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6 hours ago, AssaultedByDHT said:

Yeah. That's why I believe transplant without meds is way too risky.  If I ever get off my meds, I won't bother with caring about my hair anymore because I know for certain my future is NW6/NW7 (diffuse thinning).

meds slow down hair loss. Dont stop it especially not someone heading for nowood 6 or 7

buzz your hair a few weeks before the transplant

i often think some people with very poor diets can speed up there mpb.

1 minute ago, Portugal25 said:

Crown started thinning 4 years after the HT but I was 25 years old when I had my HT and was warned by Dr. Rahal that this would happen. 

Dr. Pekiner assistant mentioned SMP but I am still waiting for their assessment and I haven’t yet researched about SMP. 

ok interesting how he knew before it started to thin.

yeah i think smp would a good option with a transplant.

did you lose your existing hair quite quickly after the transplant in 2008?

Maybe look into someone who smo also.

my father was norwood 3  at 25 & only slowly started diffuse at 50.

70 now & still has an ok hair on top but it is diffused bad now. But ok for his age.

He kept his hair long so i am unsure if he had diffuse hair from 20-40s but hairline was bad.

pick a surgeon who will take into account future loss & not use excessive amount of grafts.

That rules out Erdogan & most of Turkey.

Saifi in Poland is good. H&W too.

1 hour ago, Mark2010 said:

 

I'm off Finasteride 7 years and have still not fully recovered from the side effects.

very sorry to hear that mark.

im off 2 years now. i still have pfs. Im about 70-80% recovered.

Very strict diet has been key. No alcohol or processed food.went 5 months in 2017 where i had 0% sex drive & no erection at all.Improved alot after 1-2 years.

I'll never ever forget when I got the side affects & then crashed. 

My opinion is the drug should not be sold at all because side affects can happen at any time.

1 hour ago, Tbcruz said:

Hey lasercap,

yea I know exactly what happened in my last procedure and that he didn’t densely pack the areas that were balding that’s why it looks the way it does. I wouldn’t say it was a waste because it did make a difference just not a dense difference.

im torn between both procedures because of exactly what you said if it doesn’t come out as good as I wanted or I all of a sudden become a Norwood 7 (I hope not) I have that option of shaving my head if I go fue

if I go fut the chances of me having a good result go up higher but I’ll never be able to shave my head.

after doing a lot of research on meds and being on this forum for around 5 years. I rather not. 

you look way off nw7.

what is your family history like. anyone's hairloss similar?

article is bs

And finasteride does work for male pattern baldness, improving hair growth within months, according to multiple studies. The effects last as long as the man continues to take the drug.

not true

The side affects listed are all true.

You can recover though just takes time.

dont think your previous transplant was that bad.

Most grafts grew just not enough.

I think you should go for fue as you like to have short hair.

you are losing a small bit of hair at the crown

it looks brillant.

must be good knowing all the hair is safe not reliant on propecia

propecia & dutasteride.

If you dont get side affects you will be a very lucky man. That is very risky.

i never saw barely any bad reviews for H&W.

Wong by my research is the best at doing the crown for instance.

7 hours ago, Dazed said:

I try to envision the money trail.  Where is the most profit to be made?  Is the demand for a cure to baldness enough to drive the industry?  It will be interesting to see what path this follows. 

if stem cells became available.

Do you think hair transplant doctors would not use it just because it would cost other companies millions?

 This makes no sense. Of course they would.

i had no sides or worries about the drug until 2 years when the the sides struck.

Got PFS & the first few months were a living hell. Total ED. You feel lifeless.

Improving now after 2 years though & mentally in a good place despite not fully recovered but you have to live a monk like lifestyle which is ok for me as I never drank alcohol.

got 2 transplants with Saifi.

You are in great hands. Excellent doctor & man

cause know.

But creatine & even some protein shakes speed up hair loss significantly imo.

23 hours ago, bismarck said:

Medical cure priorities:

1) Cancer

2) Heart disease

3) Stroke

4) Obesity and diabetes

5) Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, Dementia

6) Autoimmune disease, lupus, multiple sclerosis

7) Emphysema

8 )  Mental health, depression, schizoprenia, bipolar, etc

9) Osteoporosis, fractures

----

100) Hair loss

 

So, no. There are far more serious and financially massive issues with health. It's just that most people on this forum are too young to have experienced them yet.

i have a cure for obesity.

eat less food

you cant overcome side affects on fin.

Just stop taking the drug.

Reducing dosage will reduce them for a while but they will most likely come back.

looks very good & natural

I stopped 3 months after a transplant.

Transplant turned really good had no affect on ithe transplant.

My suggestion is for anyone would be to think back have you ever in your life had any sort of low period of libido or had any small issue sexually.

If yes I would never touch the drug.

Even people who have taken the drug for 10 years no side affects(so they say but gurantee libido is slightly reduced) literally anything could happen. 

Now most likely you will be ok but no one knows how safe this drug is to take for 5 years+

As no studies were done over that time period.

56 minutes ago, Markee said:

Hair loss is progressive most should expect to loose more hair as we get older 

true. But you can have a long stable period.

My father went to norwood 3 at 28 & slight diffuse on top.

Was stable until he was 60 until is started diffusing again.

Hair loss is unpredictable

many people can't really be sure if hair loss is stable unless they have same hair loss as family member.