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Thanks guys, to the point and sensible. B Spot, well illustrated statements there, it makes absolute sense that if left to nature, I WILL lose more hair and right now, I have no idea how to quantify the problem. I never should have stopped Rogaine, when I was using it, someone actually told me I had too much hair... Should of listened to them and not stopped. Definitely Bill, now I think I'll just saturate my head to death with rogaine for the rest of my life and hope that it can once again rule with an iron fist indefinitely. We'll see, if not, I just might go for a buzz, maybe a system... I'm thinking however if it does again fill the top and top back, then maybe, would it then be fine to go HT on the front? Further Regarding Rogaine, is it common for young people who use rogaine early on in life without ever stopping, to need no other solution? in other words can this chemical, if used on a person's hair when their hair loss is in the beginning phases, just continue to consistently retard hair loss? Thanks again guys!

Thanks for the insight guys, Bspot, are you saying that young hair losers should wait till they can see the whole range of their hair loss before undergoing HT? Is the average age for hair loss climax around age 30?? However, what if my approach is to prevent the non fronta regions from reaching the full scope with rogaine? I know it's difficult to prevent hair loss in the frontal regions, so I was thinking of HT as a means to address the front. Also I have a question about about philosophy for perhaps older community members but younger may give their opinions as well. Are looks more important when you are young or when you are old? What do you guys think? Right now I kind of feel that while we are young, pursuing our careers and romances that we should look our best and that once we have a family, are parents and are established that being even bald is not a big issue as you have your loved ones, are established and are not after any sort of wild chase any longer. Any thoughts on this? Good idea Forest Gump, I'm thinking of just going down to Brandon Ross in San Diego and asking a thousand questions: Hope to get some scientific insight on hair loss patterns, ability to use background information and scientific ques, predictions, predictions are the key to any strategy I think. Yeah, 1700 is a restricted amount, totally.... it all really depends on the "when" Thanks guys!

After looking at these photos, how do you guys gauge potential actions? Could rogaine hold the top and what of my previous consideration of HT's(apx 1700) in the front. Also I hear of Shock loss, does everyone go through it and recover? Thanks guys! without this great community, no one could ever learn this stuff through solo resaearch.

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Thanks guys and yes I am definitely seeing HT now as a very weighty decision, I definitely need to proceed cautiously. I have been hearing about Fue and the minimal scarring it incurs sounds quite favorable. Does this mean that most scars from non FUE HT are often permanent? So you can't have a buzz once you undergo normal HT? I'm posting some pics of my current hair status, could you guys give me some suggestions on strategy? Someone said that severe hair loss a young age can lead to a i think it was N 6 or N7?? I'm 23 anyone have a guess of what road I'm heading forward naturally in terms of hair loss?

Hello guys, mind if I jump in with some questions? TC17, you previously said "average" patient only has 6,000 grafts available for transplantation." I'm a bit confused,as I was just told today on this forum by 4 or so people that hairs in the donor regions do not have limited lifespans. However if most people only have 6000 available grafts in the donor region, surely that must mean that an immense number of hairs in that region have indeed died out. Is this is the case? 2ndly you mentioned the danger of a making a scar on a 22 year old being exposed in the future when further hair loss occurs. Is it then commonly the case that even in a 22 year old, such as scar will not heal? Are these scars for the average HT patient permanent? Thanks! looking forward to your response.

Thanks guys for the info, I do just want to get the front and with Dr. Brandon M. Ross, in Sandiego I can now afford around 1700 grafts!($3/graft and good standing) How does this strategy sound? I'll maintain the crown with Rogaine (my crown is fine still) and have 1700 grafts in front. Anyone know how many square inches apx that 1700 can cover?

Hey Everyone, Have two questions about HR My first question is how are follicles from the Donor region chosen? I'm 23 years old and know that some hairs in the Donor region have limited life spans and want to make sure if I go for HR that the transplanted hairs don't die. My second question is regarding my budget. I'm limited right now to about $5500.00 apx 1300 grafts, yes very little I know. Can someone give me an idea of what percentage of a hypothetically bald crown 1300 grafts can cover if only 40% density is desired?(100% being zero hair loss) I'm actually far from being bald anywhere but I ask this hypothetical question so I can "visualize" 1300 grafts. Thanks guys!

Hey Everyone, Have two questions about HR My first question is how are follicles from the Donor region chosen? I'm 23 years old and know that some hairs in the Donor region have limited life spans and want to make sure if I go for HR that the transplanted hairs don't die. My second question is regarding my budget. I'm limited right now to about $5500.00 apx 1300 grafts, yes very little I know. Can someone give me an idea of what percentage of a hypothetically bald crown 1300 grafts can cover if only 40% density is desired?(100% being zero hair loss) I'm actually far from being bald anywhere but I ask this hypothetical question so I can "visualize" 1300 grafts. Thanks guys!

Hey everyone, I'm a 23 year old student experiencing growing hair loss and have been looking into hair systems for while now. I have heard often that they are expensive to replenish and to maintain. However I really need to choose the most economic options and have learned that Synthetic systems last much longer. Does anyone here wear a synthetic system that can share their views? My idea is to get a high quality synthetic system and take really good care of it, only replenishing once to twice a year, with no maintenance cost or hassle. Does this sounds realistic? Thanks so much!