jackbeanstalk

I know this post is old, but thought I'd like to add my two cents here. I exercise quite a bit, both weight trianing and stamina training, and should have something to add to this discussion, as someone that has followed sports education for 10 years. What I can say is: All exercise increase the hormone levels in your body and not just lifting weights. Testosterone is what they call an anabolic hormone i.e(repairs muscule). Their are many anabolic hormones, so many that it's difficult for me to go into all of them. At any rate the HGH hormone is also anabolic and is known to have a rejuvenating effect on alot cellular activity, possibly including hair cells. So any rise in testosterone levels would I'm sure be counter acted by rising levels of other hormones. When you exercise, you produce what is called a catabolic hormone which basiclly tears muscule down. My point here is that your anabolic hormones are usedup repairing the fibres that exercise has tore down. Anabolic seroids maily the testosterone variety, allow you to rebuild muscule tear down quicker than the average person, thus counter acting the bodys catabolic hormones and allowing quicker recoveries. As most of use know, introducing steroids into the body artificially is a mugs game. The hormonal balance is exteremly complex, and not completey understood as far as I know, most certainly the effects of all the hormones haven't been exmained in relation to hair. I hope this helps a little bit, but again it's probally not the complete answer.

What would be your opinions on harvesting donor hair's i.e which method is better, FUE or strip surgery. I don't like the idea of a scar on the back of my head, but I suppose a good surgeon would minimize this. I remember seeing a man that I worked with who had four strips taken from the back of his head, man I mean when he bent his head forward it looked like fish gills, at the time I didn't suspect a hair transplant because you tend not to have any knowledge of hairloss treatments when you have all your hair. It just looked like someone hacked badly with a knife four times.

Thank good for this website, I know from reading information here that surgery is not something to be taken with a pince of salt. Without any knowledge anybody could rush into something they regret

Thanks again, Ok some details about me I'm 29, and would say I'm approaching the NW3 scale, most of my balding is in the crown area. I also have loss in the temple area but not as much. The surgeons website is http://www.hair-hair-hair.com/Eng/index.htm and I found it on the hair transplant network. I've had some minimal success from propecia, I'm not expecting much regrowth from it.As I have a bald spot and not difuse thining I'll need surgery to cover it, but I don't beleive in been overly aggressive in this area of the head.

First of all thanks for replying, how is it possiable to know weather a surgery is genuine or not. I'm also on propecia the last 6 months, should I wait a few more months before considering a hair transplant. How long after the HT will the scarring be become unoticable form the operation.Do you think there's any difference between the width of the scarring from a smaller operation and a larger one.Any thoughts shared will be welcome.

Hi guys I'm considering a hairtransplant but Im wondering how do you know if a doctor is really qualified for hairtransplant surgery has anyone had any experience with dr Viroj Vong.MD, any of your thoughts would be appriciated