Eight months in and still thin on top

[thinkingaboutit]

@gillenator, good to see you again. It's nice to see a familiar face from the first time I joined. Up until a month ago, I had very good coverage at the front and top area. It was only crown that was missing. And the thickness was what you would expect at around 6/7 months. Anyway, let's just wait and see. There is no point in worrying about it. I don't regret it.

[drybone]

@gillenator, good to see you again. It's nice to see a familiar face from the first time I joined. Up until a month ago, I had very good coverage at the front and top area. It was only crown that was missing. And the thickness was what you would expect at around 6/7 months. Anyway, let's just wait and see. There is no point in worrying about it. I don't regret it.

There have been a lot of people who came here to try to help you. You told them you were a NW 6. You should have put up a photo so we could see what your situation is.

Try to appreciate the effort people made to try to post and help you.

[gillenator]

@gillenator, good to see you again. It's nice to see a familiar face from the first time I joined. Up until a month ago, I had very good coverage at the front and top area. It was only crown that was missing. And the thickness was what you would expect at around 6/7 months. Anyway, let's just wait and see. There is no point in worrying about it. I don't regret it.

Now that's a great attitude! Good to see you too thinkin...

[thinkingaboutit]

A quick reply to all. I contacted the HT Clinic. They will do another session under the guarantee. So if after 12 months, they check, and there is not 3,400 grafts, then they will do the extra grafts at no extra cost. I was due for second session after a year or so anyway to cover the crown area and to add some thickness if I feel I need it. This was discussed before my first HT. Nearly every clinic said I would need 2 or 3 sessions. Each one after a year.

Also, I have been using Remaine for about 10 days now. However, even before the Regaine, I saw some improvement, not anything to shout about. But I do have a head of hair when I had absolutely nothing on top and upfront before the TP. I know everybody is going to ask for pictures and I will post pictures one day. So it's been a week about 10 days on Regaine, and I bought 6 months supply, so I will continue on it. I also started Proscar properly today. I took one about 5 days ago. Then I took one 3 days ago. I thought I would give a bit of gap to see any side effects. So far none. I am going to start taking it daily from today just to give it a boost.

Anyway, I will let you all know how I get along. I am hoping the combination of Regaine and Proscar will give it an extra helping hand, which my grafts may need!

[drybone]

A quick reply to all. I contacted the HT Clinic. They will do another session under the guarantee. So if after 12 months, they check, and there is not 3,400 grafts, then they will do the extra grafts at no extra cost. I was due for second session after a year or so anyway to cover the crown area and to add some thickness if I feel I need it. This was discussed before my first HT. Nearly every clinic said I would need 2 or 3 sessions. Each one after a year.

Also, I have been using Remaine for about 10 days now. However, even before the Regaine, I saw some improvement, not anything to shout about. But I do have a head of hair when I had absolutely nothing on top and upfront before the TP. I know everybody is going to ask for pictures and I will post pictures one day. So it's been a week about 10 days on Regaine, and I bought 6 months supply, so I will continue on it. I also started Proscar properly today. I took one about 5 days ago. Then I took one 3 days ago. I thought I would give a bit of gap to see any side effects. So far none. I am going to start taking it daily from today just to give it a boost.

Anyway, I will let you all know how I get along. I am hoping the combination of Regaine and Proscar will give it an extra helping hand, which my grafts may need!

Well good luck to you . However, I still have no idea what your situation started as. Your information has been vague and you bounce different bits of your story around . I am sure Gill can and will advise you.

Good luck !!! Keep us posted

[gillenator]

thinkin,

I trust that you are first cutting the Proscar which comes at 5 mg strength.

Best wishes again to you.

[irishpaddyman]

after saying a day before there deff some diff in front now you say day later you say your shedding lot and people are starting to know i think your just panicing ?

[irishpaddyman]

sry mate that last post i was on bout was from were you said last month that there deff was diff but then day later you said you were shedding lot and that people were noticing it so has there been much of diff this month?

[irishpaddyman]

here what one lad says in another forum he had his hair transplant in turkey to;
i.e : friend of mine never took a thing after HT ,he was only fully happy with the result at the 10th month. Up untill then he though the grafts were dead. so dont panic just yet thinkingboutit

[greatjob!]

You didn't by any chance have your hair transplant down with beauty travels 24 did you? Also if you had a bad result with a clinic I would almost never suggest returning to them for another procedure even if they were paying you.

[35YrsAfter]

Hi Guys,

It's been about nearly 8 months now since I had my FUE. I have hair, whereas I had no hair at all on top before. I also have a hairline which has changed my appearance dramatically. However, it is not thick as I had hoped for. I have 3,400 grafts, so I would have expected a bit more thickness. Under light you can really see how thin it is. I also sometimes notice that it feels thicker in some months more than others, as if like I am losing hair. However, it feels a lot less thin now then it felt, say 2 months ago.

I also got myself a hair cut after 6 months. I needed to as I felt it looked like a comb over, which I hated.

Anyway, I know a lot of people recommend using things like Regaine etc after FUE. My clinic did not recommend things like that, and when I asked, they said, you should not really need to use such products. Anyway, if it will help boost my growth, I will consider it.

I would appreciate people's opinion on this. Thank you.

Rogaine helps a little. I'm surprised your clinic does not recommend Rogaine. It helps with the blood circulation. Growth comes in so gradually that it is common for patients to be concerned before the 12 month period when a full result is usually achieved. If your clinic took good clear post-op photos a side by side image comparison can be reassuring. Take several hi-res photos and send them to your clinic. They should be able to make a photo composite for you to evaluate.

35YrsAfter also posts as CITNews and works at Dr. Cole's office
Cole Hair Transplant Atlanta

[irishpaddyman]

greatjob why you say was it beauty travels 24? do you know much bout them ??

[greatjob!]

greatjob why you say was it beauty travels 24? do you know much bout them ??

I haven't heard much of anything good about them. They are some sort of booking agent for the hospital in turkey. The real issue I have is you have no idea who is going to perform your surgery. You should make you decision on where to have surgery based on the doctor and his/her long long track record of producing consistently outstanding results, not how fancy the facilities are, price, bells whistles, blah blah. When it comes down to it the only thing that matters is the results, and by paying a company to randomly select a surgeon for you is crap shoot. I personally don't want to leave something as important as a hair transplant up to chance.

The only people you should be looking at when planning a hair transplant is the doctor. If you want to go to Turkey there are some outstanding doctors there like Dr. Hakan Doganay, Dr. Koray Erdogan, and Dr. Keser and there prices are very resonable.

[gillenator]

Could not agree more. You definitely want to know who the surgeon will be and not leave it to chance. The large hair mills are notorious for doing this.

On the day of surgery they introduce the patient to an unknown doctor who in many cases is new to HT surgery and trying to gain experience and practice.

Many new patients simply go along with this switch at the last minute and get the procedure done. The results then can be a crapshoot.

Do not let anyone play musical chairs on you the day you show up for surgery. Confirm your surgeon before you leave home.

[thinkingaboutit]

Just as quick update for you all. I was a mixture of panic/worry/high expectation.

Considering what it looked like before and after, it's worlds apart. I have hair now, yes, it may not be as thick as I had hoped, but considering my level of baldness it's pretty good. All the major clinics told me I would need 2 or 3 procedures, so for 1 procedure, I should be happy. Most said I would need 3 procedures. Some even said it would not be possible.

In short, I am happy. I have no regrets in doing this. If I did have regrets it would be the following: a) I wish I had done it at a younger age b) I wish I had done at with a more reputable surgeon, because then it would take away that niggly question in my mind would it have been even better!

What's done is done and I am happy for now

As always, thank you all.