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Please do investigate taking Propecia, I think it can really help you from losing more hair.

Combover it, or soften it with makeup if you're that concerned. Odds are it just looks like a sunburn or no one notices but you.

Now's the fun part, gradual growth, you're hitting the very beginning phase that will last until next summer.

I understand addressing the thinning in the front but lowering your hairline really isn't necessary, nor particularly age appropriate, you have a great amount of hair for a man closing in on 40.

Yes.

So sorry this doesn't seem to be going how we all want it to end. That's a big let down. But there is hope for rectifying it with reputable repair docs, your short list for FUE repair should be: Gabel, Konior, Hasson &Wong in no particular order, all are outstanding.

I'd ask your doctor what gentle cleaning method they recommend. Please default to their instructions.

That sounds genetic and you should get a medical opinion. It's in your best interests before pursuing surgery.

How do you know it's not genetic? have you been evaluated by a medical professional? If it's not genetic hair loss then an HT shouldn't be necessary because external factors have cause temporal hair loss. Almost all permanent hair loss is from your genetic predisposition to DHT that will shrink hair follicles on the top of the scalp. Fin helps reduce excess DHT in the body which means less is in the blood stream to potentially shrink your hair follicles, this, in turn, slows down or halts hair loss caused by DHT. Used early it can reverse some hair miniaturization, but it is case by case.

Top tier docs make all the difference, keep us posted with updates on the progress of the repair session.

You're the consumer leaving a review, as long as it's honest you should feel free to share your experience.

Gabel vet here. I always like to check in on what people post because it's usually transformational, and I like seeing what Dr. Gabel has been able to do for so many people, including myself. Please keep us posted on your progress if you can, I understand the privacy issue.

If you have baldness behind the hairline I suppose to could grow your hair and slick it back as a combover of sorts. Sounds like a style option limiting course of action though.

It all depends on your hair characteristics as well. Fine hair needs a higher per sq cm than course and thick hair. There's a point where aesthetically it can be diminishing returns on adding more hair per cm, but it's subjective to each case and can't be ruled out too generally since some people need higher cm to achieve what others can with lower cm. For example, I have very fine hair and almost 7k grafts in the frontal third, I don't know what that equates to per sq cm, but it's definitely higher than the very general 3k for the frontal third that you often see.

People are divided upon the value of PRP, you'll hear mixed opinions about whether it's worth it or not.

Unfortunately, that's unknowable.

I live in Texas and went out of state. Don't let geography be an obstacle, it's worth it to travel for the right doctor.

Why you guys post just to hear yourselves talk is asinine in a forum dedicated to patient education. The OP clearly wanted to know about North American FUE practitioners, and you hijacked the thread with the intention to crow about your bias, and in the process exposed a severe ignorance about what FUE and FUT even are in practice. Your agenda had no place on this thread and backfired terribly.

I'd email your specific surgeon to see what they advise, they may have a routine they prefer you adopt.

Your initial claim was easily dispatched as erroneous, being confrontational about it won't redeem it.

You appear to be a walking billboard for how good an elite restoration can be, especially with a surgeon excellent at both FUT and FUE.

Likely it's coming. A minority of people don't shed the graft follicles at all, but it could take 4 to 6 weeks to shed.

Your analogies don't suffice. A surgeon that is expert with both FUT and FUE represents the top echelon of the surgical world in hair transplantation. You're being argumentative without an argument. You're saying it's impossible to be elite at both, which is a spurious claim, and by default asking a surgeon to pick an extraction method exclusively as if that will make them elite. There are plenty of mediocrities doing only FUE or FUT alone, offering only one method neither makes you an expert nor an elite surgeon. Personal and professional dedication to the craft of hair restoration does, and those who have dedicated themselves to be elite at both FUT and FUE are the best. Not to mention, if your contention is that focusing on one method will make you more experienced, imagine the experience a dedicated surgeon must commit to master both FUT and FUE. They are the ones who realize how custom a restoration should be and have the track record and diversity to prove it.

Someone who only does FUE better have top-notch facilities that behave as if they did FUT for the sake of the preservation and preparation of grafts. The microscopes used for dissecting grafts are a crucial investment for any HT practice worth their salt, and often a neglected tool by FUE exclusive practitioners. Also, a doctor who refuses to learn FUT limits their abilities to undergo diverse cases with the best possible alternate methods needed. FUE is not always appropriate. A doctor unwilling to acknowledge that may see every case as a nail for their proverbial hammer. Doctors who mentored with great doctors have an advantage as well, Gabel mentored with Konior in the US, for example, both do FUT and FUE and are considered elite at both. They also occasionally refer patients to one another because of the trust and respect they have for each other's skill. Who a doctor trained under is as important as where they went to medical school. In conclusion, go to elite surgeons, elite surgeons that do both FUT and FUE at an elite level.

I'd go see a dermatologist, they may have some remedies or prescriptions after they diagnose you. Over the counter, Nizoral can be helpful. You likely have scaling caused by seborrhoeic dermatitis, it's fairly common, but can be managed and mitigated. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seborrhoeic_dermatitis