25 Years Old, Worried About Receding Hairline and Did Something About It! - Antalya, Turkey

For some reason, I have been cursed not only with a receding hairline, but a huge love for hair! I have always loved hair, since I was a little kid I would always have different lengths and styles and I really thought it was an important part of me. I of course know, that your outward appearance means very little to who you are as a person, and that your character is the real important thing to work on, However! Since the age of about 21 I noticed my hair was starting to recede and thinning out. I was devastated! I couldn't believe it would happen to someone at such a young age.
I started to do research about pills and potions, rogain and propecia all pretty full on products, I even bought them both without any doctors consent as I was fighting this battle in secret not wanting people to know I was that concerned about my hair! How ever, after only a couple of months using the products I realised I was realistically not going to be able to keep it up, I didn't have the patience to be applying a smelly ointment to my head every day and night. And the propecia really messed with my libido.
I started looking into other surgical treatments, and found that there were clinics in India who where doing very affordable hair transplants. I was willing to pay up to $10000 to be honest, I just really worried about my hair. On a trip to Thailand I made in 2014 at age 24 I got an appointment at a hair clinic, the doctor was concerned about my age which is very understandable, and he also said it would be quite pricy, around $12000, I took some time to think about it, as it was also a FUT strip transplant and I wanted a FUE transplant, and in the end I didn't take it.
The next year I found myself in Europe doing some travels, and made contact with a clinic in Antalya, Turkey. They were extremely friendly and very responsive to my query. I sent photos of my current hairline and hair density as best I could, and they booked me in for a surgery on May 23 2015 I was now 25 years of age.
Unfortunately, I lost the pictures I took immediately after surgery so I have photos from 2 weeks and one month after the surgery.

I know everyone is pretty much just interested in the final result, as am I! So I thought I would wait until I started seeing more hair coming through before I started the post.
The first 4 months, even 5 months were so damn tough! Looking in the mirror to see all the new hairs fall out in the first month, then redness and pimples in the second month. I still had no feeling in the top of my head for 4 months after the surgery, it has almost all returned now after nearly 7 months. But what a process and test of patience it has been!!
The real self website helped so much, seeing peoples results after 4 or 5 months, some with full heads of hair, others with a similar amount to me, it was very reassuring.
I have updated photos up to the 6 month mark. I will post 7 months in a week or so. My hair is curly so I can cover up the sides now easily, but the new hair is definitely starting to come out. Maybe not as much as I expected but I am being patient.

Its a bit late but these photos were taken 7 months after the operation. My hair is curly in this photo due to just coming out of a hot yoga session which actually gave me good coverage and makes it look like my hair line is not too bad. (thanks yoga!) The new hairs are starting to get longer, I still haven't got the density I was hoping for but I guess it's early days still, and I won't worry unless it doesn't change by the 12-18 month mark. But it is definitely starting to come together and much better than I looked even 3 months ago.