GoldRush

Thank you everyone for your suggestions. With regards to my expectations, I totally understand I will never have hair from my early 20s. My goal is to have a hairline and midscalp coverage at least to frame my face. I am fine with balding at the crown and perhaps depending on consultation I can get a 2nd stage in the future to fix that. I did figure that FUT is the better option despite my reservations. It is the more conservative and wiser choice. With regards to wearing my hair long vs. short. Do you think that my current hair length in the back would hide the scar? The other concern with FUT is that if I fail hair tx and decide to go bald all together than that scar will obviously show. I have requested online consults with several of the doctors on my list. Rahal already told me I am not a good candidate as he worries my donor density is poor and that I will progress to NW 7. Disappointing but definitely appreciate the honesty. I am going to try to get at least couple of in person consults. Some questions I have for you all. 1. Anyone know actual literature on propecia with regards to side effect profile? 2. Any high norwood that have undergone a hair tx and not been on propecia? 3. Any people out here who have had kids while on propecia. Appreciate everyones input.

I am 31 yo M healthy. I have followed this site for years and have considered tx for years. I appreciate everyone for their posts. I started balding early 20s. I however decided to not take any medications (i.e.: Propecia) as I was worried about side effects. I ultimately decided to let my hair fall out and when it stabilized to pursue hair transplant. I initially wanted to pursue FUE however will consider FUT due to better results in high norwood. I have attached pictures below. What do you guys think? 1. Am I a candidate for transplant 2. FUE vs. FUT. 3. Surgeon recommendations. I am USA based but am open to travel. I am considering these surgeons on my long list Doganay Demirsoy Erdogan Pathomvanich Bisanga Rahal Hasson/Wong Lorenzo Appreciate everyones recommendations.

Hello All, I have been lingering on this forum for a couple of years on and off. But finally writing a post as I am leaning towards getting a HT. My short story is that I am a 27 yo M who started experiencing hair loss in my late teenage years and it has continued through my 20s. I have loss of my hairline as well as crown/mid-scalp (Norwood V). Initially I just ignored choosing to focus on my education (long 8 years through medical school ) however now it bothers me. I have never used any medical therapy. I am reluctant to use Finesteride due to its potential side effects. Whilst I understand the dose used my majority of hair loss sufferer is much less than prescribed to treat something like BPH, I just cannot accept its potential risks. How many of you folks have felt the same way? Moreover, I have not used Minoxidil because I don't want to be dependent on a medication for the rest of my life. I almost prefer to loose majority of my hair and then get an HT than be dependent on Minoxidil. How many of you feel that way? In addition for those who have underwent a HT, has anyone not used any meds/topical? Anyways, i am heading towards the FUE route (I have read and heard the arguments against FUT vs. FUE, however based on recovery time and convenience I have decided on FUE). With that said I have a few surgeons in mind. Drs. Bisanga, Lorenzo, Erdogon and Dognay. Any other surgeons I should add to my list? I am currently in the process of obtaining online consultations from the named surgeons. Also, how in world do people get in touch with Dr. Lorenzo? Finally, I am working as a resident doc. SO getting time off is a challenge. I am able to get 2 weeks off in a row max (if lucky) so I had questions on how people dealt with going back to work within 2 weeks of an HT. Did you have significant redness? If so did you use concealers and did that work? Moreover, apart from any redness was it obvious that you got a HT based on the grafts looking "fake" or did it just look like your natural hair growing after shaving your head? The whole social aspect and dealing with people questioning me makes me more nervous than taking the actual plunge for an HT. Would love to hear from people who were in a similar situation. Lastly, my goals for an HT- restore density in crown and mid-scalp while reshaping the hairline. At my young age I would have loved to lower my hairline to where it was naturally but I prefer the conservative approach- see how I do with an conservative HT and give it a couple of years and if I continue to do well than consider a 2nd HT to re-define hairline. What do you guys think of that? Thanks in advance everyone. It has been reading this forum that has finally convinced me that an HT is a possibility. Please feel free to give me suggestions. I can add pics if that would help people give me genuine opinion.