Regular Member youngnbald Posted February 9, 2020 Regular Member Share Posted February 9, 2020 My shedding started at exactly the same time and continued for a month But after the the second month it stopped completely :) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member KM90 Posted February 11, 2020 Author Regular Member Share Posted February 11, 2020 On 2/7/2020 at 10:03 PM, LDN21 said: I wasn't sure if it was ok to use clippers on the donor after 4 weeks? I was told it was after 3 months on donor and 6 months on recipient area for clippers, but everywhere else is fine with scissors. Is it ok to use clippers on donor area after 4 weeks? I was told that it was ok to shave the donor area after 1 month. The recipient area could be shaved after 5 months, but it was ok to use scissors before that. First hair transplant: 5078 FUE Grafts with Dr. Koray Erdogan, ASMED clinic, January 2020 Link: https://www.hairrestorationnetwork.com/topic/56016-5078-grafts-fue-910th-jan-2020-asmed-dr-koray-erdogan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
killa Posted February 14, 2020 Share Posted February 14, 2020 been hearing amazing things on erdogan. looks like a clean clinic with excellent results. keep it up 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member KM90 Posted February 14, 2020 Author Regular Member Share Posted February 14, 2020 7 hours ago, killa said: been hearing amazing things on erdogan. looks like a clean clinic with excellent results. keep it up Hey killa, I hope that 🙂 Will see in a couple months. First hair transplant: 5078 FUE Grafts with Dr. Koray Erdogan, ASMED clinic, January 2020 Link: https://www.hairrestorationnetwork.com/topic/56016-5078-grafts-fue-910th-jan-2020-asmed-dr-koray-erdogan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member KM90 Posted March 13, 2020 Author Regular Member Share Posted March 13, 2020 2 months post-op Shedding phase still in progress 😔 Have had a lot of pimples on my donor area but it has decreased now with the use of Terramycin cream. Still using minoxidil foam, finasteride 1mg and taking biotin tablets daily. 2 First hair transplant: 5078 FUE Grafts with Dr. Koray Erdogan, ASMED clinic, January 2020 Link: https://www.hairrestorationnetwork.com/topic/56016-5078-grafts-fue-910th-jan-2020-asmed-dr-koray-erdogan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hitch Posted April 17, 2020 Share Posted April 17, 2020 (edited) On 3/13/2020 at 12:41 PM, KM90 said: 2 months post-op Shedding phase still in progress 😔 Have had a lot of pimples on my donor area but it has decreased now with the use of Terramycin cream. Still using minoxidil foam, finasteride 1mg and taking biotin tablets daily. Hey Km90, Thank you for sharing your experience in such a clear and detailed way. How is evolving your 3 months post op by the way ? Kindly Edited April 17, 2020 by Hitch 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Melvin- Admin Posted April 17, 2020 Administrators Share Posted April 17, 2020 Thanks for posting your review, we’d love to see your updates 😃 1 I’m a paid admin for Hair Transplant Network. I do not receive any compensation from any clinic. My comments are not medical advice. Check out my final hair transplant and topical dutasteride journey: View my thread Topical dutasteride journey Melvin- Managing Publisher and Forum Moderator for the Hair Transplant Network, the Coalition Hair Loss Learning Center, and the Hair Loss Q&A Blog. Follow our Social Media: Facebook, Instagram, Linkedin, and YouTube. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member KM90 Posted April 17, 2020 Author Regular Member Share Posted April 17, 2020 19 hours ago, Hitch said: Hey Km90, Thank you for sharing your experience in such a clear and detailed way. How is evolving your 3 months post op by the way ? Kindly Thanks it's going well 😊 I will upload some photos shortly. First hair transplant: 5078 FUE Grafts with Dr. Koray Erdogan, ASMED clinic, January 2020 Link: https://www.hairrestorationnetwork.com/topic/56016-5078-grafts-fue-910th-jan-2020-asmed-dr-koray-erdogan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member KM90 Posted April 17, 2020 Author Regular Member Share Posted April 17, 2020 18 hours ago, Melvin-Moderator said: Thanks for posting your review, we’d love to see your updates 😃 Thanks for following 😊 First hair transplant: 5078 FUE Grafts with Dr. Koray Erdogan, ASMED clinic, January 2020 Link: https://www.hairrestorationnetwork.com/topic/56016-5078-grafts-fue-910th-jan-2020-asmed-dr-koray-erdogan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member KM90 Posted April 17, 2020 Author Regular Member Share Posted April 17, 2020 3 months post-op Finally starting to see a little bit of growth in the frontal area 😁 I have not cut my hair since around 1 month. The donor area looks a bit patchy on the sides which you can see on the last photos in better lighting. I hope it is just temporary. The vertex area has not started growing yet and I have got a lot of pimples there. I tried putting on some Terramycin lotion a few weeks back and might have seem a slight improvement but I didn't use it daily as I probably should so cannot evaluate if it actually helped or not. I will try it again and be more strict with the usage this time. Do you guys know if this is bad or if it is normal? If anyone has had it, did it go away by itself or did you use any medicine for it? I'm still using Minoxidil foam every evening before bed and I'm not sure if maybe that could cause the irritated skin on the vertex. I'm also still using the Proscar 1.25mg which ASMED gave me but I will soon switch to a Propecia equivalent (1 mg tablets) that I got prescribed here in Sweden. First hair transplant: 5078 FUE Grafts with Dr. Koray Erdogan, ASMED clinic, January 2020 Link: https://www.hairrestorationnetwork.com/topic/56016-5078-grafts-fue-910th-jan-2020-asmed-dr-koray-erdogan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member dokke Posted April 17, 2020 Regular Member Share Posted April 17, 2020 Looks like a success in the making. Quote Do you guys know if this is bad or if it is normal? If anyone has had it, did it go away by itself or did you use any medicine for it? I belive this is perfectly normal. I had the exact same at around the same time, and it started subsiding after month 3-4, when the growth really started. I also tried some of the Terramycin stuff they provided - why not. No idea if it helped or if it just went away naturally. The sides don't look bad at all. No one will ever notice. And i am pretty sure it will even out even more going forward. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member KM90 Posted April 17, 2020 Author Regular Member Share Posted April 17, 2020 55 minutes ago, dokke said: Looks like a success in the making. I belive this is perfectly normal. I had the exact same at around the same time, and it started subsiding after month 3-4, when the growth really started. I also tried some of the Terramycin stuff they provided - why not. No idea if it helped or if it just went away naturally. The sides don't look bad at all. No one will ever notice. And i am pretty sure it will even out even more going forward. Thanks for your response, good to hear that. Did you also do your HT at Asmed? First hair transplant: 5078 FUE Grafts with Dr. Koray Erdogan, ASMED clinic, January 2020 Link: https://www.hairrestorationnetwork.com/topic/56016-5078-grafts-fue-910th-jan-2020-asmed-dr-koray-erdogan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member dokke Posted April 17, 2020 Regular Member Share Posted April 17, 2020 3 minutes ago, KM90 said: Thanks for your response, good to hear that. Did you also do your HT at Asmed? Yes, 5500 grafts in July 19. Really happy with the outcome so far. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member KM90 Posted May 11, 2020 Author Regular Member Share Posted May 11, 2020 4 months post-op The growth has increased a lot in the frontal area but the vertex is still lagging behind which I believe is fully normal at this stage. Overall I'm happy with this amount of growth at the 4 month mark but I'm a bit concerned about the donor area which is still a bit patchy. Not that I am concerned about my appearance as I don't think anyone would notice, but I'm rather thinking that if it will stay like this I would probably not consider another transplant in the future. However, it's still early in the process and I can just hope that it will even out in the coming months. Regarding the pimples in the vertex, most of them disappeared by themselves so I didn't need to continue with any cream. I have now also switched to Finasteride Accord 1mg daily and will soon also switch from Minoxidil foam to liquid. First hair transplant: 5078 FUE Grafts with Dr. Koray Erdogan, ASMED clinic, January 2020 Link: https://www.hairrestorationnetwork.com/topic/56016-5078-grafts-fue-910th-jan-2020-asmed-dr-koray-erdogan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member HisHairness Posted May 13, 2020 Regular Member Share Posted May 13, 2020 Hi @KM90 - looks like you and I had our procedures on roughly the same day and have very similar profiles (similar grafts / similar locations). Looking forward to following your progress and comparing. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valued Contributor Gatsby Posted May 13, 2020 Valued Contributor Share Posted May 13, 2020 Hey KM90! What a terrific result and you're only at the 4 month mark. Imagine the 14th month mark!!!!!! You actually have a perfect shaped head to shave if you never had surgery and you still have this option going down the SMP route. Any white donor dot scars can easily be eliminated with SMP. I'm looking forward to seeing more of your journey in the coming months. Congratulations and thanks for sharing! 1 GATSBY 'UNPLUGGED!' 15,671 (3 surgeries) Grafts FUE+BHT Dr. Sethi Eugenix Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hitch Posted May 13, 2020 Share Posted May 13, 2020 Looking really good @Km90 ! Your middle has existing hair so it's difficult to really parse out the growth but I think the work done on your front already seems to be filling in. You're looking great for 4 months in my opinion. Looking forward to following along. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member KM90 Posted May 13, 2020 Author Regular Member Share Posted May 13, 2020 15 hours ago, HisHairness said: Hi @KM90 - looks like you and I had our procedures on roughly the same day and have very similar profiles (similar grafts / similar locations). Looking forward to following your progress and comparing. Hi @HisHairness - Yes you are right, congrats on your transplant! It will be interesting to follow your progresss and good luck with the growth! 15 hours ago, Gatsby said: Hey KM90! What a terrific result and you're only at the 4 month mark. Imagine the 14th month mark!!!!!! You actually have a perfect shaped head to shave if you never had surgery and you still have this option going down the SMP route. Any white donor dot scars can easily be eliminated with SMP. I'm looking forward to seeing more of your journey in the coming months. Congratulations and thanks for sharing! Thanks @Gatsby! Yeah I had actually never shaved my head since starting to get bald so I never considered it but hopefully I will not need it now 1 hour ago, Hitch said: Looking really good @Km90 ! Your middle has existing hair so it's difficult to really parse out the growth but I think the work done on your front already seems to be filling in. You're looking great for 4 months in my opinion. Looking forward to following along. Thanks @Hitch! Yes I did have some hair in the middle but I do notice the hair looks thicker and I cannot see through to the scalp as much as before, it could be the effects of Finasteride+Minoxidil but I've also seen some small hairs starting to grow in between. It's the back and crown area where I really hope I'll see some growth soon. 1 First hair transplant: 5078 FUE Grafts with Dr. Koray Erdogan, ASMED clinic, January 2020 Link: https://www.hairrestorationnetwork.com/topic/56016-5078-grafts-fue-910th-jan-2020-asmed-dr-koray-erdogan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member BjornBorg Posted May 14, 2020 Senior Member Share Posted May 14, 2020 On 5/13/2020 at 5:52 AM, Gatsby said: Hey KM90! What a terrific result and you're only at the 4 month mark. Imagine the 14th month mark!!!!!! You actually have a perfect shaped head to shave if you never had surgery and you still have this option going down the SMP route. Any white donor dot scars can easily be eliminated with SMP. I'm looking forward to seeing more of your journey in the coming months. Congratulations and thanks for sharing! Curious about the bolded. Can you please provide some photo evidence of this being true? I am very interested in doing it myself but I haven't found any good evidence so far. My results - 2486 grafts FUE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member KM90 Posted June 12, 2020 Author Regular Member Share Posted June 12, 2020 (edited) 5 months post-op I am happy with the growth in the frontal area and I can see new hairs starting to grow and density increasing. However the vertex area still has poor growth and it seems as many of the grafts have not grown yet. Attaching a photo here of a comparison against 11 days post-op before all grafts had shed. I'm not sure what to really expect at the 5 month mark. Sent some photos to the clinic and they said that it's normal at this stage and that I will see more growth in the vertex from month 8-9 to 12-13. What do you guys think about the progress so far? Edited June 12, 2020 by KM90 Posted duplicate Photo First hair transplant: 5078 FUE Grafts with Dr. Koray Erdogan, ASMED clinic, January 2020 Link: https://www.hairrestorationnetwork.com/topic/56016-5078-grafts-fue-910th-jan-2020-asmed-dr-koray-erdogan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member CosmoKramer Posted June 14, 2020 Senior Member Share Posted June 14, 2020 Progress is looking good thus far at this stage, which is really the beginning of the new growth. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hitch Posted June 14, 2020 Share Posted June 14, 2020 (edited) Hey Km90, I think that your progress is very good so far ( For 5 months ), and that you will experience future filling in your Vertex Area which is known to have always a late growth, and is consuming large amounts of grafts due to limited blood circulation arriving over there compared to Frontline: it surely needs a second intervention if you seek perfection, as per most of cases that I followed: but personally, it will not bother me if the rest of the head is correctly filled. More importantly, your donor had recovered very Well: on your Photos no one would expect that you had a HT. Congrats and hope that your journey will be more and more successful. Looking forward to your next months Progress . Take care Comrade !! Edited June 14, 2020 by Hitch 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member BjornBorg Posted June 15, 2020 Senior Member Share Posted June 15, 2020 According to plan. Stay healthy and optimistic. 1 My results - 2486 grafts FUE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member KM90 Posted July 13, 2020 Author Regular Member Share Posted July 13, 2020 (edited) 6 months post-op So this is my 6 month update. It's been great improvement in density since month 5 and I'm getting a lot of compliments from family and friends The photos of the frontal area that I'll post here are taken in different lighting, both indoor and outdoor. It does actually look better and more dense in reality so I'm really happy with the growth. Also note that the hairs in the hairline are still a bit shorter than the native hair behind. Even the crown area which still lacks some density looks to have more coverage in reality and in optimal lighting than in the photos, even though I still hope for more improvement there. As for medications I am currently on Propecia 1mg daily and liquid minoxidil every evening. Edited July 13, 2020 by KM90 First hair transplant: 5078 FUE Grafts with Dr. Koray Erdogan, ASMED clinic, January 2020 Link: https://www.hairrestorationnetwork.com/topic/56016-5078-grafts-fue-910th-jan-2020-asmed-dr-koray-erdogan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member BjornBorg Posted July 13, 2020 Senior Member Share Posted July 13, 2020 Looking good at 6 months. And you will have more improvement in the crown. Thanks for updating. I also have to mention the donor on the sides looks waaaaay better than some months ago. 1 My results - 2486 grafts FUE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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