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Close to making a decision about a transplant, just unsure about whether my donor area might be too thin. I have always had messy/forward hair and would like to keep this style, is this possible with a HT? In most results I’ve seen, the hair seems to be placed facing upwards.

See the photo below. Left Box has 33 hairs and 16 hair groups = 2.1 hairs per Follicular Unit. The Right box has 38 hairs and 18 groups = 2.1 hairs per Follicular Unit. Both of these man have an average hair count reflecting about 110,000 total head hairs and a donor supply equal to about 6-7000 grafts in their lifetime. I purchased this from Amazon to do this photography: Xenvo Pro Lens Kit for iPhone, Samsung……….

Just out of curiosity, has some experiment been done to move a few miniaturizing grafts over from the top of the head, to the safe zone? To prove that the hair is the issue, not the scalp. I know that hairs from the safe zone can survive on the balding area, so technically the scalp should not be the issue. But who knows, maybe those miniaturizing hairs will survive just fine in the safe zone.

Imagine moving miniaturizing hairs down to the side and moving hair in the safe zone up. Don’t think it would be too difficult test.Just out of curiosity, has some experiment been done to move a few miniaturizing grafts over from the top of the head, to the safe zone? To prove that the hair is the issue, not the scalp. I know that hairs from the safe zone can survive on the balding area, so technically the scalp should not be the issue. But who knows, maybe those miniaturizing hairs will survive just fine in the safe zone.

Imagine moving miniaturizing hairs down to the side and moving hair in the safe zone up. Don’t think it would be too difficult test.

I don’t think that you understand that it is the hair follicles that carry the genetics, not the area where they are placed. I often tell my patients that if you put a donor hair on the end of your nose, it would grow to pony tail length. So using your example, take a miniaturized hair and place it either on the end of the nose or in the donor area, it will still die out according to its genetic clock.

Dutasteride has a long tissue fixation period lasting a good month, so missing a dose for 5 days is not an issue. Also note that the blood half life for dutasteride is 6 days, which means that half of it was in your blood when you stopped taking it. For the few men when I prescribed dutasteride, I advise taking it just twice a week because the half life is so long.

Finasteride, like all medications, can produce an allergic reaction. If you stop it, it should go away and if you restart it, it will probably reappear.

I don’t know if I am just super conscious but I started to lift again about 6 weeks ago and it seems like there is much more hair in the shower falling out than before, isn’t it true that lifting will release more DHT or something? or am I just panicking

Wight lifting without taking any medications or supplements, will not cause an increase in hair loss. In fact, it may reduce enough of your stress to take the stress off of the hair loss.

If you have doubt about the grafts you received, go back and speak with your doctor and ask him for a copy of the count sheet which is part of the surgical record. Something must have happened that you lost trust with your doctor, so I would suggest that you speak directly with him to get to the root of the mistrust. The photos look about right for 3000 FUE grafts

just got a hair transplant in the UK. Met the doctors on the day due to distance to clinic. i was informed my crown couldn’t be transplanted to which was difference to our email correspondence. After a short chat the dr., he drew what would be my new hair line in pen on my forehead. I asked for it to be lower in the temples to give the youthful look and they assured me they would transplant hairs to the very bottom of the drawn line which would achieve this. I took their advice after being assured it would be to the bottom of the line and went ahead with the procedure, it was straight forward and they were very professional – lasted around 4 1/2 hours. After the procedure i wasn’t shown the results by the team but had to check myself in the bathroom on the way out. My head was rather bloody and slightly swollen so it was hard to judge at this point. it has now been 4 days and things have settled but I am worried that the hairline doesn’t come down far enough at the temples and that it is noticeably squint from the front.

I also took short video during the procedure and have since noted that the hairline drawn for me before the procedure is not the same as the one used during the procedure which is slightly above the former. I have contacted the clinic on two separate occasions to ask for photos taken which they responded to but have ignored both my questions about the number of hairs/grafts actually used on the day. They have informed me it was roughly 2800 hairs, can anyone guess if this looks right from the photo provided. not sure how to add more than one for the changing hairline drawn.

Any thoughts would be appreciated.

This doesn’t sound like a good experience. we make it a point to make the experience fantastic confirmed by all of our patients comment on Yelp and Realself. We treat every patient like royalty and complete dedication to the patient’s needs. Communication is key, of course. Your complaints are reflective of poor communications on the physician side, but the transplant looks ok. 2800 hairs, maybe, but most doctors don’t count hairs but grafts. I would imagine that you had 1400 grafts. The hairline looks ok also. After it has grown out, if you don’t like the hairline you are given or anything is wrong, it can be improved to meet your needs. Good luck.