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I think that is true about 50% with a "normal" hair style....but I do not think that is with a buzzed head. I would think with the naked eye you could see a 10% or less change in hair on course buzzed black hair....but I could be wrong. My noggin is lumps and jacked you never know..... Has anyone thought about the Joe Dirt thing???

These are safe answers. Can anyone say at about what age a patter forms? I know that doctors base what kind of hairline they feel comfortable giving you based on age and pattern, but I am not seeing any solid answers. How can a doc make a decision without having some kind of age/pattern guess in mind?

I am surprised that he said you do not need propecia yet....did he say why? Results are looking good so far!

I agree, I have seen free surgery offered for no or very very poor results. For docs or the well educated....what is Dr. Feller speaking of? For instance, what kind of pre-existing conditions, medication etc can cause very poor results. Also, what percent of patients does this happen to? To add: that sucks about your situation, i wont say much because this is kind of a he said she said situation.

Not sure about all docs, I know shapiro has a tech to harvest, from a conversation that I had with Matt.

I would get on meds ASAP. I am not sure but have heard that if at your age hair has minituized at all, then enentually it will be gone, without the use of meds....I am not an expert....everythink I know about these things I have learned on this forum or google. Good luck

No I have not had it put under magnification but have shaved my head to a #1 and have not seen any minituration besides a bit in the temple region. My hair is black and course and I would think it would show up well. I have a vast array of MPB and non-MPB in my family so it is hard to tell what genetics will bring.

If I am getting a small proceedure not...say 700 grafts FUE....and one day the bottom falls out and I become a NW 6 (I do not think that is likely to happen as I am almost 32 and there is no sign of such pattern)....but say that happens...and I need a large session....if you start with FUE does that reduce the total amount of grafts you will eventually be able to get? I talked to SMG and Matt said that you can only get 4 to 5 K grafts total FUE and if you just go strip you can get 8 k plus Strip.....so my question is.... If you get 4 or 5K grafts fue.....can you still get the next 3k or so strip if you really need them? My question is, no matter what order you do it in.....is the TOTAL number of grafts going to be pretty much the same? I hope you can understand the question....I am trying to get an idea for what I want my master plan to be.

I have to say that this is a very impressive set of results

You dont have to leave this site to see more then one bad HT scar....that is why docs on this site do scar revisions....it may not be their original work, but they are fixing someone's scar.

If he is as serious about you as you are about him then you should tell him. Clearing the air might be hard, but you will feel like you can breathe. If you are a masculine gay athlete....coming clean to your partner about a transplant should be way easier than coming out.

I give up....I can never get a really good guess on graft count. That is pretty close to the amount of work I want done. It comes out to about 12 cm2 on me, maybe a tiny bit more.....how in the heck is that 2000 grafts? I feel discouraged about this part of my HT research and self education. On a side note....that is gonna look great.

I agree you are too young and to start finasteride (propecia) soon to help keep what you have. I have a jacked up head or I would keep mine shaved. On the good side, you look like a handsome young man with a very nice round head...I would shave it and rock it like own the room your are standing in....wherever that may be. The biggest ladies man at my work has a nice round head and shaves it....I would prolly trade some of my hair for a good head like yours

2tine, could you add your age? Looks very good and you have a great attitude.. BVery happy for you. Good luck!!!

HAHAHA. I was like WHAT????

I dont think your scar looks great...that said, you are not gonna walk around holding your hair up. As far as your hair goes....I would be very optimistic. I predict a good outcome. At 4.5 months, it looks fine and think you are going to be a very happy camper 4 or 5 months from now.

WOWOWOWOWOW Really happy for you... I have been following your progress and was a little worried for you (I don't know why) based on your webpage......but WHAT A DIFFERENCE!!!! You go! Congrats!

Very nice....I like it....I am sure he is a happy guy.

That sucks man....sorry to here that.....does your family have MPB? My brother went bald that quick so if could be fast track MPB...

I personally would not go someone that I could not see 12 month work on. That said....Dr. Rahal has GREAT hairlines using strip. Have you considered Dr. Feller who does have FUE experience and is in the same class as Rahal IMO? Just a thought. I do not beleive that Dr. Rahal's artistry would be any less in an FUE but I would inquire about the harvesting experience. Again, Rahal is REALLY good at what he does....I just would not want to be a starter FUE patient. He may have quite a bit of experience at it tho...I am not sure.

I will say that this site does seem to lean strip, but I think that is the users and not really the "site." That said, this is also a pretty open site and the moderations seems fair. If you talk crap, make unsubstantiated claims, etc...you will get called out on it. But it is a fair site. I trust this site over others, even though I am leaning towards an FUE and thinking about not even going to one of the docs this site....there is a lot of good knowledge here and I think there are honest intentions on this site.

If he has thick hair around the temples and fills it in, how dense would you or even could you pack them? Is it not true that the survival rate really goes down when you pack too many in there? Most of the docs I have talked to are between 40 to 50 grafts per cm2....so is it going to make a big difference if his hair is thick around his recession?

I really feel that if tis worked, CNN or BBC would be advertising for free by doing stories on it, instead of coming on a website to promote it. Just a thought.

Very Very nice. This is an exciting case for me because I have very similar hair to his, including color, texture and termporal recession. I have a phone appt with Matt on Thursday!

Of course I am not a scientist but I think a lot of it depends on genes and how strong your baldness is.... Your DHT is lowered taking it longer to kill your hair if you are on fin, but it does not change the fact that your hair is sensitive to this and will still be afftected eventually. I know that this is a simple way to look at it but in a simple way, that is how I see it. I do not believe that fin is a lifelong treatment of keeping my hair, I believe that it is a lifelong treatment to help me keep it longer. As a few docs have said, keep taking it til something better comes along.