some photos at the end.

About me: 31 years old, Norwood 4 ish, but I can cover it well using toppik and the right styling. I have a strong donor area and sides comparatively.

I am coming from Canada, so I chose to bring my partner with me, and we spent a few days enjoying the city of Chicago (awesome city) doing tourist things like the Architectural Boat Tour, Second City, etc. Had a great time.

The day of the surgery I arrived at the office around 6:45 am, and Karen went through ensuring we had all the forms, covid tests, and instructions read through and completed.

Following that, Dr. Nadimi came in and we took photos and designed my hairline. The camera really captures just how much hair you have lost haha. We decided on putting a hairline a half cm below where my (barely there) hairline sat. We also chatted for awhile, Dr Nadimi is super nice and easy to talk to.

(FYI I have seen some comments and concerns about the conservativeness of Nadimi's hairlines. I've never had any issues on what I saw, and I selected her because I thought her and Dr Konior delivered the most natural looking hairlines I could find. She actually gave me the option to go 1 cm lower, but I opted not to. Each cm below your hairline is approx 1000 grafts to fill the space which limits how much you can use to fill in the rest of what you need, which for me, was a fair amount of miniaturized and wispy hairs. I am also not on Propecia due to side effects that I experienced and plan to get another surgery done in the future. I do use Rogaine and I see visible results from using it)

After designing the hairline, I took a Valium and antibiotic which kicked in quickly and was off to the surgery. The surgery itself was a blur. Dr. Nadimi does all of the punching and grafting herself, and had two very very nice techs supporting. I can't say enough good things about how welcoming the office was and how comfortable they made me feel. I think we went into surgery at about 9AM.

The surgery itself was a bit of a blur. The needles definitely were uncomfortable but once I was frozen I couldn't feel anything, and they let me know many times to tell them if I felt any pain. I did 1 or 2 times then they just switched to a different area, I think. I fell asleep while they pulled the grafts from my head, then next thing I knew it was lunch time. They gave me a lunch menu to order from in the morning and had a nice tuna sandwich from JJ's alone in a room and chilled for about 15 minutes.

Back to it for the afternoon. The afternoon honestly flew by, I thought it was 3PM or so but it was actually 6PM and they were finished up. They give you the option for breaks and I didn't take any other than 1 restroom break.

All tolds the yields were very strong, and from my understanding Dr Nadimi is a master at getting a good hair yields from the grafts. Total hairs I think were just under 6000 from 2037 grafts (or maybe 2060, can't remember).

I just came back from a morning check up and will come again tomorrow morning before I head home to Canada. Will add some photos below for your viewing pleasure:

Flight there:

 

Flight there:

 

Day before surgery:

Day before surgery:

 

Day before surgery:

 

 

Hairline drawing pre shave:

 

 

Hairline drawing post shave:

 

 

Post surgery Day 1:

 

 

Post surgery day 1:

 

 

Post surgery day 2:

 

 

Post surgery day 2:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

One additional edits RE results: She said she invites ALL her patients to come back for the before and after photos, but its difficult to actually wrangle them in. I thought that was an interesting note. I asked a ton of questions around what see RE the forums, rumors, etc. I posted in another thread but I've seen concerns in the past the she doesn't ONLY do HTs and asked here. She does hair transplants Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday every week and sometimes Sat I am pretty sure. On Wednesday she does volunteer work for veterans at the hospital. She is a good person and a master of her craft. She does some plastic surgeries but apparently does 85% HTs and 15% plastics.

 

FINAL NOTE: Dr. Nadimi was involved every step of the way, including the next day follow ups, which I greatly appreciated.

Now we wait!!

 

 

Congrats man! I'm just curious can you choose between Nadimi or Konior? If so what made you choose Nadimi?

[lindros88]

2 hours ago, FUT4000 said:

Congrats man! I'm just curious can you choose between Nadimi or Konior? If so what made you choose Nadimi?

I didn’t get the option to, but I’m sure if you request you can.

i chose nadimi because her work looked fantastic, clean, and as good as koniors to me

[FUT4000]

On 8/9/2022 at 4:53 PM, lindros88 said:

I didn’t get the option to, but I’m sure if you request you can.

i chose nadimi because her work looked fantastic, clean, and as good as koniors to me

you're right her work does look awesome. congrats good luck!

[Chetman2112]

How’s everything going, are you healing well? Curious how your second week is going. 

[lindros88]

On 8/14/2022 at 5:10 AM, Chetman2112 said:

How’s everything going, are you healing well? Curious how your second week is going. 

Snapped a couple pics for you. At 11 days post op. I unfortunately smashed my head against an open cupboard on day 4 post op which is where that blood spot is. Dr. Nadimi believes it was just one graft, there was not a ton of blood and just one stream of blood. I’m able to massage and wash it out at 14 days post op, which I’m looking forward to getting rid of this dried blood.

It’s almost impossible to tell of any work done on the back. The soreness is mostly gone which is nice but it still gets super itchy at times.

 

it’s hella crusty right now which is grossing my girlfriend out but not noticeable on zoom.

 

Edited August 16, 2022 by lindros88

[Chetman2112]

Wow that looks incredible, like the perfect buzz cut, thanks for replying I’m excited for my procedure, sorry you hit your head but if only one graft your be fine and your final results will be awesome! 

[pkipling]

Really happy to see you kept a level head about the lost graft, especially since it won't make a visual difference in the slightest. Although what are the chances you'd hit your head during the very narrow window in your life when you really don't wanna hit your head... 🥴 

[lindros88]

8 hours ago, pkipling said:

Really happy to see you kept a level head about the lost graft, especially since it won't make a visual difference in the slightest. Although what are the chances you'd hit your head during the very narrow window in your life when you really don't wanna hit your head... 🥴 

Hahaha I know man. I’m an inherently clumsy person, was so careful on the plane flying home, in the cars, all that. And then absolutely smoked my dome off an open cupboard.

I did freak out a bit but emailed Dr Nadimi right away and her response allowed me to relax.

[lindros88]

Update, approx 20 days post op. I have gone back on my Minoxidil regimen, which I have used on and off for years. I am giving finasteride a third (!!!) shot with the Hasson & Wong XYON solution MWF.

If you can't handle me at my ugly duckling you don't deserve me at my 12 months:

[TheEye]

looks nice and I'm sure it will get better

[Chetman2112]

Looks very clean, no redness, your healing quickly, thanks for updating! How do you feel overall? 

[hockeyman]

Looks terrific. You chose a great surgeon. I have a couple of questions. 

1. Did the doctor mention your total donor capacity? How many grafts did she feel would be needed to address the crown?

2. Your hair appears to be quite fine in texture. Is that the case?

3. How high is the middle of your new hairline from your eyebrows?

[lindros88]

1 hour ago, hockeyman said:

Looks terrific. You chose a great surgeon. I have a couple of questions. 

1. Did the doctor mention your total donor capacity? How many grafts did she feel would be needed to address the crown?

2. Your hair appears to be quite fine in texture. Is that the case?

3. How high is the middle of your new hairline from your eyebrows?

1. She didn’t mention total donor capacity but did say I had a good donor area. I’m not too sure about the crown. The thinning wasnt super noticeable before and Toppik covers it up nicely. I’m quite tall but we mentioned going back to this at a later date. hoping that topical finasteride and Minoxidil can help this out too

2. Yes I have hair that is more on the fine side.

3. I just measured. Looks to be about 7 cm approximately. I have quite a large forehead and longer face, long and lanky build. I went down quite a bit from where the hairline was previously and if possible would like to go further, but we will see how things hold up. 

 

[lindros88]

2 hours ago, Chetman2112 said:

Looks very clean, no redness, your healing quickly, thanks for updating! How do you feel overall? 

I feel good. I am most sketched right now about trying finasteride again as I read way too many horror stories online and think I nocebod myself. Taken the XYON Saturday and Monday and already feel side effects but I truly think they may be in my head. I’ve tried twice before and got back to baseline quickly so we will see how this goes.

[Gatsby]

On 8/23/2022 at 6:00 AM, lindros88 said:

If you can't handle me at my ugly duckling you don't deserve me at my 12 months:

I love this! 😆The work looks excellent. Wishing you all the best on the topical finasteride. Thanks for sharing! 👌

[hockeyman]

The more I look at your results the more impressed I am.  I've always been amazed by the coverage that Dr. Konior seems to get with a given # of grafts.  Looks like the master has instilled this skill in his protege. That's awesome that you've only used up 2000 grafts. 

I'm on the fence regarding oral fin vs the xyon topical.  Are you using both minoxidal and the topical fin? How long did it take to get the xyon after you submitted your order?

[lindros88]

54 minutes ago, hockeyman said:

The more I look at your results the more impressed I am.  I've always been amazed by the coverage that Dr. Konior seems to get with a given # of grafts.  Looks like the master has instilled this skill in his protege. That's awesome that you've only used up 2000 grafts. 

I'm on the fence regarding oral fin vs the xyon topical.  Are you using both minoxidal and the topical fin? How long did it take to get the xyon after you submitted your order?

That is why I chose Dr Nadimi. In my opinion the cleanest work and making grafts go a long way, in case the topicals etc don’t work out. I’m already planning to go back in a couple of years.

Yes using Minoxidil 2x a day and XYON MWF. I’m in Canada and it only took a couple of days to get here. I previously purchased finasteride (oral and topical) through essential clinic in Canada.

i believe you should give oral a shot, seems like the easiest route, I tried but felt side effects pretty quick but again I’m a huge hypochondriac

Edited August 24, 2022 by lindros88

[hockeyman]

Thanks for the info. I appreciate it. My hairloss and hair texture is pretty similar to yours. I'm a canuck too. I'm of a similar mindset. Considering worst case sceanarios ie. meds don't work/stop working/ sides etc. Did u find you shed much when starting minoxidal? I wonder if the minoxidal would make it easier for the xyon topical to go systemic? 

[Chetman2112]

5 hours ago, lindros88 said:

I feel good. I am most sketched right now about trying finasteride again as I read way too many horror stories online and think I nocebod myself. Taken the XYON Saturday and Monday and already feel side effects but I truly think they may be in my head. I’ve tried twice before and got back to baseline quickly so we will see how this goes.

 

[Chetman2112]

I use oral fin , I take one 5mg tablet once per week on Sunday evenings, as for sides I lift weights and exercise min of 5 to 6 days per week which I feel counteracts the sides of the fin. Most days after dinner I take about a 45 minute bike ride and I’ve found for me that the cardio from biking really makes a huge difference for me in terms of how I feel on fin, I’m 55 years old and still wake up feeling good, no effects as long as I’m taking care of my body, give the biking a try, I feel very strongly that it makes a huge impact on countering the negative effects of fin. 

[lindros88]

9 hours ago, hockeyman said:

Thanks for the info. I appreciate it. My hairloss and hair texture is pretty similar to yours. I'm a canuck too. I'm of a similar mindset. Considering worst case sceanarios ie. meds don't work/stop working/ sides etc. Did u find you shed much when starting minoxidal? I wonder if the minoxidal would make it easier for the xyon topical to go systemic? 

 Haha I thought you might be from the user name! I can't remember if I had a shed but if I did it wasn't significant. I had not heard of minoxidil making topical finasteride go systemic. Last night and this morning everything seemed to be in working order.

[hockeyman]

That's great. Just had an in-person consult and the doctor recommended the xyon topical. Hope I can get it soon. How much a month is it?

[Chetman2112]

I know it’s early but how are things going? Any updates?

[lindros88]

On 9/9/2022 at 8:34 AM, Chetman2112 said:

I know it’s early but how are things going? Any updates?

Hey Chetman, not a lot of change right now. On Minoxidil 2x a day and trying to figure out how I can take finasteride with minimal side effects still. Going to try and get on oral Minoxidil. Been shaving my head every couple of weeks, but no real change right now!