I'm 27 and like an nw2.5. Feeling really impatient, and honestly the idea of just waiting around to see if I respond well to finasteride or not seems potentially anti-productive. From what I gather my hairloss is most likely following the same path as my father, who is 60 and an nw4ish(definitely didn't get my mother's side...grandfather died in his 80's with full head of hair). Honestly I don't see myself being nearly as concerned with my appearance when I reach 45-50, so I'm thinking if nw4 at 60 is what's in store for me, I may be able to maintain a fullish head of hair with just transplants. Obviously I need to speak with a hair transplant doctor, but what are your thoughts, fellow male pattern baldness sufferers?
This is
NOT HOW IT WORKS! I will tell you what will happen if there is a surgeon lacking enough ethics to perform an hair transplant on you, and I will sign a contract betting $1,000 this is exactly what will happen.
1) You find a surgeon that will perform this on you without you being on any maintenance medications
2) you go through with it. YEAH!! By 8-12 months I will have a thick head of NW1 hair and my life be complete.
3)
Instead, the trauma from surgery caused rapid hair loss of NATIVE hair, you get Telogen Effluvium and become diffuse thin every where
4)
IT DOESN'T GROW BACK or if it does, it grows back thin and whispy, or it grows back and falls out again. WHY? Because you're not on finasteride
5) You spend the next few years depressed, and trying various different treatments. They may work, they may not.
I am not saying this only because it is my personal story - but because it is the story of THOUSANDS of others. Research it. Look it up. DON'T F*CKING DO IT.
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Before you completely destroy your hair take one thing into account - The top leading, well respected, IAHRS surgeons WILL NOT perform on you, unless you are on finasteride and have shown maintenance of your existing hair. If you want to ruin your life ASAP, just call Bosley. They will do it for you really quick.
