Thank you for your kind words =)
(Update is on me (in let's say circa 4 month))

I had a transplant to fix my hairline shape even though I'd had tons of regrowth from HRT. After they draw your hairline, they basically give you a bunch of Xanax and you pass out enough that you don't really remember anything until it's over (or at least that's my experience.) I had FUT (as opposed to FUE), I barely remember the incision, and honestly the scar has healed incredibly well-- I know where it is when I run my fingers through my hair because there's a loss of density there, but no one else can tell.

You can wash your head around day 5-10, depending on your surgeon's recommendation, and it feels glorious. I'm still waiting a bit for my final results, but I had way less shedding than most people, I think because of HRT. I'm not ready to share results publicly, but I'd be happy to DM privately if you're interested.

Well... my advice is: do not hesitate to proceed =) This is a very... reliable and well established and safe procedure that is definitely changed the way I look =) I would say that the hairline is one of the most crucial visual face features =)

I've shared my experience in the comment below.

Thank you =) Appreciate your feedback ^_^

Is this two separate procedures or do they do it all at the same time?

I guess they pull your hairline down first, and then perform the transplant?

Well, in my case it was just one individual procedure: a hair transplant (I did it in Istanbul, Promed clinic: https://landing-en.promedhair.com/ ).

You will need at least 3 days there: 1st day - the day of consultation (and, maybe, a day of procedure), then one "resting" day", then the "washing day", then you can go home =)

The procedure itself - is of two phases: grafts extraction and collection (taking individual grafts (follicles) from a donor area (random spots from the back of the head) - visually there is no difference in density. In my case, this phase lasted for about 2 hours.

And the second phase - is the insertion/stuffing phase - when the collected grafts are planted (individually) into the recipient area (in my case it was about 3 hours).

So, the whole procedure took less than 6 hours. (Started at 10:00, at 16:00 I was free, and finally could have a lunch =)

The package is kind of "flat rate" up to 10000 grafts, in my case they transplanted 3000 grafts. (My package was 900 EUR - I chose it because I wanted to spend more time in Istambul (one week), so I booked the hotel myself. But they have other packages: 1200 EUR and 1500 EUR for 2 and 3 nights respectively (+hair transplant and +transfers included, of course).

So, that is my experience. If you have any questions plz do not hesitate, I hope I will be able to answer =)

Those are two different procedures that should be done at different times. Pulling the hairline down (a scalp advance/hairline lowering) is super useful, and may even be covered by some insurances as part of FFS (especially common when getting a brow shave). You can have this procedure done more than one, and some people do recommend that.

Hair transplants, like OP's, can then be done after the hairline lowering procedure heals. (Or, i you don't want to do a scalp advance, could be done separately). It covers the scars left from a scalp advance, it advances the hairline, and it covers those annoying male pattern baldness on the sides of your head. The procedure is not covered by any insurance, as far as I'm aware, which is unfortunate. The only downside is that after a single hair transplant, the density generally won't be quite as high as the surrounding hair. Some methods can even be done without any visible scarring under the hair, but they require shaving some portion of your head which is not particularly fun. Methods that don't require significant shaving involve an incision above the occipital bone and leave a faint scar that may be visible if you lost all your hair in that area, shaved your head, or went really short.

It's also a huge industry for cis men who want to change their male pattern baldness. The results are amazing, it's relatively quick, and it's not all that expensive. Many people fly from US/the UK to Turkey and other countries where there are many clinics and it's like a national industry. Check out r/HairTransplants to see the results (almost exclusively) cis men are getting and see specific recommendations about where to go and cost. It's pretty awesome!

Sure, will set up a reminder in the calendar for 05 of September =)

Update has been posted =)

:D thanks a million for this comment =)

I have never had my hair cut so short (they had to shave the back of the head (donor area) to use extraction tools).

Yes, local anaesthesia for both areas (donor and recipient) + sedation (optional, it switched me off for about 10 minutes in the beginning of the procedure, so when I woke up — the whole donor area was under local anaesthesia and after that it was easy just to lie down and dreaming :)

Tnx! I had a FUE (individual follicle extraction and transplant).

I had FFS in December, my surgeon said, that it would be ok to have a transplant session 3 months after the FFS, the opinion of your surgeon may vary :)

P.S. You look amazing O_O btw.

Tnx a million =)

Yes it is a single procedure (FUE) :)

(My experience has been described in comments:)

Hi, I did it in Istanbul, Turkey (I live in Ireland).

More details are in this comment above .

Costs:

• a flight there and back again
• hotel for 6 nights (3 or 2 nights are enough, I just wanted to spend more time in lovely Istanbul)
• basic package https://landing-en.promedhair.com/ 900 EUR (up to 10000 grafts (follicles), they used 3000 grafts in my case , transfers included)
• additional package for sedation and post-care (circa 350 EUR)
• that's it =)

(there are 1200 and 1500 EUR packages are available - the hotel is included, transfers are included).

Not sure if it could be possibly covered by insurance, but I would definitely check it =)

I dreamed about the ability to look feminine even with a short hair (and, I always loved the “tomboy-ish” shorter hair style), so thank you for this heartwarming validation :)

Yes, I am =)