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I was listening to the doctor who was doing the experiments with acell and plucking hair. And he said there was another doctor who would experiment by transplanting plucked beard hair into the scalp and he'd have low success rate even with the plucked beard whiskers without any acell. Since there was a limited survival rate even without acell, I'm guessing if acell were used on the beard whiskers there might be an extremely high survival rate and thus donor from the beard area would be unlimited. I don't know. What do you guys think?

can't to see the final results.

there's no way your penis got smaller cause of propecia. I don't buy it.

i understand that transplants may result in a see through look if the balding is extensive with limited grafts. But if a person has limited to mild balding and great donor characteristics, isn't it realistic to expect that the person will have a convincing full head of hair (even though it isnt at pre-balding densities) after the transplant? I still don't have any real loss and have what most would call a "full head" of hair thanks to propecia. But I have great donor characteristics (my donor gets EXTREMELY thick if grown out). I'm just trying to analyze if I should begin saving for a HT now in 10 years when I'm around 32 if I were to lose and whether or not I'd be happy with the results since I'd only want to do it if the results are convincing.

I thought transplanted hairs are permanent?

I'm just wondering. How often does a hair transplant look like a convincing full head of hair even under strong lighting? Does that happen very rarely?

After examining it this morning after a shower, I've come to the conclusion it's maturing, not fully mature. I shaved off some of the non-miniaturized hair, and the middle part of my hairline is still in its juvenile position. Once the middle part goes to it's mature position (if it does), the recession on that side with miniaturized hair i buzzed off won't look as deep.

Receded in a MBP way or mature hairline way. Though i do think i shaved off a little more than necessary in the miniaturized part.

also, here's my temple/hairline corner (whatever) with the miniaturized hair un-shaved

thanks

Looks like it is going to be tough. Quite frankly I am still confused on the whole propecia thing. You'll have doctors say that it may "reverse the balding process in the young male" and at the same time say it only works to slow the loss. Which is it? If it's reversing the balding process, isn't that more than slowing the loss? My hairline has been the same since I was 18 with the same miniaturization on my right hand side of my temple--once it's gone, one side of my hairline will be in prototypical v-shape mature hairline form. I'm surprised it isn't gone yet. Started taking propecia in january of this year and my hair has been the same. I did not even have a shed, not even on the right side where I have miniaturized hair in the temples. Also, one thing I don't like about my hairline is it has the "feathered" look when I flip my hairline up to style it. I hate the feathered look and wish to get rid of it. I like very thick looking hairlines. I am now going to be adding rogaine and 5% topical spiro to my regimen. And If I could, I'd switch to avodart instead of propecia. I've taken 3 pills of propecia in a day just to see how it'd impact my libido, and not any kind of difference. Anyway, I am very serious about staying on meds for life (not like I have much of a choice considering my family history anyway). Between Propecia, Rogaine, topical spiro ( I know doctors debate its effectiveness), and future treatments such as histogen down the road, I don't think I am in any real trouble of progressing toward a NW7 or even a NW6. I'd still like to get the procedure done if it is possible, as I know I wouldn't need many grafts, but I would settle for just allowing to let a doctor see my scalp and map it and give me an honest opinion as to what I should do. One thing is for sure though, I hate the "mature" hairline look and the big foreheads I see on many hair transplant patients because of their hairlines being placed in the "mature" position. Even if I were to lose future hair that would require a transplant to restore, I still would not settle for the "mature" hairline position. I'd insist on it being lower than even my current hairline. I'd rather have a lower-thicker hairline and a slick-bald crown than a mature hairline with a thin crown after hair transplant procedures if I were to ever progress to a NW6 or NW7 anyway. I'd like a hairline like either of these. Then I can buzz my hair short (as I'd prefer to do), and not have to worry about growing my hair out and styling it every morning in a way that covers my temples.: or like this

thing is I like having my hair short. And I hate having to grow my hair out to style it in a way that covers my temples. I hate the mature receded (even though my hairline hasn't fully matured) look and it doesn't look right on me. I'd be happy enough to have my 14 y/o hairline and continue buzzing it down even if my hair loss were to progress even while on meds.

Say, sparky, based on my pics, how many grafts do you think I'd need? Like 600? Dr. Cole looks good, too.

Thanks for the reply. I don't know about Armani. He is too expensive. I'm liking what I'm seeing from Dr. Keser so far. Problem is he's in the middle east (i think). I'm the US. I think I'd only need like 600 grafts anyway.

See more info on me here: http://www.hairrestorationnetwork.com/eve/156912-so-what-do-you-guys-think.html I wanna change it so it is more straight. I'm tired of having to style my hair in a way that artificially makes my hairline look straight. I don't give care if I run out of grafts in case of future loss--i'll wear a piece and or take my chances with the possibility of new treatments. I plan on being on propecia, rogaine, and topical spiro for life, so I doubt i'd progress far anyway. I want a FUE, and I want it lowered to how it was when I was 14. Are they any transplant doctors willing to do so?