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  1. Thanks for the thoughts all. Good to hear I am on the right track. I am looking at FUE as I want to be able to get a close cut. I have a short list of USA docs from the site I am planning on talking to. Are there any specific recommendations you would have based on what I am looking to do? Do people generally go to the same doc for all procedures (assuming good outcomes) or are tallents specific enough that I should be looking again if/when I do the crown?
  2. I am beginning down the hair transplant journey. I am posting to document the progress and to hopefully get some questions answered as I progress. I am a late 30s male with pretty standard male pattern baldness. I started noticing hair loss in my early 20s. I'm on Finasteride, which seems to have slowed the progress of the balding. I wish I had started it earlier, but all the fear-mongering around side effects scared me off. I don't use Minoxidil as it causes a severe skin rash on my hands. I always had a pretty high hairline, but the sides and temple have receded pretty significantly. I also have a rather large bald spot I would like to fix. On the plus side, my donor area is thick and well populated. The top is thinning as well, but it doesn't look bad with proper styling. Success for me would be to get similar density as the top to fill in my bald spot and rebuild my hairline. I don't think I need to bring the hairline down in the center, just re-fill in the sides and temple area. I have gotten a consult from one doctor so far and will be shopping around for others (this site has been a great help in finding the wheat in the chaff). He quoted me 2200 grafts on the front and 1600 for the crown. Does this look like a reasonable plan and a reasonable quote? I am considering breaking it into two sessions, one for the front hairline, and one for the crown. Reading some of the stories on here scare me that an unlucky session could cause me to burn through a lot of the available donor grafts. By waiting on the crown, I can ensure I have enough grafts to fix a botched job on the front. Is this a good idea, or is it just a pointless delay? Some photos: Old poor quality photos from my late teens: My current state:
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