NorwoodSeven

On 8/31/2022 at 6:36 AM, John1991 said:

Dude looks ridiculous.  That's a curse.  I personally like Jimmy Stewart's hairline.  It aged perfectly IMO. The first is him at 40 and the second at 65.  Also, one of my favorite actors.

 

 

 

 

He wore a hairpiece, a very good one though.

On 1/28/2023 at 5:47 PM, BeHappy said:

@NorwoodSeven Here is a case that's basically what you are talking about. The front is transplanted and the patient wears a hair piece behind it to get full coverage with a real hairline.

Yeah, i saw this case, it is interesting but unfortunately there are not many cases like that.

I started taking fin to improve my donor hair. Could you guys tell how much worse my donor is now compared to 15 years ago? The 2008 pic shows 9 days growth, the 2023 one shows 6 days growth. Is it worse by far? 

Below my donor hair in 2008 when grown out

4 hours ago, Gatsby said:

I wore a hair piece for nearly 25 years and the last ten years of wearing it were hell. 

Wow, that's huge experience, what made those last 10 years hell after first 15 years of wearing? I wore a hair piece for 6 years (from 18 to 24) and was overall happy with it, except the fact that i wanted to wear my hair combed back but had to comb it down to hide the lace. I didn't hate wearing, i just stopped it spontaneously and went for shaved look with smp. Anyway if i have a ht for my front and temples and eventually will hate wearing a hairpiece i will just shave it and go back to a clean shaven smp look which im rocking now. Fue scars won't be too noticeable and i might smp them too.

2 hours ago, Bandit90 said:

I would say grow your donor out too. Sometimes when buzzed gives the illusion of a poor donor (very much the case with me). I would also say get back on finasteride asap, I was a NW7 and it did really helped with my donor area. I would also reach out to an ethical clinic who specialises high norwood cases like Eugenix. The fact you have never had a surgery before makes me think you do have a chance, for example look at @garcimore75case they pulled near 3600 grafts from the scalp with what looked like a poor donor. I'll go out on a limb and say if you willing to give your beard up under the right clinic you have a shot at hair restoration (providing you have realistic expectations) 

Man, i think the same, ьy donor looks sparse because it is short in lenghth. Im back on fin now btw, i don't have much hope on regrowth on top or crown but i think it will make my donor hair thicker. 

Guys, i dont think i can pull off a full coverage with hair transplants only, given that im nw7 with a karge head and fine hair, im not that optimistic.

What im talking about is just have a hairline + temples transplant and combine it with low density hair system. Im sure it will look great. 

Thats my donor hair 16 years ago right before i stopped takin fin and went on hairsystems. Did it get worse?

1 minute ago, Melvin- Moderator said:

You're sides are very sparse. 

That sounds sad

But i already have smp for 10 years, here is a pic of how it normally looks. I want a dense hairline with agressive temporal peaks to frame my face well and then wear hairsystem behind it. Do you think its achievable with my donor? 

Here are my pics at 6 and 17 days growth, guys, usually i dont wear them like that but i grew it out to see what my donor hair looks like. What do you guys think? How bad is my donor hair? How many grafts do you think i would need to bring my temporal peaks forward to match my smp drawn temporal peaks and 2 cm wide hairline? 

Hi guys! I'm 34 and I've been NW6/7 for 10 years.
I noticed that I was going bald at the age of 15, I had a receding hairline and thinning hair on top of my head. It drove me to despair. At the age of 16, I started using minoxidil, but didn't notice any results. As soon as I turned 18, I started taking finasteride. By that point, my hair looked like complete sht. I took it for six months and noticed some improvement. But my hair was so bad that I decided it wasn't worth the fight (a stupid decision) so I stopped taking finasteride and minoxidil and started wearing a hair system. I was 18 and I was norwood 3 with diffuse thinning on top.
At first I wore a touppee, but then switched to a full cap, because it was easier to match the color and density. I always a comb down hairstyle because it was impossible to achieve a natural look of hairline and I was very afraid that I would be exposed. In general, I was happy with my hair system, but at some point I wanted to shave my head and live a full life without any restrictions.
At 24, I stopped wearing the system and shaved my head. By that time I was already Norwood 6 and looked disgusting. So I had smp done. A great solution, I was bald, but I looked as if I have hair and I just shave my head because I like it that way.
I didn't feel bald, smp gave me a lot of confidence. I could sweat as much as I wanted, let women touch my head, go to the sauna and not worry about the system flying off my head.

This has been going on for 10 years, but lately I decided i want to try a hair look. I am already a norwood 7 with a big head and thin hair, so I have no illusions that the transplant will help me.
Now I have started taking finasteride again. I also plan to add minoxidil and microneedling a bit later. I am not sure if it's worth it considering that I'm Norwood 7, but I've seen amazing transformations even on dead nw7 guys, so I decided to try meds again. I look good with smp, so it won't be a catastrophe if I can't get my hair back.

So what options do I have?
1. To have a hair transplant in the front hairline and temporal peaks only with a beautiful design and solid density and wear the hair system behind it. Fin to keep sides donor hair in decent condition/

2. If im a hyper responder to meds (which i highly doubt) then have a conservative ht done.

3. Dont bother with meds, hts and hairpieces and just enjoy shaved smp look.

I will add some pics soon.