hey guys, I'm 23 years old turning 24 this year and I'm really thinking about getting a hair transplant. i have 2 brothers who are fully bald, one of them is 4 years older and the other is 2 years older. when they were my age they were already fully bald but i still have a good hairline and donor area, its been really slowly getting bad off the top, our father has more hair than us so I'm guessing the gene came from my mothers side of the family. anyways i was told to use rogaine for a year before consulting with a hair transplant doctor to basically see if it will get better or stay the same. I'm 6 months in and it didn't get worse. if anything just stayed the same if not a tiny bit better. it would seem like I'm still in the process of balding now i have 2 questions.
1. what is going to stop the balding if i get a hair transplant, and
2. if i do get the hair transplant do i have to be on meds like propecia after the surgery, and do i have to keep taking propecia?
I've heard some stories about propecia and the side effects it gives you, id basically rather not take it. is it something thats a complete must post surgery?
thanks