Is my hair transplant any good?

[Tracy C]

Looking good.

[jimbob1966]

5 Months

lil bit more growth i guess hard to tell, i do hope hair starts growing nearer the hairline aswell

[gillenator]

Good points Winston. And I agree that at four months post-op, Jimbob's progress is typical and improving with time.

Jimbob, I noticed the improvement in the healing of your recipient areas, far less post-op redness, and there is more growth in both temporal lobe areas.

Just wait until you hit the six month mark, another huge difference in growth. You'll see.

What happens to those of us as HT patients is that we are looking in the mirror throughout each day and we notice the progress less than those of us who see your pics at 30 month intervals. We all can relate to what you are experiencing Jimbob.

Looking forward to more pics with time passing and more growth!

[Winston]

4 months is really the point many guys just start to see some growth. The 4 to 6 month mark is when things really start to come in and usually continue up to 12 months or so. Your skin looks very good at this point and it does appear that you have some early growth. It looks like you are on track.

[jimbob1966]

4 month update

ok at 4 months, i'm quite disapointed with how things are going so far to be honest, i know I should be patient etc, but I was expecting quite a bit more growth at this stage.

Different hairs seem to be cycling at different times, like some of the hair that's grown for a few months has fallen out, i'm hoping that it will regrow again... :s

Anyway i've attached wet pics combed back, I'd like to know your thoughts...

[gillenator]

If you look at jimbob's first set of pics from his oroginal post, you can see that he had some significant temporal lobe recession.

His exisitng hair has also grown quite a bit from when it was shaved for the procedure back in January.

[DAVE52]

FRom the pics in Post # 55 I would have said you didn't " need " a HT

[DAVE52]

FRom the pics in Post # 55 I would have said you didn't " need " a HT

[Tracy C]

Here's hoping that it'll really start to grow in soon, as I'll be so disappointed if i'm one of the few classified as transplant failures

It looks like it is comming along well. It does take time to see the true results. You will know a lot more after a full year has passed.

[sausage]

im surprised your head is still red raw after all this time :s.

All I can say is I hope it starts to grow within the next few months.

good luck.

[jimbob1966]

3 month update

It's been exactly 3 months since my FUE operation in January. I'm hoping there will be some significant growth soon... basically i would say from what you can see 60-70% of the hairs there, are hairs that haven't grown or fallen out... which is a little concerning... had a few new stragly hairs grow threw though.

At the moment I'm just happy that my hair has grown back so I can resume the hiding lol.

I've attached some wet pics, and some dry both without concealers or anything... it's fairly obvious which is my normal hair and which is transplanted etc...

I would say i've experienced some shock loss at the front, as i don't recall seeing quite as much scalp as before, but again that might just been in my head.

Here's hoping that it'll really start to grow in soon, as I'll be so disappointed if i'm one of the few classified as transplant failures

[kd]

Tracy you are very helpful. Buddy, next time you will need to build a better relationship with your doctor. Each doctor has there own way of treating things and most of us are not doctors on the site.

Good luck buddy. I just got my FUE HT yesterday. I was told not to touch it with water for at least 8 days (implanted area).

Can not wait to see the successful shots.

[gillenator]

At this point in time post-op, you can get more aggressive in removing the dead hair IMHO. I believe that is what Dr. Cole is implying.

The best is yet to come, your REGROWTH!

[jimbob1966]

I was waiting for your response Tracy, I didn't want to pluck them out without your say so!

[Tracy C]

Should i be concerned that some of the hairs implanted, haven't fallen out or really grown that much (if at all) compared to my usual hair...

No. Give it time - 12 to 18 full months after surgery.

So I should pluck them all out?

No. They will cycle on their own when they are ready to do so.