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Don't wait that long. I went from full head of hair to completely bald in several years less than that. I'd wait until you are 18 and if it's still getting worse at that time then get on finisteride to try to keep what you have and maybe add a little bit for a few years and then go from there. Don't go too crazy over it though because it doesn't look bad right now.
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Transplant hair removal
Al - Moderator replied to Shagul's topic in Hair Restoration Questions and Answers
You can have the area I marked (or something similar) removed by FUE and replace the removed grafts behind it to thicken up that area. -
Without seeing any photos I will just give general advice on crowns. It's OK to transplant a low density amount of hair into your crown, so that it's not bald, but don't try to thicken it up too much because if your crown loss widens a lot you will need to fill in the outer crown loss area enough to match the original loss area that you already covered and that can leave you completely out of donor without even getting any in the frontal half where you may need it later.
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When does the hairloss stabilise?
Al - Moderator replied to NAVI's topic in Hair Restoration Questions and Answers
I know someone who had a full head of hair at 40 and went to NW 6 in his 50s. As for myself I started losing hair at 15 and was NW 6 by early 20s and went to NW 7 (if I didn't have a hair transplant) by late 20s and now I'm in my 50s and still losing hair. It never stabilized. The amount of loss slowed down after 30, but that's probably more because I don't have too much left to lose. I hardly have any native hair left now. -
Transplant hair removal
Al - Moderator replied to Shagul's topic in Hair Restoration Questions and Answers
What is wrong with these Drs who have no idea what a hairline actually looks like. I just commented in another thread about something similar. If you were a Dr who wanted to start doing hair transplants for some extra money as a side practice wouldn't you at least look at a few after photos from high quality Drs and look at some real natural hairlines too. I mean isn't that an absolute requirement to know what a hairline looks like if you are going to be doing surgery to create hairlines!? These Drs only see money and don't care at all about what they are doing to people. This is so disgusting. This industry should be so much better by now, but instead some Drs like this are turning it backwards. I really wish some of the better Drs would start speaking up about this and start pushing for some kinds of standards. -
Opinion on doctors decision
Al - Moderator replied to Arthur Passos's topic in Hair Restoration Questions and Answers
Definitely stay away from this place. This Dr has no idea what a hair transplant can do. It is obvious that there will not be enough donor hair to accomplish filling in the rest of the area in the future. He even drew the corners of the hairline rounded down. I don't know why Drs do this. It is so unnatural. You'd think that any Dr wanting to get into doing hair transplants would AT LEAST take a look at some real hairlines and see what a hairline is supposed to look like. -
The problem with this is that some people don't have a safe donor area. This is one of the biggest lies in hair transplants. Your hair will not always be permanent and grow forever. It all depends on what your donor area (so called safe zone) would look like in the future. If in 10 years your "safe" donor area will start falling out then if you have a hair transplant the transplanted hair will only last those 10 years before starting to fall out. When I was going for my hair transplant way back when I was young I knew my donor area was going to thin out a lot over the years as I had several older relatives with almost no hair left on the sides of their heads and I could see I was following the same pattern. They were much older than me and at that point there was no way these men could have had a transplant as they didn't have enough remaining hair to work with. Everything I read or was told about hair transplants always had the same answer when it came to donor hair claiming the reason hair transplants work is because once the hair is transplanted to another location it will never fall out and will grow for the rest of your life, so I went and had as much hair transplants as I could to make sure my hair would never fall out. I didn't just go an do it without thinking about it. I actually didn't believe it could be true, but the "Dr" (I found out 5 years later that he wasn't a Dr) was so sure that it would work that he told me I could pay extra for a guarantee that they would double the amount of hair in my donor area by moving it around while also moving a lot of it to the bald areas on top, so I would have a totally full head of hair and I could never run out of donor hair that way. The thing is if they actually tell you the truth that the transplanted hair could fall out in a few years plus you'll have less hair in the "safe" area so when that starts falling out it will look thinner even sooner than it would have since they already removed a lot of it, then hardly anyone would get a transplant. So they can't tell you the truth. I'm not against hair transplants. They do work if you aren't going to end up a NW 7 or have thinning donor areas in a few years, but some of those NW 3 and 4s getting hair transplants are going to lose a lot of donor area hair as they get older and some will end up NW 7s, so plan accordingly an really think about where you feel you will end up. This is also why I think beard and chest hair should be used from the start rather than waiting to use it as a last resort. Body hair to your head is the only actual way to get more hair growing on your head from a hair transplant. Moving it around your head doesn't get you any more hair. If you have plenty and only have a small area to fill then moving some around will work, but if you have a large area to cover and a small donor area then moving it around will never get you anything worth it. Use body hair. This is what Eugenics and a few other clinics have realized is the only real way to go.
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It grows the same as it would have grown in it's original location. If the hair in and around the donor area that the transplanted hair was taken from starts falling out then the transplanted hair will be falling out too as it will be going through the same process as the remaining hair from the area it was taken.
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Beard grafts and scarring due to FUE
Al - Moderator replied to Mike_2020's topic in Hair Restoration Questions and Answers
The beard area heals extremely well. Plus if you keep the donor area to a section under your chin it will be in a location that won't easily be seen by anyone. I've had over 2300 beard grafts removed and I still shave regularly. -
Best Hair Transplants of The Week
Al - Moderator replied to Melvin- Admin's topic in Hair Transplant Reviews
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There are a number of men in their 20s with thinning sides and back and retrograde alopecia. It doesn't only happen to older men. My donor hair was thinning in my mid 20s while I maxed out of grafts trying to keep filling in the areas that kept thinning. My donor was depleted at 27 and I was still a NW 5 or 6 at the time.
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Diameter of Punch?
Al - Moderator replied to Mike_2020's topic in Hair Restoration Questions and Answers
You can't simply go for the smallest punch size. If you go too small for certain hair types and flesh types then you won't get good, viable grafts and the grafts that they end up transplanting may not grow. If you have root ends that curve or if you have a mushier surrounding flesh or if the hair shafts are very thin and fine then you may need a larger punch size. -
For me it was around 1982 when I was 15. My mom was cutting my hair and was yelling at me that I better stop pulling all my hair out because I'm making a bald spot and if I didn't stop making my hair fall out she wasn't going to cut my hair any more. I had no idea what she was talking about, but she insisted it was my fault and she continued to blame me for years for pulling all my hair out.
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If this is possible, why medicate?
Al - Moderator replied to TorontoMan's topic in Hair Restoration Questions and Answers
Here is a random bald guy pic I pulled off the internet. What if he had a hair transplant when his sides were much higher up and he didn't have any crown loss. -
If this is possible, why medicate?
Al - Moderator replied to TorontoMan's topic in Hair Restoration Questions and Answers
This person is classified as a NW 4. You need to take a look at some actual NW 7 people and remember that at some point earlier in their life they had a full head of hair. Then imagine if those NW 7 men had a hair transplants when they were at NW 3 or NW 4. Do you still think those men would be able to continue having transplants to keep full coverage? I'm attaching a picture of Steve Balmer to give you an idea of the difference in the amount of hair between him and the NW 4 patient who got 3225 grafts. -
If this is possible, why medicate?
Al - Moderator replied to TorontoMan's topic in Hair Restoration Questions and Answers
This patient had 1521 triple hair grafts and 449 four or five hair grafts. That's a total of 1970 triples or higher out of 3225 grafts. The total hairs transplanted are 8601. That's one part of what allows this patient to get great results from 3225 grafts. I would have gotten only about half that amount of hairs from the same number of grafts. Then there's the fact that he has very high sides with little to no crown loss. Third he still has some hair in the area that was covered which helps the overall result.