This is me at almost 31. Ugh. Asian male, wavy coarse hair. Was born with a ****ty hairline around Norwood 3 so it's always been a sore spot for me. I think it's somewhere around a Norwood 3A to 4A. I'm ready to do a hair transplant now and would like some opinions and feedback.

Have been taking Wellbutrin for 5 months which has coincided with a thinning of my hair and it doesn't grow as fast as it used to. I'm not sure if there is a direct link or just coincidence.

In addition in the past 2 weeks, i've quit drinking 2-3litres of diet coke daily and avoid artificial sweeteners as much as possible. I smoked for 10 years and quit 5 months ago coinciding with wellbutrin.

I'm really hoping that with transplant surgery, I can get the hairline I never had in my teens and twenties.

Do y'all think I could get a flatter hairline than juvenile to bring the corners and temples out? How many grafts do you guys think I need?

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Wow, this must be the longest spanning documentation of hairloss yet, and you're still young.

It would certainly be possible to construct a new hairline somewhat lower than even your juvenile hairline. It doesn't look like you've lost that much during adulthood so I see no reason why you would be a poor candidate. That wavy, coarse hair will give good coverage. It's best to see what a transplant doctor or doctors have to say regarding graft numbers, but at a guess I would say that you're looking at 3000+ grafts, depending on just how much lower you want to go.

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I too was born with a hairline that was receding. The corners of my forehead have always been wayyyy back and the front part of the hairline was super high, but the good thing for me is that Ive kept most of my hair and I am 39. I just had the corners of my hairline touched up and in fact, have hair where I never had it. The front hairline, at most, went back a 1/4 inch. It's ironic that some of the people I went to school with had hair I envied....but they were bald by their mid 20s. So I guess I cant complain too much.....

I too wanted a hairline that I never had in my teens, and may do so at some point. I wear my a way that it covers up the corners of my hairline that had transplants done a month ago. I may, in a couple of years, get the front lowered some...but am afraid to. I am so used to having a high hairline that I am actually used to it...plus, should I go bald, it's less donor hair that I would to use elsewhere.

I'd go for an even straighter hairline than you have drawn on, you deserve it after all these years, how much hair do your male relations have?

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Thanks for the kind words. Both my dad and uncle are bald, and i had the shittiest hairline in the extended family of male relatives which number around 10. It sucks even more when your family is making fun of you. My oldest cousin finally went bald so he's quiet now. My 34 yr old brother still has ALL his hair which sucks as a younger brother.

The hairline I drew is the hairline I had as a kid. I always had long bangs as a kid to cover up the corners. always a source of consternation.

If/when I do get a HT, I want to lower the corners and get a flat hairline since i have excellent donor density, but i'm afraid of Jon Gosselin style recession.

I know exactly how you feel! I'm not gay, but i've admired certain dudes hairlines that are now non-existent!

At 39, aren't you fairly confident of keeping the rest of your hair?