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Eh? He said "I think it's unethical. Am I wrong here?" and solicited opinions about whether or not he was being objective. It's hard to imagine how he could have approached the subject in any less accusatory a fashion.

I had a recent consultation with a highly regarded hair restoration surgeon and couldn't help but notice that he had a hair loss pattern similar to mine. Since he himself obviously hadn't had a hair transplant, it got me thinking afterwards, "Hmm ... I wonder if I should infer anything from that?" So, now I'm wondering: How many hair restoration surgeons are out there who have themselves undergone HT procedures? I know Dr. Rassman had three scalp reduction surgeries(!) twenty years ago, and his associate Dr. Pak told me that he (i.e., Dr. Pak) had had an HT. Who else is in this category?

For any man, early hair loss can be a crushing blow to self-esteem, but things have moved far beyond the hairpiece, toup?e and bad hair replacement. http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/features/2011/0207/1224289180186.html

Al Davis could definitely use a transplant -- or a transfusion:

Very informative, EpilepticSceptic, as is your entire Hair Restoration Journal. I'm looking forward to seeing some updated photos soon.

I hear Facebook is pretty popular.

According to his profile, he was a 34-year-old Norwood 2 who underwent a procedure with Dr. Jeffrey Epstein. Sounds like bad choices all around.

If you have to lie to your girlfriend about something like that, you should realize you're with the wrong woman.

At this point we don't really know if the ball is indeed rolling. As it has been for centuries. That's just an outline of a concept; it's not something that has been proved feasible, much less perfected.

Yes. really. It's not commercially viable because: a) Too much energy is lost in the process of converting chemical energy to electrical energy to compressed air. b) The efficiency of compressed air energy storage vehicles is so low that they have larger carbon footprints than internal combustion (i.e., fossil fuel-driven) vehicles. c) U.S. consumers don't want to plunk down money for vehicles with such a limited range when they can spend the same money on cars suitable for either short- or long-range trips. Only if you have a flawed understanding of the concept of "commercially viable." Please adjust your tinfoil hat before resuming your ride here at the Hair Restoration Discussion Forum. Only in the realm of urban legends: snopes.com: Miracle Carburetor You said: "If a miracle drug/treatment comes to fruition all of your favourite physicians can potentially kiss their years of perfecting HT goodbye." What else would one reasonably infer from that statement? No, I said they aren't going to spend all that time and effort developing a cure and then happily walk away after selling out to a company that simply wants to suppress the product of their work. There are contractual ways of preventing that from happening. As has already been noted, the patents on those drugs are going to expire relatively soon, so your example is moot. And as I already noted, you falsely assume that any such treatments will be mutually exclusive rather than complementary. Here's a scenario for you: Scientists discover a drug that will regrow hair on the heads of men with MPB, but the regrown hair isn't completely DHT resistant. How do you think such a development might affect the sales of finasteride?

Because there is no such thing as a commercially viable automobile that "runs on air." The automobile industry has a vested interest in anything that gets people to drive more. If more people wanted to drive vehicles than ran on "air" rather than gasoline, and such vehicles were commercially viable to manufacture, the auto industry would be producing them. Hair transplant surgeons aren't the ones who conduct research into developing medical hair loss cures, not are they in a position to stifle such research. You falsely assume that: a) Such treatments would be mutually exclusive with a "cure" rather than complementary. b) The developers would happily see the product of all their hard work suppressed just to sell it to a big pharma company that wants to suppress it (even though the product would be worth huge money in its own right). c) The market for a true hair loss cure wouldn't be immensely larger than the market for minox and fin.

Good for you! That's a total of over 7,600 grafts -- you must have the elasticity of Reed Richards!

Really. Why isn't it similarly considered "vain" for men to wear nice clothing, shave, have styled hair, use deodorant, get designer frames for their glasses, etc.? Those are all things men do to make themselves more acceptable and attractive to others.

That's always been my thought. My hairline (and to a lesser extent, my vertex) are so thin now that I already have just the illusion of density, so anything that adds to that should be a positive -- even if it's just technically a better "illusion."

Announced recently was the completion of R-Tech Ueno’s Phase 2a study of its alopecia treatment medication, RK-023. This is treatment for baldness is focused on the androgenetic type which currently has no topical drug available in the market. Alopecia Treatment: Androgenetic Baldness Medication Study Completed « Rillara News

Since we don't yet know whether hair cloning is even possible (much less know how to do it), banking on its availability within that timeframe is rather problematic.

I'm curious why you feel that way. As I recall (your pics don't appear to be available any longer), you had an HT with Dr. Rahal, and everyone (yourself included) thought the results were amazing, but you seemed to be dismayed that your hairline was *too* dense. Did I miss something? Did you experience a loss in your hairline further down the line?

I'm afraid you probably won't find this all that helpful, but in my experience (which encompasses many trips between the U.S. and Canada) Canadian customs and immigrations procedures can vary widely from one port of entry/exit to another, and it's virtually impossible to get a definitive answer (or any answer at all) about them in advance. I'd say what you're planning to do (i.e., have a doctor's note, emphasize that it will be a short stay and you won't be driving but will be spending a considerable sum of money in Canada) is probably your best course. Has the probationary period for your DWAI been completed? (And if I ever go for an HT, I will most definitely be heading for Ottawa.)

Are you going direct from the U.S. to Canada via airplane?

Actually, you don't know that. It's possible for hair to sometimes go through temporary thinning and regrowth for reasons unrelated to MPB.

That's generally true, but hair is often (and unfortunately) one of the exceptions. Sparse or thnning hair can look worse than no hair, which is why many men with MPB choose to shave their heads.

One of the difficulties is that no individual can really know whether finasteride is actually "working" for him or not. It's possible the finasteride isn't really doing anything for you, and you would have maintained the same amount of hair even without it. It's also possible you'll still lose the hair even though you are taking finasteride. It really is a crap shoot -- finasteride is helpful for men who are just trying to preserve their existing hair and nothing more, but it's very tricky when you're depending on it to maintain native hair upon which a HT is based.

Of all the details surrounding Prince William’s April marriage to his longtime girlfriend, Kate Middleton, few seem to have garnered as much attention as his rapidly receding hairline. Which poses a question: Is it possible that the 28-year-old prince felt an urge to lock up a commitment from Ms. Middleton because his heart-throb status might be beginning to disappear with the hair? If so, what must the rest of the not-so-princely men in the world feel when youthful looks begin to fade? http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/23/fashion/weddings/23FIELD.html

Expect clinical options for hair restoration to grow in the future, said Dr. Ricardo Mejia. http://www.skinandallergynews.com/news/aesthetic-dermatology/single-article/future-technologies-hold-promise-for-hair-restoration/f3b083622f.html

I'm really curious about this statement from the article: What kind of hair transplant takes only an hour? Gordon Ramsay, James Nesbitt and the bald truth about hair transplants - mirror.co.uk