Ian.

Many of us can get in a major funk where our situation feels hopeless. Whether it's about our hair, or the hair more of a metaphor for our life in its current state. But a successful hair transplant wouldn't necessarily alleviate your anxiety/depression. A bad one would only make things much, much worse. All is not lost my friend, you're not out of options for your hair yet. But Berba11 is right. If your depression is that crippling, before delving into strategies of keeping/improving your hair, try to find someone you are willing to talk to one on one about your situation in person if possible. I'm not trying to stop you from getting hair advice here or anything, because it's clearly bothering you. I'm sure we all can empathize as it bothers everyone on here to a degree, so I encourage members to chime in with suggestions. That said, depression can be a multifaceted problem where the root cause might not necessarily be what you think it is. Best, Ian

Personally, between the two, I don't think it's even close. Dr. Arocha is the way to go. But as long as you're in the stages of looking at doctors and can't go outside of Texas, I would get a consult with Dr. Yaker in Plano as well. It might sound harsh, but I honestly wouldn't go to Dr. Mcgrath if he gave me a hair transplant for free.

Hi Buddysdad, was the decision to go from topical minoxidil to oral Dr. Cooley’s suggestion or something you decided for yourself?

Hey, last update was looking great! I think this new hair will work in your favor to crush the NCLEX!

Thanks for the photos and write-up! You chose a great doc, I look forward to seeing your results!

No one on this forum should feel obligated to answer any of your questions when all you’re doing is going around trashing other people’s results.

Dr. Arocha, I am curious about PRP and how it is best utilized. I’m not exactly sure how to best phrase the question so I’ll try a couple of different ways and see if any make sense. Is PRP a time sensitive therapy in that it works best for patient’s in early stages of balding? Can PRP “wake up” follicles that have been inactive for long periods of time? Personally, I feel like my hair has stabilized with Propecia over the past two years and wonder when an optimal time to consider a PRP treatment might be. Could it be that the longer I wait, the chances I will see a noticeable improvement will diminish? Thanks, Ian

5 months post-op is usually when you have to start telling guys to be patient because it’s still early in the process…something tells me you don’t require any of this reassurance, haha! Happy to see a guy get rewarded for his patience by waiting until the right opportunity with the right clinic was found!

Wow, what a difference! Thanks and congrats!

Would love to see how the final results turned out if you get a chance.

Here is a repair case where Dr. Cooley used electrolysis: https://www.hairrestorationnetwork.com/topic/51305-fut-repair-with-dr-cooley/

I am no authority on the subject, but I have seen commercials for a class action lawsuit regarding Just for Men for some kind of adverse reactions to phenylenediamine. Is this a substantial risk for the average user? Is this just a case of lawyers trying to make some money? I have no clue. Have you used the product in the past?

Well I hope they help. It's a sort of art that I have yet to master myself. But I have even used a combination of the two before. Dermmatch is makeup for the scalp (some guys can work magic with it, but I find it hard to pull off, possibly because I couldn't really get an identical shading), and the Hairatin seems to get the scalp and hold on to the hair a bit. Let us know how it works for you.

Have you tried Hairatin? It's a bit pricier, but I believe it is a better product. Regardless of which you use it's tough to pull off on the hairline.

I would suggest sticking with what has been working for you for the past decade. Quartering a pill is worth the minor inconvenience rather than going through a potential backslide in your hair retention.