Hi everyone,
this is my first post here.
I've gone through different avenues in this hair loss journey... I was on medication a few years ago which I stopped after no longer being able to afford it. (I am in a country that does not allow generics, so you are forced to pay Mercks retail prices of $100 per month)
I'm not working, as I'm still in university, so my income isn't high enough to get a huge amount of grafts; but it's certainly something I've now started to consider again after just recently (approximately 4 months ago) starting on Minox 5% twice daily and 1mg propecia daily also...(1 more month to go on my script, then I'm going to ask my dr for a proscar prescription instead which should cut my current $100 p/month cost to approx $30 a month!) anyway, that's beside the point as far as my question goes.
I've made inital contact with a local HT surgeon and I can afford .. maybe 200-300 grafts at present what I don't know is, if that kind of number would give me a decent result.
I like to buzz my hair to either a 1 or 2 and that's one of my concerns with the HT... If you buzz your hair, does it still look realistic?
how many grafts do you think I would need to fill in the region of my hair loss, which in the photos s on the left hand side of my hair line.
I'm not looking to bring my hairline down, i'm just looking to fill in the left side... As you might be able to tell there is still hair in that area, but it's sparse (this is the region which I'm using minox on) so it may grow out a little bit more in the next few months. I'm not sure...
When my hair is longer, the crown used to be reasonably thick... that was until this last year, when it started to thin out a bit...
However, I'm hoping that the propecia can bring that back.