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Hi all, I am considering getting a hair transplant and am keen on any advice and tips.
I have very recently turned 37 years old and have been aware of some hairline recession since I just turned 21, 16 years ago.
I have a fairly minor amount of hairline recession, which I think happened around or just prior to the time I turned 21. I find it hard to discern whether it has receded any further since then. I have been taking finasteride consistently since then, so that may be why I cannot discern any more recession or maybe with my genetics it never was going to recede any further.
My hairline has receded a very minor amount at my left temple. If my hair is short it is barely noticeable form a normal hairline. It has receded a bit further on the right temple. The rest of my hair is thick. I manage to style it so as to minimise or hide the recession and my hair looks fairly decent. However when I am having bad hair days I think some people might be able to notice that I have hairline recession.
At the age of 21 the hair surgeon said he would not do a hair transplant, which was sensible of him. The hairline recession was a major source of concern for me from about the age of 21 to 26. After that I started to relax more as I realised the majority of my hair was not going anywhere.
At age 30 I went for another appointment with the hair surgeon to look at transplant surgery. Not that I was majorly concerned but I just really wanted a nice hairline again. The surgeon was prepared to do it but I was so busy at the time and being in NZ it was really hard to get an appointment and I have a very public job so I needed to take around 2 weeks off work to avoid the embarassment associated with weird visual effects of the surgery. It all became too hard to work it out and I ended up forgetting about it.
Now I have started to think about doing it again. The reason being that I have now started to notice a few grey hairs cropping up in my hair. I am quite vain and focused on my appearance and looking youthful. I am concerned about how the accumulation of grey hairs along with a slightly receded hairline is going to age me. If I am going to start going grey I would like to have at least really nice hair with a tight hairline going grey.
I am really keen on any advice around this matter, tips, pros and cons, people who have been through surgery etc.
I have very recently turned 37 years old and have been aware of some hairline recession since I just turned 21, 16 years ago.
I have a fairly minor amount of hairline recession, which I think happened around or just prior to the time I turned 21. I find it hard to discern whether it has receded any further since then. I have been taking finasteride consistently since then, so that may be why I cannot discern any more recession or maybe with my genetics it never was going to recede any further.
My hairline has receded a very minor amount at my left temple. If my hair is short it is barely noticeable form a normal hairline. It has receded a bit further on the right temple. The rest of my hair is thick. I manage to style it so as to minimise or hide the recession and my hair looks fairly decent. However when I am having bad hair days I think some people might be able to notice that I have hairline recession.
At the age of 21 the hair surgeon said he would not do a hair transplant, which was sensible of him. The hairline recession was a major source of concern for me from about the age of 21 to 26. After that I started to relax more as I realised the majority of my hair was not going anywhere.
At age 30 I went for another appointment with the hair surgeon to look at transplant surgery. Not that I was majorly concerned but I just really wanted a nice hairline again. The surgeon was prepared to do it but I was so busy at the time and being in NZ it was really hard to get an appointment and I have a very public job so I needed to take around 2 weeks off work to avoid the embarassment associated with weird visual effects of the surgery. It all became too hard to work it out and I ended up forgetting about it.
Now I have started to think about doing it again. The reason being that I have now started to notice a few grey hairs cropping up in my hair. I am quite vain and focused on my appearance and looking youthful. I am concerned about how the accumulation of grey hairs along with a slightly receded hairline is going to age me. If I am going to start going grey I would like to have at least really nice hair with a tight hairline going grey.
I am really keen on any advice around this matter, tips, pros and cons, people who have been through surgery etc.