TorontoMan

7 minutes ago, Melvin-Moderator said:

Dr. Gho was literally splitting hairs. Tsuji was a bust. I wouldn’t hold my breath on cloning.

We didn’t need that much truths

It could, but could also not be, wouldn’t hang on it 

Baffled at the hair system suggestions.. that I can't wrap my head around. 

You have a lot of hair to maintain, get on meds and you will likely stabilize a great deal. Maybe you'll need a transplant in the future, but I don't think its necessary now, but if you start saving and planning now you'll be in a great position. 

It’s not bad, but you could ask your clinic if they do air freeze. I’ve heard guys here have them spray on the numbing. 

Do you possibly have photos Of the outlines of the recipient area? It doesn’t look like you have deep recession at all, but they transplanted pretty far back

Looks good, and looks like they transplanted between hairs well. How many grafts is this in total?

1 hour ago, Happyout said:

I can relate so much to your post Torontoman.Taking fin at least gives you the feeling that your'e doing something to fight hairloss.

The psychological effect for me was massive.I stopped having the allday everyday doom hairloss caused and just trusted it within personal experience.

4 years on-hairloss steadied and a lot more space to think and consider my options.Its no solution to inevitable hairloss, but it will buy you time.

Im just sorry i didnt know about it sooner, and when i did i hesitated for so long over the possible sides.

Can’t pitty yourself for not going on it earlier, naturally everyone is going to be hesitant, I did the same for 2 years.  I think even if someone told me to get on it before I noticed my own thinning, I still probably would have been in denial of my loss/ hesitant to commit to a drug after never being on any sort of medication ever. Thankfully we have transplants. Gotta accept the situation, deal with it, and move on 👊🏻

We gotta get you a time chamber, forward you to 6 months post op 

I hooked up with a girl last year before I was on any medication, and spent most of the time worrying whether she could notice my hairline thinning and whatever other insecurities, like an idiot, and I remember Building up anxiety and could remember feeling my dick go soft. Whatever happens you will be fine, If the medication is creating sides, taper down, and if it continues it will subside if you come off 

Lol watching porn isn’t what you need. You may be getting performance anxiety and are blowing a lot of this up in your head. Slow down and cut your dosage down a bit and see how you react. Get your doctors take, and be patient. If you just had surgery, and just started taking medication, naturally you are embodying a lot of stress, esp with all the shit going in the world, now you have to think about whether your gf will put up with your wang not working or whatever else you have on your head. Just bring the dosage down and see how you respond slowly. Watching porn to try to get some stimulation won’t do anything but build up anxiety 

Mans were stacked walking around Turkey sheeesh. 

The work looks great

I do believe you should consult with your doctor. Just to share my experience, I remember getting slight headaches in the beginning but went away after the 4th day or so and haven't had any headache since. Just some irritated scalp along the way that may have been just dry scalp and not attributed to Minoxidil. 

If you have a recliner that is ideal to keep you in the 45 degree position. I had to pile some pillows together to make a 45 degree happen, I did that for 5 days and the swelling was gone by then . 

Yeah I had it in September and actually preferred wearing the mask as everyone is right up close to your face. You're pretty relaxed so breathing isn't an issue. You'll be fine

Yep good place to start, gradually titrate as you feel comfortable. I started with the same dosage a year ago and have moved now to 1mg 

Just take it easy bruv 

Congrats, looks great! 

I have pretty good coverage, but my hair feels very soft/thin and is growing pretty slowly. I’m wondering if any long term users have felt their hair get thicker on finasteride? 

I think it’s rather fair and ethical for a doctor to highly recommend medication to a patient concerned about their hair and willing to get a transplant. Hair transplants will not for most people give full coverage and your hair loss will continue to progress. 
 

you don’t have much to lose by trying it for yourself. Sides are rare according to every study, and if you do get sides, they will subside when you come off treatment. At least then after trying it for a year, you know whether it’s something you’ll continue or if it’s effective, and if not, you’ll have a better strategy with approaching a hair transplant.

11 hours ago, deitel130 said:

Thanks. Just waiting to get past the shockloss now. Have had a lot of shockloss to my previously transplanted hair from the surgery. The first pic is at 5 and a half weeks while the second was at about 3 weeks.

All good man, you’re in the infancy stages in a few more months you won’t be worrying at all 

Damn that looks amazing 

“Figure our where to get grafts then” ?? Whattt

I'd like to echo that you should not drop your line and just fill in those temporal points, 2k grafts max. Stick to meds if they've already been working over 2 years. You have great hair all around

Hey man, first thing I am deeply sorry for your loss and the situation you're in as a result of all this. At the same time, thank you very much for sharing this experience, you don't have any idea how many men you're likely helping sharing and it takes a lot to do it. Your write up is spot on with all the red flags you've identified. But lets slow down for a sec, how old are you now, where are you located and are you on any sort of medication?

The first thing I feel I would do in your situation is take a look at the list of surgeons recommended on this forum and set up an in person consultation if there is one near you, and if not, for now a video consultation could suffice. I think you need someone to assess how much damage is done and what your donor is looking like. You are NOT the first person to have a failed transplant and there have been many who have come through here and found solutions. I would not proceed with smp at this moment in time before you get a quality surgeon to look at your scalp. That being said, you do still have a good amount of hair, a good surgeon is capable of using remaining scalp grafts and potentially add in beard grafts to improve your situation. Some guys on here have had over 5+ surgeries to achieve results. 

Right now you need to be strong and free of judgement and other people's opinions. This shit happened but there will be a solution. If you need someone to talk to, you could always reach me on this forumn or reach me personally off the site if you'd like. 

The answer is just in genetics. Its unexplained to the point where you could point out the exact direction of your loss. You could lose hair all over your head. There are many examples of men who started losing their hair and started at the crown most agressively. Look up Zinedine Zidane.. famous soccer player.