Mike_2020

I didn't realise anyone had that amount of back hair!!!

Thanks very much Plus for the link to the video. That was very informative.

I am a Norwood 6. If someone is concerned about how much of their donor area will be lost in the future due to continued loss as one gets older, and consequently wanted to minimise the amount of hair extracted from the normal donor area (i.e. back/sides of head), what would be the maximum percentage of donor which could potentially be extracted from beard and/or chest area? Assume that their is enough beard and chest hair for the full procedure. For example, could 80% of the hair required for the transplant be extracted from beard/chest? Thanks.

With regards to this specific point only i.e. allowing hair to fall out which has been caused by topical 5% Minoxidil (excluding the point with regards to increased blood flow), how far in advance of FUE/DHI should someone come off Minoxidil to allow hair created by it to fall out? Is one month sufficient, or would it be better if it were several months e.g. 6 months?

If cognitive function decline is on the menu then even Norwood 2s should consider what they are doing.

Would this particular point relate specifically to FUT, or also to FUE or DHI?

Not that I know anything in particular about DUPA, but out of curiosity, why is this?

A person could quite easily end up looking like Tintin.

What's interesting is that we're all aware of men (online) who are relatively young, say under 30, who go to a hair mill have what they perceive as a nice restoration of the frontal hair line. However, with their donor area depleted and as they go into their 30s, 40s, 50s, they are presumably going to continue to have a nice frontal hair line but as their balding continues through life, are they not going to look somewhat odd with a lovely thick front hairline but bald crown and retograde balding through the depleted donor area?

If a man does not take any medication (e.g. finasteride) to prevent hair loss, but what age does balding generally stop? Has it generally ceased by their 40s, 50s, 60s?

Portugal25, did you have retrograde alopecia prior to getting the grafts? You don't look like you did/do in the above photo.

Looks good Portugal25

If someone is a Norwood Va or VI, what would be the maximum percentage they could have input using FUE or DHI using beard and/or chest donor before it would look unusual? Obviously, the hair would have to be kept relatively short if there's a lot of beard or chest hair donor, but above a certain percentage would it be obvious that it wasn't normal head hair? Thanks.

Thanks - to the naked eye my front hairline was bald, completely. Though, from what you say, presumably there must have hair there so miniaturised that it was not easily visible. After applying the 5% Minox for 8 months, there is visible hair in the front hairline which was definitely not visible before.

I have used topical generic brand of Rogaine 5% Minoxidil for the last 8 months and it has definitely resulted in the growth of new hair along the front hairline. Can Finasteride potentially result in the growth of new hair?