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Thanks so much for sharing this. I’m going to share all of these responses with him and I think probably speak to w couple of the doctors you and the other commenters have mentioned to get a full evaluation. I’m sure he and I would be happy to try finasteride (in a safe way) if we had professional confirmation that it could help. So yes, if he determines that HT isn’t viable or if it’ll just simply be too expensive, he will probably continue to just shave his head. He shaves it with a razor once per week. He says he doesn’t mind how that looks (I think he really suits it), but hates how silly it looks when it starts to grow back in after a week and you can see how bald he is. It’s also a huge pain having to shave your whole head before work once per week, plus he has to shave his face every day for work too (he was on leave when he had his facial hair in the photo). I believe he’d be happy to have something that makes him not look like he’s balding, even if it means he still needs to keep his hair very short. I’ve only just heard of SMP today from you and another commenter! That sounds interesting. It may be an option alongside a HT if he couldn’t get a perfect result alone, or just SMP on its own if a HT isn’t an option at all. SMP plus a HT sounds incredibly pricey though! Not an issue for me, but he’s very money conscious. Haha. I feel like there are a lot of options he can potentially explore by speaking with a doctor. I understand sometimes they can take facial hair, so any options like that would be interesting to explore with a doctor. Thanks again so much for your reply!

Hey. Thanks for your reply! I recognise your name from when I searched the doctor he planned to see on this website: Dr Yavuz. I am so sorry you had such an awful experience. You sharing your experience was what prompted me to do more digging and find out about hair mills, so thank you. Thanks for your opinion and I agree. He’s going to book in for a virtual consultation soon and then will book an in-person one elsewhere when we move in a couple of months to just confirm this. Thanks again.

Oh that’s interesting. What makes you think possible alopecia? That hadn’t crossed my mind at all. His hair loss did progress from mild to severe very quickly though (maybe 1 year) I feel, so maybe you’re on to something.

Oh cool! Of course. I’ve learnt that now. My husband knows one guy personally who had a hair transplant with the doctor he had planned to see (Dr Ziya Yavuz at Arcibadem) and his result was amazing. I fully appreciate now though that that one perfect result doesn’t stand for much and they doesn’t mean they’re good for everyone. That’s a good idea. I will have a look at those doctors! Thanks so so much again!

Damn. I was hoping this wouldn’t be the replies, but it’s what I expected. I’ve been doing some research after stumbling across the fact that the place we had almost booked was a Turkish hair mill. They’d agreed to do it with no issues based on only a few photo. Definitely dodged a bullet there! Thank you. We currently live in Scotland, but are moving to the south of England in 2 months, so will go and visit one of those reputable doctors once we move. I’m also going to look further into the two medications and see if there’s anyway he can do it safely. thanks again.

Here are some more, better photos of the potential donor area.

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