9 Month top view (2)

this isn't the best picture but I feel like the top is thickening (slowly!)

9 Month comparison top view

Looks like my hair is thickening up slowly but surely. Although it's still pretty thin and you can see my scalp quite clearly on top, I think it is beginning to happen. I think I imagined by 9 months I would have a full head of hair but obviously still waiting for that point - now I'm prepared to wait at least one year or more for it to thicken up fully.

Here's a comparison shot showing the top view 6 months and 9 months after the procedure

8.5 Months (a week after a hair cut)

The 8 month mark came and went - still reasonably happy with the results so far but growth has not been quite as thick or quick as I expected. The back third of my head hair is growing, but it's taking longer than I thought it would. I keep telling myself it'll thicken up in time. I hope it will!

Overall I feel much more positive about my hair and the way it looks - in these pictures I feel it looks better than it does in the mirror! But then I'm usually under a light in the bathroom which is never flattering. At the least I don't think you can really tell from the donor area that hair has been taken from the back and sides.

Oblique view. If you zoom, you can see that the new hair still has some thickening up to do, but it's coming along. I'm happy with the angle of the hairline. 

Front view. I used to have a big gap right in the middle of my hairline. That's mostly gone although you can still see the hair is thinner (because it's all transplanted hair) under lights. 

View from the top - still thickening up (this is the bit I'm most anxious about) 

View from behind - hopefully when the top thickens this part will be less noticeable

Side view : can you see the strip scar?

Front hair line @ 7.5 months

Not much change really, but my hairdresser left the top longer this time which is a mixed blessing. Somehow the hair seems much finer when it's left longer. But I'm able to sweep it across so maybe it covers more baldness, I'm not sure. I'm still pretty happy with the front and just now waiting for the top / crown to grow in more. I keep seeing the new top hair (which is very fine) and saying to myself that it'll thicken up. Hopefully it will!

Fine hairs on top (7ish Months)

I'm starting to see more fine hairs on the top of my head - they're getting quite long but still quite thin and wiry. I'm hoping these are going to thicken up and cover the thin patch on top. If that's covered, I'm going to be a happy man. Maybe at 9 months it'll be better...

Top view, 3 month & 6 month comparison

The slowest progress seems to be on top, towards the back. I'm not sure if that's because the multiple-FU grafts take longer to grow or simply because the area was thinner initially. But anyway, encouraging to see some of the hairs are growing and thickening. At 3 months I had some new hairs but they were very fine indeed.

As it is those hairs are still very thin, so I'm hoping for more thickening over the next three months

An intermediary before/after hairline @ 6 months

I know the colouring is all a bit messed up, but you can see how I looked before and how the hairline has been filled in. It should thicken up even more over the next few months with any luck.