Regular Member kiwidan Posted October 31, 2023 Author Regular Member Share Posted October 31, 2023 2 ------------------------------------- 700 graphs is never enough! Collection of useful links (profiles etc): https://bit.ly/3JC2xwS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member Spring15 Posted November 1, 2023 Senior Member Share Posted November 1, 2023 Improving nicely 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valued Contributor Gatsby Posted November 1, 2023 Valued Contributor Share Posted November 1, 2023 That's a big jump in growth from month three to month four @kiwidan. The growing is now just beginning. 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 DavidSheer Posted November 1, 2023 Regular Member Share Posted November 1, 2023 Good update 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member kiwidan Posted November 2, 2023 Author Regular Member Share Posted November 2, 2023 Not really sure if this is the right angle but it does tell a story ------------------------------------- 700 graphs is never enough! Collection of useful links (profiles etc): https://bit.ly/3JC2xwS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member kiwidan Posted November 2, 2023 Author Regular Member Share Posted November 2, 2023 More images same day of transplant 1 ------------------------------------- 700 graphs is never enough! Collection of useful links (profiles etc): https://bit.ly/3JC2xwS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member Spring15 Posted November 4, 2023 Senior Member Share Posted November 4, 2023 Crown looking good. That back hair lol. I started getting some when I began oral minoxidil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member kiwidan Posted February 24 Author Regular Member Share Posted February 24 (edited) 9.25 months Hi team HT. You all know the story, I’ve been busy with life. Trying to push on through. Chin up. I feel like the temples and crown are doing alright. Im terribly anxious about the frontal area and top. No matter how I style my hair I can always see scalp. Example attached. It doesn’t look like I’ve had 3000 grafts from Cooley AND a Eugenix HT 😅 Edited February 24 by kiwidan 1 ------------------------------------- 700 graphs is never enough! Collection of useful links (profiles etc): https://bit.ly/3JC2xwS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valued Contributor Gatsby Posted February 24 Valued Contributor Share Posted February 24 @kiwidan that’s a massive difference and great result. 💯👊🏻 1 GATSBY 'UNPLUGGED!' 15,671 (3 surgeries) Grafts FUE+BHT Dr. Sethi Eugenix Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Melvin- Admin Posted February 24 Administrators Share Posted February 24 Im not seeing scalp in the frontal third. I think it looks great. Are you on any meds? 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...
Senior Member Silent123 Posted February 24 Senior Member Share Posted February 24 Hey man, this is a great result compared to where you started 👍 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member kiwidan Posted February 25 Author Regular Member Share Posted February 25 17 hours ago, Melvin- Admin said: Im not seeing scalp in the frontal third. I think it looks great. Are you on any meds? Yep. 1mg propecia 3x week. Any more and my nuts hurt terribly AND stop working. Zoomed in for you. You can see my scalp under a thin fringe and behind that a combed over flap of hair. ------------------------------------- 700 graphs is never enough! Collection of useful links (profiles etc): https://bit.ly/3JC2xwS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member kiwidan Posted April 3 Author Regular Member Share Posted April 3 (edited) 10.5 months TRYING to style it but struggling with frontal 😢 Edited April 3 by kiwidan ------------------------------------- 700 graphs is never enough! Collection of useful links (profiles etc): https://bit.ly/3JC2xwS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member kiwidan Posted April 3 Author Regular Member Share Posted April 3 (edited) 10.5 Months - Different angles I'm very anxious right now. I feel like I'm going to need another transplant, hide under my cap, or need to shave it down to a number that obscures my FUT scar. Fingers crossed my 10.5 - 12.5 months make a big enoiugh of a difference (frontal) where I don't need to worry about that. Note my graft positioning was as follows: Frontal - 1680 Temples - 360 Mid - 720 Crown - 1572 Considering that I already had 3000 grafts in the frontal region from Jerry Cooley... I'm nervous. Edited April 3 by kiwidan textual reasons ------------------------------------- 700 graphs is never enough! Collection of useful links (profiles etc): https://bit.ly/3JC2xwS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Melvin- Admin Posted April 4 Administrators Share Posted April 4 How did it look before? Do you have similar angles. 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 kiwidan Posted April 4 Author Regular Member Share Posted April 4 42 minutes ago, Melvin- Admin said: How did it look before? Do you have similar angles. Here you go. These are indicative but unfortunately we don’t have good before pics showing us the hollow in the middle. Either way I don’t feel like my journey is complete. ------------------------------------- 700 graphs is never enough! Collection of useful links (profiles etc): https://bit.ly/3JC2xwS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member jjsrader Posted April 4 Senior Member Share Posted April 4 (edited) You'll probably have to max out your donor to get fuller coverage. Simple as. I'm in the same boat but older (57) and doing another 2K to fill in behind hairline into middle of scalp (after 8.8K grafts). You could take dutasteride & oral minox to keep your donor strong. You probably need higher DHT protection. Good luck. Edited April 4 by jjsrader Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member kiwidan Posted April 4 Author Regular Member Share Posted April 4 55 minutes ago, jjsrader said: You'll probably have to max out your donor to get fuller coverage. Simple as. I'm in the same boat but older (57) and doing another 2K to fill in behind hairline into middle of scalp (after 8.8K grafts). You could take dutasteride & oral minox to keep your donor strong. You probably need higher DHT protection. Good luck. Got a link to your profile. And if you’re in the same boat how do you style your hair. I live in the windiest city in the world and it’s killing me!!! I’d kill for topical Dusteride. And maybe I’ll just have to suck eggs and do a low dose of oral min and deal with puffy eyes? 🤷♂️ ------------------------------------- 700 graphs is never enough! Collection of useful links (profiles etc): https://bit.ly/3JC2xwS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Melvin- Admin Posted April 4 Administrators Share Posted April 4 Looks like it’s definitely improving. I would suggest combing it to the side, to provide maximum illusion of density. 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 OleBaldy Posted April 4 Regular Member Share Posted April 4 It seems to me the longer hair coming from the less dense area is pulling the hair away from where it needs to be to create illusion. As Melvin said styling to side might improve that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member jjsrader Posted April 4 Senior Member Share Posted April 4 (edited) 10 hours ago, kiwidan said: Got a link to your profile. And if you’re in the same boat how do you style your hair. I live in the windiest city in the world and it’s killing me!!! I’d kill for topical Dusteride. And maybe I’ll just have to suck eggs and do a low dose of oral min and deal with puffy eyes? 🤷♂️ Find the optimal hair length for illusion of density - use the shingling effect of combing to the side. Use protein-enhanced shampoo & try some hair volumizing powder or something similar. I found that dyeing my hair a bit darker than my normal brown/auburn color (dyed now to very dark brown or espresso) helps. Finally, I had my entire balding zone & scars filled in w/by Mark Weston (a form of scalp tattoo that is deeper and more permanent than regular light SMP). Mark's retired now. I'm doing another 2K later this month for behind hairline & center midscalp. That'll take me up to 10.5K and I have not ruled out another final FUE of hopefully 1K from scalp. Might do FIT farming w/beard hair into scalp hair & place the scalp hair donor into recipient area. If not I may scatter 1K up to 2K beard hair over mid scalp and towards the crown. I've used dutasteride since 2003 and before that finasteride since 1998. Worked my way up to 30% rogaine lotion over 25 years before switching to oral minox about 5 years ago. If your family history is strongly balding & your personal genetics are to lose all your hair on top and crown - all you can really do over 30-40 years is slow it down & keep the donor strong and healthy until you are out of donor. My hair looks very normal now w/the permanent tattoo & darker hair color and I keep my hair length at 5.5 months of growth on top and front for maximum fullness appearance. Try and make peace that to most people you look like you have hair as you grow older - alot of people that are not hyper focused on hair see the framing effect of a frontal hairline and 'coverage' throughout scalp without a noticeable bald spot and say to themselves - oh, he's a guy w/hair. Simple as. It's like 95% of people. The other 5% will be hyper critical - but nothing you can do about them. It's just their nature. I wore hats/caps/bandanas alot w/a full head of hair & after my 1st hair restoration surgery at age 23 - I still do. Personally, I did all this just for me so I didn't see a 'bald' head in the mirror each day. Coverage is a good thing - it's never enough for us, but at a certain point you accept thinning (but w/hair) or you max out your donor & then you concede that you have done everything you could do & make peace with it. Personally if I were you I would finish off your limited donor w/a very skilled surgeon in the U.S. or in Europe because if you decide to have another 1-2 surgeries you'll really need a low transection rate & a surgeon w/a good eye for giving you most visual coverage w/limited donor grafts. Sure it will cost more, but it's towards the end of the road - make a wise choice if you go that route & then live w/the outcome. Just my 2 cents. Edited April 4 by jjsrader 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member kiwidan Posted April 5 Author Regular Member Share Posted April 5 17 hours ago, OleBaldy said: It seems to me the longer hair coming from the less dense area is pulling the hair away from where it needs to be to create illusion. As Melvin said styling to side might improve that. 19 hours ago, Melvin- Admin said: Looks like it’s definitely improving. I would suggest combing it to the side, to provide maximum illusion of density. Yes agree with both of you. These pics aren’t how I style my hair but to illustrate the density of over 4000 grafts (mixture Cooley + Eugenix). I definitely see improvements from my Eugenix surgery. I look better from all angles - except maybe above 😂 ------------------------------------- 700 graphs is never enough! Collection of useful links (profiles etc): https://bit.ly/3JC2xwS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member kiwidan Posted April 5 Author Regular Member Share Posted April 5 12 hours ago, jjsrader said: Find the optimal hair length for illusion of density - use the shingling effect of combing to the side. Use protein-enhanced shampoo & try some hair volumizing powder or something similar. I found that dyeing my hair a bit darker than my normal brown/auburn color (dyed now to very dark brown or espresso) helps. Finally, I had my entire balding zone & scars filled in w/by Mark Weston (a form of scalp tattoo that is deeper and more permanent than regular light SMP). Mark's retired now. I'm doing another 2K later this month for behind hairline & center midscalp. That'll take me up to 10.5K and I have not ruled out another final FUE of hopefully 1K from scalp. Might do FIT farming w/beard hair into scalp hair & place the scalp hair donor into recipient area. If not I may scatter 1K up to 2K beard hair over mid scalp and towards the crown. I've used dutasteride since 2003 and before that finasteride since 1998. Worked my way up to 30% rogaine lotion over 25 years before switching to oral minox about 5 years ago. If your family history is strongly balding & your personal genetics are to lose all your hair on top and crown - all you can really do over 30-40 years is slow it down & keep the donor strong and healthy until you are out of donor. My hair looks very normal now w/the permanent tattoo & darker hair color and I keep my hair length at 5.5 months of growth on top and front for maximum fullness appearance. Try and make peace that to most people you look like you have hair as you grow older - alot of people that are not hyper focused on hair see the framing effect of a frontal hairline and 'coverage' throughout scalp without a noticeable bald spot and say to themselves - oh, he's a guy w/hair. Simple as. It's like 95% of people. The other 5% will be hyper critical - but nothing you can do about them. It's just their nature. I wore hats/caps/bandanas alot w/a full head of hair & after my 1st hair restoration surgery at age 23 - I still do. Personally, I did all this just for me so I didn't see a 'bald' head in the mirror each day. Coverage is a good thing - it's never enough for us, but at a certain point you accept thinning (but w/hair) or you max out your donor & then you concede that you have done everything you could do & make peace with it. Personally if I were you I would finish off your limited donor w/a very skilled surgeon in the U.S. or in Europe because if you decide to have another 1-2 surgeries you'll really need a low transection rate & a surgeon w/a good eye for giving you most visual coverage w/limited donor grafts. Sure it will cost more, but it's towards the end of the road - make a wise choice if you go that route & then live w/the outcome. Just my 2 cents. Appreciate this. I’ve always considered my self to be a slow balder - especially compared to some of the other chaps here. What I can do immediately is go from 1mg Fin 3x a week to daily. I’ll give it a whirl. In terms of your HT surgeon suggestions, why would you personally not choose Eugenix given their recent track record. Aside from graft survival in frontal (I’ll reserve full judgement at 12 months) I only wonder if some grafts were placed at interesting angles - I feel like there’s a cluster of fringe hairs facing the wrong angle. I’m not picking but if I can’t talk about it here where can I. ------------------------------------- 700 graphs is never enough! Collection of useful links (profiles etc): https://bit.ly/3JC2xwS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member kiwidan Posted April 5 Author Regular Member Share Posted April 5 Does this look like 3000+ grafts from Cooley? ------------------------------------- 700 graphs is never enough! Collection of useful links (profiles etc): https://bit.ly/3JC2xwS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member Shadman Posted April 5 Senior Member Share Posted April 5 3 hours ago, kiwidan said: I look better from all angles - except maybe above I also think that from the top view wise it looks like that area can be improved. Give it two more months, there can be some more improvements. Do you've any plans for touchup ? 𝐄𝐮𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐱 (𝐃𝐫.𝐒𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐬𝐡) | 𝟏𝟖𝟎𝟑𝐆𝐫𝐚𝐟𝐭𝐬 | 𝐉𝐮𝐧𝐞𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟑 | 𝐁𝐚𝐝 𝐇𝐚𝐢𝐫 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐑𝐞𝐩𝐚𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝗕𝘆 𝗘𝘂𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗶𝘅 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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