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Thread: This is what six hair transplants & scalp micropigmentation looks like

post 1659531233 04-12-2022, 02:14 PM
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Originally Posted By LurkoLantern⏩
It looks crazy dense under all lighting. No hair fibers were used in the posted pics. That's the SMP working.


The SMP was done in Houston by SCALPP Clinic:

The most recent transplant was in Turkey by Dr. Serkan AYGIN Clinic.

Before that I had surgeries with Rahal, Konior and ASMED Clinic. Very happy with all of them, no complaints.


Total number of grafts was like 15k hairs. Remember that's including body hair. But also it was so many that it left me needing to do smp to make the back of my head presentable.
Is the SMP just on the back to hide the FUT scar or did you get it in the front/mid-scalp too to increase the illusion of density/less see through scalp visibility?
post 1659531423 04-12-2022, 02:18 PM
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I'm getting a HT this year, how many grafts in total did you get?

What were you on the Norwood scale before

I remember the original thread you made when you got a HT, didn't you also say you started using tretinoin at the same time?
post 1659531973 04-12-2022, 02:29 PM
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post 1659532043 04-12-2022, 02:30 PM
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Originally Posted By LurkoLantern⏩
Over the past decade, I made misc threads on what my 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th hair transplants all looked like. This will actually have to be my last - the doctors say it's literally impossible to perform the surgery on me any more.

Me at 27 vs me at 41

(goodnight sweet iphone case quality)



When I turned 30, I had my first procedure - an FUT strip method. Within the following 10 years, I had two additional FUT method transplants, followed by three FUE procedures. The most recent FUE surgery, which occurred just shy of my 40th birthday, utilized a new technique called DHI implanter (basically it extracts the donor hair and implants it way more rapidly). In this case they took whatever few hairs I had left in the donor zone, as well as neck hair that fall below where a beard would grow.

As my hair began to grow back, I noticed the back of my head was sparse given how much donor hair had been removed from that area. (Also, I previously had a visible scar from the linear strip FUT method, and had a few FUE hairs implanted in it to cover it). This brought me to having SMP (scalp micropigmentation) done. I had it done while my head was still shaved/short from the most recent transplant and it creates the appearance of thickness by darkening the scalp.

So that brings us to now, after several months of growth. I'm due for a haircut and will get it more styled, but on this particularly windy day, here's the comparison with a pic of me at 27 vs me at 36ish (cleaned up) vs me at 41



I'm growing my hair out on the top (but not sides) intentionally as I'll be aiming for a pompadour or more volumous high 'n tight the next time I get a haircut.
Also I'm no longer on finasteride. There's no point as at this point every hair in the "male hair loss zone" is a transplanted hair.


Pic from right after the surgery, about 12 months ago.




Also here's a Before & After with the SMP tattooing (maybe 10 months back)
Over time you even got better looking.. Good job..
post 1659532173 04-12-2022, 02:34 PM
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Way too much work man

Might as well wear a wig at this point
post 1659532283 04-12-2022, 02:36 PM
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Originally Posted By LurkoLantern⏩
No - none whatsoever. If I still had native hair up top, then I'd take finasteride. But every hair that's in the traditional "hair loss zone" up top is a transplanted hair from either my donor area or my front neck.
I'm guessing the donor area can't grow hair anymore?
post 1659532473 04-12-2022, 02:41 PM
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Holy smokes that is dedication.

Almost makes me feel back that I have a full head of hair and I shave it off.
post 1659534303 04-12-2022, 03:15 PM
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Originally Posted By BigPoppaPump84⏩
Is the SMP just on the back to hide the FUT scar or did you get it in the front/mid-scalp too to increase the illusion of density/less see through scalp visibility?
Essentially everywhere except the lower sides. The entire back area which was over-harvested and had the FUT scars, along with the whole top of head. Hence no need for hair fibers or any other cosmetic application. It looks dark & dense all over.


Not me, but here's another example of the effect on long hair
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post 1659534683 04-12-2022, 03:23 PM
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post 1659534753 04-12-2022, 03:24 PM
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Originally Posted By Imthebestmayne⏩
I'm getting a HT this year, how many grafts in total did you get?

What were you on the Norwood scale before

I remember the original thread you made when you got a HT, didn't you also say you started using tretinoin at the same time?
I was a 5a on the Norwood scale back in the day but closing in on being a 6.

I played around with tretinoin and different retinoid creams, but I wasn't really a responder to them. Nowadays I stick to just vitamin C lotion and sunscreen moisturizer during the day (and regular moisturizer if its night). I don't complicate my skincare anymore.
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post 1659534783 04-12-2022, 03:25 PM
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Op you are saying that donor hair is mpb proof. My uncle went total Baldcell at the age of 20 give or take. He has a strip on hair about 2 inches thick and it's getting smaller and smaller.....
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post 1659535033 04-12-2022, 03:30 PM
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Originally Posted By artm⏩
Op you are saying that donor hair is mpb proof. My uncle went total Baldcell at the age of 20 give or take. He has a strip on hair about 2 inches thick and it's getting smaller and smaller.....
Yes, donor hair (when taken from the donor zone) is mpb-proof. The donut-shaped area that surrounds the head that counts as the actual "donor" area isn't that big. If hairs are taken from other parts (too high or too low) then it might be bad hairs that are subject to mpb.

That's why I was relieved to also use beard hair. That hair never falls out either.
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post 1659535273 04-12-2022, 03:33 PM
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literally said holy **** out loud

looks good pompadourbrah

Are you in the US, and how much did this cost? edit: nvm saw prior post
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post 1659535503 04-12-2022, 03:37 PM
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congrats on your great results and thanks for sharing!
post 1659536103 04-12-2022, 03:48 PM
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that certainly worked out well OP, lot of pain and money but as someoen said you only live once

everyday i thank fck i never went bald or receded ......its death to a man especially when younger
post 1659536283 04-12-2022, 03:51 PM
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How strong is it? You can pull on it without hairs coming out or do you have to be gentle?
post 1659536463 04-12-2022, 03:55 PM
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can’t wait. I am no where near as bad as your fist pic, so this is relieving to see.

Thanks for sharing op!

And congrats on your sustained youthful glow.


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post 1659536753 04-12-2022, 03:59 PM
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How’d you go from megamind to the dude on the right? Looks like a different person
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You should get the doctor to harvest their hair from your wife's pubic area and transplant it to your head.

Two birds, one stone.
post 1659539043 04-12-2022, 04:44 PM
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Originally Posted By LurkoLantern⏩
I was a 5a on the Norwood scale back in the day but closing in on being a 6.

I played around with tretinoin and different retinoid creams, but I wasn't really a responder to them. Nowadays I stick to just vitamin C lotion and sunscreen moisturizer during the day (and regular moisturizer if its night). I don't complicate my skincare anymore.
There's a doctor in Bulgaria that's a legit hair loss cure for Norwood 6/7s



post 1659539093 04-12-2022, 04:46 PM
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Does this make OP a trans-haircel?


Sorry OP, no amount of surgery absolves you of your baldcel identity.
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post 1659539353 04-12-2022, 04:49 PM
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Can you even swim with it, OP?

I dunno... I have thick full hair. It's a curse. Wish it would start thinning so I'd have a valid excuse to buzz it.
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post 1659539573 04-12-2022, 04:54 PM
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Originally Posted By jamalfudge⏩
Can you even swim with it, OP?
Lol, whut? Of course I can. It's thick & strong. The hairs are implanted, they then fall out (but the root remains). After several months it will then grow back out like normal hair. No danger of it being pulled out unless its with the same exact force as pulling out your normal hair. No issues at all.
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Originally Posted By jamalfudge⏩
Can you even swim with it, OP?
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This easily cost 20k... you better lay so much pipe now, mate.
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Goddam op. That is a transformation.

Hell I am almost curious of doing this except in order to remove the hair off the back of my neck and throat area. Imagine being able to grow a short beard without having to line it up lol.
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post 1659540563 04-12-2022, 05:14 PM
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Originally Posted By Johnez⏩
Goddam op. That is a transformation.

Hell I am almost curious of doing this except in order to remove the hair off the back of my neck and throat area. Imagine being able to grow a short beard without having to line it up lol.
Only the hair on your throat area would work. The hair on the back of your neck is susceptable to male pattern baldness & would eventually fall out.
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Originally Posted By LurkoLantern⏩
Only the hair on your throat area would work. The hair on the back of your neck is susceptable to male pattern baldness & would eventually fall out.
how do the scars look like when they fue your beard?
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post 1659541263 04-12-2022, 05:28 PM
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Originally Posted By TonyTriangles⏩
how do the scars look like when they fue your beard?
Completely non-existent. You can't see them at all. This is with the new DHI extractor pen, so the diameter of the "plucking" instrument is smaller than regular FUE. I have no visible dots/scars of any kind.
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