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Hi everyone,
I'm 35 and I've been slowly losing my hair for 13 years or so. I'm a norwood 3 at the moment, crown intact but heavily receeded, kinda like this picture:
The big difference is that I don't have my temporal points any more; this is one thing that I'd consider a small transplant surgery for - on one side my temple hairline goes back slightly as you go up from the sideburn, which gives a 'wide head' look, like the actor Kurtwood Smith:
...I think this could be corrected with a few hundred follecular units transplanted in that area, but I think it's too risky to get a full hair transplant as I don't know what my future hair loss might be.
I've never taken meds (tried finasteride briefly but got sides and came off it), so I have to assume that significant loss is in my future. I can feel my hair is thinning across all the top of my head to the 'centre' of the crown. Hair at the back of the head and side seems thick with the exception of missing temporal points mentioned above.
So I'm at a point now where I'm going to have to either shave my head or come up with a 'solution'....and I'm considering a hair system. As my name suggests, I live in the UK. I would prefer an unexposed hairline which I'm assuming will make things easier for me.
Can anyone offer any advice - in particular regarding the size of the piece - I'm assuming it's easier to shave the entire top of your head and just leave the back and sides rather than have only a small 'partial' piece, as that might look odd when it doesn't perfectly blend with the hair midway up the scalp?
Thanks,
David
I'm 35 and I've been slowly losing my hair for 13 years or so. I'm a norwood 3 at the moment, crown intact but heavily receeded, kinda like this picture:
The big difference is that I don't have my temporal points any more; this is one thing that I'd consider a small transplant surgery for - on one side my temple hairline goes back slightly as you go up from the sideburn, which gives a 'wide head' look, like the actor Kurtwood Smith:
...I think this could be corrected with a few hundred follecular units transplanted in that area, but I think it's too risky to get a full hair transplant as I don't know what my future hair loss might be.
I've never taken meds (tried finasteride briefly but got sides and came off it), so I have to assume that significant loss is in my future. I can feel my hair is thinning across all the top of my head to the 'centre' of the crown. Hair at the back of the head and side seems thick with the exception of missing temporal points mentioned above.
So I'm at a point now where I'm going to have to either shave my head or come up with a 'solution'....and I'm considering a hair system. As my name suggests, I live in the UK. I would prefer an unexposed hairline which I'm assuming will make things easier for me.
Can anyone offer any advice - in particular regarding the size of the piece - I'm assuming it's easier to shave the entire top of your head and just leave the back and sides rather than have only a small 'partial' piece, as that might look odd when it doesn't perfectly blend with the hair midway up the scalp?
Thanks,
David