2200 grafts FUT Dr. Pistone 8/8/13

[Rav Chase]

It's now been 4 months since the surgery. Definitely some more growth since last month, and I would say it's a vast improvement from two months ago, before I started seeing growth.

At this point, I feel like I have an established hairline. While it's still pretty fine growth, the receding hairline is no longer present. With Toppik filling it in (although I'm tapering off in front), I look like I have a full head of hair. Without it, instead of a being a balding guy with a receding hairline, I look more like a guy with thinning hair. Over the next few months, I'm looking forward to increasing thickness as the hair eventually replaces the Toppik.

First two pics are of the front and top of my head, soaking wet. Then the same shots, only dry. You can see the hairline establishing itself. Look back at my "before" pics...it doesn't exist. The "top dry" pic shows my main concern so far. The left side of my head in the temple (right side in the pic) seems to be filling in thinner than the right side. I feel like my hair has ALWAYS been thinner on that side (look at my before pics and some from the first few weeks), so perhaps he didn't compensate for that, and filled them in equally.

Last two pics show me with Toppik on. As you can see, hairline generally looks full all the way across. Compare to my before pics with Toppik, which couldn't do anything in the temples because there was nothing there.