TOPIC: 4,000 grafts Norwood 6/7 Dr. Diep and Dr. Behnam

Hey guys,
I havent posted here in a while Im making this thread because there might be alot of guys out there in my situation, I was a diffuse norwood 6 thinner with retrograde alopecia, before deciding to do a hair trasnpant I often searched hair loss forums, members would constantly dissuade individuals from receiving hair restoration because of extensive hairloss. At 29 years old I decided to do it, I had my first procedure with Dr. Behnam in Santa Monica I had 1,800 grafts put in my midscalp in a diffuse pattern, I got great results well in my opinion, I then just recently decided to have 2,120 grafts implanted to my hairline by Dr. Diep in Los Gatos, im one week post op, but I just wanted to address some apprehensions.

When deciding to have hair restoration you need to first stabilize hairloss, ive been on minoxidil and ketocanozole shampoo for over 4 years, no hair regrowth but my hairloss hasn't gotten much worse, I tried Finasteride but couldn't handle the sides, but I encourage everyone to at least try it.

Secondly, what is your goal realistically, it should be always be natural, address the hairline, midscalp and lateral humps first and foremost, the crown must be something you're willing to leave thin or completely bald.

Thirdly, you must be willing to step outside the box should worst case scenario come in to play, what I mean by this is that you must be willing to invest your time and money if the hair transplant should not come to fruition, for example I have average to below average donor density due to my retrograde alopecia, my hair characteristics are fairly good though, so I plan to use as much of my donor as possible with the possibility of going over 50% donor density. My back up plan is body hair transplant (BHT) to the donor area to make up for the donor depletion, luckily I have alot of body hair I could probably use over 30,000 follicular units just on body hair alone. I also wear my hair short on the sides so the change in hair characteristics from body hair to scalp wont be too apparent in the donor area.

All things considered, MONEY, what I plan on doing will cost me the price of a brand new Mercedez Benz, are you in a position to afford this? Is it worth it to you? I truly dislike when people automatically write off Norwood 6/7 as hopeless, there is still hope if you have managed your hair loss and have realistic expectations, with body hair transplantion you're not solely reliant on hair from your scalp anymore.
I'll post photos seperately.

before pic


after first transplant 1,800 grafts pic taken same place same lighting no concealer

Right before second surgery donor area (see how thin the hairline is)

Hairline 8 days post op second procedure with Dr. Diep 2,120 grafts

I anticipate you will need SMP in order to fill in the rest of the density. Other than that, should be a pretty good result in the end.

Yea I've considered smp, the only thing is it fades and you have to keep getting touch ups, I'd rather transplant body hair or maybe do both, who knows I'll keep this thread updated with progress, 1,800 grafts made a huge difference I can't imagine what 2,120 will do to my hairline, I anticipate hopefully being able to get another 3,000 for the crown and to thicken everything up.

Hey guy's thought I would update this thread, im currently 3.5 months post op, growth is coming in good, donor area is looking good but kinda thin when its facing direct light, but thats to be expected after nearly 4,000 grafts and I wear my hair really short, if I grew it out longer it wouldn't be noticeable, so far though, the dermaroller and lipogaine is keeping my crown strong, its even better than it was 2 years ago. I'm planning my next procedure, I planning on doing SMP and BHT to the crown and donor area. I've been particularly noticing growth with in the past 3 weeks, things are continually looking better day by day. I will update at 6 months. Last picture I attached was 1.5 months post op, you can see how bald the hairline was its was virtually non existent not to mention the shock loss.

wow man that looks quite good, congratulations

Thanks dude, im pretty happy considering its only 3.5 months, i still have a long time to grow, but obviously i'm not done I still have a long way to go, need to do SMP and some additional BHT to the crown.

Here's my 6 month update last picture is before and after, I also took an overhead shot.

mightpinoneday wrote:
All things considered, MONEY, what I plan on doing will cost me the price of a brand new Mercedez Benz, are you in a position to afford this? Is it worth it to you?

Like a new C-class or new E-class or new S-class?

Congrats on your new look. You look way better with the hair.

So far its less than a C class, but when I'm done it'll probably be probably more than C class less than an E class, a car you show off only when you drive it, your hair is with you wherever you go, its just like having a nice physique.

HOLY SHITTTTT (my exact vocal reaction) good shit bro