Hello!
I started losing my hair around 19-20 ("coincidentally" when I took accutane) and it wrecked havoc for 3-4 years. The last two years however it has slowed down a lot, my hairline hasn't moved at all and it seems the crown/top of the head is the only place thats been slowly progressing.
I started finasteride a few weeks ago and my body has handled it well, got dull ball ache and sensitive nipple area for the first week or so like a lot of people but they have both gone away, libido and everything else is running 100%. I've been careful to avoid placebo-ing myself.
My question is this: If I were to get a HT, A) How many grafts, and B) where should they go?
I would obviously prefer not to have a giant scar across the back of my head, but it seems FUT has serious advantages for someone like me who realistically will need ~4000 grafts to get a decent head of hair from where I am now and would likely need future HT's. Seems the route is to go FUT first and then use FUE as needed.
I've been to a surgeon who is recommended on here and he said I have an average donor area and the best bet would be to leave the crown/vertex alone and do a conservative rebuild of the hairline with 1700-2000 grafts.
I get that route, I'm pretty young and who knows how far the loss could go.... but to me, rebuilding the hairline without also fixing the top of the head seems a little pointless, you end up with that friar tuck look since there is no body/fullness to the hair on top. I'm on board with the conservative hairline though, I've always had a naturally high one anyway.
If I'm going to do a HT why not go all out with a FUT 4k+ (say 2k on the hairline, 2k on the vertex/top) and then go fue in the future for any places that need filling in? Assuming fin stops or drastically slows any further loss of course, I'll hold off on a HT to make sure its working for me first.
What do you guys think? Money is not an issue and I'd be going to one of the top surgeons in the world for the procedure. I'm also looking at the future and setipiprant/PGE2 and RCH-01 seem really promising for maintaining current hair and regrowing a bit.
Hello! I started losing my hair around 19-20 ("coincidentally" when I took accutane) and it wrecked havoc for 3-4 years. The last two years however it has slowed down a lot, my hairline hasn't moved at all and it seems the crown/top of the head is the only place thats been slowly progressing. I started finasteride a few weeks ago and my body has handled it well, got dull ball ache and sensitive nipple area for the first week or so like a lot of people but they have both gone away, libido and everything else is running 100%. I've been careful to avoid placebo-ing myself. My question is this: If I were to get a HT, A) How many grafts, and B) where should they go? I would obviously prefer not to have a giant scar across the back of my head, but it seems FUT has serious advantages for someone like me who realistically will need ~4000 grafts to get a decent head of hair from where I am now and would likely need future HT's. Seems the route is to go FUT first and then use FUE as needed. I've been to a surgeon who is recommended on here and he said I have an average donor area and the best bet would be to leave the crown/vertex alone and do a conservative rebuild of the hairline with 1700-2000 grafts. I get that route, I'm pretty young and who knows how far the loss could go.... but to me, rebuilding the hairline without also fixing the top of the head seems a little pointless, you end up with that friar tuck look since there is no body/fullness to the hair on top. I'm on board with the conservative hairline though, I've always had a naturally high one anyway. If I'm going to do a HT why not go all out with a FUT 4k+ (say 2k on the hairline, 2k on the vertex/top) and then go fue in the future for any places that need filling in? Assuming fin stops or drastically slows any further loss of course, I'll hold off on a HT to make sure its working for me first. What do you guys think? Money is not an issue and I'd be going to one of the top surgeons in the world for the procedure. I'm also looking at the future and setipiprant/PGE2 and RCH-01 seem really promising for maintaining current hair and regrowing a bit.