Regular Member Sweettransvestite Posted September 22, 2020 Regular Member Share Posted September 22, 2020 (edited) Hey everybody. Hope y’all are doing well in COVID-19 times. So I went ahead and did a hair transplant. Thought I’d post my results as the months go along. I lurked this forum for a while before deciding to get my scalp harvested. I appreciated the honest feedback/recommendations here so I thought I’d make a post so others with similar level of baldness/hair type can get an idea of what to expect with the # of grafts I got. I’ll update as things progress. Details: -31 years old -Had the surgery on 17/08/2020 - Started finasteride 8 months before FUE. Seemed to slow things down as I was losing a shit-ton of hair before starting it and ... that stopped once I started. (Still taking it, not using min or Nizoral... fin seems to have had the opposite effect that a lot of guys report. Dunno why but that’s neither here nor there.) - not using hair concealer Photos aren’t the greatest. I’m taking photos under the harshest light I can find in the moment. I’ll post photos from the clinic if/when I receive them! If anyone has questions about the clinic, procedure, aftermath, whatever, I’m happy to answer. I was pretty freaked out before I did the deed, and am still pretty anxious (but hopeful) about the end result. Take care errybody! Pre-transplant, taken the morning of the surgery: Right after surgery: Six days after surgery: Edited September 22, 2020 by Sweettransvestite Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member Sweettransvestite Posted September 22, 2020 Author Regular Member Share Posted September 22, 2020 Back of my head: About 10-14 days: Current (One month and one week): Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member FoxtrotChi Posted September 22, 2020 Regular Member Share Posted September 22, 2020 Looks very similar to my progress and hair loss pattern. Everyone is different, but I looked pretty bad until about day 100. After that it’s SLOWLY started to grow in. I’m at about day 135 now and I can say that I now officially look better than before the HT. Growth is still slow but starting to fill in. Good luck! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member hairlossPA Posted September 22, 2020 Senior Member Share Posted September 22, 2020 you have great hair characteristics. I would think this will be a great result. donor looks pristine as always from H&W. good luck with growing. where are you from? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member Sweettransvestite Posted September 22, 2020 Author Regular Member Share Posted September 22, 2020 8 minutes ago, FoxtrotChi said: Looks very similar to my progress and hair loss pattern. Everyone is different, but I looked pretty bad until about day 100. After that it’s SLOWLY started to grow in. I’m at about day 135 now and I can say that I now officially look better than before the HT. Growth is still slow but starting to fill in. Good luck! Thanks for the insight bro! Glad to hear you’re making good progress. Would love to see if you can post a link. I am optimistic that I will be able to feel comfortable going out w/out a hat in 3-4 months. Fortunately I can stay capped for work right now, but it isn’t the most comfortable. Shaving my head/seeing these photos definitely reveals just how much hair I have lost! Real eye-opener. My curly hair definitely conceals just how mad bald I am hahaha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member Sweettransvestite Posted September 22, 2020 Author Regular Member Share Posted September 22, 2020 7 minutes ago, hairlossPA said: you have great hair characteristics. I would think this will be a great result. donor looks pristine as always from H&W. good luck with growing. where are you from? Thanks bud! I am currently living in Vancouver so H&W was first choice just cause of convenience. Was surprised to learn that there was an esteemed clinic right in my backyard! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member hairlossPA Posted September 22, 2020 Senior Member Share Posted September 22, 2020 (edited) lucky. I'm waiting for the border to re-open between US and Canada.. been rescheduled multiple times now with H&W Edited September 22, 2020 by hairlossPA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member FoxtrotChi Posted September 22, 2020 Regular Member Share Posted September 22, 2020 Here’s my thread: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member Sweettransvestite Posted September 22, 2020 Author Regular Member Share Posted September 22, 2020 4 minutes ago, hairlossPA said: lucky. I'm waiting for the border to re-open between US and Canada.. been rescheduled multiple times now with H&W Aw :(. Sorry to hear that bro. Where you at? When were you originally scheduled for? It’s hard to get a read on when the border will reopen. Most Canadians are fervently anti-reopening so I can’t see it happening any time soon. I don’t think there will be much difference between the Covid numbers here vs USA per capita. We’ve kinda reopened most things and are crossing our fingers as numbers rise. I foresee another lockdown around November. This really is the shits, for everybody. Hope that we get this bastard under control soon so people can stay outta the ICU and you can venture up here for your surgery! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member Sweettransvestite Posted September 22, 2020 Author Regular Member Share Posted September 22, 2020 26 minutes ago, FoxtrotChi said: Here’s my thread: Thanks for shooting me a link. Looks like you healed up really well bro!! Hope your progress continues to be excellent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member Britanium Posted September 22, 2020 Senior Member Share Posted September 22, 2020 Work looks very good! Donor area looks great. You chose a elite Dr. This is going to turn out fantastic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member hairlossPA Posted September 22, 2020 Senior Member Share Posted September 22, 2020 (edited) @Sweettransvestiteim in pennsylvania. originally scheduled for april 20th. then june. then august. then october. now january 2021 which is still a long shot at this point Edited September 22, 2020 by hairlossPA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Melvin- Admin Posted September 22, 2020 Administrators Share Posted September 22, 2020 Awesome write-up most of the FUE work I’ve seen has come from Dr. Hasson, it’s great to see Dr. Wong doing clean and refined FUE. You’ve chosen an excellent surgeon/clinic. I’ll be following your progress closely. Happy growing 🙂 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 Sweettransvestite Posted September 22, 2020 Author Regular Member Share Posted September 22, 2020 31 minutes ago, JohnAC71 said: Work looks very good! Donor area looks great. You chose a elite Dr. This is going to turn out fantastic. Hope so! Re: donor area. All the extractions were done by Dr. Wong’s assistant so gotta give her the credit there. Very chill Romanian woman, was very patient with me while I drooled in her lap, passed out a few times and breathed through my mouth. (Side note: eat a big breakfast folks! That tiny 2.5 mg Valium wouldn’t do shit for me on a normal day, but taking it at 7 AM on a relatively empty stomach fucked me up!) One thing I rly admired about Dr. Wong is that he consulted w/ his assistants thoroughly, asked them for their opinions, took them seriously. There was really no ego there. Seemed like a lot of trust between the team members and that they just wanted to do a good job together! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member baldlivesmatter Posted November 3, 2020 Senior Member Share Posted November 3, 2020 Congrats, looks like great work. How long was the waiting list? 1700 grafts w/ Dr. Diep 1300 grafts w/ Dr. Nadimi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member Sweettransvestite Posted December 26, 2020 Author Regular Member Share Posted December 26, 2020 Hey hair transplant bros, gals and non-binary friends. Merry Christmas, happy holidays, and cheers! I apologize for taking so damn long to update. Past few months have been very busy. sadly, I am not where I hoped to be at this point re: hair growth. However, I will continue to be patient and remain optimistic. (I am, admittedly, very nervous at this point.) Lots of new hairs popping up, though, and lots of new zits! Weird to be happy about pimples on my head, but that is where we’re at hahaha. Even if I have a poor yield, I gotta say, I am very happy with how dr. Wong and co Implanted the hairs. Love the hairline, and at least everything is growing in the right direction. Cheers to all of y’all, and hope you are all doing well in these crazy ass times. If things are not going well, please PM me. I have a bit more free time to pay close attention to my inbox and we all gotta look out for one another right now. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member Sweettransvestite Posted December 26, 2020 Author Regular Member Share Posted December 26, 2020 On 11/2/2020 at 10:56 PM, baldlivesmatter said: Congrats, looks like great work. How long was the waiting list? Not long at all, actually! I went to the clinic pre-pandemic, in January. I signed up for the surgery in February, and the gentleman I consulted with offered me an spot in March. I told them I wanted to do during the summer and they had lots of availability (but they also weren’t taking international patients at the time.) I am local Vancouver resident though, so that may have something to do with it. cheers bro! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member Gasthoerer Posted December 26, 2020 Senior Member Share Posted December 26, 2020 3 hours ago, Sweettransvestite said: sadly, I am not where I hoped to be at this point re: hair growth. However, I will continue to be patient and remain optimistic. (I am, admittedly, very nervous at this point.) Like your positive attitude. This is the hardest time and everyone is very anxious during this stage. Man, I was so anxious when growth was one month delayed in my second compared to my first surgery. But you are not even at month 5 yet. Plenty of time left 🙂 Enjoy the Christmas/new years break, do not look in the mirror all day long...in a couple of weeks it will look much better. 400+ grafts in 2018 and 2900 grafts in 2020 via FUE with Feriduni Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member FoxtrotChi Posted December 26, 2020 Regular Member Share Posted December 26, 2020 It just gets worse before it gets better. Everyone tells you that but nobody can fully prepare. It’ll look great in a few months. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member Sweettransvestite Posted December 26, 2020 Author Regular Member Share Posted December 26, 2020 4 hours ago, Gasthoerer said: Like your positive attitude. This is the hardest time and everyone is very anxious during this stage. Man, I was so anxious when growth was one month delayed in my second compared to my first surgery. But you are not even at month 5 yet. Plenty of time left 🙂 Enjoy the Christmas/new years break, do not look in the mirror all day long...in a couple of weeks it will look much better. Thanks for the wisdom and encouragement! :) I haven't been dwelling on it. The worst that could happen is a lot worse than the worst that could happen, when factoring in all things. Hahaha 39 minutes ago, FoxtrotChi said: It just gets worse before it gets better. Everyone tells you that but nobody can fully prepare. It’ll look great in a few months. I feel like this is very true! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member deitel130 Posted December 26, 2020 Senior Member Share Posted December 26, 2020 You are just about a week over 4 months and your growth has started. If you take pictures each month now you should start to see noticeable differences in terms of growth. 4 months is where growth is normally known to start. Looking forward to future updates. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member Homeerestre Posted December 26, 2020 Senior Member Share Posted December 26, 2020 The improvements is showing though. It also looks like it's gonna be better in a few months. Congrats! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member Style22 Posted January 31, 2021 Senior Member Share Posted January 31, 2021 How are things progressing? Looks like you were about to see some good growth from last update. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member Style22 Posted April 2, 2021 Senior Member Share Posted April 2, 2021 Any update?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Melvin- Admin Posted April 2, 2021 Administrators Share Posted April 2, 2021 Yes, would love to see an update as well. 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...
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