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A seven year wait is ridiculous, my entire HT journey is that period of time, and I've had three procedures. If I had waited seven years for one I'd still be two away from a life changing and satisfactory frontal density restoration.

Eyeballing it, I think you may be better served by FUT, you have noticeable thinning through out and will likely require more than one procedure to satisfy coverage and density. As a general rule, when tackling progressive hair loss such as yours, the best way to maximize grafts for the long term is to proceed with FUT first and then move on to FUE after FUT is no longer an option or if future needs are much smaller. Please consult with a couple of physicians for their opinion, feel free to ask us who our favorites are either here or in a PM and we can tell you our opinions and experiences with various doctors. As for finasteride, I recommend doing so, it is a preventative measure that will help mitigate future loss and perhaps subsequent surgery. It is a very slim minority of people that experience the dreaded side effects so often harped upon by a loud few. You also have fair skin and dark hair, which creates a stark contrast and requires more grafts to create the appearance of density, something that could be challenging if your donor is genetically limited as some have suggested to you.

You need them both to be done correctly, either done in a subpar fashion risks jeopardizing the outcome of your procedure.

I'm afraid no magic bullet is near, gene splicing someone outside the womb ain't possible at the moment. The advent of designer babies may make it possible to omit hair pattern baldness genes from future generations, but who knows. If you're not going to do finasteride or minoxidil I'm afraid a transplant is a moot point, you'll progressively get more bald without preventative measures, and you'll undermine the results of the procedure. So you can either give finasteride a second chance and consult a doctor about dosage and then consider a transplant or else shave your head. Those are your blunt options.

Good find, I just know that Dr. Feller, Konior and Gabel all shy away from the robots as skeptics, and those three are pretty much avatars for the top tier of doctors in the US.

Also you're now in the frustrating part, the ugly duckling phase for the next 3 to 6 months. But you will likely look much improved in another three months and beyond.

Most people won't notice that scar, only HT veterans will even have a clue. It looks like a ruffle from hat hair.

At barely 3 months post op he's probably barely starting to grow.

If the result from this clinic is undesirable, the less grafts they burned the better.

Very doubtful that you'll regret a Konior procedure, he's on the very short list of people you should be trusting.

Nizoral requires finding a balance to get to work for most people, you can over do it or under use it, I'd experiment some more. Another option may be a shampoo called Revivogen, it's a bit like Nioxin, but I've found it better for my oily and dry scalp periods.

I'm not a fan of robots in hair transplantation, and stories like this only keep me a skeptic. Any clinic that advertises the robot as primary to the practice deserves a red flag in my opinion.

We can't be ruled by fear of others, a decision to seek hair restoration needs to be done for yourself and no one else.

I empathize with the self conscious state early hair loss can make you feel. I started balding at 19, it wasn't fun. But I had to get on a finasteride regimen and wait till 25 to seek surgical options. I recommend you do similar. Take heart, if you get on finasteride you can slow down the loss and maybe halt it. And then in your mid 20s, which isn't as far off as it seems at the moment, you can tackle your hair loss surgically if it still bothers you. The older you get the more of your peers will be experiencing similar things, take heart, this anxiety and social embarrassment will pass and be trivial in time. And who knows, by getting on finasteride now and perhaps getting a transplant later, you may ironically look better in your late 20s and early 30s than the peers around you do now.

It's pretty difficult to consider yourself stabilized in your youth unless you've been on a finasteride regimen.

Are you on finasteride as well? A finasteride regimen can probably mitigate the loss of the minoxidil regimen.

You need to consult a reputable physician, likely in person, to assess that properly.

Bless her, I've never seen a woman suffer a hairloss pattern reminiscent of my own, how unfortunately unique for her. Glad it was tackled with a gender appropriate restoration, I hope she's pleased.

I'd work with a doctor to explore a finasteride regimen of some sort, you don't have to take the amount normally prescribed, perhaps a scaled back prescription is in order and is better than nothing. As for your scalp, the crown is notorious for needing more than you think, and 600 grafts sounds mighty scant for the job. I'd think a minimal of 1500 if to 2000 plus are in order by the looks of your see through thinning in the region.

Don't be afraid to travel out state, don't feel limited to only what's nearby. I live in Austin and traveled to Portland for multiple procedures, and I'm glad that I did. I also know that Dr. Gabel is known to be very adept at eyebrow and facial hair transplantation via FUE, I don't hesitate to give him my recommendation to you.

Are you not taking preventive treatments such as finasteride? The crown and midscalp tend to benefit the most from a finasteride regimen.

Typically by day 6 you can all but guarantee security of the grafts, but playing it safe for up to 14 days is the comfort zone for most people. Typically the grafts with scabs attached to them are the most vulnerable to be dislodged, for if you pick them (DON'T do that) or rub them in an effort to dislodge them there may be potential for losing a graft. I lost one graft on day three or four post op while trying to dislodge scabs, the lone graft I've ever lost through self infliction, it was was noteworthy for the dripping blood the dislodging produced. Rule of thumb is if there's no blood you're probably in the clear if you've bumped a graft.

Good to hear, I'm not overly familiar with how Estradiol Valerate reacts in the body or potentially clashes with a hormone inhibitor like finasteride, so I'll always defer to the medical opinion on that.

Liver damage? Did you verify that prognosis with a physician?

That's a full dose of proscar, how's your hair hanging in there? Feeling good?