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On 1/17/2024 at 9:16 PM, Gatsby said:

12 MONTH UPDATE 

Ive just had a cut and color/blow dry from my hair dresser. Considering where my baseline was two years ago from where I started from I’m over the moon. When it comes to my gratitude to this forum and all the members I’m genuinely lost for words. I never believed that I was a HT candidate even when Dr Sethi accepted me as a patient. In fact two weeks before the first surgery I actually rang him up and canceled it. But he talked me through all the obstacles and reasons why it will work. This is why I always state that the most important thing to look for in a hair transplant surgeon (after the research) is communication. Many thanks to @Melvin- Admin for who I believe runs the best hair loss forum. The biggest of thanks to everyone else. I’m off to the Phillipines tomorrow so I will update this thread with photos of my hair at the beach, in the water, wet, dry and otherwise. And most importantly, to everyone else who is young and worried about going bald for life, then don’t make my mistakes that I did when I was young. Learn from my mistakes! That would be the greatest compliment I could ever get. You do not want to live a life from 18 full of scars, hair pieces and ink (did I mention scars? 🤔). But right now there is still plenty of life in the old dog yet! Thank you to everyone who has followed my thread and has been so incredibly encouraging and supportive along the way. 🙏

 

Just reading through this thread and you give me hope @Gatsby. 😭😭...I'm a NW 6-7  with Afro hair, regardless you give me hope brother, you give me hope......😭😭

Beautiful. Thanks for the answers. Hopefully the surprises will be grandiose.....😂😂

Hi Folks,

Longtime lurker. I have been in the process of getting consultations from a few doctors with regards to transplants. They have all suggested that I go on Oral Minox and Finasteride for a minimum of a year before proceeding (which was what I intended on doing even before going through consultations). I have a question about cutting my hair. Would cutting my hair have any affect on the efficacy of the drugs? For more context I am in NW7 territory so to at least "look presentable" I usually just shave my hair and rock the bald look. Would I still be able to do this and say around the 4-5 month mark grow the hair out to see progress?  and repeat growing my hair out again a few times later down the line to monitor progress ? or would I be left with having to keep the trainwreck I hav on top of my head at the moment?

Thanks for all advice.