Regular Member LeonBlack Posted March 6 Author Regular Member Share Posted March 6 44 minutes ago, shiba1985 said: My only criticism would be, those are some huge punches to extract follicles for temple points. Most can do it with a 0.85 or 0.9 . Those look almost like a 1.0 punch Got it. Any other negative consequences of that besides potentially slight bigger scars if I shave down too low? Typically I buzz down to a 3 over the FUT scar and taper down to a two or 1.5 below. Will see how that looks now in a couple weeks after hair. With only 800 FUE I would presume imperceptible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member shiba1985 Posted March 6 Senior Member Share Posted March 6 2 minutes ago, LeonBlack said: Got it. Any other negative consequences of that besides potentially slight bigger scars if I shave down too low? Typically I buzz down to a 3 over the FUT scar and taper down to a two or 1.5 below. Will see how that looks now in a couple weeks after hair. With only 800 FUE I would presume imperceptible. For such a small surgery . No big consequences. If it was a bigger surgery - 1000 -2000 FUE grafts, the scarring that results from large punch holes also effects the neighboring follicles "health." I suspect this is due to the scarring effecting the blood supply so it is not ideal. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member LeonBlack Posted March 9 Author Regular Member Share Posted March 9 (edited) I’ve gotten several messages about scar pictures. Here are some from the side and last one is the back. It’s harder to find now that it is getting lighter. Also picture of the donor on same day, 9 weeks after 2nd FUT and 6 weeks after FUE. Need a haircut… but I don’t think there’s any evidence of surgery except the small remaining shock loss in the middle of the back. Doctor placed a few deep absorbable sutures, in addition to usual staples. The areas with sutures had some localized shock loss below them. I’ll post some more pictures soon after a haircut with a 3 guard over scar and fade shorter below it. I presume I’m out of the Wds regarding risk of significant scar stretching at this point. Overall, I think my donor looks pretty good for having 7400 grafts removed. Also, as trivial as it may seem, I am seeing more early growth start in the crown. Lots of dark little hairs in between the longer residual wispy miniaturized native hair. I think the small red splotchy areas are evidence of “activity“ and more hair is ready to sprout. I find this whole process so interesting to watch develop! Edited March 9 by LeonBlack Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member LeonBlack Posted March 16 Author Regular Member Share Posted March 16 (edited) Pictures 2.5 months out from FUT crown, 2 months FUE temples, 14 months frontal half FUT, after a haircut with 3 guard over the scar, tapered to 1.5 below. 100% hair on top of my head is transplant at this point, residual miniaturized midscalp is gone. Added baseline, 1 year post first FUT, post op temple to consolidate this long thread . I included some current (2.5 month post op) scar pictures, showing both the remaining shock loss around it, trichophytic effect with hairs going through, widest area in the back at 3 mm, hard to find on the side, about 1 mm. Can still see some layering of hair effect over the scar at this point, with the shock loss. That disappeared after my first procedure about four months out. Now just waiting on the growth over the next few months… Edited March 16 by LeonBlack Added more pics to consolidate thread Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member JoeD Posted March 16 Regular Member Share Posted March 16 Very impressive transformation in the front half. I would assume the back half and temples turn out similarly given it’s the same patient and same doctor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member LeonBlack Posted April 6 Author Regular Member Share Posted April 6 Nothing terribly exciting, but will start monthly updates to document. Some early growth on temples at 2 months. More sprouting on crown at 3 months. 14 months after front half. Pre op for baseline. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member LeonBlack Posted April 28 Author Regular Member Share Posted April 28 (edited) Temples and crown starting to pop a bit more right on schedule at 3 months on temples and 3.5 crown. Edited April 28 by LeonBlack Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member Silent123 Posted April 28 Senior Member Share Posted April 28 Hey man, keep on posting the updates 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member LeonBlack Posted April 28 Author Regular Member Share Posted April 28 10 minutes ago, Silent123 said: Hey man, keep on posting the updates Will do, planning on monthly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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