Regular Member Jonulous Posted October 18, 2022 Author Regular Member Share Posted October 18, 2022 Hey hair-restorers, I'm still working on the 5 months pic set...mainly getting the really up-close shots where I used natural light out on the balcony. Probably by tomorrow. Let this short clip fill the void for today. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member HHH Posted October 18, 2022 Regular Member Share Posted October 18, 2022 11 hours ago, Jonulous said: Hey hair-restorers, I'm still working on the 5 months pic set...mainly getting the really up-close shots where I used natural light out on the balcony. Probably by tomorrow. Let this short clip fill the void for today. Thanks for the update matey, looking very good for 5 months given that's about as harsh a light as you're ever going to be under! Appreciate the video comb through, they really help people see the actual results! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member Hairy Henderson Posted October 18, 2022 Senior Member Share Posted October 18, 2022 Bisanga constantly has great results 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member Pbaird98 Posted October 18, 2022 Regular Member Share Posted October 18, 2022 Lovin this, shows very good progress already 👍🏿 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member Jonulous Posted October 19, 2022 Author Regular Member Share Posted October 19, 2022 (edited) Continuing the prior pattern. My angles of the hairline shots are way off in some of them! 1 Wet hair in indirect but bright light 2 Viewing the recipient from above at week 2, 2 months and 5 months 3. A front shot with dry hair 4-6. Day -1 before treatment, 2 months, and 5 months from three angles 7. Close up right corner 8. Close up left corner 9. Donor Edited October 19, 2022 by Jonulous 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member Z-- Posted October 19, 2022 Senior Member Share Posted October 19, 2022 awesome result! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raphael84 Posted October 24, 2022 Share Posted October 24, 2022 Thank you for you update @Jonulous Things are really taking shape and I couldn't be happier for you. You are doing an excellent job of documenting your journey and progress which is always greatly appreciated and will no doubt be a great help to many and the community in general. As has been said, a few of the recent photo and video updates have been underneath very harsh lighting conditions and even at this early stage, your result already looks completely natural. Im looking forward to your further updates over the next months. 1 1 Patient Advisor for Dr. Bisanga - BHR Clinic ian@bhrclinic.com - BHR YouTube Channel - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcH4PY1OxoYFwSDKzAkZRww I am not a medical professional and my words should not be taken as medical advice. All opinions and views shared are my own. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valued Contributor Gatsby Posted October 24, 2022 Valued Contributor Share Posted October 24, 2022 Excellent results @Jonulous. 👌 GATSBY 'UNPLUGGED!' 15,671 (3 surgeries) Grafts FUE+BHT Dr. Sethi Eugenix Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member Jonulous Posted October 25, 2022 Author Regular Member Share Posted October 25, 2022 (edited) Thanks all for the feedback. I’ll send you another giant dump of photos soon @Raphael84. Probably now far enough into the growth phase where I can say more about the little bits of design options where I had to state a preference, and see how those choices have turned out. I guess choice #1, once I was there for the proper in-clinic interrogation of my hair and its thinning pattern, was how committed was I to a lowered hairline. The graft estimate to that point could have achieved one out of two of my goals – rebuild the hairline but with inadequate blend into the forelock, or work within the existing hairline for a decent blend between native and grafted hair. I came down on the side of wanting to do some of each, and so we pushed the proposed grafts upward by about 500 (essentially the rows of singles needed to give me 3 mm extra along the centre of the hairline and a bit over a centimetre toward the corners. Hindsight view at 5 months: glad I included the slight lowering of the hairline, even with the weeks of redness that entailed. Speaking of… My choice #2 – the sides of the hairline down to the temple points. This was always in the “probably won’t” column for me. Not because I like the shape and position I have now, but due to being uncharted territory with how long the skin would remain shaded red or pink. On my particular scalp, it seems to be the case that the close-packing of the singles did increase the amount of redness along that line compared to the other grafted zones. However the skin on the face and its margins is actually pretty fast at healing (due to all those helpful blood vessels). So I figure if I go back at some point for a tune up I can include a few hundred singles for reshaping the left and right indents above the temple points linking with where the first surgery concluded up at the corners, with maybe 6-10 weeks of the dreaded crimson halo to deal with. Choice #3 was how much artistic asymmetry to put into the hairline design. The one you see drawn in some of my photos had something of a slant from higher on left side to lower on right. I asked on the morning of the surgery if that could be made just slightly less sloping, though still with some of the asymmetric design, and it only took a couple of minutes with the marker for everyone to be nodding their heads in agreement. Hindsight view at 5 months: I’m sure the first draft would have been great by the time it reached this length, but I’m still happy with making it just that bit more subtle. Edited October 29, 2022 by Jonulous 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member Jonulous Posted November 20, 2022 Author Regular Member Share Posted November 20, 2022 (edited) Happy November. Just a couple of days past my 6 month milestone, with a haircut done yesterday to mark the occasion. I'm possibly going to do more basic progress photos for months 7 and 8, then a full run again at month 9. All seems quite satisfactory at this point. 1 Wet hair in indirect but bright light 2 Viewing the recipient from above at Day 1, 2 weeks and 6 months 3. A front shot with dry hair 4-6. Day minus 1 before treatment, and at 2-6 months from three angles 7. Close up right corner 8. Close up left corner 9. Donor Edited November 20, 2022 by Jonulous 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member Jayson1361 Posted November 21, 2022 Regular Member Share Posted November 21, 2022 On 11/19/2022 at 9:39 PM, Jonulous said: Happy November. Just a couple of days past my 6 month milestone, with a haircut done yesterday to mark the occasion. I'm possibly going to do more basic progress photos for months 7 and 8, then a full run again at month 9. All seems quite satisfactory at this point. 1 Wet hair in indirect but bright light 2 Viewing the recipient from above at Day 1, 2 weeks and 6 months 3. A front shot with dry hair 4-6. Day minus 1 before treatment, and at 2-6 months from three angles 7. Close up right corner 8. Close up left corner 9. Donor It’s been fun watching this journey. Particularly due to your sense of detail, but more so your writing which demonstrates an attention to detail or rather perhaps emotional importance. Your first shots, wet, from the front, really shows your progress. I admire your write ups as personal as they are and as matter of fact as they should be…showing an emotional maturity and insightful detachment as you simply reconcile a perceived problem. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member Jonulous Posted November 21, 2022 Author Regular Member Share Posted November 21, 2022 (edited) 1 hour ago, Jayson1361 said: It’s been fun watching this journey. Particularly due to your sense of detail, but more so your writing which demonstrates an attention to detail or rather perhaps emotional importance. Your first shots, wet, from the front, really shows your progress. I admire your write ups as personal as they are and as matter of fact as they should be…showing an emotional maturity and insightful detachment as you simply reconcile a perceived problem. Thanks Jayson Oh funnily enough, the wet hair shots are about the easiest of the bunch to do. That's just me with my phone under the bathroom light. For many of the others it's all tripod, 10 sec timer, wrestle with the autofocus of my digital camera to actually lock onto the damned hairline! Edited November 21, 2022 by Jonulous Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member Jayson1361 Posted November 21, 2022 Regular Member Share Posted November 21, 2022 (edited) 20 minutes ago, Jonulous said: Thanks Jayson Oh funnily enough, the wet hair shots are about the easiest of the bunch to do. That's just me with my phone under the bathroom light. For many of the others it's all tripod, 10 sec timer, wrestle with the autofocus of my digital camera to actually lock onto the damned hairline! Well you have a good camera on your phone. I particularly like your comments and humility in regard to holding on to what you have approaching 50, respecting those who read your post and identifying with those that perceive importance in your documentation. I am in a similar situation as I plan an op with a leading doctor in this field, being Dr. K. I too approach it with a sense of humility and planning for the future if need be. Perhaps medication will mitigate another procedure. Perhaps not. Regardless, I’ve no doubt you’ll keep up with your progress and it’s much appreciated. Cheers to you, and your efforts. Much respect. Edited November 21, 2022 by Jayson1361 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member Hairy Henderson Posted November 23, 2022 Senior Member Share Posted November 23, 2022 Looks very well done, thanks 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valued Contributor Gatsby Posted November 24, 2022 Valued Contributor Share Posted November 24, 2022 Brilliantly documented @Jonulous and your hair is looking great! 💯 1 GATSBY 'UNPLUGGED!' 15,671 (3 surgeries) Grafts FUE+BHT Dr. Sethi Eugenix Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member Jonulous Posted December 18, 2022 Author Regular Member Share Posted December 18, 2022 Update-lite mode for December (month 7). Just three pics and a clip. The changes detectable to me, as owner of the head in question, are mainly subtle things like an improvement of the skin within the recipient zone. It's noticeably less sand-papery in texture as time goes on. It's natural but overcast daylight in the short video with the brush through, and hair is recently washed but not containing styling add-ins. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Melvin- Admin Posted December 19, 2022 Administrators Share Posted December 19, 2022 Wow this looks immaculate 👏🏼👏🏼 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...
Regular Member Jonulous Posted January 18, 2023 Author Regular Member Share Posted January 18, 2023 18th of the month means...it's update time 🎆 Following broadly the same set I normally include, just with a couple of different angles for sake of variety. All goes well for month 8. My hair's maybe a little long to get great comparison shots of the hairline at present, but wasn't due for a cut for a couple more weeks. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Melvin- Admin Posted January 20, 2023 Administrators Share Posted January 20, 2023 Fantastic 👏🏼 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...
Regular Member Hairlinedreamer Posted January 23, 2023 Regular Member Share Posted January 23, 2023 Looking amazing! Really happy for you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member Zinedine Posted January 25, 2023 Senior Member Share Posted January 25, 2023 Incredible result!!! Looks amazing and you still have time to get better! Donor looks fabulous and the best, those videos where we can see everything... thanks a lot for sharing great details and information along with photos and videos... wish all the cases had all this documentation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member Jonulous Posted February 18, 2023 Author Regular Member Share Posted February 18, 2023 Presenting month number 9, including new treats from the vaults 🗝️. Thank you Zinedine, Hairlinedreamer and Melvin for the last round of positive feedback. Only observation this time I think is that longer wet hair is a little more see-through than when it was shorter. Due to getting more plastered down by the water, no doubt. Came pretty close during this past week to disclosing what I'd had done to a friend at work. He'd been on medication since his 20s and wondered what my 'regime' was. But so far I only went as far as talking Fin and minox. We'll see. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member HHH Posted February 22, 2023 Regular Member Share Posted February 22, 2023 Great updates buddy, you've documented this really well with the angles/different lighting etc, appreciated👍 I think you're right with the longer hair looking more see through in the harsh light when wet, as the month 6 pic looks denser although you no doubt have more hair now. The standard everyday walkaround look that everyone will see is phenomenal though, you just look like a guy with good hair genetics that has no mpb😀 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member Jonulous Posted March 19, 2023 Author Regular Member Share Posted March 19, 2023 (edited) Celebrating double digits - month number 10. And right on the tails of a haircut for once. Things I like most about the HT as it matures include the realism of the singles along the (very slightly lowered) hairline. Things I'm still getting used to include the extra springiness of the zone with most of the grafts. It really wants to be styled and tamed with product, but I'm terminally lazy about reaching for styling or hold compounds haha. Here's yet another slight variation on the recurring themes of before-after shots. Edited March 19, 2023 by Jonulous Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member Jonulous Posted April 25, 2023 Author Regular Member Share Posted April 25, 2023 Well I got my usual photo set mostly done. But not all the cropping, pairing and labeling. I'll revive that for May, when I hit the anniversary. Here's an experiment turning a quick phone video into a motion gif. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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