The picture on the left was from August 2011, so four months after my operation. The thinning had slowed, but it there wasn't too much left. I generally either let it be, like in the picture, or wrapped a scarf/hair-band around it to try and mask the gaps in my parting.
The picture on the right was from November 2011 (seven months post-op). Most of the hair had started to grow back, but those strands were only 3 or 4 inches long at the longest. As a result, I felt like a bit of a muppet, with tufts of hair along my parting giving everything a weird shape. At this stage, I'm sorry to say that I couldn't find anything in particular to hide this (other than wear a hat!), but I was encouraged by the regrowth and crossed my fingers that it wouldn't last too long.
By April 2012 (one year post-op), my hair was very nearly back to normal. Only the slowest-growing hairs (most at the centre of my parting) weren't yet long enough to sit flat.
The above picture is from June 2012 (please ignore the messy do - it's finally about time for another haircut! My hairdresser recommended leaving it until those last few short hairs had grown long enough to lie flat). Interestingly, my hair's gone rather curly - drying naturally into ringlets if I let it - which is a nice surprise and seems like a hidden blessing after a year's worth of waiting.
P.S. Please forgive the number of photographs (and bad hairstyles) in this post!
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