mattny

Thanks Swooping. I think its stress and anxiety. The thinning seems a little patchy. I was thinking of doing it again in the front half of my head... to make it more thick.

My brother is 4 years older than me and has a thick crop.... possibly due to all the 420 he smoked over the years. My grandfather on my mother's side had a thick crop.. and he was 80 something... My point being, age is really not a significant factor.

Senescent alopecia was originally thought to affect people aged 50 years or older with no family history or evidence of pattern balding. It was described as a diffuse thinning involving the whole scalp due to a steady decrease in thick terminal hairs, but without evidence of increased miniaturization. Senescent alopecia is not a primary diagnosis in this clinic. Most possible examples of it are assumed to be androgenetic or diffuse alopecia. In the study reported here, horizontal sections of 2149 scalp specimens from individuals with male and female pattern and diffuse alopecia, as well as from normal controls, were examined, and their follicular counts were recorded and sorted into decades. The decade of 20 to 29 years contained a significant number of patients and was used for baseline follicular counts for comparison with all succeeding decades up to age 99 years. A reduction of 15% below baseline was considered significant. In 10.6% of patients with male pattern alopecia, the age of onset of a significant reduction in follicular counts was 50 years; in 5.7% of patients with female pattern alopecia it was 70 years, and in 2.0% of patients with diffuse alopecia it was 80 years. These data suggest that most cases of significant hair loss in the elderly are androgen driven. The few patients with deteriorating diffuse alopecia may be the exception. The study concluded that old age is not a significant cause of hair loss. Source: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21146732

Swooping, that doesn't really make sense. Because as they doctors tell us, the donor hairs are coming from an area in back of the head that are genetically programmed not to fall out. The hairs in back of my head are not thinning, even as i age. So, neither should the transplanted hairs that came from the back of my head. If you are right, then what the Doctor(s) tell us is false. They (even my Doctor) say that those hairs are permanent, and should naturally shed, but will always come back. Even if a person experiences higher stress levels; once that stress is gone, the hairs will return. This is in fact what my Doctor told me. So then, what you're saying is... its not where the hairs come from, its where they are placed that will make the difference in future sustainability. Are you saying that cuz the DHT typically accumulates at the top regions of the scalp?

Im 47

1978 matt.... you hair looks thick in front and you were receding more than i was. Do you still maintain a think frontal area? Like i said i also had the FUT (strip). How long has it been since you got your procedure done?

i did not have a FUE. It was a strip. Also, Dannyboy, do you experience any sort of chronic anxiety. I have recently had a breakup with a girl and it has caused a bit of insomnia and anxiety. I'm wondering if this might be causing some of this... you know higher cortisol levels...etc. But, for sure, it definitely does seem that I'm having a general lose in the transplanted areas over time. How are you going about your complaint...cuz maybe i should also. Thanks!

Has anyone experienced a loss or thinning in the transplanted areas? I thought that these hairs are permanent? It's been about 4 1/2 years since my procedure. But I'm experiencing a thinning, and it doesn't seem to be a cycle of hair stages, cuz i've noticed that within the past 4years as a normal occurrence. But, this is different. All the hairs in the transplanted area are thinner than anytime before, and seem to progressively thin out. I religiously take finasteride 5mg (cut into quarters) each day Minoxidil twice daily. Very worried and concerned!! Thanks.