Yes, I guess more of the variation I'm asking about is if you don't get as many as you did and how quickly the native that was left at the time of the procedure, keeps falling out or thinning.
Great question. It falls out at whatever rate it was going to, I guess. This is a reason why hair transplants can be weird for guys who are NW2-3 -- you're going to lose more hair as you age, especially if you don't want to take drugs like finasteride and minoxidil. So, picking a clinic and hairline and etc requires some thought so you aren't setting yourself up to need a second procedure. Happy to expand.
Thanks for the real world info on this! How long until the new hairs started growing? Did you keep your hair buzzed until they started growing in or did you let your hair grow out during the ugly duckling phase?
- I was buzzing it before the procedure
- You have to let it grow a little bit before the procedure so they understand what sort of hair you are working with
- Don't get FUT, you'll have a scar on the back of your head. Do FUE.
- I could wear a hat at something like 48 hours after the procedure.
- It actually looks good at something like day 8, then the transplanted hair falls out and you're an ugly duckling for several months. Wasn't half as bad as I feared.
- Once it was healed enough to buzz it again, I actually used the ugly duckling phase to walk around and say hi to people I know and just see if they noticed and said anything or not.
- I still buzz it now, it just looks way better in my opinion. Your own opinion is by far the most important.
- Two people have mentioned, "did you change something with your hair?" And that's it. Best part was talking to a friend's girlfriend -- she was teasing him for not noticing how she changed something with her hair. Meanwhile I was standing in front of her with a f***ing hair transplant in the and she didn't notice, even in the ugly duckling phase. Turns out when it's mostly adding hairs to the top of your head, no one really cares about what it looks like, or remembers. I didn't expect that almost no one would notice it, even my mother and sister. Ultimately, it's what made me finally relax about the whole thing instead of feeling self-conscious.
The only people who know about it are:
1. My woman. She definitely thought it was odd, but I introduced it in a thoughtful way saying, "this is important to me" and she said that she thought my buzzed bald head looked good anyway, but that I should do whatever I want.
2. You guys
