Pictures Documenting FUE w/ Dr. William Lindsey

[jackiema]

This thread will be documenting the growth of my FUE with Dr. William Lindsey. Let me know what you guys think of the work and feel free to ask any questions. Really excited to see how this grows. You can find more details about the procedure experience in an earlier thread. 

Before Pictures

 

 

Mid-Procedure

 

 

 

 

Post-Procedure

 

 

7-day post op

 

 

Edited February 14, 2022 by jackiema
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[Britanium]

Impeccable work. Excellent pics ! Like the hairline design 👍🏽

[HappyMan2021]

Can you explain Dr. Lindsey's thought process in determining 850 grafts? Even for a Norwood 2 that seems like a low amount. 

[jackiema]

3 minutes ago, SadMan2021 said:

Can you explain Dr. Lindsey's thought process in determining 850 grafts? Even for a Norwood 2 that seems like a low amount. 

I don't know his thought process exactly, but I think it's pretty simple. We did a very small procedure, we didn't lower the hairline at all, so not very many grafts are needed. Not all people with the same Norwood want the same amount of work done. You can see the plan that was made and the area filled in, there were already a lot of native hairs in the area that were shaved off so donor hairs can be put in the same area. 

Edited February 14, 2022 by jackiema

[jackiema]

Just came back from the first haircut after HT. Because we know work has been done, you can kind of notice, but really, you can barely even tell anything was done Post-op Day 7! This is a #1 guard btw. 

 

 

Edited February 14, 2022 by jackiema

[Mike10]

I like the approach taken to do a small procedure. Can you give more specifics though, how old are you now and are you on any hair loss prevention therapy?

Edited February 14, 2022 by Mike10

[jackiema]

12 minutes ago, Mike10 said:

I like the approach taken to do a small procedure. Can you give more specifics though, how old are you now and are you on any hair loss prevention therapy?

I'm in my 30s and I've been on 1.25mg finasteride daily for over a year and intend on taking for the foreseeable future

[Mike10]

Even though you are still young, I would you say generally make for a decent candidat for HT. 

[jackiema]

On 2/15/2022 at 3:19 AM, Mike10 said:

Even though you are still young, I would you say generally make for a decent candidat for HT. 

Thanks! But whether I'm a good or not candidate for a HT is kind of water under the bridge at this point 😆

Edited February 18, 2022 by jackiema
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[jackiema]

It's been 32 days since my HT and things are going very well. For about 2-3 weeks, I was having a lot of tingling/itching nerve pain in the donor area and it's apparently due to nerves that were severed duing the surgery, but they heal over time based on what I've read on this forum. That tingling/itching pain is now almost completely gone at this point. Right now, I'm pretty much just living my normal life, but honestly, I've been living my normal life since day 7. No one has even a clue that I had a hair transplant since I let my hair stay long for a few months beforehand and it's covering the area. A lot of the hairs are shedding out and redness still present. The native hairs that were shaved off are growing back. You can't even really notice anything in the donor area, and these pictures were under the harsh bathroom lights. No ugly duckling phase for me at all. 

[Al - Moderator]

6 hours ago, jackiema said:

I've been living my normal life since day 7. No one has even a clue that I had a hair transplant since I let my hair stay long for a few months beforehand and it's covering the area. A lot of the hairs are shedding out and redness still present. The native hairs that were shaved off are growing back. You can't even really notice anything in the donor area, and these pictures were under the harsh bathroom lights. No ugly duckling phase for me at all. 

 

This is the reason why doing a smaller procedure is the right move for some people. You don't have to tell anyone, you can get right back to work after a week without anyone knowing, there's no ugly duckling phase, you didn't deplete your donor area, etc. You just continue living your life as if nothing happened, but in 6 months or so you will start to look a lot better than you previously did. It looks like you had a lot of multi hair grafts, so I think the density may turn out well.

[stephcurry30]

looking good. posting to keep track of progress!

[jackiema]

Here are my two month pictures. As expected, not much changed since last month and I expect not much change at month three either. Still have redness in the recipient area, but the native hairs are growing and I can see a bit of new hair starting to sprout. I am having pimples in the donor area, I think I have been a little too gentle washing there out of habit due to the previous nerve pain I was having back there earlier. Now that the nerve pain is 99% gone, I really should be scrubbing like I was previous to the HT. I appreciate how uneventful my experience has been so far. Like I said previously, no one has any idea about the HT and I've been living my normal life since day 7. I see so many people posting about their regrets about a HT they just had and they feel they have to hide in their house forever. I feel really fortunate that I don't have to deal with that. 

[stephcurry30]

Going to follow this thread. I've seen many Lindsey results but haven't been in a patient thread. Happy growing!

[Britanium]

Yeh, you’re right in the middle of the worst stage at the moment… however it won’t be too long until it starts to grow 🙏

[jackiema]

It's been 3 months since my HT. As expected, not much change since last month. The redness in the recipient area is still there. I have noticed a few more new hairs sprouting. I am still having pimples in the donor area that come and go, you can't see them when they are there. At this point, I am now hoping that next month, there will be relatively increased growth on month 4 compared to the last few months, but I know everyone is different so we'll see. 

 

[jackiema]

It's now 5 months since my HT. A lot of news hairs are growing since the last update 2 months ago and I am still seeing some new hairs just beginning to sprout. The previously balding areas of my hairline are finally starting to fill out and I can see my new hairline, which I'm very happy with. I can still get haircuts with #1 guards, you can definitely see the areas hair was taken in the donor area but people don't even notice and to the untrained eye, it just kind of looks like natural inconsistency in hair density. I would say this is probably the part of the HT that I am least happy about, but I think it's acceptable considering you can only see it when I get #1 guard haircut. 

Edit: I would also like to add that the redness in the recipient area finally started to go down significantly last month. The pimples in the donor area are still off and on, but less frequent. Also I have a new phone with a mich better camera, so picture quality will be much better. 

Edited July 7, 2022 by jackiema

[jackiema]

7 month update. Hair continues to grow. I think I have reached the point where my hair looks much better than it did before the surgery. I can style my hair up and still looks natural. No one still has any idea I had a HT. Had my 6 month appointment with Dr. Lindsey last month and he said he expected my hair to grow about 50% more. I have a #1 guard haircut in these pictures. As always, you can see the FUE scars under the harsh lights of the bathroom, but in normal life, people will never notice. I am considering getting a second HT in the future to fill in some of the FUE scars since SMP is still hit or miss. 

 

 

[shiba1985]

You have amazing hair characteristics. I think your result could have been better. Just my opinion. You still have a decent amount of reserve. choose wisely. 

[HappyMan2021]

Do you feel enough grafts were used?

If your end-goal this whole time was to have a conservative, mature, non-receding looking hairline, this may be a good result. 

But if you were hoping to turn back into a NW1, you could have used 2k more grafts than were taken. 

[jackiema]

21 hours ago, HappyMan2021 said:

Do you feel enough grafts were used?

If your end-goal this whole time was to have a conservative, mature, non-receding looking hairline, this may be a good result. 

But if you were hoping to turn back into a NW1, you could have used 2k more grafts than were taken. 

For me personally (others can have a different opinion for themselves) a Norwood 1 would have been too much for my liking and too much of a change. My priority was that no one would notice the difference during the process. I didn't want to risk my donor area, not necessarily save for future HT, but to preserve it for its own sake. I want the back of my head to look good too with the #1 guard haircuts I get. 

As I said in previous posts, I want hair that will be appropriate when I'm 50 or 60, of course other people may prioritize having perfect hair but I don't want to take the risk by being too aggressive and possibly committing to a lot more surgery as my hair continues to recede behind the HT. 

[jackiema]

On 9/21/2022 at 5:07 PM, shiba1985 said:

You have amazing hair characteristics. I think your result could have been better. Just my opinion. You still have a decent amount of reserve. choose wisely. 

Thanks! The result could have been better I agree, but he only used 850 grafts. I think he made them come a long way. It is a significant improvement with such a small amount of hair used. Also, it's only 7 months, their is still improving to be had. 

Edited September 22, 2022 by jackiema

[shiba1985]

3 hours ago, jackiema said:

Thanks! The result could have been better I agree, but he only used 850 grafts. I think he made them come a long way. It is a significant improvement with such a small amount of hair used. Also, it's only 7 months, their is still improving to be had. 

All that matters is you are happy. 🙂 . Hair restoration is subjective. But you have amazing hair. Really an amazing donor area. You can pretty much hit home runs with your hair transplant. 

[Rafael Manelli]

Is there any update on this? It must be almost exactly a year now.