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2 weeks after having 5500 graft FUE hair transplant, my hair seems spaced out. Is it bad to judge how I will look? (Photo)

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RSMember13638Jan 5, 2017

Hello I Had fue in turkey 2 weeks ago and I had 5,500 graphs. After two weeks I'm looking at my hair and can see scalp a lot and seems lots of gaps. Unsure if any has fallen as hard to tell. I'm looking at it thinking is this the amount of coverage I will have on my head in 12 months.The 5500 covered the top of my head as you can see by photos but looking at it now I feel I may need another one. will the hair ontop be thicker and be a lot more of it in 12 months with less gaps?

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