How many grafts needed? Bad idea?

[dh05]

32 years old.. naturally very fine hair. The hairline corners bother me and i'd just like it rounded off a bit. Is there any non risky way to have this done and if so how many grafts might be needed?

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Family history of high Norwood hair loss. Have been losing since about 25.

Thanks

 

[buckthorn]

32 years old.. naturally very fine hair. The hairline corners bother me and i'd just like it rounded off a bit. Is there any non risky way to have this done and if so how many grafts might be needed?

http://postimg.org/image/mcuiw3lrl/

http://postimg.org/image/v0rhf77xt/

http://postimg.org/image/5roqlxqep/

Family history of high Norwood hair loss. Have been losing since about 25.

Thanks

I am surprised no one has offered advice yet. They are too busy j*cking off to Justin Biebers hair. Before you make a horrible mistake, let me warn you that this would be a HORRIBLE mistake. It would be such for the following reasons -

1) You are not on ANY real treatments to maintain what you have left
2) You are starting to thin in the typical male pattern baldness fashion. Compare the density on top with the density in the back
3) You will experience loss from the trauma induced by the hair transplant, sometimes very severe.

Because of these factors, if you plan for an hair transplant now... then also book one for a year from now, and then another one a year from that. You will constantly be playing catch up with your male pattern baldness. The best candidates for hair transplant surgery have exactly what you lack - A solid sustaining, for years, of a specific pattern, through treatments, Ample donor density and realistic expectations.

In short - DON'T DO IT.

 

[shookwun]

2000 looks about right.

Your entire temple will be grafted to, even where it's diffused, including the forelock.

 

[dh05]

2000 looks about right.

Your entire temple will be grafted to, even where it's diffused, including the forelock.

2000? That's a lot of grafts though isn't it for a relatively small area (what i mean is if i did that then i have a lot of hair still left to lose and wouldn't have enough donor).

Also what do you mean by the diffused/forelock area? Like where i still have some thinning bits of hair on the temples and right at the very front?

It's annoying because the temples/corners went years ago (4-5), they've got slightly worse but not much worse. But the very first half an inch of the frontal forelock has only started thinning in the last year or so. I'd be a lot happier buzzing my head if i had a nice hairline

There is also a small spot at the back which is a bit thinner (about 2 inches diameter) and with longer hair it shows more so i feel a bit trapped at the moment (grow it out and the temples get covered but the back looks worse, or buzz it and the back looks better but the temples look bad.

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I am surprised no one has offered advice yet. They are too busy j*cking off to Justin Biebers hair. Before you make a horrible mistake, let me warn you that this would be a HORRIBLE mistake. It would be such for the following reasons -

1) You are not on ANY real treatments to maintain what you have left
2) You are starting to thin in the typical male pattern baldness fashion. Compare the density on top with the density in the back
3) You will experience loss from the trauma induced by the hair transplant, sometimes very severe.

Because of these factors, if you plan for an hair transplant now... then also book one for a year from now, and then another one a year from that. You will constantly be playing catch up with your male pattern baldness. The best candidates for hair transplant surgery have exactly what you lack - A solid sustaining, for years, of a specific pattern, through treatments, Ample donor density and realistic expectations.

In short - DON'T DO IT.

Thanks for the advice...this is what i feared.


It's a big knock to my confidence right now...just yesterday two different people (women) said that the buzzed look didn't suit me. C'est la vie.

With regards to the thinning in the typical male pattern baldness fashion... the density at the back is much the same really to the top..i may even have some DUPA going on but yeah i definitely have the pattern at the temples and maybe a spot at the crown too. The only thing I have going for me is that it's been 'slow' (started maybe 8 years ago) but at the same time that is what makes it torturous...everyone knows me with hair but i need people to start seeing me as the buzzed guy because that is where it is heading anyway. If only it suited me as well.

 

[shookwun]

it's a relatively small area, but the surgeon will transplant your ENTIRE frontal third. Reinforcing thin areas and the bald spots that are evident.

 

[follicle2001]

Some here may disagree, but I would say hold off. You still have a lot of hair, and you may need it later in life. Save your donor. The WORST thing, IMHO, that you can do is waste grafts on your frontal reconstruction if you are gonna need them for the top of your head later in life. You look fine now.

 

[shookwun]

Lol what? The frontal third is where the bulk of most grafts go to begin with. Had is crown on other hand gone, I would say hold off.

 

[CopeForLife]

I have same situation, but with more Norwood on temples and no diffuse (at all).

I think we shouldn't do it since out rest of hair will likely fall out soon and we'll be with bald crown and transplanted hair on the front. No, thanks.