Post FUE- African American

I’ll soon be approaching the 1 year mark of having my FUE procedure on 05/28/18. My observation of the procedure and the growth process is that the procedure is painless besides the swelling, pimples and itches which for me subsided within a 1-2 weeks after he procedure (swelling maybe 4-5 days total). The hair growth process is REALLY long and slow , also your hair will grow uneven so you have to be creative with the way that you style your hair so you don’t look too crazy. My barber is really good and have all sort of enhancers for density which looks natural. At home when I style my hair I use Toppik application to help my hair look more fuller to the naked eye. I don’t use it everyday, it just depends on the event that I’m attending. To help prevent further hair loss my doctor prescribed Finasteride. I also take hair growth vitamins regularly (biotin etc). I’m considering having a second procedure to ty to add more density but I’ll give it another 4-5 months than make a decision. My initial thoughts and hope was that by having the procedure done, I’ll be back to having a full head of hair and looking like the old me, but honestly that’s unrealistic. Now that I’m more knowledgeable in the area and with my personal experience and research I now look at it more logically. The moment I noticed my hair loss and was able to see my scalp means that I had already loss millions of follicles so replacing the millions of loss follicles with 2000 grafts, the math just don’t add up. The most that I can achieve is making an illusion to the naked eye. With that being said, do I have regrets NO. Best decision that I made. I feel more confident now. I personally hated wearing and being bald. I have not purchased a hat in 8 months. I’m happy with my decision of having my hair transplant. I’m being completely transparent! Hopefully this helps someone!

So far, so good. I’m loving my results. My only issue is that I wish I would’ve done this years ago! I’ll probably have another procedure done after I hit the 1 Year mark that I can add more density. Maybe I’ll have 1000-1500 more grafts added. What do you think?

I’m now at 7 months post having my FUE surgery. My feelings have not changed, I’m glad I had the surgery done. I continue to try to stay patience as my hair goes through the growth stages as it can be slow and take up to 6-12 months for you to see significant growth after having a hair transplant. I only wish I would’ve done it a long time ago. I’m anxious for the growth to become evenly spread out but it definitely looks much much better than it did previous, hands down.