Thanks for the info. Would you say there was no gyno for the first couple years? How was your body composition at the time? Have you ever considered topical DHT blockers, like finasteride/dutasteride/cb/ru?
Thanks for replying, it's great to hear from someone in the same position. I have a lot of questions:
How long into taking finasteride did you develop gyno? Did you get any hormone tests done, and if so what were the results? How did surgery go? Did you consider alternative DHT blocking treatments? How...
I've been taking oral DHT blockers for 2.5 years. Finasteride for the first 6 months, and then switched to dutasteride for the past 2 years, both at the regular dosage. Unfortunately in the past few months I've noticed the development of gynecomastia. I wasn't sure at first, but it has now...
@Omega2327 thanks for the detailed reply, this is really helpful. I did miss the 35 FU on the right, makes more sense now. Really looking forward to your surgery report.
Oh, one other thing. All of the cases Zarev presents on his website are of patients with perfect hair characteristics. You...
I have to say I'm surprised with the total number of extractable grafts he came up with. 66 FU/cm2 is on the lower end (however your donor appears pretty decent, I would have thought the density was higher). I guess the area is just really large.
And the extractable grafts is exactly half of...
Very interesting, thanks for sharing. Would you consider sharing this to the HRN forums? There's massive interest in Dr. Zarev over there, but no patient reviews (well, one did pop up a week ago).
Anyway @mrk123 , a technique is only as good as the doctor using it. There are basically 3 options:
1) premade slits, then insert the grafts using forceps
2) stick & place, where you make a slit and insert the graft using forceps, one by one
3) implanter pen, where you load the pen, and then...
I don't see any indication that they are being harvested at the same time, nor do I see how that would even be possible with them laying on their back lol. Like I said, implanter pen is what people commonly refer to DHI as.
I guess my point is that barely any reputable clinics do this graft by graft extraction and then implantation that you're talking about. Do I think that reducing the out-of-body time of a graft is important? Yes. But it seems like reputable clinics handle this well enough, despite not going...
Here is a youtube video from the clinic whose website you linked
Notice how all of the extractions are done first, and then the implantation is done with an implanter pen. Like I said, this is what's commonly referred to as DHI.
None of the top clinics using implanter pens do extraction and then implantation graft by graft. Couto, Lorenzo, Freitas, etc. They all do the extractions, followed by implantation via implanter pen. This is commonly referred to DHI.
I don't know which definition came first, but I do know that...
Thanks for the context. I am open to b) being true and it makes sense theoretically, but I can't say I've seen any great evidence for it. Hopefully that'll change in the near future.
@whatintheworld the studies you linked above say nothing about the donor area though. The Eugenix video says they believe the recipient area thinning occurs precisely because of thinning in donor area.
Earlier you said that thinning can occur in the recipient area even if the donor area shows...