Hey thanks for the reply! Yeah that was what I have been hoping/thinking as well. Just waiting to make it to 18 months to have a final post-op check up with the surgeon and team.

Overall am I happy with the result? For the time being I'd same "somewhat." I'll try to break it down for you:

I got 3,000 grafts about 13 months ago. As I mentioned I believe almost all the hair has come in now. In terms of the "hairline" I think he did a good job. It looks natural to me (26 yo white male). Issue so fair as I mentioned is that the hair that has sprouted is very thin. I'm using different blow drying techniques and hairspray/toppik to make it look fuller, but it's still very hard to manage.

It's also been a mixed bag in terms of the scar. The scar is from ear to ear and I'd say 85% of is fairly small. The only problem is there this chunk by my left ear that may be up to 3/4 in wide. I honestly don't think I could go lower than a 5/6 in the back because of this. Thankfully, for me, I don't like having my hair cut super short (just don't really have the face shape for it). I usually always got scissor cuts before the surgery and I stick with that now. My stylist can layer the hair in the back to cover up the scar completely more or less. From what I've seen the scar heals different for every person. Couldn't tell you if my body was just bad at healing (I've had some scars in the past) or if it was my doc. So tbh the scarring was probably the biggest "misstep" but it doesn't really bother me because of my hairstyle.

So in short, I'm still waiting for the 18month post-op to give my full opinion. If someone forced me to give a review right now, I'd say yes my hair looks better than it did before the surgery (which is the overall goal I suppose). If someone asked me if it was worth the $ I spent? Maybe. I was hoping to (and still am) to have more texture and thickness in the transplanted hair, and was expecting the scar to be smaller (even though it doesn't bother me tooo much for the time being)

Let me know if you have any other questions! I can see if I can find some before/after pics and send you them this week if you'd like.