Dr. Bisanga 2535 Grafts (09/02-22)

[Vann]

Nice. How does the density compare without any kind of styling. Are there visible gaps? 
 

there’s a bit of spacing on your front slightly to the left. How does that hold in natural/harsh lights?

nonetheless for 9 months this looks really great

[Curious25]

On 10/12/2022 at 12:59 AM, Melvin- Moderator said:

Bisanga is the blonde hairline slayer 

There’s not a blonde receding hairline safe on his watch 😁

It always confuses me when people seem to allude to blonde hair being somewhat more of a challenge?
 

Blonde hair on a Caucasian male has a much, much lower contrast between skin tone and hair colour, which makes creating an illusion of density a far easier task. 
 

The trail of thought that all blonde haired people have fine hair is also one hell of a great myth - and OP is testimony to this, just look at his grown out donor. 

Hair characteristics hugely determine the expectations candidates can have,  but providing all variables equal between a dark haired Caucasian male and a blonde haired Caucasian male -a surgeon would have a much easier task of creating a full looking transplant with the blonde haired patient, purely because of the reduced contrast between scalp and hair.  

Regardless , this is a very good result, and I hope OP continues to enjoy his new hairline. 
 

Congrats to patient and team. 

[Melvin- Admin]

23 minutes ago, Curious25 said:

It always confuses me when people seem to allude to blonde hair being somewhat more of a challenge?
 

Blonde hair on a Caucasian male has a much, much lower contrast between skin tone and hair colour, which makes creating an illusion of density a far easier task. 
 

The trail of thought that all blonde haired people have fine hair is also one hell of a great myth - and OP is testimony to this, just look at his grown out donor. 

Hair characteristics hugely determine the expectations candidates can have,  but providing all variables equal between a dark haired Caucasian male and a blonde haired Caucasian male -a surgeon would have a much easier task of creating a full looking transplant with the blonde haired patient, purely because of the reduced contrast between scalp and hair.  

Regardless , this is a very good result, and I hope OP continues to enjoy his new hairline. 
 

Congrats to patient and team. 

That is true, but blonde people (not all),  have a much finer hair caliber in general. Scalp to hair contrast is only one part of the equation. If you have fine hair, it will be difficult to achieve visual density. Because it will require more hair to cover the surface area, regardless of scalp to hair color contrast. 

[Mdc2021]

10 hours ago, Curious25 said:

It always confuses me when people seem to allude to blonde hair being somewhat more of a challenge?
 

Blonde hair on a Caucasian male has a much, much lower contrast between skin tone and hair colour, which makes creating an illusion of density a far easier task. 
 

The trail of thought that all blonde haired people have fine hair is also one hell of a great myth - and OP is testimony to this, just look at his grown out donor. 

Hair characteristics hugely determine the expectations candidates can have,  but providing all variables equal between a dark haired Caucasian male and a blonde haired Caucasian male -a surgeon would have a much easier task of creating a full looking transplant with the blonde haired patient, purely because of the reduced contrast between scalp and hair.  

Regardless , this is a very good result, and I hope OP continues to enjoy his new hairline. 
 

Congrats to patient and team. 

I was told I have Medium/Fine hair. 
It looks good without styling also, but of course not the same as natural grown hair. 

Not worried about the spacing, but there seems to be a slight less dense area behind the transplanted hair.

I do use 1mg finasteride 3 times a week, which I hope will be enough to keep the hair many years down the road.

[Mdc2021]

12 month post op today!

It is still the best money I've ever spent. I don't look in the mirror and with an unpleasant feeling. Instead im just excited to style my hair every time. 

I take finasteride EOD because im so happy about my hair now, and want it for as long as possible, and not worry about losing it. No sides. Also take vitamins.

Fresh out the shower with wet hair:

 

Air dried with salt water:

Styled in front of windows:

[follically challenged]

1 hour ago, Mdc2021 said:

12 month post op today!

It is still the best money I've ever spent. I don't look in the mirror and with an unpleasant feeling. Instead im just excited to style my hair every time. 

I take finasteride EOD because im so happy about my hair now, and want it for as long as possible, and not worry about losing it. No sides. Also take vitamins.

Fresh out the shower with wet hair:

 

Air dried with salt water:

Styled in front of windows:

Absolutely superb. Two questions:

1. Bisanga usually suggests oral minox.. did you not decide to go for that for a particular reason, or did he not suggest it for a particular reason..?

2. Regarding your fine hair, did Bisanga mention what the hair groupings were like...? Mostly 2s, 3s, or even 1s...? Thanks!

[Mdc2021]

3 hours ago, follically challenged said:

Absolutely superb. Two questions:

1. Bisanga usually suggests oral minox.. did you not decide to go for that for a particular reason, or did he not suggest it for a particular reason..?

2. Regarding your fine hair, did Bisanga mention what the hair groupings were like...? Mostly 2s, 3s, or even 1s...? Thanks!

Oral Minox was never mentioned from Bisanga. I wouldn't go for it either way. As I thought Finasteride would be enough. And to me sides from minox are a bit more unpleasant.

My graft breakdown is this:

2535 grafts.

1 Follicular unit: 484 grafts

2 Follicular unit: 972 grafts

3 Follicular unit: 1011 grafts

4 Follicular unit: 67 grafts

Total hairs: 5729 

Average hair pr graft 2.25

Mostly 3s but not a lot with 4 hair.

[Zinedine]

21 hours ago, Mdc2021 said:

12 month post op today!

It is still the best money I've ever spent. I don't look in the mirror and with an unpleasant feeling. Instead im just excited to style my hair every time. 

I take finasteride EOD because im so happy about my hair now, and want it for as long as possible, and not worry about losing it. No sides. Also take vitamins.

Fresh out the shower with wet hair:

 

Air dried with salt water:

Styled in front of windows:

Love your result. Love Dr Bisanga, he is among the best. 

 @Mdc2021 and the photos you have been shared are gold to really understand and see what a hair transplant is about and what results should we expect depending on our hair characteristics... Thanks for sharing and detailing your adventure and thoughts. Time to enjoy : )

[HHH]

On 2/10/2023 at 9:21 AM, Zinedine said:

Love your result. Love Dr Bisanga, he is among the best. 

 @Mdc2021 and the photos you have been shared are gold to really understand and see what a hair transplant is about and what results should we expect depending on our hair characteristics... Thanks for sharing and detailing your adventure and thoughts. Time to enjoy : )

Yeah I was going to say the same, terrific result and the different lighting/angles and comb through has been great to show people what a trasnplant is actually like, wish this was the norm for results threads.

Thanks MDC!

[Melvin- Admin]

On 2/9/2023 at 4:11 AM, Mdc2021 said:

12 month post op today!

It is still the best money I've ever spent. I don't look in the mirror and with an unpleasant feeling. Instead im just excited to style my hair every time. 

I take finasteride EOD because im so happy about my hair now, and want it for as long as possible, and not worry about losing it. No sides. Also take vitamins.

Fresh out the shower with wet hair:

 

Air dried with salt water:

Styled in front of windows:

How did I miss this update, all I can say is WOW