Hello people,
My name is Sagar and I am from Bangalore, India. I am originally from Hyderabad, India. I am 25 years old ( b: May 1986). I have been reading about hair transplants and I have been trolling this site and the forum for the last one month and have finally decided to join the site. I have found a lot of helpful information on this site and I have finally decided to undergo a HT surgery sometime within the next 4 months. From what I have seen on the site it looks like Dr. Pathuri Madhu has done a really good job in the past, so I believe he will be my only choice to undergo a hair transplant in India.
A bit of information about myself, I am 25 years old and have been suffering from hair loss since the last 3.5 years ever since I finished college. I have been experiencing the typical male pattern baldness( starting with a receding frontal hair line and then at the crown). My father has Norwood Stage 6 hair loss, so do my maternal uncles( mother's brothers). So, I believe that is what I would be heading as well.
Hair loss has taken a toll on my self-esteem. From what I have read, it seems like 25 is too young an age for a HT, but I have decided to go for it nevertheless, in my opinion, it is already too late. In November 2009, after reading around the net for a couple of months, I started using Minoxidil 5%. I used this for a period of 5.5 months or so, and I saw good results. I used to love the feeling of waking up in the morning and seeing my crown area in the morning( it always appeared as if I had more hair than the night before). But, I had to stop discontinuing it as I had a side effect because of it where the skin on my face started having dark patches. This might have been because of the Minoxidil rubbing off on my face during the night. But, there was no way to fix that as I could not apply it to my hair during the day time due to work commitments.I never tried Propecia as I heard that it has a side effect of Erectile Dysfunction. So, I never had the heart to try that.
During the weekend of 22nd-23rd January, I would be travelling to Hyderabad, so I would be having an appointment with Dr Pathuri Madhu.
I would be posting more information on how the meeting went. I want this thread to provide more information to people.
photos with filenames photo 1 and photo 2 are how I looked during May 2007. I have also attached the photos of my current hair state ( taken today morning).
Any initial opinions on
1. How suitable a candidate I am for transplant? I dont want to hear a NO ( I have made up my mind, it may be too less a hair loss, but I can't stop thinking about it, it always runs in the back of my head whenever I meet new people)
2. how many grafts I would need for an hair transplant,
3. How much current donor density I have
4. Is it possible for me to have the hair that I had back in 2007 ( or atleast 80% as dense??).
Also, please help me out with questions that I need to be asking Dr. Madhu when I meet him. I already have questions on how many grafts I need, post operation medication to retain existing hair, cost of the entire operation.
I want to make the most of the appointment.
Every response is highly appreciated.
Cheers!!