3200 FUT grafts, 15 months later, how does it look?

[TwoAndHalfNorwood]

Hello,

I had a FUT with 3200 grafts done 15 months ago in Europe (at age 39), for the price of around 9500 euros. The goal was to achieve a bit more youthful hairline.

Since I don't have much judgement when it comes to hair-transplants, I would like to ask the more experienced people in this forum to give some feedback on the results. At this point I won't share more details about where the procedure was done, so that I won't affect your opinion in advance with any preconceived notions.

First, here are photos one week after the operation, showing you the recipient area:

Below are current photos, 15 months after the operation:

Below are photos taken before the operation, for the sake of comparison (the lighting, my pose, and camera positioning are a bit different):

Finally, I tried to estimate the recipient area graft density from a close-up ph oto. The average density is probably somewhere between 45-75 grafts per square centimeter.

[botchedguy95]

31 minutes ago, TwoAndHalfNorwood said:

Hello,

I had a FUT with 3200 grafts done 15 months ago in Europe (at age 39), for the price of around 9500 euros. The goal was to achieve a bit more youthful hairline.

Since I don't have much judgement when it comes to hair-transplants, I would like to ask the more experienced people in this forum to give some feedback on the results. At this point I won't share more details about where the procedure was done, so that I won't affect your opinion in advance with any preconceived notions.

First, here are photos one week after the operation, showing you the recipient area:

Below are current photos, 15 months after the operation:

Below are photos taken before the operation, for the sake of comparison (the lighting, my pose, and camera positioning are a bit different):

Finally, I tried to estimate the recipient area graft density from a close-up ph oto. The average density is probably somewhere between 45-75 grafts per square centimeter.

Looks good to me, can you take some pictures in natural light? It's really hard to tell when you are under direct sun light..

[HappyMan2021]

1 hour ago, TwoAndHalfNorwood said:

Since I don't have much judgement when it comes to hair-transplants, I would like to ask the more experienced people in this forum to give some feedback on the results.

are you happy with the results? that is literally all that matters. 

[TwoAndHalfNorwood]

1 hour ago, botchedguy95 said:

Looks good to me, can you take some pictures in natural light? It's really hard to tell when you are under direct sun light..

Here are 3 photos 11 month after the operation, that were not taken under direct sun light:

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[Hairy Henderson]

Is the recipient still pretty red?

[TwoAndHalfNorwood]

19 minutes ago, Calihome1 said:

Is the recipient still pretty red?

I wouldn't say red, but it is still a bit darker than my normal skin color. This is probably because I'm super pale, due to avoiding sunlight to my face religiously.

[John1991]

Looks very good.  I think the darkness/redness will linger similarly on me as it has on you, but you're even fairer.  It's good to see how that looks.  In normal lighting, it's irrelevant.  The shape of this is great and it looks very natural.

[HairEnthusiast101]

Looks great. Might add you have awesome hair characteristics. Going to be walking around with some amazing hair now. The redness is common on paler skin. 15 months later is not as common but maybe a month of aloe will help

Edited September 5, 2022 by JoDimaggio22

[rambo man]

Going by the moles you have one either side of your forehead i would say the hair grew exactly where they put it from your pre op photos so thats good for you

The density you measured is above average i think so this is a real plus

How do you feel about the results? what thickness is your hair?

[TwoAndHalfNorwood]

Thanks for the feedback!
I do not know the thickness of my hair, other than it's more thin when compared to people with darker hair color (not sure how my thickness compares to other blondes).
I have noticed that the recipient area hair seems to be a little less dense than my hair adjacent to the recipient area. This has bothered me a bit, but I don't know if it's noticeable to other people. Estimating the recipient area hair density did put me at ease however, since I realized that the density is very reasonable for a single operation. Your positive comments also give some good external perspective on the matter, as it's easy to lose perspective when you have stared your own hair for so long.

[Tiger2050]

Was this Hattingen? Looks very natural. It’s not possible to achieve native density with one surgery.

[TwoAndHalfNorwood]

On 9/8/2022 at 1:55 AM, Tiger2050 said:

Was this Hattingen? Looks very natural. It’s not possible to achieve native density with one surgery.

That was a pretty good guess, as it was Hattingen.