Performing A HT on a young guy is, in most cases not a good decision. The ONLY time when I personally feel that a HT is appropriate for a young guy is when his hair loss is more advanced (atleast a NW 3V) and a procedure would involve packing 3000 grafts into the front third. This means the surgery is a one pass procedure - that is, if his hairloss progresses, he will still be left with a natural appearance. He can then decide whether he wants further hair transplants. The guy should also be on Propecia and the new hairline should be reasonably mature.

The best example I have seen of this is with Thana.

This is my opinion which I have formed from my research. I am actually a NW 3 at 23, with my crown intact. Last year, I was desperate for a HT, but after thorough research on these forums, I decided to put off a transplant for now, so I'm not left with a tuft of hair at each temple.

For now, I'm on Propecia, use nanogen fibres when I go out and will probably give PRP a shot. I've decided that when my hairloss progresses I'm off to H&W.

I guess TC17 is right - I matured at 23 and made the informed decision.

IMO, I think a lot of young guys don't realise that propecia won't work forever - that in fact on average it's effectiveness begins to fade at year 5. This was my misconception.

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Norton did my first HT aswell, still owe him a good kick in the balls and I will deliver that if I ever see him again. He was struck off for non HT related operation though.

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Actually I'd like to get hold of the person that allowed him to go back to medicine and eventually mess my head up.

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FWIW, since H+W got mentioned, too...I'm almost positive their stance is that propecia *doesn't* lose its effectiveness, and that since prescribing it since it first came out they haven't encountered such an occurrence. This is what I was told by a recent Hasson patient who asked them this question.

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