dayman

Yes, I'm under physician supervision, also pharmacological biochemistry interest me:) Here's some perspective on how far I've come with this photo. I'm confident I'll be able to maintain my existing hair with meds for the long term.

Hello all, I'm obviously new to this forum but not to hairloss forums. I'm 25, noticed my hair loss when I was 22-23ish. I'm a diffuse thinner with what I think is a pretty thick donor area. I've been on finasteride for 18 months, minoxidil for 14 months, dutasteride .5mg EOD for 14 months, 2% Nizoral shampoo, and I just added 5% RU in April. As you can see I'm pretty serious/dedicated to treating my hair loss. Overall I'd say I've responded great to medications; with complete cessation and modest regrowth. Now I'm looking to get a transplant. Being my age I understand the risk assessment of it, but with how I've responded to meds I think I'd make for a good candidate. Shock loss shouldn't be an issue now that I've been on meds for almost 2 years, right? I'll be attaching photos, so correct me if I'm wrong, but by looking at them I believe I'm headed towards a NW4-NW5 pattern. What I'm wondering is will that effect a surgeon's inclination to work on me? I've seen amazing results from people who are much worse than I am with similar patterns, so that gives me hope, plus medications work for me. I've consulted a couple surgeons, Dr. Civas out of Ankara, Turkey, who quoted me for 2500 grafts. And Dr. Erdogan, who denied me, the reason being my age and uncertainty of future loss. Just thought I'd post here asking for evaluations from fellow seasoned members and opinions from people who are, or were in the same boat as me. Appreciate it! P.S.: Photos attached show a recent buzz no guard that I've grown for just about a month. The others are pictures of me with my hair fully grown out with one wet slicked back.