Top view, 6, 9. 12 months

Not a huge amount of change in the last three months, but apparently it should keep thickening up for at least another six months. 

Some embarrassing "Before" photos

It's a bit cringey to look back to 2012 / 2013 when these photos were taken. I was developing the "island of hair" you see quite often. I used to keep it short because it looked better that way - imagine what I looked like when I needed a hair cut! We are our own worst critics, I'm definitely no exception. But looking at these photos makes me feel a lot happier about how my hair looks now. Even taking the step to tackling it is a big one, and I know I've still got a long way to go before I get to a point where I don't feel self-conscious about it. But it's great looking in the mirror and not being horrified!

The 'island' of hair

I also had a big gap at the front

It looked better short.

Taken on my phone, 12 months after

12 Month Post (almost!)

It's been a long year (technically five days before the one year mark), but a good one. I've probably said so before but we all think we're gonna be that guy whose hair grows in quickly and looks utterly transformed after six months. For me, because the number of grafts was pretty high I was expecting a good result. Of course I'm happy with it so far! But I still hope there is a bit more thickening to come - especially towards the back.

Anyway I'll let the photos speak for themselves. For a laugh, I'll dig out some old photos and upload them in another post. Quite funny looking back now and thinking what my hair looked like a year ago.

There's still quite a large thin patch covering the crown area, but there are longer hairs growing. I definitely think it's thickening - but gradually!

Happy with the front

All in all, a huge improvement on before! Looking forward to another few months of hair thickening.