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Gabel and Konior make my short list, they seem to be among the most consistent around...I'm biased because Gabel did mine, but results speak for themselves.

Biggest indicator about where you could be headed will always be genetic history from both sides of your family. So look at your baldest relative and know that is likely your worst case scenario, but if no one in your family has extensive baldness then the odds are in your favor that your own pattern will be mitigated as well.

He has an emerging thin spot on his crown as well.

You never know, Robert McNamara, former Secretery of Defense under Kennedy and Johnson, had a full head of hair in his 50s and died bald in his 90s.

To be blunt, IF you went surgical it would probably need to be FUT so you could maximize the amount of grafts that can be harvested and preserve the donor as much as possible or potential future procedures. Hair loss is progressive and your case is quite advanced for a man so young. Long term planning is essential. I got my first HT at 26, and had two more before it was satisfactorily dense....and my loss was about a third of yours.

Dark hair and fair skin, the contrast is a challenge similar to my own, but Dr. Gabel knows how to make it work. Congrats to this patient, he should be a happy camper.

Basic musts: Finasteride, consult a dermatologist or hair physician. Then check on the progress of medication in six months to a year to assess if it is working. Ideally you hold off on surgical options until 25, but it is case by case. Let us know if you have any further questions, I understand your anxiety and frustration, but this is going to require patience and long term thinking to resolve.

I'm a Gabel vet, and I love it when I see other happy patients come through his office. Keep us updated as you're in the best part of the process, where the fruit of your patience starts to pay off as a transformation.

Age appropriate hairlines will always dictate what an ethical doctor chooses to do for you, if your hair loss history is deemed aggressive or unstable then no ethical doctor will want to advance your hairline beyond where it already is because most men are a Norwood 2 naturally with age, even without full blown male pattern baldness. What is your age?

Difficult to say in pictures, but cowlicks and whirls often make a little scalp visible, keep an eye on it, perhaps ask a dermatologist to examine it and give you a prescription for finasteride/ propecia if you're concerned. The drug is a near silver bullet for preventing hair loss in the crown for many users.

Konior is a spectacular doc in high demand, so you have to weigh if he's worth the wait and cost to you or if you want to explore other good doctors with greater availability and less expensive pricing, the choice is ultimately up to you. But whatever you do don't let price be the absolute final determination of what you decide, you in large part get what you pay for, so weigh the prices of elite doctors against each other (and there truthfully are only a handful) but never let a low price from an unknown commodity enter the equation. I can speak very highly of Dr. Konior as he is a very close and respected collegue of Dr. Gabel, who I trusted with my procedures, and can whole heartedly recommend you consult with either of these fantastic surgeons with full confidence.

200 grafts won't make a particularly worthwhile cosmetic difference for you, I'd hold off until more donor can be used.

Am super curious to hear about the efficacy of the treatment, haven't heard a great deal about it.

Ask a doc if they have former patients that would be willing to reach out and speak with you in private. I know Dr. Gabel does that, and it's one of the things that makes him transparent with prospective patients, he hides nothing.

I'm a Gabel patient myself, you have to prompt a barber to look for it, because if the scar is done well and the hair looks believable, then there's no reason for them to suspect you have had a procedure done. I even had a barber compliment my hairline as one of the nicest she'd ever seen on a man...ha, didn't tell her it was surgically restored.

Looks really solid, I'm a happy Gabel vet too, similar hair color and skin tone as you too.

That's tragic to hear, may he rest in peace and may his family be comforted in their grief.

Word to the wise, since you have advanced hair loss, even with five thousand grafts the coverage could be thin and need a second round, you're also looking at a very conservative hairline. Just letting you know to prepare yourself for conservative expectations and the possibility of a second surgery.

Have had two FUT's with Gabel, flew all the way to Portland from Austin for him, can't say enough positive things. Feel free to ask me anything. My experience is that he is a profoundly cautious and empathetic surgeon with a congenial disposition and sincere bedside manner. One of the things I dislike about the internet is people emotively taking their private struggles to the public without all the facts as the poster your cited did, I can't speak for the Dr. but it is not uncommon for people with unreasonable expectations or who are not engaged in accepting the possibility (however remote) that surgery assumes some risk of complications acting as though they've been conspired against by a medical unprofessional. The irony in your comparing of Konior and Gabel is that Konior would be the first to accept that comparison as flattery, the two are comparable talents, peers, and friends, and would be the first to vouch for the professionalism of each other. Surgery carries risk and no guarantees, and professional surgeons can facilitate everything humanly possible to achieve a great result and the body may still not cooperate, it's an unpleasant reality. And although we all should empathize with a hair loss sufferer's frustration with surgery not working out, for a vast majority of patients in the hands of skilled surgeons (and Gabel is definitely one of them) patients do see results, modern hair transplantation can truly be life-changing when physiology cooperates with expert medical care.

Now's that anxious waiting for Christmas morning time, around month 8 you should be a little bit giddy.

It's not quite as bad as Schumer, as i think Schumer has mini-grafts and Peterson has follicular units, but you're right about the hairline placement and artificial shape of it as too straight looking being similar.

Don't be afraid to travel, I live in Austin and traveled all the way to Portland for Dr. Gabel, twice, and it was well worth it.

Most believe he's likely had scalp reduction surgery.

Speaking of famous hair transplants, this is the most normal I've ever seen the president's hairline, he ought to wear this style regularly.