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Even for just frontal third-type stuff? I realize I may need another farther down the road as the loss progresses further back, but for people who are just repairing frontal third initially, do they typically need more than one right off the bat?

I saw some (potentially made up) figure that said that 7/10 people who had had a hair transplant regretted it. I'm new here, so I haven't been around long enough to see much in the way of most people's results and how they feel about it. Obviously people on this forum do more due diligence than the average person, so I'm really hoping that the satisfaction here is higher. I'm planning (most likely) on doing a procedure with Dr. Carlos Wesley, and I just really don't want to mess things up. What percentage of people on here who use a recommended doctor wind up feeling bad about their transplant or wishing they hadn't done iit? Thanks a bunch to all you veterans for your insight.

Thanks, I see. I was also considering attempting to do something similar to what's seen in this series of images; this would hopefully be better? https://www.hairlossdoctors.com/photogallery/female-before-and-after-hair-transplant-photos-3542/healing-series-49426

Even months after the procedure and a minority of the time?

Yeah, I was figuring I'd probably most likely need to do FUT, does that make sense? How many grafts do you think I need?

I know it will look strange for a while; I was planning on maybe wearing a headband or something in public for some months after the procedure. After a year or so of growth won't it hopefully blend alright with my existing hair? I was thinking it hopefully doesn't have to be exactly the same length there to not look strange.

Hi all, I'm new here, this is my first post. I'm a 31-year old male; first started noticing my hair thinning a little under a decade ago. I've been on finasteride since then (on and off, wish I had been better about staying on it) and recently started using minoxidil as well. Using the finasteride definitely seems like it likely slowed the loss to the point where it's relatively stable, but I'm at the point where I this bothers me enough that I want to do a transplant. I want to do a transplant soon. What I need is a surgeon who specializes in doing the procedure without shaving hair. I have very long hair (past shoulder length). I love my hair. It's a part of my identity, to myself and for other people as well. I can't shave it; doing that would mean losing ~2.5 years before it was back how I have it now. I could potentially shave the donor region if I absolutely had to (and cover it with the long hair in the back), but I can't shave the recipient region. I know of at least one surgeon who has said he's capable of doing the procedure without shaving and working through existing hair, but I wanted to ask here to see who you all recommend. This seems like a great community and I'll likely be spending a decent amount of time here. Thanks for any insight you can provide.