Hello,
I'm 29, Norwood 5 (I believe), and i've started to lose my hair around the age of 19. I've been to a Trichologist who reviewed my status. He suggested me to wait with my HT, as it's too early, and also because he was thinking that he'd be able to solve it with 3 months of I-PRF treatment. I still prefer the HT path over that. The Trichologist also mentioned that my current status, as you'll see in the pics, is far from being ideal for a HT:
First - because there are still hairs that might get lost because of the transplant (i'm aware to the fact that those hairs will be lost in a few years anyway).
Second - my donor area isn't too rich. There's nothing much to explain here once you see the pictures.
On top of that - a famous clinic that i'm currently in touch with claimed that I might had a Retrograde Alopecia, which means that my hair also thins from my neck upward. Yet, they claimed that they can still take 4,500 grafts from the donor area, with an option to take grafts from my beard too, if needed. But then again - all they saw are the pictures you guys are about to see, and I realize that their prospective might change once they get to see my status in person.
All in all, i'm not sure that my type of hair is good enough for HT. It's not smooth, the donor area isn't that rich, and the coverage area is quite big.
I'd love to hear what do you guys think.
Thanks in advance!