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22 hours ago, Adam87 said:

Haha, yes, the three most admired fans i respect in the country are Everton, Newcastle and Leeds. There is loyalty and then there are these fans. I look forward to the day when Leeds take their rightful place back in the premier league, hopefully it will be this season. I am not too stressed about fulham, we probably are a championship club in terms of size, its more sadness that stress, we have brought terribly and there are big issues behind the scenes which have caused our downfall, but going up at wembley last season and being there will never be topped. 

Thanks for your opinion, the only way i will get a transplant soon is if i can stop the hairloss in its track. I am currently on 1mg of propecia a day, 5% RU58841 once a day with minoxidil. I am in month 5 of this routine now, i am hoping by the summer of this year i will see some progress. But i agree with the statement below that if you cannot stop you hairloss you will look silly, as it will continue further back. 

I had a season ticket when Leeds won the old First Division 1991/92 (season before Premier League started), so at least I've seen my team win something. The teenage fans and even those in their 20's and 30's have never seen Leeds win anything. Ridiculous really for a club with our history. Mostly down to years of mismanagement and dodgy owners. Agree with you on Newcastle - those fans have really had it tough. Hopefully Ashley sells and they get a decent owner in. All the best to Fulham, hope you stay up, and that Huddersfield get relegated so Leeds regain their rightful place as Yorkshire's top team

Anyway, back to hair! - Hope the meds work well for you and keep us posted.

Everything looks normal and on track for four months. Clear signs of growth and your new hairline starting to take shape. 

One of the best responses to finasteride I've seen. Congrats. 

Thanks a lot guys

13 hours ago, Melvin-Moderator said:

I think also society view balding men differently with age. I can recall being 25 years old getting my haircut and the barber asking how old I was,  I replied "25" he said "wow and you're already losing your hair".  I didn't know what to say, but I replied back with "my grandma got alzheimers, maybe we should talk about that too". He didn't utter another word to me the whole time.

I can't help but think, if I would have been 50 years old he probably wouldn't have asked or even if he did I could've said "half a century" and joked about my hair not being how it was in my 20's. While I understand balding affects men at any age, men who don't lose their hair until their 50's and 60's have no idea how devastating it is to lose your hair when you're young. I always say old guys get hair transplants to look younger, while young men get hair transplants to look their age.

I agree. I had a few similar comments to your barber's ones when in my twenties. For some reason society seems to deem hair loss as fair game, and that they have the right to mention it or mock someone who suffers from it. If a fat person goes into a clothes shop they wouldn't expect the assistant to say "wow, you're enormous, I'll show you to the XXXL aisle!" 

I also agree about people's reasons for getting transplants. It sounds a bit contrary, but all I ever wanted from my early transplants was for people to NOT notice my hair. I just didn't want to stand out in a negative way from my contemporaries at a young age.

2 hours ago, Bill - Managing Publisher said:

 I was very depressed when I started losing my hair. Are used to wear my hair long and girls used to love playing with it. Hair was part of my identity as was my strength.  I was also a strong Christian as I am still today… In a lot of ways I suppose that made me a lot like Samson.   But unlike Samson who lost his strength due to a woman cutting his hair, it was DHT that was my kryptonite. 

 I literally wore a hat everywhere, I felt like the Phantom of the opera. With a hat on, I felt like I could mask my “ugliness“ and felt like I was still attractive.   But once the hat came off, I felt like the phantom losing his mask. I felt ugly and I wanted to run into hiding. 

I would purposely avoid events that meant the need to remove my hat.  Or at the very least, I would avoid inviting certain women that I thought might judge me or that I found attractive.   I just didn’t want to feel ugly So if I couldn’t wear a hat, at least I could control who I let see me without a hat. 

Finally, I found this community and surgical hair restoration as a real option.   4 hair transplants later,  I am much more confident and I even started recently growing my hair again just for fun to see what I might look like. 

best wishes,

Bill

You might want to edit that second paragraph Bill

During my twenties and thirties I withdrew socially a great deal due to my hair loss. Looking back it saddens me that I was 'robbed' of so many good times during those years due to my low self esteem because of it.

Now in my late forties though after quite a few procedures I'm happy with where I'm at - I have hair. By no means thick, lustrous locks (that was never realistic given my level of loss)  but when I bump into follically-challenged old friends who make comments like "at least you managed to hold onto your hair!", I feel it was all worthwhile.

The saddest thing is when you're seventeen and not even an adult, and you notice the first signs of hair loss and think there's just no hope. That's just really unfair. I've been there, and I know there will be many many kids in that same situation now. Thankfully there's a lot more help and information out there these days.

I've got a lot more perspective now of where hair loss stands in importance in the great scheme of things, but back then it felt like my world was ending before it had even begun (a bit over-dramatic I know, but that's how I felt).

You've made it through the dreaded early months now, and it should be all positive from here. Looks like some promising early signs there. Grow well.

On 27 December 2018 at 3:48 PM, forgotpassword said:

not to sound like an ass but maybe start supporting Liverpool instead of Fulham  those relegation battles can cause hair loss 

If you think that's stressful, try being a life-long Leeds Utd fan. I'm surprised I've got any hair left after the last fifteen years

Adam87, as most have already said, your hair looks great and is the envy of most people on here. You don't need a transplant at this point.

If you want to have a very short hairstyle post op, then FUE is the way to go as Triple7 says. Even the best strip scar is likely to show at those lengths. Put some pics up so we can advise you better.

All any shampoo is going to do for you is make your hair look nice and shiny and perhaps temporarily feel a bit thicker. As has been said, finasteride and minoxidil are your best bets for any real benefits.

17 minutes ago, AnalogFeel said:

 

are you on propecia and rogaine?

Not any more. I used finasteride for a few years but wasn't a great responder unfortunately.

I started losing hair at 18. Looking at my male relatives I could see I was heading for a high Norwood pattern. After several transplants over almost 20 years I've got a decent covering front to back.  It was only in the last 2 to 3 years though that my sides and base of my crown have started to drop quite badly (I'm 48 now), so I'm going to need to address that soon. Thanks to good donor supply/management, even after more than 7000 grafts I've hopefully got enough to sort this effectively.

Looks like a really good response so far. Congrats.

You've not even quite reached the four month mark which is only the very start of growth! And you already look in better shape than your pre op pics. There is absolutely no need for concern at this point. Try to relax and not fixate over it.

That's really impressive Melvin. Given your starting point it's a wonderful turnaround. Congrats.

Really nice transformation. Congrats.

I might do that actually. They're pretty thick-skinned really and would probably see the funny side (I hope...)

I would like to recommend this article to one or two of my male relatives but I don't have the heart

This patient had extensive loss and just wanted a freshen up.

Shocking story that. Poor woman.

If Dr. Konior is relatively near to you, I'd say it's a no-brainier from the results I've seen. Your only problem might be waiting time as I believe he's often booked up for up to a year.

Best of luck with your repair. You'll be amazed at the difference a state of the art transplant can make. It would be good to see some pics/graft numbers etc if you're able to.

Sensible approach by Dr. Shapiro. You look like you have a good amount of hair at the crown that could potentially be saved by finasteride, so concentrating the grafts of the frontal area makes sense. Still very early days so hang in there. Things should start happening in the next few weeks.