Hairline hair transplant @ 24

[CHL24]

Hi guys, I dont know if you read my story which has pics included (http://www.hairlosstalk.com/discussions ... hp?t=37451)

anyway my hairloss doesnt get me down too much but I always seem preoccupied about my hairline and I must think about it atleast 5 times everyday which does begin to take it out of you abit.

I was thinking about getting a hair transplant done to address my hairline but every1 seems to think from reading posts on this board that my age (24) is too young for a hair transplant....

Ive been on propecia for like 11 months now and it has stabilised my hairloss (which was very slow to begin with as I've had a pronounced receeded hairline since i was 17/18 and I dont have any hairloss on my crown)....


Really I'm just askin for advise.... I know you say its good to be conservative with donor hair but I think having my hairline straightened out abit (even to a Norwood 2 - I dont think I would go for a full on juvenile look?) would do wonders for my confidence, and I know it sounds vain to say but I want to enjoy my hair in my 20's not start doing something about it in my 30s.... I dont know - what do you think ?

PS. I did post this in another topic to save making a new thread like this but I dont think it got seen hence this post.

Luc

 

[fnlostish]

I heave heard it is better if you can wait to have a hair transplant

I had the procedure at 50.

Were it me , I was younger and the locks were falling out ...
I wouldn't hesitate to undergo a procedure ... the heck with the critics PLUS get on a program to maintain what ya have.

 

[CHL24]

See thats the thing I dont think I have agressive hairloss because my situation hasnt changed in 6/7 years and thats before I got on treatment (Propecia) last July.... alot of people on this board report that propecia can maintain what you have for beyond 7 years and then if i were to switch to dusteride if it began to lose its effectiveness then I should be good for maybe 10/15 years in total, by then wont HM or another better form of treatment be available ?

I can see the points people make but I also think isnt you're youth suppose to be the best years of you're life instead of always being pre-occupied with my hairline I could forget about it if I addressed it with a hair transplant ?

Or maybe something else to always be concerned about would pop up just to take its place as I dont think we as Humans are ever quite satisfied with what we have....


I dont know

 

[fnlostish]

hopefully a magic treatment comes along someday.

we keep hearing of new possibilities.

do what the gut tells ya

 

[KiLLuMiNaTi]

Man i had a hairtransplant at age 23 . If you go to a great surgeon and you are using something good to stop hairloss in the future go for it .But please do your research about surgeons , I didnt and i got burned big time. I know have to use covere over alot of the scared areas where no growth has occured.

 

[person]

Hello there, didn't you purchase some rogaine foam? I'm assuming it hasn't worked for you. As for having to apply it twice a day I have heard it dries in a few minutes so what's the big deal. In any case I agree that if you want the transplant there is no need to wait for it since HM will be out soon (apparently?) so go for the hair transplant! May I ask you if you experienced side effects from finasteride?

 

[Guest]

Be careful guys. Don't bet the farm on cloning or even HM. Yes, there's far more research being done, however it's still a crapshoot as to its viability. :roll:

Always plan for the long term within the resources you have, not what you hope to have. Finasteride has worked very well for me and I started cutting Proscar in 1996, even before Propecia was developed for treating male pattern baldness.

Always consider family history. Remember, patients respond differently to meds both in the short term as well as the long term. Just because you experienced stabilization before you started Propecia, does not imply your hairloss subsided on its own, because it never will. Sure the progression or rate of loss will vary in time intervals, but male pattern baldness is progressive. It does not go away and that is exactly why anyone needs to plan for the long term.

 

[Guest]

BTW, I think the best years start at 40 something!

 

[CHL24]

Hey - I can understand what you're saying but I'm not so sure just cause you have signs of male pattern baldness you are destined to be a slap head (no offense to anyone who shaves their head!). I have uncles on my moms side who were Norwood 3's by their 30's but they havent progressed to Norwood 4's and they are in their late 40s now....


I guess that means its not progressive ? Or maybe its progressive in the fact that you will progress to the level of baldness which you are genetically pre-dispositioned to be (which isnt always Norwood 4 > ?)
?


Person - I started my propeca back in July of 2006, I havent noticed any side effects, and it deffinately hasnt decreased my libido at all if anything its increased it !

As far as regrowth goes I think its minimal maybe my hair does look abit better than a year ago but I've changed my lifestyle and diet quite alot since then so it could just be that - but I deffinately have not lost hair since starting.

I dont think my male pattern baldness is very agressive though so my experiences may not be the best - I never really noticed big clumps of hair in the shower/bath that alot of others describe, my hair is still in the shame shape it is in when i was 15/16 apart from my hairline. My mom has the exact same type of hairline as me too (obviouslly more rounded) but one big *** forehead.

I have spoken to a really helpful consultant of Alvi Armani who is going to hold a consultation with him for me as I cant get to his meet in June due to University committments. Hopefully if the outcome of that goes well, I'm hoping to go to him sometime early next year. I dont intend to go for any super agressive juvenile hairline tho, just more a straightening of my hairline and maybe rebuild the temples if that is possible.

You might have seen in my story (the link at the top of my post) that I have started rogaine foam so I'm gonna stick with propecia, nizoral and foam for the time being and hopefully by next year I will be good for the hair transplant.

 

[chr1s]

I'm thinking about hair transplant too.. I'm 25 but I'm a different case than you.. I'm a diffuse thinner who wants a little more thickness in certain areas.

How does hair transplant work with this "donor" stuff... once you transplant a "donor hair" it will not regrow in the old location? I hear so many people talking about being "conservative" with hair transplant, it sounds to me like it doesn't grow back in the old spot or something?

 

[s.a.f]

You need to research the diffrence between strip and f.u.e.

 

[Guest]

What about grandfathers on either side? I mean what is the most advanced Norwood class in your family history?

It's good to hear that your uncles have not prgressed past class 4 yet, but they are still young. Even if it seems to have subsided, the rate of progression can pick up at any time. I have met guys who had no noticable hair loss until their fifties, and then it usually started as loss in the crown that would open up with time. But my point is that the progression rate is unpredictable. Your uncles may be diffusing more than they are receding so you may not notice the changes as much. But eventually, diffused hair will be permanently lost with time.

You have a good regimen going and Propecia may really help you over the long term as it has for me. Only time will tell. :hairy:

 

[CHL24]

Hey gillenator I see in you're regime tab you've been on propecia for 11 years, how have the results gone for you over that time ?

I suppose you are right about the age thing but even tho it might sound vain, I dont think hair loss would bother me much at 50 years old when my prioritys will have changed, but who knows ! :?

Luke

 

[Guest]

Thanks for asking Luke. I started cutting Proscar in 1996 after my first hair transplant and since then, it's been working great. Dr. Shapiro told me that he thought I even regrew some natural hair in my crown since the last time he examined me before I went on finasteride. But it was not anything that had good caliber and really no visual benefit. It has in fact stabilized my loss though, and also why I did three more hair transplants since 1996 adding coverage and density for a grand total of 6900 grafts. :hairy:

 

[CHL24]

wow so you're saying you've maintained above base line for 11 years on propecia ?

thats pretty good going ! :freaked:

 

[Guest]

ABSOLUTELY! I have to admit I was somewhat skeptical eleven years ago, but the initial research I did was on finasteride itself and one of the side-effects it was having for men taking Proscar. That side-effect was re-growth of hair and the stabilization of hairloss.

Several years later, Merck developed Propecia specifically for male pattern baldness, but I kept cutting Proscar because it's way, way cheaper. :wink: