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Hey superflash, congratulations on your first hair transplant with Dr. Cinik! The work looks great! Super clean. ???

Congratulations on your progress! Dr. Devroye is an unsung hero. Your hairline looks wonderful and it’s only going to get better from here!

Your hairline is seriously jaw dropping now, man. You could not ask for better density in one pass. Congratulations to you and Dr. Diep!

Congrats on your 2nd hair transplant with Dr. Nader, MrMatt! I followed your progress with your last thread very closely and I’m really looking forward to your future progress reports. I’m a huge fan of Naders’ work! I almost went with him but decided I wanted to max out on strip before I hit him up for my FUE - man, if only he’d start doing strip again... I do have a question for you if you don’t mind. Do you take any meds or is it all transplants up there? Congrats again and happy growing!!

That’s not what I mean and I feel like you have to possess the brain cells to comprehend what I’m saying. I’m not sure why you’re being so antagonistic in your responses to my response. As I said I meant no offense to you nor am I attacking you in my response but since you feel the need to be so condescending this will be my last post to you in this thread. Everybody has an opinion about something and this is mine. A doctor can only only do so much when a patient comes in to take post-op pictures. They can’t make a person do something if a person isn’t willing to do it. Therefore you, jj51702-AKA: random internet person, get what you get. And it’s not up to the doctor to please you in that way. Instead of your condescending response to the Dr, “I really wish clinics would post after pictures with the hair styled similar to the before pics. This doesn’t give viewers an accurate representation of the improvement within the area that needed the most density   Oh well...” A smarter response to get what you want would’ve been, “hey doc! Got any immediate post op pics? Got any pics where you’ve combed through his hair?” That would’ve been a smarter, more direct approach. As I said earlier though it seems that you only want to be antagonistic and condescending, even to the doctor-an actual person who performs hair transplant surgery, and that’s why I will not engage with you any longer. Well, that and your original response sounded dumb. I do wish you all the best, though. Sincerely. I hope you find a good doctor who gives you a good head of hair and I hope that gives you peace. ✌?

Again, I’m only guessing but I’d say the patients’ hair hasn’t quite grown out enough to style it in the way it was in the before picture. Or maybe he got a haircut and can’t style it in that way. He probably won’t style it in that way either because, to be perfectly frank, there was no style there in the before picture. It was merely combed back to show the amount of loss. I also don’t think one can expect a doctor to get a picture of someone’s hair in every manor so as to appease everyone on the internet. Maybe the patient didn’t want his hair wet. Maybe he had product in it. Maybe he was on his lunch break and decided to pop in before heading back to work. My point is that it’s the doctors job to appease their patient...not a random person on a hair loss forum. I mean no offense by that statement. I just think it is what it is. The final judgement is in the photo. There is now a considerable amount of hair where there was none before. Enough hair at least so that he doesn’t have to grow it out to conceal any hair loss. ???

This looks like a pretty accurate representation of improvement to me. Looking at the length of the hair in the before pictures I’d say that the patient styled his hair forward to hide the half of his frontal third and hairline that was missing. The clinic probably combed it back to show the amount of loss before the procedure. I mean, this is just a guess but most men style their hair in a way that hides their loss. Not in a way that highlights it, such as in this case where it’s been pushed back and up. The style in the after photos is probably closer to the way the patient styled it before the hair loss began to occur. Again that’s just a guess but I must say that I find the after photos look pretty remarkable. Very natural.

Wow. Very natural. Excellent coverage! That hairline looks great, too. Dr Alexander’s work never disappoints. Congrats on a successful first HT!

What does the term BIO FUE mean? I know what FUE means, however, what is a BIO FUE?

Luke, your hair looks so natural. SO natural. It’s really inspiring. TBH I’ve only seen a few other threads by people who got work done with Dr. Cinik but I never followed them to their full results. I see your concerns with that spot on top but I feel like if you get some more length up there it probably won’t even bother you. Give it the full 18 months and it may mature to the point where you won’t notice it at all, long or short. All that said, you’ve truly made a good decision in choosing your doctor. Best wishes.

Excellent work.

This is such an interesting case to me. I love reading success stories like this. The patient is already going through so much but was able to achieve so much with Dr Devroye’s help. Dr Devroye, I see earlier in the thread you mentioned he would use BHT to compliment his current situation. Considering his dermatitis would you also recommend or not that he use SMP to aid in concealment of his scalp? What about other forms of concealers such as Toppik or topical shaders like Dermmatch? Would any of these options be beneficial to the patient or would they only be helpful in inflaming his dermatitis outbreak? This is not really a question for this patient in particular. I’m more just asking for my own general knowledge. If someone were going through this are other options available to them that we’re less invasive than a hair transplant?

I would be too! Lol And to think it only gets better from here!!

Wow. Excellent results so early on. Congratulations!

Did you get an estimate of how much donor you might have left? Is it something you’d prefer to use now to work on density or would you rather use it later to chase further hair loss? Is it something that even bothers you?

Agreed. I’d be over the moon.

It’s already looking better compared to your first go-round. The scarring from the electrolysis is almost completely unnoticeable. It even looks like there’s some stubble emerging if you zoom in on both the hairline and the donor scar. Dr Cooley set you up for success, man!

Congratulations. That’s one good looking head of hair. Especially when you look back at where your journey began and the amount of grafts used. Was this strip or FUE? I’d really like to get a clearer look at that hairline if at all possible. Congrats again.

Man, that hair is full and lush. No one will ever look at that gentlemen’s head and think he had any kind of work done. Very natural.

You? Naaah.

Wow. What an unfortunate scar. It’s a shame what some clinics are doing in this day and age. I hope the patient comes back once everything reaches maturity. I’d love a follow up with the final results of this particular procedure.

So natural, as always.

Is it possible to say what might be an average for how long it lasts/how often a patient comes back?

That’s a very interesting thought. I’ve often wondered this myself. It would be greatly appreciated by most people researching hair restoration to see the numbers involved in this type of procedure.

Good question. My first thought was redistribution but I’d also like to know the actual reason for removal.