too thin hair after the transplant, I'm not satisfied 1,5 year later.

[Patro1995]

Hello, I have very thin transplanted hair, you can see the differences between them and natural. I won't put them up because it looks weird, I can only put them down or comb them to the side. I know everyone will tell me to take finasteride, but I felt bad after that, for now I'm not going to do a second transplant. What can help me besides finasteride? minoxidil or something? I'm hoping for some advice because I'm a little sad about all this.

 

[Guest!]

how many grafts was your surgery for?

hard to tell but just a few thoughts
1) transplants are an illusion of density and are generally only transplanted at half the density of your native hair, so unless you used a lot of grafts and went to an elite clinic, its very unlikely you should expect the areas to match. That being said the work does seem to be quite low density.
2) looking at your final photo it looks like that native area in the middle that was not transplanted has now thinned out which might explain some of your frustration with the results
3) very worth considering finasteride, and if you are worried about sides try and find the topical version. most clinics suggest using something. it rarely regrows lost hair in the hairline, but it better at stabilising any future losses/stabilising the donor and can sometimes regrow hair in the crown.

I'd probably look into trying to get a consult (preferably in person) with one of the recommended clinics here if it were me. Without knowing your age, how many grafts the surgery was, your remaining donor, your willingness to take meds long term and which clinic you went to it's very hard to give any solid advice though

 

[Bigmac]

Hi Patro.
I believe you said you had 4100 grafts when you first posted. The level of hair loss you had is most probably still progressing which means without meds to slow it right down you could be replacing lost native hair with transplanted hair and not seeing that much of a visual change.

Even hairs taken from the safer donor area can be lost over time. What if any hsir loss regimen are you on right now?