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I'm 6 and a half months post fue and I have a small patch of hair that has little to no hair growing from it

fiatbrava84Oct 26, 2015
Its is on the front of the hairline and is in the rough shape of the letter "M" I am worried that this patch is lagging so far behind the rest of my hair as this has all grown in at the same time

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