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Drop the microneedling, if you decide to get a transplant in that area your existing tissue may be damaged and not have it suitable as a foundation for the grafts. 

I used to wear a hat all the time, and would avoid indoor locations with bright lights. 

I would refuse to play sports without a hat because my hair looked terribly thin when sweaty.

I wouldn't want to be photographed without a hat because I was the only young guy with a see through, wispy terrible hairline, that was receding at the same time.

Truly was a dark, damaging time psychologically. 

What is Dr. Mursenu's opinion on temple point restoration, is it something he does regularly? It seems that when it goes well it looks great, but due to how fine the hair is, how important the angles are, it is really tricky to do. 

17 hours ago, BlueSkyDay said:

Is there any reason to not choose Dr Zarev ? Presumably getting a consultation and booking surgery is now very challenging given his results 

years of waiting and for some people understandably the price is high. 

21 hours ago, Sunset Dune said:

Shaving your head is not a sign of confidence, it is a submission to baldness. Honestly, content such as BaldCafe are not helping the hair loss community they are making people feel like it’s okay to be bald.

Look at baldcafe himself when he had hair he was a very handsome guy and then his physical appearance significantly degraded after he decided to “shave it off”.  He had a bald spot on his crown and it got to him so bad he thought shaving it off was the answer while his front hairline was still strong, he never took any medication due to fear mongering and his baldness spread over a short period of time.
I’m sure he secretly regrets his decision of not taking any hair loss medication due to fear mongering. 

Why does he not consider a transplant, he has a decent donor as a high Norwood from what I can tell.

I guess because then his whole "schtick" on YouTube would be ruined and he would be seen as a hypocrite. 

I think it's progressing well, now you should see good improvements in the next few months. Slow and steady wins the race. 

5 minutes ago, BaldDude said:

or Jeff Bezos...not everyone wants to be on meds for life tho

He probably could have gone a long time without being on meds, but nevertheless, to him $10k vs $50k is pocket change, especially for getting the procedure right and preserving his donor for future work. 

It is crazy a guy with Nadal's resources and importance to keep his appearance did not go to a top clinic. He could have easily skipped the waiting list by paying more $ at any of the top doctors.

8 hours ago, mr_peanutbutter said:

how can be the only providing such good results though

 

i dont think he is one of a million regarding hand-eye controll

Well, probably even you and I could do it a few times. The key is to have the stamina and focus to do it thousands and thousands of times in consecutive time intervals. This seems very hard to do. 

There is a transition zone, let's say from norwood 4 until becoming slick bald, where there is a perception that you are essentially holding on to something that is not worth salvaging. Meaning, those who shave it off at that point are perceived as confident because they are not living in a delusion that their norwood 4, unstylable hair with bald spots looks good enough to display in public.

Now, I disagree with this notion, and I never judged anyone by their hair or lack-thereof, and that was before I even started losing my hair very quickly. It just seemed like a very superficial and unfair way to characterize people. However, our society collectively is very much judgmental and cruel, and I quickly realized that my idealized notions were far from the pragmatic reality I saw. 

4 hours ago, mr_peanutbutter said:

dr.zarev does the best results on high norwoods and the reason is that he can extract an amazing high amount of grafts without letting the donor area left like it was destroyed. he stated several times this is mostly to a self constructed extraction device which he blurs in his videos

 

as brilliant as dr.zarev is i dont think he has a degree in medical engineering so im wondering if that device is really that groundbeaking different from what others surgeons use and why no other surgeon has to tried to develop something similar?

The thing is, the device is only as good as the person using it. You cannot automate its usage like an ARTAS robot for example. How I understand it, it is gentle enough to dislodge the graft where a precise hand movement is then required to pluck it out without causing too much damage. Imagine pulling a carrot out of the ground for example. The tool will make the surrounding soil more loose, but you still have to pull out the carrot in the right manner without damaging the other nearby carrots. 

This forum is "pro" finasteride because of the nature of the forum. We are dissatisfied with being bald and took drastic action of very expensive surgeries with a large time commitment to try to restore our hair. Popping a pill with a relatively good track record of safety is additional insurance that this investment pays off.

Many surgeons don't even recommend oral finasteride, you can always try topical if oral is not for you. 

I also wish I didn't have to take this drug. I just value my hair more than the potential side effects, which I have not had for over 8 years of taking it. 

Sometimes finasteride can strengthen a weakened donor in high norwood patients, which gives more healthy grafts for a surgeon to use.

Also, there is evidence that hair transplants, in some patients who are particularly sensitive to DHT in their recipient areas, may thin over time. Finasteride is extra insurance policy of helping the DHT resistant, not DHT proof, standing the test of time and growing healthy. 

Lol, saying a doctor is "better" than another because he would take you as a candidate sight unseen, vs one that said they need to see you in person first is absolutely absurd logic. 

To get an idea how much approximately 8000 grafts "should" look like, although you have finer hair caliber, do a search through here for high quality high Norwood cases and try to best approximate the yield. However, the hair length will be different, combovers and all that will make the illusion stronger, but that is what we have to do as high Norwoods to make the illusion of density as best as possible. I do it myself. 

Buzz cut + light SMP is also a good option in case things don't go as planned. 

So Dr. Yaman didn't do the full procedure himself? Also, have you looked through recent results of his on this website, I think he has had some poor ones? You still have time for improvement so don't worry just yet, months 6-7 you will notice the biggest changes. 

Scarring seems too much for only 1000 grafts.

If you don't wish to name the clinic, can you share how much you paid?

Yeah, I think that looks better personally than what you have now. Just trying to be honest and helpful. 

If you like your current style better then disregard my opinion 🙂

Bro I would grow it out to this length and despite having a bald midscalp, throw some fibers on there in the meantime and do the best you can until your next procedure. 

My only question is, eventually let's say you straight greying/going white, how will the smp contrast look with white hair?

This is my backup plan if finasteride fails and I go full on to Norwood 6/7 and run out of donor. 

Man I hope you can get your situation resolved, hoping for the best that you can get a good outcome and fix this mess. 

Melvin is right, probably you will need 2 surgeries. I wouldn't risk using all of your donor in one home run shot mega session. 

13 hours ago, GeneralNorwood said:

 

 

Yeah, megasessions is one thing, but we are talking here about super-mega-gigasessions 12000+ grafts that require 2 surgeries within 1 year. 

 

It's not the idea that you will suddenly lose all hair, but that this hair will be thinner. And 100 % of your donor when thinner, will look just fine, 80% same, 70% propably same. But when you have only 40% and it will be thinner, it can look diffuse

And this surgeon that i spoke with, he did FUE surgeries of 6000 grafts within 2 days. However he won't do 12000 grafts, because of arguments that i presented. 

 

 

About Statham. I believe he didn't have any surgery, so he has 100% of his donor.

 

@asterix0 I will ask this doctor if he meant senile alopecia

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1 hour ago, GeneralNorwood said:

 

I recently met with well-known FUT/FUE surgeon and he doesn't belive in these gigasessions either. He said that there is a risk that this patients in 10-20 years will have thining in the donor. If you take 50-60 % hair out of donor and remaining donor thins, it will look unpleasent so to speak. 

I am also interested in 2 hours interview. This 30 minutes went by in notime, Dr Pinto is a good talker. 

The good thing about youtube is that it remembers when you paused the video even when you close the browser. So you can watch for example 1 hour and then come back to the rest of the video later. 

I think senile alopecia is what you are referring to? Yes, that is probably a 10% or so natural reduction in density. But I think if you get to that age, still it is better to have some more hair on top, I don't know what age it really starts to thin like that, probably a man's 70s if he makes it that far in life. 

21 hours ago, Wally West said:

@Kacan For me, he recommended pretty much the same;
- Topical Finasteride (As I had sides to oral)
- Minoxidil 5%
- Ketoconazole shampoo
- Anacaps Reactiv vitamins
@mtb Are these the multivitamins he gave to you?

That said, I've now had to stop topical Finasteride because of side effects, and he was surprised that I had sides. I'm trying topical Dutasteride now, but not sure if he recommends it or not.

What side effects did you get from topical fin? Are you sure it wasn't placebo effect?