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23 minutes ago, laverita said:

A good call from the doctor. 25 is very young and with diffused loss even the surgery could cause shock depending on the hair quality. Your temple points are thinning and I would say you have signs of retrograde alopecia around the ears and possible nape if you were to lift and expose it.  Remember, doctors do not turn you down as they have too much money, so they believe it is not in your best interest and for sure the more doors you knock, some will open, regardless if it is the right thing to do. Avoid yes men clinics who will do what you ask, regardless of it being in your true best interests.

You are not F'd now but could be if native hair falls and you left with a low density hair transplant that went over a large area. Sincere advice is keep on the meds and see how it goes. You still have a lot of hair and as said you are in bright light so do nothing at present and see how things go in the next few years and you may thank yourself for not doing anything. 

Even if you have as said a conservative approach, where would you place them and what happens if and when you thin throughout and they become stand along and the donor is not the best? At least have a thorough donor check to see density and all and really think twice on this.

Be interesting to know also family loss pattern also.

 

 

Yeah I have baldness on both sides of my family, my dad is completely bald and my mother's father is less bald but still pretty much bald, both my brothers are older and have better hair than me without any treatment either, I agree with the retrograde alopecia, I noticed that myself but tbh even if I continue receding and eventually be bald I still think it is worth getting a transplant right now in my twenties, it just depends on how fast I will recede really

I am 25 years old, 2 years of using finasteride 0.5mg daily and 5% topical Minoxidil daily. These pictures above were taken in very harsh direct sunlight so probably the worst conditions to accentuate my situation. i contacted dr Pekiner and he denied me based on that I'm diffusely thinning in all of the androgenetic areas (front, mid scalp and crown). I respect his decision and am wondering if I'm truly f#ed, I would say that finasteride and minoxidil pretty much stopped my hairloss. Is there even a point in contacting other clinics and will I just waste my money since Pekiner is pretty well regarded as a surgeon and if he says I'm f#ed then I guess that's the way it is or am I wrong? Kinda really bummed out here.