This is the type of thinning that minoxidil works best on, especially for females. The need for a full terminal (normal) hair is not critical for such a result as shown here. There additional hairs that you are looking at a fine small hairs, but the impact can only get better

Surprisingly my hair transplanted grafts started to immediately grow after about two weeks. I still had crust on my head from the transplant and the hair started to peek through. I was doing my research intensively before that and haven’t found one with almost instant results as i did. I was told from my doctor that it could take up to a year to see the full effect.  It definitely met my expectations but the other non transplanted hair isn’t immune to DHT so this could lead to dissatisfaction again in a couple of years.

Most hair appears to grow immediately, but falls out in 2-4 weeks. About 1 in 20 people get instant growth that continues from the day the transplant was done. Most are somewhere between the two examples I discussed above. As hair loss is a progressive process, you should consider another FUE and if you are satisfied with your surgeon, go back and see that surgeon for an opinion about another FUE.

If you have someone who is elder and needs help, here is an article sent to me to address this.

Long-Distance Care: Tips On How To Ensure A Loved One Is Healthy And Happy From Afar

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When you live far away from a senior loved one, it can be difficult to ensure they receive the care they need and that their emotional needs are met. For many people, trying to plan for a family member from afar is stressful and comes with feelings of guilt because they can’t be there in person.

Fortunately, there are several simple things you can do to help make sure your senior loved one is well taken care of no matter where you live. Nowadays, technology makes it easier than ever to stay informed and maintain a presence in your family members’ lives, even from afar. For seniors who have health issues, mobility issues, or are ready to downsize their home so that they can age-in-place, this is imperative and can help you have more control over the situation.

Here are some of the best ways you can help your loved one.

Communicate with your family

If your family is scattered across the country, it may be hard to pin everyone down to share information and make decisions that will affect your loved one. Keep up communication as much as possible through email or by using an app like Skype so you can talk and see one another at the same time. Set up meetings to discuss any upcoming events or planning that needs to be done. Keeping everyone on the same page will ensure that the bulk of the work won’t fall on any one person’s shoulders.

Get organized…

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This is a disturbing article because it put a new risk for PRP, although very a very remote risk.  The doctor may have entered one of the vessels that communicated through the skull into the brain. Although these connections are usually small, we have known that such connections exist.  The post-treatment of necrosis also indicates that possibly too much PRP was injected into the scalp, enough to cause the necrosis, again an unusual happening.  The stroke may have been related to the use of fat cells in the mixture with the PRP but the connections from the scalp to the brain are clearly known anatomical vessels. Two unusual complications, both rare, suggest that there is more to what happened than just a standard PRP treatment.  This was published in the Journal of Neurology and Stroke (Click to enlarge the page)

The average Caucasian male loses 100 hairs per day at the age of 21 and regrows that same number of hairs. More than that is shedding.