Hey everyone, first post
I suppose I am a bit of an outlier around here. I have no history of male pattern baldness or a receding hairline. My hairline is actually pretty solid. Rather, I am a young patient (early twenties) seeking a transplant to repair damaged hair follicles near my widows peak and my eyebrows. It's a bit embarrassing, but the backstory is that as a teenager I was insecure about my widow's peak because a barber told me it was ugly and suggested that I shave it off. As a result, I started overzealously tweezing my peachfuzz to prevent regrowth. Now I can see years later how I've created a gap and can see scalp through my hairline.
For my eyebrows, I had a pretty traumatic experience at a waxing salon because a worker botched the job while she was waxing my eyebrows. While they mostly grew back and are still thick, it left numerous bald spots that created a less harmonious look and made me feel very self conscious.
I'm seeking out Dr. Champagne in California because he is pretty renowned for handling eyebrow transplants. It's one of his most popular procedures and he seems to have great success rates with both ordinary and celebrity-level clients. As a Beverly Hills surgeon, he also happens to do hair transplants for men. Unfortunately, he doesn't seem to have an extensive record on hair transplantation, and most of his history is restricted to his social media. While it would be ideal to have all of my work done with him at once, I'd like to get some second opinions.
My main goal (aside from repairing my brows) is to have the gap in the center of my hairline filled in. He has explained that he can achieve this with an FUT transplant of around 100 grafts. While he stated he cannot guarantee 100% density restoration, he feels confident that I should see significant improvement.
I'll attach some screenshots below of what the damage of my hairline currently looks like. It contains side-by-side photos of incandescent, florescent, and direct sunlight hitting my hair as a means to display what it looks like in different settings.
That said, I'm debating whether or not it's worth it to cut this part of the procedure out with him, and go find a more professional/world-class hair transplantation surgeon. Or, since it's a small procedure (<100 grafts) to give him credence and proceed with having everything done with him all at once. I'm a fairly low-income student, so getting this done is pretty taxing for me and my family -- so there's also the financial aspect to consider as well if you guys think I should delay this until I can find someone else.
Thank you all, and I look forward to hearing from you guys soon.
Briz