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It certainly won't hurt, it can only help. I'd also suggest propecia (finasteride) to use in conjunction with rogaine foam so you get the best chances of seeing hair growth. It takes about 6 months to start seeing any real results from both of these medications so be patient. I'd suggest being on the medication at least 9 months before deciding on a procedure.

The shocklossed hair will come back on it's own in a few months, but in the meantime you can use concealers like toppik or dermatch to cover up the bald patches.

Judging from your photos you appear to be a Norwood 6 so you will require a large amount of grafts and most likely more than one procedure in your lifetime to reach your goals. Assuming your donor supply and skin laxity is average you are most likely looking at somewhere around 3000 grafts or more for the first time and possibly slightly less the 2nd time around. Meet with a few doctors or send some more photos to surgeons you're considering to get their opinion on your treatment.

You can get a haircut at this point, it's really more of a concern with FUT because of the scar being visible. Also in the first 10-14 days it's not a good idea to put a lot of pressure on the transplanted area and if you buzz your head it can be a little rough so that is why you see those instructions. Fibers will not cause hair loss. You can use them as long as you don't have any scabs on top of your head, but at 3 weeks I would imagine you don't.

You need a prescription to get the medication. You can make an appointment with your dermatologist and go straight to your pharmacy, or use that prescription to order it online.

You should consider using some kind of preventative medication, such as propecia (finasteride) because although the procedure is permanent sometimes people do not have enough donor hair to get an incredible result and keep it that way for the rest of their lives. If you do not use medication you may continue to lose more native hair and require several more procedures than you would have needed if you had started the meds. Consult with a few doctors in person or have an online consultation by sending them a few photos, so you can get a long term projection of where you're headed.

Good luck, stay positive, and remember to be patient. Also if you haven't started you should use finasteride to help keep what you have as well as possibly regaining some dormant hair.

Welcome to the forum. From the photos you posted you look like you're on your way to a class 6 on the Norwood scale and your donor supply looks below average density. That being said you could have a procedure done and make a significant difference to your appearance, but I don't believe you have enough donor to get both the frontal half and crown done properly. I believe you can get a very nice result by focusing on the front and stopping at the crown. I also suggest using some medication such as finasteride or rogaine because you do still have some hair on top of your head and the medication could save them, as well as grow some back that have become dormant. You should consult with some doctors by either going in face to face, or sending those photos directly to them and having an online consultation. Hope this helps.

If you have to shave down, that does make it a bit harder to hide in the first week. After 9-10 days the scabs and redness will pretty much go away so you're very close to normal at that point. You could still have a little bit of pink in the area, but appears like nothing more than a sunburn. The scar would be harder to hide if you shave, as you will need about 3/4-1 inch of hair length of an inch to hide it well. If you can take 2 weeks off and lay low you will do just fine.

Dermatch is a good product and looks very natural when using in between thinning hair. You should use some sort of gel or hair spray to keep it down otherwise it can rub off but not too easily. If someone's rubs your head hard they may get a little bit on them, but that's just the reality of it. I would suggest using rogaine first and then wait a little bit for it to dry and put the dermatch on top.

Your scar hasn't healed completely yet, it usually takes about 6-7 months to see it flattened and pretty much at it's final stage. Soreness is also common again that will go away within the next few months. The scabs I'm not too worried about that also can happen from time to time, but if you're near your doctor it couldn't hurt going in just for a check up.

I would suggest avoiding the buzzer and asking your barber to use scissors. That way if it gets a bit too short it's not too late and you can still hide the scar well. With that being said a #8 buzzer is quite long and you should be ok, but remember your scar hasn't had much time to heal so it's bigger now than it will be in about 5 months.

At first your scalp will be red and you can experience some shock loss in that area, but it's not drastic. After several weeks you would look ok going down to a level 1 in the donor area. Once the skin has healed properly you will not notice a difference in your appearance in the donor area even though it is thinner than it was previously. You may see small white dots in the areas that have been extracted and those heal better over time, but even at a 1 guard it's difficult to notice.

Have you used any preventative medications such as finasteride or minoxidil? Show us some photos so we can get an idea of what you're experiencing.

It's difficult to say exactly what norwood class you're in because your hair is very short, but overall you look good. It does seem that you're experiencing some thinning on the crown and hairline area so I would say perhaps an early stage 3V. Rogaine does not usually begin show results until about 5-6 months, so keep using it twice a day and don't stop it. You should use the medication for a year to see the actual results, because your hairs need to mature. You may also want to consult with a doctor about propecia (finasteride) as another way of keeping and regrowing your hair.

rogaine hands down. The reason s2thoudriver didn't see results at 6 months is because that's about as long as it takes for it to just start showing results. Medications such as rogaine and propecia you should use for an entire year before making a final decision on where your results are at, and this should also be looked at by a doctor when you start and when you finish that year.

Right now your hair loss is minimal. You hairline is becoming more mature, and if you really wanted to you could have a small procedure to strengthen the temples, corners and hairline. From your first photos your hair appears very similar, but you may have lost more but it's very hard to say from the pics. If you're concerned about further loss consult with a doctor and see if you should begin a regiment of rogaine foam and finasteride (propecia). Use the tool on the top right of this site where it says "find a great surgeon near you" and you can see local doctors. You can also do some research on other doctors located around the country and internationally.

It depends on which procedure you want to proceed with. Also you need to be declared a good candidate by a surgeon first, but overall I believe your procedure would be a smaller one, roughly 1000-1200 grafts, but that may change once your hair is seen up close. Typically a range of cost for FUT strip procedure will be around $4 per graft and FUE would run somewhere between $7-$10 per graft depending on which doctor you choose.

I think you're overall in good shape when it comes to your hair loss. If you were to do a procedure I think it would be a relatively small one, and perhaps work in front of what you have to give you a nice strong mature hairline. This is something that would be talked about and planned during your consultations. The techs are very important and something that the recommended doctors on this forum take very seriously. Many of them have worked for years with the same doctor and have trained under their supervision and strict guidelines. The naturalness of the procedure is incredible, the doctors here perform undetectable procedures, just search on the site and see these doctor's patients. Just so you know Dr. True also sees patients in Boston, as well as his New York City office with fellow recommended surgeon Dr. Dorin.

Badbeat is right it is too early. Crown's do tend to take longer than hairline work, so you should expect to see growth and maturity until 12-16 months.

The first thing you need to do is go see a recommended doctor from this forum and have him/her inspect your scalp. If they determine that you are experiencing typical male pattern baldness and nothing more serious than they will almost certainly recommend you use medication such as rogaine and finasteride for at least 1 year and then reevaluate. You are very young and usually patients at your age are strongly urged to use the medication first, and I happen to agree with that. The medication should at the very least stop or slow down drastically further hair loss, as well as possibly regrowing miniaturizing hairs.

Have you considered using rogaine and finasteride? It seems like you have a good amount of miniaturizing hair which could regrow if given the chance. At your age I would give it a shot for a year and reevaluate.

It's rare for dry scalp to cause hair loss. You may be experiencing seborrhoeic dermatitis which is when your scalp has an overproduction of oils causing irritation. This once again should be looked at by your dermatologist, but again not likely to be the cause of hair loss. Most likely it's genetic.

Everyone balds at a different pace so it's difficult to near impossible to say what's average in terms of how much you can lose in a year. Nioxin could cause irritation so I would suggest speaking with your dermatologist. I would not start rogaine until the redness is gone. It is important to keep your scalp healthy so keeping it clean and moisturized is important. Your dermatologist may have something to suggest for that as well.

Propecia does not always regrow hair, but it does appear to be doing what it does for most people...stabilize your hair loss. If you haven't lost anything since then, I believe it's working for you, and you should continue use indefinitely. It did seem like you were going to get much worse in the crown, but now it seems virtually the same so that's a good sign. Starting rogaine certainly won't hurt, but you should just know that you may experience a similar shedding period in the 2-4 month mark just like in propecia. You should only start rogaine if you plan on committing to it just like propecia. If you experience redness and burning from rogaine you should stop use immediately. You may want to use something like Neutrogena T Gel to help dry scalp.