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Do you guys put minoxidil over transplanted hair or just on the native hair that you want to maintain? Will transplanted hair have any benefit from minoxidil?

Donor day after surgery, I also had 50-100 grafts implanted in crown area.

10th day updates

Some minimal redness with flashcam, in real life light the redness is not visible at all. I have a lot of dry flaking skin for some reason, Im trying to get rid of it for past 2 days

19 hours ago, Melvin- Admin said:

Who’s the surgeon? You mentioned Turkish clinic. There are some good Turkish clinics that are affordable, and then there’s hair mills

2 hours ago, baddecisions said:

All the best in your journey

My bet would be Hair of Istambul or Aisha, let me know if I am right

Ahmed Altan, clinic Aestepool

I am 25 years old. Finally after lurking around on the forum for two years I decided to restore my hair. One day I was with a girl outside during windy day I kept turning my head all the time because I was afraid that the wind will ruin my hair, and it did. I said enough is enough and I decided to get this done. I wanna live rest of my 20s without worrying about my hair.

Medication: Oral finasteride 1mg, 3 times a week for 3 months and not planning to stop, will add oral minoxidil soon.

This is my first procedure of 3500 grafts to restore the frontal third of my hair. I went to a Turkish clinic, my budget was limited. I done my research and I went to clinic that accepts 2 patients a day where doctor does the incisions. For my hairline I went for conservative approach, without any lowering.

Before during worst shedding phase on finasteride

After the surgery

6 days post surgery

Just now, Youth_Again said:

when was the drug compounded? What is the out of date ?

18.08.2023 - 18.11.2023

Just now, Youth_Again said:

when did you get it ? Usually oral minoxidil last 2 years at least

Pharmacy compounded for me.

Pharmacy compounded for me oral minoxidil but it's almost out of date. Is it safe to still take it? Can medication go bad?

Most surgeons are blue pilled don't let them do a mature hairline on you

After HT I want to come back to training ASAP. When is it safe to do bench press for example and other exercises where you put your head on the bench? I don't wanna risk having bigger scars on back of the head.

Look up SeanToman user on this forum, he had his done there.

Is it okay to use these days before surgery? I've heard you've to stop supplements before the surgery, but I don't see how protein and creatine could have any impact on surgery?

On 9/18/2023 at 1:56 PM, Gatsby said:

Loniten is made Pfizer and there is no generic. Other oral versions of minoxidil are compounded. I would love it if there was a generic of Loniten as it would be even cheaper again.

are there any risks if the tablets are compounded by local pharmacy?

I've watched the Hair loss show video on youtube about finasteride dosage, they said that finasteride stays in blood only for around 6-8hrs but it stays in scalp for way longer so it's not necessary to take it every day. They said that MWF 3 mg per week should be enough. Is this really true? I am trying this approach for over a month now and I am wondering if I am just wasting my time with this and if should I take it every day instead.

On me it has 0 impact, it was in my head before. I take it 3x a week

On 10/2/2023 at 11:15 PM, Melvin- Admin said:

Norwood 6/7 is aggressive hair loss. Hair loss is accumulative. DHT gradually degrades your hair. In cases of extreme sensitivity, this occurs early on, when your DHT is the highest, i.e., late teens and early 20s. I have never seen a Norwood 6/7 develop out of thin air, there would be miniaturization guaranteed. Almost all Norwood 6s occur by 35. Norwood 7 I would say 99.9% develop by 35.

That's correct, my cousin is 29 and is NW7 already.

I think the second option is better, you shouldn't make your donor minox depended other way you'll have to take it for life

To me it doesn't look that bad, do people notice it irl?

Hello, I am using finasteride and minoxidil. I am wondering if finasteride alone would be enough for my hair. I am getting terrible dark eyebags and wrinkles under my eyes, I have never had this before and I noticed it for a month already, I take minox for 4 months. I am 25. Should I try to use come kind of eye repair cream? Im quite worried because I recovered my crown with minoxidil, but my face is starting to look old.

I think this is great shampoo, I use it. Look into Hubermans podcast on hair loss when he speaks about caffeine. Also youtuber Matt Dominance use it.

11 minutes ago, GeneralNorwood said:

For various of reasons.

1. People are scared of linear scar and believe that FUE is scarless. 

2. FUE is more popular, it is easier to perform, doesn't require so much surgical skills and thus it is loved by hairmills. 

3. Clinics don't care about donor managment and patients are not educated in this subject. 

Would you start with FUT if you had chance to re do your HT?

On 8/21/2023 at 11:04 PM, Melvin- Moderator said:

FUT is definitely a good option. But I wouldn’t trust many surgeons out there with megasessions. Hattingen and H&W are the only ones with FUT.

So this patient got 8k grafts with single FUT, he could get another FUT with 5k and cut out the old scar? Perhaps FUE with 5k+? Doesn't FUT seem like a great option to start with? Why everyone goes with FUE?

I've been speaking to a doctor and he recommended prp and botox. He said that botox is really good because it relaxes the muscles on scalp so hair get more blood. I've also came accross this article

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5782443/#!po=50.0000

Is this treatment effective and worth the cost?

Also is it safe to get such procedures before getting a HT? Does this risk of some hairs not growing out?

I've came accross this statement by one of doctors on YT

 

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Finasteride should not be taken before a Hair Transplant. tHIS dht BLOCKER GIVES A FALSE SENSE OF SECURITY TO THE SURGEON AND THE PATIENT ALIKE WHEN fINASTERIDE IS TAKEN BEFORE THE HAIR TRANSPLANT. aT THE TIME OF A HAIR TRANSPLANT THE SURGEON SHOULD BE SURE THAT THE GRAFTS THAT ARE BEING HARVESTED ARE ANAGEN IN NATRE AND NOT THOSE THAT ARE VISIBLY MINIATURISING. tHE EFFECT OF fINASTERIDE ON THESE MINIATURISING HAIRS MASKS THEIR TRUE NATURE AND THE HAIR THAT ARE MOVED WILL NEED TO BE ON fINASTERIDE FOREVER IF THEY HAVE TO BE RETAINED

What are your thoughts on this?

Do you guys think oral minoxidil is safe to take on a day we are going to fly a plane, or be on a vacation where temperature reaches over 30 celcius per day?

3 hours ago, Turkhair said:

It’s just a natural dye. Doesn’t grow hair

But it creates illussion of thickness and it's not permanent like SMP.