Is my hair transplant any good?

[drybone]

hey jbob

don't kick yourself too hard about the place you went to in turkey.
there are PLENTY of people you went to "known" docs and have had less than stellar results, leaving gaps and non-growth areas like yours (esp. when it comes to FUE) with these docs offering a second pass for free

so know it happens to EVERY doc. sometimes there is just no telling why.

looking at the positives: you weren't butchered, you didn't pay too much and you didn't waste too many grafts.

i know it is frustrating since you did not have good growth (esp on one side) but hey you made it though almost to 18 months and this is fixable

not sure you are in the US but have you consulted with Konior in chicago

Good post. I agree. Lets take the positives. His hair does look good and I think he should inquire about dense packing the area .

[jimbob1966]

it looks significantly more receeding without dermatch on the temples, as there is a tiny bit of hair there for it to cling onto dermatch makes it look like a norwood 1 almost, although i realise i need to watch how much i put on as it is a bit darker than my regular hair, i've attached pics without dermatch, looks much worse i'm sure your agree.

I wouldn't of thought that many people would transplant into areas that aren't bolding, especially with shockloss, i think the majority of people would do it into bolding areas then re-access in 5-10yrs time should you need to.

If I go for a transplant again, I intend to fill in the exact same areas, I have the benefit of seeing my brothers loss at 45, and apart from the bold spot on the top of the head the recession is the same, so I'd of hoped rogaine would take care of the vertex and if i get the temples properly sorted out i'll be in good shape.

[yeahyeahyeah]

Buzzed down looks fine to me, ...........now .

My only word of caution is that should you lose more hair as you age it may look odd because you had the only sides and a very small area of the front transplanted

http://www.baldtruthtalk.com/showthread.php?t=7390

This is something I don't understand why people decide to get a HT they only fill in the area of the loss , like a puzzle and not entire area to compensate for futrue loss . Now you're committed to further HT's should you lose more hair ..........I think

are HT worth it?

[DAVE52]

Buzzed down looks fine to me, ...........now .

My only word of caution is that should you lose more hair as you age it may look odd because you had the only sides and a very small area of the front transplanted

http://www.baldtruthtalk.com/showthread.php?t=7390

This is something I don't understand why people decide to get a HT they only fill in the area of the loss , like a puzzle and not entire area to compensate for futrue loss . Now you're committed to further HT's should you lose more hair ..........I think

[topcat]

I think you are better off without the dermatch.

Do you know what your density in the frontal third happens to be? It looks to be extremely dense and with that being said if I was your doctor I probably would have told you I can’t match the density as it is just to high.

Did you ask about this before having the procedure?

[jimbob1966]

I've done it, shaved it all off

ok, please can i have your honest opinions please.

I've applied some dermatch to the area, does it look ok or not?

Sorry if you have to twist your neck, the pictures were the correct way round when i uploaded them.

[jimbob1966]

I have this maine spray which i use once in a blue moon, i can comb my hair back and look like a norwood 1, but i bought this dermmatch product, and i've basically seen a completely bold guy use it to create a 5 o clock shadow to give the illusion of a full hairline, i thought if i shaved real close so that the hair is more of a shadow than actual hair, i could blend in the dermmatch in the spare/bare areas to make it look like a nice full straight hairline.

[rev3]

thanks for advice,

what do you think of my buzz down and conceler on the transplanted areas idea? do you think i could get away with it?

no

i think concealers work best on medium length hair, such as the one you showed in a previous post

on buzzed hair you'd see the fibers on the skin up close

IF YOU DO BUZZ i think it will look good judging from your post op pics with the transplanted recipient areas filled BUT FOR the side that did not grow well which might show too much skin

plus if you are planning a second pass best to keep hair at current length so docs can see what they are dealing with

[jimbob1966]

thanks for advice,

what do you think of my buzz down and conceler on the transplanted areas idea? do you think i could get away with it?

[rev3]

Guys, I was thinking about buzzing down to a grade one, I quite liked the look of it initially when i had it done with the transplant, obviously that was mainly because it looked thicker before the grafts fell out.

Now I'm left with fine wispy hairs as discussed previously, If I buzz down I suspect the gaps between my original hair and the transplanted hair which is really fine and poor coverage will make it cosmetically unacceptable to me.

Would I be able to use some topik in that area to increase density and make it look better? I don't want it to look stupid and i guess the microspray wouldn't work with such short hair as it would just paint the scalp wouldn't it?

I haven't been taking finastride, i think i have probably lost a bit more ground, albeit very slowly. Was hopeing to start on fin again and use rogaine whist it's buzzed so i can get the solution easily to the scalp, I haven't ever used rogaine and have heard alot of horror stories, but prepared to take the chance if i keep it buzzed for a while.

what do you guys think? here's my hair at the moment scraped back.

hey jbob

don't kick yourself too hard about the place you went to in turkey.
there are PLENTY of people you went to "known" docs and have had less than stellar results, leaving gaps and non-growth areas like yours (esp. when it comes to FUE) with these docs offering a second pass for free

so know it happens to EVERY doc. sometimes there is just no telling why.

looking at the positives: you weren't butchered, you didn't pay too much and you didn't waste too many grafts.

i know it is frustrating since you did not have good growth (esp on one side) but hey you made it though almost to 18 months and this is fixable

not sure you are in the US but have you consulted with Konior in chicago

[jimbob1966]

Guys, I was thinking about buzzing down to a grade one, I quite liked the look of it initially when i had it done with the transplant, obviously that was mainly because it looked thicker before the grafts fell out.

Now I'm left with fine wispy hairs as discussed previously, If I buzz down I suspect the gaps between my original hair and the transplanted hair which is really fine and poor coverage will make it cosmetically unacceptable to me.

Would I be able to use some topik in that area to increase density and make it look better? I don't want it to look stupid and i guess the microspray wouldn't work with such short hair as it would just paint the scalp wouldn't it?

I haven't been taking finastride, i think i have probably lost a bit more ground, albeit very slowly. Was hopeing to start on fin again and use rogaine whist it's buzzed so i can get the solution easily to the scalp, I haven't ever used rogaine and have heard alot of horror stories, but prepared to take the chance if i keep it buzzed for a while.

what do you guys think? here's my hair at the moment scraped back.

[gillenator]

Tough to evaluate in photos. It would take an in-person view of the various donor areas that grafts were extracted from. The patients medical chart may also document where the grafts were taken and placed.

[jimbob1966]

fair enough

[mattj]

heres donor area, don't know if you could tell how much they extracted matt? and one recipient side.

The grafts have been harvested over a wide area, but look quite widely spaced apart. It's very hard to judge with any certainty how many were extracted.

[jimbob1966]

Well I'm waiting to see how another members turns out with a reputable surgeon, if it's good i may go for it.