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.