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corvettester, first of all i hope all is going well. out of curiousity, were any of those 1500 grafts placed behind the hairline? meaning, did dr. dorin place some grafts between existing hairs in areas behind the hairline that were already starting to miniaturing in preparation for future loss? my hair is similar to yours and I've had 2 consults with "top docs" and one of them suggested to only place fu's in the bald areas and the other wants to mix some fu's into existing hair behind the hairline. i'm just wondering what dr. dorin did? thanks

Thank you for that! I searched for Dr. Pathomvanich and I found this patient's blog: Hair Restoration Journal -Pre Opt Compared to my hair loss & style he is definitely the most similar patient I have ever seen of these forums. He is still at the 6 month mark so I can't really judge how his final result will look but thank you for leading me to his blog. One thing I noticed is that Dr. Path lowered his hairline quite substantially. Too much I think. But I'll certainly keep my eye on his progress. Thanks!

Dr. Simmons thanks so much for sharing your thoughts about my case (and thanks to all others who have posted). That's exactly right. I do indeed want a mature man's hairline. But because I never see men wearing their hair long (and down) in post-op HT pics, I guess I was resorting to looking at female results just to reassure myself that transplanted hair can grow straight and long if desired. It concerns me that I can't find a male result that is similar to my hair style. But again, Tom Petty wears his hair precisely as I do, and I believe he has gone the HT route, so I'm glad I mentioned him in the previous post. Dr. S, I'd be happy to send you pics for evaluation if there's a way to do that privately. That's also exactly right. I do (barely) still have the hair I need to pull off this look, but when the frontal hair either falls forward too much or if I sweat and the strands begin sticking together, the style looks very silly due to those big exposed temple regions. And again I can't find HT patients/photos with similar styles so I'm still not sure if a HT would look natural on me. Thanks to all who have responded.

Thanks for the responses guys. Rhino3, I looked at about a dozen of Janna's posts and the longest haired guy I found was: Forum By and for Hair Loss Patients - Janna's Album: 8 Mos. Result w/Dr. Paul Shapiro - Picture It's an excellent result but not quite how I wear my hair. But actually that patient's pre-op photo is very similar to my current head of hair, although I let my remaining frontal hair fall to sides and not push it straight back like he does. But overall the results I saw from SMG were excellent. Are any of the IAHRS docs known to have more experience with women's hair transplants? I feel like my case is unique and a doctor who has a good history of female HTs might be useful for me to consult with. I see a lot of aging rockstars (like Tom Petty, Vince Neil, etc) who appear to have had some kind of work done to keep their long locks well into their 50's, and it's that kind of result I'm looking for: straight long hair that falls to the sides.

Hi guys, I've been reading a bunch of these hairloss forums for many months and I finally decided to post my situation because I'm starting to seriously worry. I'm a 33 year-old male, with very fine, straight shoulder-length hair, parted down the center (think of jesus' hair). The thinning started in my mid/late 20's and now at age 33 I'm a solid norwood 3 with deep temple recession. The hairline itself is a very steep V shape. Again, I wear my hair long with a part in the center but these days when any of my frontal hair falls forward it exposes big gaps in the temple region. It is very important to me to wear my hair longish as I would look absolutely terrible with short cropped hair or a bald head. So I've been investigating the FUT/FUE procedures but I never see any photos of people who wear their hair like I do so I'm not sure if a HT would work for me. I actually have started looking more at female HT photos because I never see men on these site with long hair. Is a HT even an option for guys like me? Can anyone directly me to a thread or patient with a similar situation? Any and all help greatly appreciated. Thank you.