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I think you have nothing to worry about. You should go out and enjoy your life.

I wouldn’t be worried I were you but we are our own worst critics. You look at your hair everyday. If you think something is different, and I’m sure there is, go speak with a professional. That’s your safest option with finding out what’s going on. We can only tell you what we think by viewing the blurry/odscured pics you posted.Try and post some pics with clearer images. Try and give us two profile pics-one of either side of your face. One of your hairline without your hand covering it and one that shows a view from the top down. That might give us a better idea and you a better response.

It IS very difficult to tell from the pics you shared from a few years ago to now but I don’t think you have anything to worry about yet. As we get older our hairlines mature. Some of us have a rounder hairline as children into our teens and most of us start to get those harder edges along our hairline in our late teens into our twenties as we mature. It affects every single person differently, however, and there’s no one roadmap for how it will affect you individually. Some guys have those harder edges as children. Some guys keep that round shape into old age and hair loss never affects them. Bottom line is; you’re probably in your very early twenties now. If hairloss affects anyone on either side of your family it will, most likely, affect you, too. I’m no professional so my opinion is only that. An opinion. I think you’re hairline is just maturing. If it really bothers you, though, go talk with a hair restoration clinic. Preferably one that’s recommended by this forum if any are in your area. A lot of them will give you a free consultation and you’ll gain a wealth of information from them.

Are your reservations toward finasteride due to your having tried it and experiencing negative side effects or have you only heard of the negative side effects and afraid to try fin out? I would say that unless you have been on fin for, at least, 6 months to a year that your backs and sides suggest that you’re not a very good candidate for a hair transplant. I don’t want to dash your hopes but that’s the reality of your situation. What you have back there is very finite and not in very good condition. With the help of medical therapy, however you could potentially put yourself in a position to do a whole lot more. I got on finasteride in late April of 2012. I take it every MWF very religiously. I take it in combination with minoxidil and biotin every day. My first consult with a surgeon recommended on this forum went from, “mmm, we could probably bulk up hairline and frontal third...after that you might want to think about a sophisticated hair piece for your crown or just let it grow out and come it back to hide the crown”, to just a year later being told that I could have two, potentially three, strips with the option of FUE later on down the line. All of a sudden, my goals were attainable. I have never experienced any sides in almost 6 years now. I went from a bald guy to a man with a bald crown but a hairline, frontal third, and recessed (but not completely lost) temples in that time. If your only afraid to try finasteride then my advice is to bite the bullitt and give it a go because right now, with how your donor looks, you’re putting yourself in a scarier position that not having the surgery. It seems that you want to go with FUE but be aware that whether you choose FUE or the strip you will have scars and they will be very visible with your hair the way it is. This is just my two cents. I am no doctor. I wish you all the best.

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The work looks great!

For sure!!

So pics?

Also, I really you decide to share your experience and results!

Awesome! Glad to hear it. All the best and Happy Growing!!

Anyone meeting this man for the first time would never know. My mouth dropped. Same here.

I’m in Austin, Tx. and when I got ahold of him I had to dial 011-52 and then the number. Give that a try. Good luck!

Agree with everyone above. Your donor looks good. One or two more passes on that scalp of yours and you’re golden.

You probably won’t get to talk to him until Monday.

You should call his office. That is, legit, the best way to get ahold of him quickly. His number is on his website. Call around 9am Central Standard time. You could be weeks trying to email him. If you really want to get ahold of him that way you have to put him on email blast and you probably won’t talk to him. You’ll talk to Brenda. Good luck!

Which procedure did you undergo? FUE or FUT? From your pictures it’s hard to tell what your donor looks like, however, if you really want to know if you’re still a candidate (and I don’t know why you wouldn’t be) you should go consult with a doctor or two (or three or four ) if I were in your shoes, though, it would be time to go for another pass.

That is some really good looking work!

I’ve never heard of this doctor but your result is already pretty awesome at 3 months.

Are you taking any meds? Fin? Min? Biotin?

It’s my opinion, and I feel that it’s a good one, that if you’re going for multiple strip procedures that you should accept nothing less than one scar. I know a guy in his late 50’s that lives in Houston that has had three FUT procedures with Dr. Arocha. This gentleman was left with one scar. That is an ideal result. I certainly wouldn’t want a doctor pulling tissue from the back of my head in different locations leaving multiple scars, however, it is my understanding that as more tissue is cut from the back of the head fewer and fewer grafts may be extracted due to skin laxity and donor depletion. It is also my understanding that as more tissue is removed the resulting scar is more prone to widening as it may stretch over time. That’s not to say that it absolutely will happen but the probability is high that it will.

Most people have, on the back of their head, a bump called the occipital bun. Most, certainly not all but most, FUT scars I have seen on people’s heads rest on that bump along the occipital ridge. Whatever the science behind that is I’m not sure of, however, that is usually where it rests. Maybe it has to do with the skin being better able to stretch and pulled together to be sutured. I don’t know. Speaking in terms of length, not width, scars can definitely be shorter or longer back there, as gillenator said, depending on how many grafts are required and how many grafts per cm2 you have back there. Do a google search of, “hair transplant scars”, and you’ll see a variety of scar lengths. A good doctor will cut the old scar out along with the new tissue being removed so that you are left with one remaining scar after the surgery.

I was on Propecia from April of 2012 until May of 2015 when I switched over to Costco's generic Aurobindo fin. I experienced zero shed or sides on the switch. The only difference was that I went from spending over $100 a month on Propecia to spending $22 for a three month supply on generic.