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On the same boat like you, though I am exact 30, have lost more from the front. The major difference is that I am not going for the meds and considering transplant by the end of this year.

Very informative video Melvin. My hairline started receding at a very slow pace in around 2011. Started finasteride and minoxidil, did not experience any side effect. But the meds didn't stop or slowed it down so stopped them after a year and a half or two years. Due to some personal problems, and this is my opinion only, the receding skyrocketed since last year. Now the hairline is gone and is going back day by day. All the doctors here say that they won't recommend finasteride or minoxidil just PRP after every 4 months after the transplant. Your thoughts?

@LaserCap @Melvin-Moderator Can you guys share some more photos like the one attached here so that I can ask the doctor the kind of hairline that I hope for Final question, may doctors do the transplant for 2 consecutive days if the grafts are more than 2500 but majority of them tend to do it in one sitting. Is there any science behind this?

Thanks for chipping in Melvin. I have visited like 5 of the doctors recommended by this forum and trust me I did not see a doctor-patient atmosphere anywhere. Everyone in those clinics, or as they like to call it lounges, is money minded. I talked to several patients who had gone for them and the reviews weren't motivating like they said no invoice was provided to them, it is needed in case something goes horribly wrong, they also said that there is no followup whatsoever after the transplant. In every clinic one thing was common that if one had gone for a transplant from a clinic and if he refers someone to them then they will give the referral a free PRP session. One of these clinics quoted me 80000 INR, they kept on calling me to deposit some amount in advance and eventually lowered the price to 65000 INR without me even asking for it. So, you can guess how these so called clinics work here. I am ready to spend a little more and go to the most expensive one recommended by this forum but they also said that the front line will be done by the doctor and the rest by technicians. Yes, I read that story. According to his doctor, he wanted 9000 grafts in one sitting so shit happened. Can't say whether he was qualified or not.

So, why did Dr. Resul recommend the medications for 8-12 months and not for a much longer period? I can understand that the patient's existing hair might not be falling, if it wasn't then what was the need of the meds in the first place?

Well $1 is around 72 INR so the price comes out to be around 25 INR per graft. But like I have mentioned above no one here goes by the per graft cost. They have made packages. I also visited few of the doctors recommended here but unfortunately they are all after the moolah and no one is really interested in answering the queries of someone. For them we are customers and not patients. I know its all business everywhere but here is no limit for them. No sir, none of them recommended finasteride and/or minoxidil. As per all of them PRP, if done in like every 3-4 months, will save existing hair. I asked them, as per the little knowledge that I gained from this forum, the concentration of platelets in every syringe. They were clueless. Hair Transplant is a huge market in India and I haven't found a doctor/clinic whom can be trusted. There are a few but they quoted like $1500-$2000 for the transplant and if I wanted to meet the doctor before the transplant to clear any doubts the opd fees was $200 ha ha I have shortlisted few of them, like you suggested by checking the photos of the patients similar to me, I will go with one soon. I can start finasteride and minoxidil myself after the treatment. If I do, then should I continue them like forever or stop them after few months/years?

Great results. Dr. Soni was there any reason that you went with the FUT and not FUE technique? Was the patient recommended finasteride, minoxidil or any other medicine?

Thanks for replying again and for your valuable inputs. Visited the last of the remaining clinics in my state last evening. They quoted me around $1100 USD for about 3000 grafts. I guess I will have to go for the one which has posted good results with the patients similar to my condition. They also said that finasteride and minoxidil is not recommended but told me to go for a PRP session once in every quarter. Can I start minoxidil and finasteride few weeks before the transplant and continue it for few months after the procedure? I know everyone would say no but the clinics here won't recommend it for reasons best known to them. The below still remains a mystery to me- " Everyone with this debilitating condition should consider a medical regimen, before, during and after. The medications are intended to retain hair. So, you keep what you have, you do a procedure - the result will be more density. Not doing medication.....you do a transplant, you keep losing native hair, now you have do to more transplants just to replace what you lost and never increasing density. Eventually you'll run out of donor and now you're stuck."

Thanks Doc. Request you to give your valuable insights here if possible-

Thanks for replying. A question, most clinics do a PRP session after the surgery. Is there any benefit of doing it before the procedure? And for how long did you recommend him finasterider 1 mg? I am on the same boat-

Hi, I am 30 years old. Have lost the frontal hairline and it is going back day by day. Pretty much like this but mine is worse The above thread prompted me to post my doubts here. So, I visited few of the surgeons from this list https://www.hairtransplantnetwork.com/Consult-a-Physician/surgeon-list/IND/India Darling Buds and Medispa and many other renowned surgeons who are not on the list but people have achieved great results from them. Everyone suggested me around 2500-3000 grafts. All of them were doing the transplant using FUE technique and gave one PRP session along with the transplant. Here are my doubts- 1. I met many patients who came for follow up visits in their clinics. Almost everyone said that they were told say 5000 grafts but in reality the grafts injected were way too less i.e. they didn't get the required density. Any way to make sure that one gets what he has paid for? Someone else has same doubts 2. Everyone said that the surgeon constructed the hairline in the front and the rest of the work was done by their staff. Shouldn't the surgeon do all the work here? 3. All hospitals told me that the existing hair line receding and hairfall will stop after the PRP session which is done at the time of the surgery. But they were mum when I asked that if PRP is that effective then why isn't it recommended in place of propecia or finasteride? Also why isn't the same FDA approved? They had no answers. Any thoughts? This is my biggest concern. 4. All the surgeons listed on this website are super expensive. No one charges for per graft in reality but they have made packages. If one opts a surgeon which is not a member of ISHRS or IAHRS, just on the basis of results of other people, then is there any parameter which one should keep in mind while selecting them? 5. Is it true that DHT does not affect the transplanted hairs? If yes then why? 6. Is it true that in extreme cases even the transplanted hair doesn't grow or they also recede with time? Please enlighten me with any other points which one should keep in mind while selecting a surgeon, pre and post surgery. Thanks

Great work doc. Did you recommend him propecia/finasteride to save the existing hairs? And did he opt for any PRP sessions?