Coldblade7

On 5/16/2023 at 4:06 AM, Melvin- Moderator said:

It looks good, I think leaving the top longer than the sides would provide a better illusion of density. You could also use a little fiber which would go a long way.

Are hair fibers safe? Won't they cause more hairfall as they can block your pores? Do you recommend a brand?

26 minutes ago, alexmillne said:

Thank you very much for sharing your valuable experience! I truly appreciate it. I am extremely confident about proceeding with my hair transplant in October and intend to keep Minoxidil as a backup option for the future. Additionally, I plan to have annual consultations with my dermatologist to monitor the progression of my hair loss. If I observe further signs of baldness, I will then consider starting the use of minoxidil.

Which clinic and doctor are you getting the transplant from? How many grafts have they told you? And what's your family history of hairloss like? 

Best wishes man

18 hours ago, alexmillne said:

I was contemplating this, but my issue is really that the hairline has receded a lot, and the temple area also lacks hair. I know for sure that Minoxidil won't be able to fill these empty gaps as there is no small hair miniaturization there. There are no hairs there. So yes, Minoxidil will surely fill up my hair more and perhaps make my hairline thicker, but it won't lower my hairline or fill the gaps where there is no hair at all. Therefore, I am going to go ahead with the hair transplant in October. Additionally, I'm not sure if I want to commit to applying Minoxidil every day on my head. I'm already having difficulties remembering to take Finasteride every day. Most weeks, I forget to take it 2-3 times.

I don't want to give my advice as a matter of fact. I'll just share my experience, minoxidil might work or help in thickening of your existing hairs/keep them. But the areas you have marked on the hairline for regrowth, I doubt Minoxidil will give you long healthy terminal hairs there. You are considering a transplant on the hairline, which means your ideal expectation out of all this hair restoration is getting your hairline back. Minoxidil most probably will only grow small peach fuzz hairs there, again this is not fact. You may be a hyper responder, it's a matter of personal decision. Are you willing to give at least another 6 months to a year to minoxidil and see if it works on the hairline? And will you be okay if all it does is grow peach fuzz there?

For me, I was like a norwood 1ish receding when I used minoxidil, i used it strictly on the hairline. It shed my hairline and temples like crazy and even after 6 months it didn't have any noticeable regrowth. I'm now like a norwood 1.5 or 2.

Again, might work brilliantly for you, my experience was different. The kind of result you're probably expecting on the hairline only a transplant will give, you can use it for rest of hairs tho

4 hours ago, Gatsby said:

I would recommend seeing an excellent dermatologist and start Finasteride and minoxidil (or what they believe is best) asap. I would have ongoing follow up appointments to track what is happening. All the best. 👍

Hey Gatsby, I'm new here is there a way to DM people? I apologize if writing this here was wrong. Idk where else to post this. I can't DM anyone, is there way around this? 

Will appreciate your reply 

3 hours ago, NegativeNorwood said:

Imagine having and account here and NOT taking finasteride + minoxidil. Bottom of the barrel IQ, shaving the head and even buying a hair system are much wiser options than a hair transplant for someone balding that doesn't want to take fin+minox for life.

Is minoxidil necessary? For a norwood 1.5 or 2. Would you recommend taking minoxidil or just finasteride is enough? I'm currently on around 2mg finasteride per week