Regular Member avisaxena33 Posted April 4 Regular Member Share Posted April 4 (edited) Hey all, wanted to share my progress after getting a (1st) hair transplant from Eugenix I chose to go with Eugenix and Dr Das after researching a bunch. It was advised to get coverage on the front and mid sections due to a weak(er) donor area, wait 6 months, and then reevaluate for a 2nd surgery for the back. Roughly 3500 grafts were implanted and ~800 were from the beard. I’ll update progress pics in the comments at some (idk yet) cadence for bookkeeping context: had hairloss starting at 15, was pretty severe by 16. Tried PRP, hair system in the past but wasn’t a fan of the latter and the former as a hair restoration solution did not work. Had SMP done in summer 2022 which framed my face better, that hairline is where we decided to start for the transplant as well attached some pre-op pictures (these are actually from january when i sent more pics to the clinic), these are roughly after growing out my hair for 35-40. Normally I shave my head down so even I had no idea what the current state really was Edited April 5 by avisaxena33 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member avisaxena33 Posted April 4 Author Regular Member Share Posted April 4 post-op that night 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member avisaxena33 Posted April 4 Author Regular Member Share Posted April 4 (edited) 8 days post-op, this is after a couple head washes so scabs should be off mostly if not all Edited April 4 by avisaxena33 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member Rawkerboi Posted April 4 Senior Member Share Posted April 4 Hi, Thanks for sharing your HT Journey with us. The work look's good, do you have any pictures from clinic? Do keep us updated! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member Miller1980 Posted April 4 Regular Member Share Posted April 4 Happy growing. The density is good enough for the half of your head. Do you know how many grafts will you need for the rest of your scalp? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member avisaxena33 Posted April 4 Author Regular Member Share Posted April 4 7 hours ago, Rawkerboi said: Hi, Thanks for sharing your HT Journey with us. The work look's good, do you have any pictures from clinic? Do keep us updated! Unfortunately I didn't take any clinic pictures, but rest assured the Gurgaon clinic, which is the one I was at, was very clean and overall the facility is well maintained. They are also expanding this clinic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member avisaxena33 Posted April 4 Author Regular Member Share Posted April 4 3 hours ago, Miller1980 said: Happy growing. The density is good enough for the half of your head. Do you know how many grafts will you need for the rest of your scalp? Thanks! Yeah so I've been on oral min 5mg and oral fin 1mg for several months now and the idea was to do mid and front coverage first, due to a weaker donor area and then re-evaluate after 6 months for the back. Part of this was because we were seeing some response from the oral min, (especially after bumping up the dose from 2.5 -> 5mg), namely in the back of the head and potentially near the crown, which also would reduce the graft count needed in surgery #2. In the current state, I think the doctor had mentioned roughly 2500 grafts more or so, but it'd be interesting to see if that could be reduced further. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member Shadman Posted April 5 Senior Member Share Posted April 5 On 4/4/2024 at 8:25 AM, avisaxena33 said: post-op that night Looks good 👍 Do you’ve any pre op photos ? And what changes did you notice when you increased your oral minoxidil dose ? 2 𝐄𝐮𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐱 / 𝐃𝐫. 𝐒𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐬𝐡 / 𝟏𝟖𝟎𝟑𝐆𝐫𝐚𝐟𝐭𝐬 / 𝐉𝐮𝐧𝐞 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟑 / 𝐁𝐚𝐝 𝐇𝐚𝐢𝐫 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐑𝐞𝐩𝐚𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐝 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member avisaxena33 Posted April 5 Author Regular Member Share Posted April 5 6 hours ago, Shadman said: Looks good 👍 Do you’ve any pre op photos ? And what changes did you notice when you increased your oral minoxidil dose ? don't think i personally have any pics of right before the procedure, but I took some pics after 35-40 days of growth in january to send the clinic which I attached From oral min I feel like I've definitely noticed growth at least in the area between the back of the head and the top of the head where it starts sloping downwards. I feel like there has also been some growth on the top, but we'll see over time if that is true / continues. Also feel like the growth rate of my beard has increased somewhat. Didn't notice any differences healthwise Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member Shadman Posted April 6 Senior Member Share Posted April 6 21 hours ago, avisaxena33 said: don't think i personally have any pics of right before the procedure, but I took some pics after 35-40 days of growth in january to send the clinic which I attached From oral min I feel like I've definitely noticed growth at least in the area between the back of the head and the top of the head where it starts sloping downwards. I feel like there has also been some growth on the top, but we'll see over time if that is true / continues. Also feel like the growth rate of my beard has increased somewhat. Didn't notice any differences healthwise Got it, in my case also oral minoxidil improved my beard hair. keep us updated, best wishes 👍 𝐄𝐮𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐱 / 𝐃𝐫. 𝐒𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐬𝐡 / 𝟏𝟖𝟎𝟑𝐆𝐫𝐚𝐟𝐭𝐬 / 𝐉𝐮𝐧𝐞 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟑 / 𝐁𝐚𝐝 𝐇𝐚𝐢𝐫 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐑𝐞𝐩𝐚𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐝 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member avisaxena33 Posted April 11 Author Regular Member Share Posted April 11 Pics from ~ 14 days post op (couple days ago) — you can still kind of see redness / where they took grafts on the donor area — before op I kept my head shaved using an electric skull shaver since I had SMP done and I think I’ll probably keep doing so until the 4th month ish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member sekiro109 Posted May 29 Regular Member Share Posted May 29 @avisaxena33 any updates?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member alexXx999 Posted May 29 Regular Member Share Posted May 29 waiting for an update as well since i want to do something similar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member mustafer Posted June 21 Regular Member Share Posted June 21 Is the area in the recipient darker because of SMP? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member avisaxena33 Posted July 11 Author Regular Member Share Posted July 11 (edited) Hey guys, it’s been just shy of 4 months since my HT and I’ve been growing out my hair for a week now, here is how it looks. my concern so far seems to be the donor area. Namely, to me it looks very thin / sparse still. Is this a valid concern? Edited July 11 by avisaxena33 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member Fox243 Posted July 11 Regular Member Share Posted July 11 6 minutes ago, avisaxena33 said: Hey guys, it’s been just shy of 4 months since my HT and I’ve been growing out my hair for a week now, here is how it looks. my concern so far seems to be the donor area. Namely, to me it looks very thin / sparse still. Is this a valid concern? I think it'd be easier to comment on the donor area if we saw this more grown out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member Ajamilo Posted July 11 Senior Member Share Posted July 11 (edited) On 4/4/2024 at 4:24 AM, avisaxena33 said: Hey all, wanted to share my progress after getting a (1st) hair transplant from Eugenix I chose to go with Eugenix and Dr Das after researching a bunch. It was advised to get coverage on the front and mid sections due to a weak(er) donor area, wait 6 months, and then reevaluate for a 2nd surgery for the back. Roughly 3500 grafts were implanted and ~800 were from the beard. I’ll update progress pics in the comments at some (idk yet) cadence for bookkeeping context: had hairloss starting at 15, was pretty severe by 16. Tried PRP, hair system in the past but wasn’t a fan of the latter and the former as a hair restoration solution did not work. Had SMP done in summer 2022 which framed my face better, that hairline is where we decided to start for the transplant as well attached some pre-op pictures (these are actually from january when i sent more pics to the clinic), these are roughly after growing out my hair for 35-40. Normally I shave my head down so even I had no idea what the current state really was I don't understand. Your virgin donor area was really weak before the surgery and had a see-through appearance. Did they not tell you about this before the surgery? Edited July 11 by Ajamilo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member Rawkerboi Posted July 11 Senior Member Share Posted July 11 To make it easier to distinguish, consider growing your hair a bit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member avisaxena33 Posted July 11 Author Regular Member Share Posted July 11 9 hours ago, Rawkerboi said: To make it easier to distinguish, consider growing your hair a bit. Yeah I plan to — just started as i’m basically at the end of the ugly duckling phase Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member Fox243 Posted July 27 Regular Member Share Posted July 27 On 7/11/2024 at 6:57 PM, avisaxena33 said: Yeah I plan to — just started as i’m basically at the end of the ugly duckling phase Curious how the three week growth is looking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member avisaxena33 Posted July 28 Author Regular Member Share Posted July 28 3 hours ago, Fox243 said: Curious how the three week growth is looking. Will post on thursday — it’s been 16 days right now since ive been growing it out 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member Fox243 Posted August 1 Regular Member Share Posted August 1 On 7/27/2024 at 9:04 PM, avisaxena33 said: Will post on thursday — it’s been 16 days right now since ive been growing it out Cool, looking forward to it! Am in a similar situation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member avisaxena33 Posted August 1 Author Regular Member Share Posted August 1 (edited) 21 days since growing hair out at 4 month mark update Donor area not looking great to me. I am pleasantly surprised that fin/oral min was able to regrow some of the hair on the back curving part of my head though it’s annoying to once again walk around with a cap on every day but oh well its unavoidable in order to see the results of this i guess Edited August 1 by avisaxena33 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Al - Moderator Posted August 2 Moderators Share Posted August 2 This is a very tough case. Your donor wasn't very good to begin with. I do think the donor will continue to improve at least some over the next couple of months as I'm sure you had some shock loss that still needs to regrow. You're going to have to use a lot of beard grafts to get your crown covered. It wouldn't look to bad at the length you have it now if you can get crown coverage. 2 Al Forum Moderator (formerly BeHappy) I am a paid forum moderator for hairrestorationnetwork.com. I am not a Dr. and I do not work for any particular Dr. My opinions are my own and may not reflect the opinions of other moderators or the owner of this site. I am also a hair transplant patient and repair patient. You can view some of my repair journey here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member mr_peanutbutter Posted August 2 Senior Member Share Posted August 2 id put some more bodyhairs on the crown and then get another round of smp then buzz it this will look good because the transplant will add the 3d effect that youre missing with just smp 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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