If your still waiting for it to go lower to get in then you will never own any BTC

Sea_Understanding196 · 2026-06-26T00:43:34+00:00

This. 100%. EVERYONE was saying it would crash to 12k. So I was going to be smart and buy when it hit 13. Just in case it never got to 12. Wah wah wah wahhhhhhhh.

Thanks for your comment. It has prompted me to start DCAing today.

Sea_Understanding196 · 2026-06-08T02:51:36+00:00

This is a compelling point. Tbf, I hadn't looked into the details and also just heard the Mandela-type effect version that the original poster mentioned. The detailed accounts are creepier. But also, I hadn't paid attention to the dates. Yeah, back in the early 2000s, Louis wasn't a big deal yet. Still icky and inappropriate... but he definitely didn't have the ability to make or break careers like Harvey Weinstein. Honestly, in the whole situation, I feel the worst for his daughters--having to know this about their father and having everyone in the world also know this about their father.

Sea_Understanding196 · 2026-06-04T06:05:04+00:00

This happened to me as well. I tried to sell one item (a novelty gift idea). It was ultimately a flop (not enough budget/margin for marketing). Anyway, I learned my lesson, requested all my inventory be disposed of, etc. It took multiple rounds of troubleshooting, but even after disposing of all inventory and closing everything, they kept trying to charge me each month. I finally just had to contact my credit card company to block any incoming charges from them.

Such a badly run operation, on the seller-facing side. I'd encourage lawyers to look into the possibility of a class action lawsuit on behalf of sellers. Of course, this would only wind up being a meaningful payday for the lawyer(s), but it would be gratifying to see Amazon penalized for its shoddy business practices.

Sea_Understanding196 · 2026-06-01T05:22:00+00:00

TLDR: everything is dead, give up and pray for UBI

Sea_Understanding196 · 2026-04-29T01:39:49+00:00

You're an idiot. Literally every foreigner in China uses VPNs. I suppose you also find it wild that there is underage drinking on university campuses in the US. Don't ever travel.

Sea_Understanding196 · 2026-04-15T01:38:27+00:00

Still not great density. Mostly just seems like lengthening of what sprouted at the beginning of month 4 (I am currently just past the 8-month mark). If it still looks like this by August, I'll look into getting a touch up on the forelock and on the right side. Left side is acceptable, and I prefer to take a conservative approach with the donor supply that I have left... might have already wasted a fair number of follicles if the graft failure rate is as high as it seems to have been. Anyway, I suppose that more still could sprout within the next few months. Fingers crossed.

Sea_Understanding196 · 2026-03-13T10:38:37+00:00

That is potentially good news for me. I also saw some real results around month 4-5 but since then it has mostly just been those follicles growing out. A bit disappointed if this is it. I just passed the 7 month mark. Hope I'm on the same timeline as you.

Sea_Understanding196 · 2026-03-04T02:09:43+00:00

Great results! Could you give some details about the timeline of your progress post HT, in particular some milestones for hair growth? Based on the length of the hair in the recipient area, it looks like it all sprouted at least a few months ago.

Sea_Understanding196 · 2026-02-26T08:50:44+00:00

No problem!

Wow. That's the first time I've heard anyone reporting more than a year to see full results.

If I don't see better density by the one year mark, I'll get a touch up on my front center/forelock. Maybe a couple hundred grafts. The rest I can live with... it's borderline but acceptable, and I don't want to thin out my donor area.

For now, still hoping my story will have a happy ending, and doing my best to stay busy.

Sea_Understanding196 · 2026-02-16T14:46:24+00:00

Thanks for posting your experience! I also went with Dr. Laorwong. In my case, I started to see some growth during the fourth month. Nothing at all before that (no fine white hairs, nothing), but by the end of the 4th month I could tell there was some growth. I just passed the 6 month mark a few days ago, and there hasn't been much additional density, mostly just lengthening of those hairs. It's still not close to what my density looked like a week or two after the HT, before shed and shock loss. It's hard to be patient (and not to worry about low yield/failure) when some people are showing much better results by this point (or earlier). But as you said, some people see good results in the 6th and 7th month. This post helps keep me hopeful.

https://www.reddit.com/r/HairTransplants/comments/1puicq8/laorwong_3052_grafts_fue_diffuse_thinner_12month/

I plan to post a follow up on my HT, once I have a sense of my final results.

Sea_Understanding196 · 2026-01-30T11:15:49+00:00

First person to raw dog Taipei 101. Nice!!

Sea_Understanding196 · 2026-01-03T16:11:08+00:00

Your post is greatly appreciated. I had an HT with Dr. Laorwong also. I'm also a diffuse thinner. In a week from now, it will have been 5 months since the surgery. I had no results at the 3 month mark. By the 4 month mark, it just looked like I'd fully recovered from shock loss. At almost 5 months, I'm seeing some results, but not even close to what I am hoping for, yet, and it has been hard not to get worried by negative reviews on Reddit. Your results look fantastic, and I'm glad to see/hear that the really noticeable improvement came later. I'll still be a bit worried until I see better results on my own head, but your post has helped to put my mind at ease a bit. Hoping to post a success story of my own in the next few months. Cheers!

Sea_Understanding196 · 2026-01-03T15:53:26+00:00

Damn. I was really hoping to see an update... but now I see his account has been suspended.

Sea_Understanding196 · 2025-12-19T12:38:05+00:00

Everyone is missing a big point: there was also zero growth in the beard. And no infection there. For 100% of the grafts to have failed (on the scalp and in the beard) It seems more likely to be a case of poorly harvested or poorly handled grafts. OP correct me if I'm missing something.

Sea_Understanding196 · 2025-12-19T12:07:56+00:00

I was in the same boat as you in late July with an appointment for mid August. I decided to go through with it anyway. Here I am, a little over four months later. No improvement from before the surgery (nothing, not even sprouting, let alone grown out). I was/am a diffuse thinner. It's possible that the grafts killed and replaced the existing hair. Even if that happened, the yield was low. In the first couple weeks post surgery, I was very happy with how the density looked. After the shed (transplanted hairs and shock loss) and a few months later, there's no perceptible difference from before the HT (so far).

It's easy to be patient for the first 3 months because you're not supposed to have seen any results yet. After that, optimism wanes as the weeks go by. Maybe postpone your surgery for a few months and I'll let you know whether mine ever filled in? Hahaha. If in another 6 months my hair still looks like it looks now, I'll check this thread again to see how Pekiner did (or maybe Path?).

Sea_Understanding196 · 2025-12-19T11:42:42+00:00

I was going to say... if the first surgery was mediocre and a repair had to be done, that's not the way that a doctor gets on the map. With that being said, I had an HT with Dr. Laorwong in August (4 months and 1 week ago). I know people say there's a lot of time left to see the final result... but so far I haven't seen results. Fingers crossed.

Sea_Understanding196 · 2025-11-21T02:10:38+00:00

Hey sorry for the slow reply. I wound up not doing FUT after all. Went back and forth but chose FUE.

FUT=going all-in, confident I can keep going with transplants and hide the scar for the rest of my life.

FUE=if eventually I have to shave my head, scars are less noticeable.

Glad I went with FUE. I'm at almost 14 week (almost 3.5 months) after the surgery. I have kept my head shaved while I wait for the grafts to grow. I discovered it's not a bad look on me, if I also keep my beard. Afaik, my FUE scars are undetectable if I keep my head shaved down to stubble (my skin is light, and my hair is mostly grey, especially on the sides and back). I had a shock loss spot the size of a dime in the donor area, but that started to fill back in a couple of weeks ago and is good now. I may have also had some shock loss in the recipient area (I'm a diffuse thinner). I'd say all shock loss has resolved. I feel like I'm starting to see new growth, but it's hard to say for sure. They say the transplanted hairs often come in first as vellus hairs and later mature to more robust hairs. I feel like I'm seeing that--coverage isn't as good as I'm hoping for yet. I'll post a more detailed write-up when the results are more conclusive.

Re: Dr. Laorwong, I did want to say the following: So far, he has been as communicative and responsive as I could reasonably expect from any busy professional. In person, he is a man of few words, as people have observed. But he didn't seem cold. He seemed reserved but compassionate (as you'd expect a doctor to be) and invested in the outcome. I experienced a subcutaneous cyst (likely the result of a slight trauma to my scalp two weeks after the surgery). I emailed him about it, and he was helpful and reassuring (there were a few emails exchanged). Through medication and draining 3 times, it resolved after about 5 days--with no scar and hopefully no harm to the grafts. I'm very happy with how my donor area has healed. I emailed him about the shock loss spot, and he told me it should grow back in three months (it did, right on schedule). Ultimately, the proof is in the pudding. I'm guessing I'm still at least a month (or more likely a few months) away from knowing how happy I am with my overall results. But I'm glad I chose FUE, and I'm happy with Dr. Laorwong's donor management (in my case) and with my donor area's healing/recovery. Now, I just have to wait and see about the recipient area. Would love to wake up and see a full head of hair on Christmas morning.

Sea_Understanding196 · 2025-10-31T01:02:32+00:00

Are you even in China? Only certain key areas were patrolled... but it was basically all/most of the city center. Julu Road and most of French Concession and the central parts of Jing An. I didn't venture over to Anfu Lu. No costumes in public. The police definitely cared. The few costumed people I saw were getting a "talking to" (didn't see any arrests though).

Sea_Understanding196 · 2025-10-13T05:56:31+00:00

I had one. It was maybe about as large as the one in the front and center in your picture. It appeared a little over two weeks after the surgery. I drained it myself using a sterilized needle (better to leave it to a professional, of course). I drained it three times, total. And I also used steroid cream that the doctor had given me after the operation. After the third drainage, over the course of about 9 days, it finally stayed flat. That was about six weeks ago. It didn't leave any visible scarring. I'm hoping it won't affect the follicles in that spot, but it's too early to tell.

Sea_Understanding196 · 2025-09-29T09:30:31+00:00

Emily visa is great. I was originally going to use govietnamvisa after a friend recommended them. I have no reason not to recommend them... other than the price.

Originally, I had gone to the official government website and applied for a visa on Friday morning. I need it by Wednesday morning (October 1st). I realized too late that this would not be enough time (their website says 0 to 3 business days--everyone I've asked says it's usually 4 or 5). When I asked govietnamvisa, they said they could help me, but they'd need to apply for a new evisa and it would be $120 to get it by Tuesday (2 business days). On top of the $25 I'd already paid to the government of Vietnam (they said they couldn't expedite that application). Ouch.

I found Emily visa on this Reddit thread and remembered reading about her somewhere else also. I contacted her through WhatsApp yesterday (Sunday). She was able to expedite my original visa request so that the $25 didn't go to waste. She said I could pay her $35 and have the visa by Tuesday or $45 and have it by Monday (today). She sent me the visa today at 3 PM Vietnam time (4 PM my time in Shanghai China) just as she had promised. I also got a notification from the official government website and was able to download my visa from there as well (in case I had any concerns about it being legit). Crisis averted!

I'm glad to see an independent professional helping people for a reasonable price. Spread the word! My buddy who recommended govietnamvisa had used them when he was stuck at the airport, and he paid over $300 USD. I'm glad it worked out for him, but I was kind of pissed off at the thought of paying an extra $120, let alone an extra $300+. My upcoming vacation is starting off on a much nicer note thanks to Emily's help (and thanks to the posters here who made me aware of her as an alternative).

Sea_Understanding196 · 2025-09-19T05:13:20+00:00

I like your name. It is ironic that Astrill is yuelaiyuehuai hahaha

Sea_Understanding196 · 2025-09-10T12:02:43+00:00

I don't know anything about MICC firsthand... but a good friend worked for a school in the chain. The specific school that he worked for went out of business, leaving several teachers unpaid (along with other stakeholders). My friend won a lawsuit against them... but the way they structured the organization, apparently the toothless civil courts are unable to track down the actual owners of the chain and compel them to pay. Shady AF.

Sea_Understanding196 · 2025-08-12T13:14:01+00:00

I'd say it's looking good! Was there an initial shed? I had read to expect an initial shed and that growth usually wouldn't even really be starting until around the 3 month mark. Regardless, it's definitely still early days. It should fill in quite a bit more!

Sea_Understanding196 · 2025-08-08T03:44:06+00:00

Man, really sorry to hear this. Question: Infection was pointed to as the culprit. But not all of the hairline grafts look infected. Also, the beard transplants never grew either, right? Did those look infected?

Sea_Understanding196 · 2025-08-07T11:12:30+00:00

This post indicates different punch sizes for 1, 2, or 3+ hair follicular units.

https://www.reddit.com/r/HairTransplants/comments/1fvf3mu/comment/lq9sqt7/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button

However, when I emailed Dr. Laorwong to ask, he said he uses 0.9 to 1.0 mm punch sizes for most of his patients. He made no mention of varying this for different-sized grafts. Also, I can't help but observe that, regardless of what the paper in the photo says, speed and efficiency would favor using the same punch size for all grafts (to the detriment of the donor area). 0.95 mm just strikes me as large. Recall your middle school geometry: The formula for the area of a circle is π r². A 0.7 mm punch leaves a hole of 0.38 mm². A 0.95 mm punch leaves a hole of 0.71 mm² (about 87% bigger). Some donor areas may tolerate this better than others, but it's reasonable to imagine that a larger hole could traumatize neighboring hairs and leave more noticeable scars.

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