Calling all slow growers

**Aventador** · 02-27-2016, 05:07 PM

Im in the same situation bro..just completed 7 months and still too thin results and i think i got only 20% yield growth.. Contacted the doctor and he told me wait for a couple months it will get better as im a slow grower !! I hope he's right

**WHTC Clinic** · 02-27-2016, 06:45 PM

Where are the areas on the scalp that were treated, and what location is generally showing the lowest yield? Lastly, have you received any feedback from your clinic?

**monty3001** · 02-28-2016, 02:32 AM

Originally posted by WHTC Clinic

Where are the areas on the scalp that were treated, and what location is generally showing the lowest yield? Lastly, have you received any feedback from your clinic?

Front and temples. Only a cm lower at the front and considerable temple filling. Clinic said it's too early of course.

I can see a lot of thin hairs that are too long to be velus under the microscope but they don't seem to be getting thicker. Have a little bit of pebble stoning too that you can see under angled bright light only.

**monty3001** · 02-28-2016, 02:33 AM

Originally posted by Aventador

Im in the same situation bro..just completed 7 months and still too thin results and i think i got only 20% yield growth.. Contacted the doctor and he told me wait for a couple months it will get better as im a slow grower !! I hope he's right

Yes it is massively stressful!

**YouOnlyLiveOnce** · 02-28-2016, 01:32 PM

All you can do is hope. There's a general timeline on how things should progress but there's no guarantee and I think a lot of times guys forget that. They see results of others and expect the same. 5-7 months is generally when you start to see movement, but the final results can take much longer.

**monty3001** · 03-14-2016, 12:43 PM

Originally posted by YouOnlyLiveOnce

All you can do is hope. There's a general timeline on how things should progress but there's no guarantee and I think a lot of times guys forget that. They see results of others and expect the same. 5-7 months is generally when you start to see movement, but the final results can take much longer.

7 months 1 week. Still looking thin. In some places very thin.

No real difference seen month by month.

There are fine hairs that are too long to be velus though but they don't seem to be moving. The thinnest area doesn't have many of these hair but the temples which are also thin but thicker by a lot have many of these fine unpigmented hairs in between terminal hairs..

Very very very frustrating and depressing.

**monty3001** · 03-14-2016, 02:18 PM

Ta for feedback.

Interesting about the growth periods. Hope I fall into the latter.

Yeah the not thinking about it thing is quite tricky ha ha

Ta

**GNX** · 03-14-2016, 09:44 PM

why don't u post some pics so we can see

**monty3001** · 03-15-2016, 04:25 PM

Originally posted by GNX

why don't u post some pics so we can see

Cos pics always make it look much worse or much better than it really is.

I know my yield is shit anyway. I don't need confirmation of that. Just looking for input from people on various stages of growth.

I've seen no improvement since 5 months. perhaps 10% improvement. Some part of the transplanted zone literally look like there area few pubes growing and thats it.

It's interesting what the doctor above wrote. I just find it hard to believe that all of a sudden I'm going to have the explosive growth needed to make this anything more than a waste of time, money and grafts. Grafts I have particularly limited supply of.

If I don't get decent coverage from this it'll be the single biggest mistake of my life.

**GNX** · 03-15-2016, 08:25 PM

ummm no pics tell it like it is. if ur too afraid to face reality then jus say so. but if ur only 10% at 5 months id say that doesnt look very good.

did u go to a well known doctor or did u jus pic the one that was cheapest? usually ppl making the claim of the biggest mistake in their life opted for a doctor that isnt recommended by many if anyone but is within ones price range so they roll the dice.....

so who was ur doctor? but, even if its a well known doctor there is still the "X" factor that some have and just arent good candidates for a HT no matter who perform it but in most cases its poor doctor skill which results in poor results.

Originally posted by monty3001

Cos pics always make it look much worse or much better than it really is.

I know my yield is shit anyway. I don't need confirmation of that. Just looking for input from people on various stages of growth.

I've seen no improvement since 5 months. perhaps 10% improvement. Some part of the transplanted zone literally look like there area few pubes growing and thats it.

It's interesting what the doctor above wrote. I just find it hard to believe that all of a sudden I'm going to have the explosive growth needed to make this anything more than a waste of time, money and grafts. Grafts I have particularly limited supply of.

If I don't get decent coverage from this it'll be the single biggest mistake of my life.

**monty3001** · 03-16-2016, 11:07 AM

deep breath......

Firstly,, no I wont be naming my doctor and removing any leverage I may have of a reimbursement for "potentially" but "probably" screwing my hair transplant up.

Secondly, I wont be taking pics neither. I have pics but frankly I can't be bothered to resize them for this site, nor do I care for feedback on them.

Thirdly, I went to a well known doctor

And finally. I'm 7 1/2 months and 10% is not accurate to be fair. 15% in an area, 30% in another and 50% in another is more accurate.

The thinnest areas I have are areas in which I have considerable pebble stoning. Where as the area with 50% growth has no pebble stoning.

Another issue I have is the number of follicle units containing more than one hair at the edge of the hair line.

I'm quite pissed off. I think ultimately the clinic have been trying to increase turnover and lost their finesse in the process.

**YouOnlyLiveOnce** · 03-19-2016, 09:27 PM

Ah, so I get it... You want us, the forum users to offer you some sort of comfort/reassurance/hope/advice etc, but selfishly you'd rather withhold the Doc's info to help yourself even more, rather than helping the community who you expect to help you? Got it. . .

The reality, without pics nobody can give you solid advice. Perhaps your expectations were too high? A transplant is meant to give the illusion of density, not original density.

I looked at your post history and you were making post at 5.5, 6, and now 7 months with the same question. People ( including a doc on the previous page) have been telling saying the same thing the whole time.

IT'S TOO EARLY, YOU WILL NOT SEE THE FINAL RESULT UNTIL AT LEAST A YEAR AND UP TO 18 MONTHS

**GNX** · 03-19-2016, 09:37 PM

I always find it comical wen a patient gets a HT and isnt satisfied with his/her results and then somehow feels this loyalty to the Doctor that in their mind "Screwed" them over and are "quite pissed" about. that really jus makes me LOL.... reminds me of the stockholm syndrome smh

so wat is a "well known doctor" exactly? without pics dude ur wasting everyones time..... and btw PICS dont make it look better or worse, they make it look like the truth which you are apparently not coming to terms with.

u jus dont want to post em cause ur embarassed. not cause u think they will make the surgery look better! everyone here obviously has issues with hair and most are seeking or have had a HT so I really dont see the need to be embarassed about anything.

**Spex** · 03-20-2016, 06:37 AM

Hey - Try not worry too much as still early days. Growth times do vary.
I hope this helps!

Regards
Spex

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