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Thanks for the advice everyone, I will try to take better pictures. I suppose, what I would want is a mature mairline, and medium density behind that....I'm not so sure I could get that from the pictures, but when I feel back there it feels really thick....

Simply, has anyone seen any examples of fair skinned (winter non tanned) and non black hair SMP (permanent and temporary)?

Thanks for your replies... ..I have considered SMP, but have seen some terrible hairlines (way too straight) and the best results seem to be on meditterean skin toned men, with dark hair. I have dark blondish hair, and haven't seen any great results with this type of hair colour.

Yeh that was the donor....attached another pic of donor, seems very had to take pictures of own head! lol

Ok, I started losing my hair at 18, I am now 31 and I am on the upper levels of the hair loss scale. I have the money (well it would be this or a deposit on a house). Its hard to tell if its progressing or not as I Buzz to a number 1. I am not on any meds and don't intend too. Looking at my pictures, do I have any hope of getting a decent result, and how many grafts do you think i will need? (I dont expect my 18 year old hairline), a mature hairline with strong hair behind it is what I am looking for. Your help will be greatly appreciated. :-)

hi thanks for the advice. did the side effects go once you stopped the medication?

Thanks again. I just ordered a one months supply from boots. Came to ?45 with online consult, which was MUCH cheaper than any of the big online guys. I am only going to start on .5mg every other day, then daily and then 1mg a day, so they should last me a while and if i get on with them I will go to via finasteride uk website! Many thanks guys!

Has anyone had lumineers? If so what was your experience? Has anyone had veneers at all? again how do they feel etc Thanks

The only problem is as I am starting I'm not sure I want to buy a years worth just in case I dont get on with it! Is there any place with small quantities available e.g. three months worth?

The only problem is as I am starting I'm not sure I want to buy a years worth just in case I dont get on with it! Is there any place with small quantities available e.g. three months worth?

Thanks guys! Is UK finasteride legit? As in I thought you needed a prescription for this drug?

Hi guys, I am thinking about going on propecia (starting of on 0.25, then .5 and possibly 1mg a day eventually.) I have looked into getting this from boots and lloyds pharmacy, but the cost is ridiculous!!!! Is there anywhere in the UK that is cheaper to buy this from? Thanks guys

I really like the results of smp, but the majority of examples are on men with black hair. I have dirty blonde hair so is this suitable for the procedure? Also has anyone had it and decided they wanted to let it fade out: my concern would be what it looks like for the year odd when its fadeing away if you decide you dont like it! And also I buzz down to a 1 guard, is that suitable for smp to look ok?

thanks for your kind words. I have deleted my account, I could honestly 'man up' and take rejection if i felt like I was given a fair shot and we just didn't have anything in common or no 'spark!' But to be rejected instantaneously and for her to go out of her way to diffuse any 'sparks' is a hard pill to swallow! You can have no spark, because there is no spark or like what's happened to me, you can have no spark, if one of the other people have no intention whatsoever of having a spark due to such lack of interest! (if you get what I am saying) At this moment in time I feel like I will be alone forever, my sister has even kindly offered to pay for a Hair Transplant anywhere in the world, but even that is useless for me as I am a poor candidate and not on propecia!

So I gave online dating another shot and would love to say it's been a success, but after last night I feel extremely low and depressed. I have had four dates with different girls now, I'd say three were 7's and one was an 8! One of the sevens liked me and I gave it a fair chance going on three dates, i liked her just didn't feel the sexual chemistry and she said FOUR times in no uncertain words 'i dont want to end up alone' that put me off for a number of obvious reasons. So i'll get to the rejections, all three have said the same thing 'no spark,' but what i have felt more or less instantly is a lack of interest, before I have even had the chance to muck things up with anything stupid I have said. My date last night no word of a lie, within five minutes started talking about how bad pof is and how she had been mucked around by guys on it and how she is considering going on match as it might be better! I feel into the trap of messaging her a lot because we couldn't meet up quickly due to circumstances, she really liked me and i really liked her (virtually), we got on great via messages and had a laugh. But within 30 seconds i felt she wasnt interested and five minutes she was telling me about her new dating plans, the only logical explanation is looks!!!!! (something that was never a problem when i had hair) It has hurt because i felt a bond with her, i had invested a lot of time and to be rejected so quickly without even been given a chance is hard to take, it's not even as if it was a 50/50, it was 100%. Looking at my pictures i believe they are a fair reflection of what i look like (obviously you pick the pictures where you are tanned etc) and she was fatter than her pictures showed. That date before this went very similar, lack of interest almost instantaneously, talked about not liking online dating, etc. the rejection texts go as follows, had good time, your a nice guy but didnt feel any spark, have a nice life! I just don't get how a girl can go from so keen to totally uninterested in 30 seconds-and not even be willing to give me a chance, the only explanation is looks and that makes me feel like crap, because she was no megan fox herself!!! So my advice to others is like was said above, never invest too much time into someone before you have met-meet asap because meeting someone in real life is totally different from online. I'd also suggest paid website over free ones, my hit rate was much higher on match than pof. The women seem classier too!

Yeh it is online....it seems girls I could get with in a bar, just ignore you online.....it's like the 6 and 7's start to think they are 9's or something!!! lol Is there an optimum profile length...I think mine might be too long!

Thanks, in need of some encouragement, as back on there! Any tips for messages etc from guys that have been successful, I seem to get a lot of 'meet me' (16 in three days) but nobody ever replies to my messages, including the women who have clicked on the meet me!!!!! lol

I assume it was the doctor (trichologist), as the medication is 5mg finasteride and says take one a day on it, and he said take one a day ( I still have the medicine and it's package), as I remember going back to see him and telling him of the sides and he said cut it in half. Only other explanation is pharmacy muck up, I purchased from a major high street chain though. Worse thing about it, I paid a lot of money to go and see him privately, and it put me off using the medicine for the last 6 years!!!!!

Yep I know!!!! I was prescribed 5mg a day in 2007! Stopped taking it because of side effects then two years read up on it, and found out I should have been given 1mg! Lucky I was only on it for month or so, and the effects went when I stopped. Whole experience put me off the medicine in general, but considering going on the proper dosage.....just not sure if it's too late to have any real benefit for me now, as I'm high up on the Norwood scale.

It's such a hard decision to make, thanks for your input. I'm just not sure at my stage if the benefits will outweigh the potential negatives. But if my sides stopped when I stopped using the 5mg, I assume if i got sides and deicded to stop when only on 1mg, that they would go again.

I ask because I did accept my hair loss, but can't get it out of my mind again. I tried finasteride back in 2007, but had major sides due to being given 5mg (being told to take one a day) instead of the 1mg tablets or being told to cut them. It's a shame because if I had have been given 1mg I probably wouldn't have had any sides, but the whole experience has put me off up until now! I was on them for about a month and as soon as I stopped the sides went. I've lost a lot of hair since then though and am probably a 5 A now, at 28 years old. Been losing my hair since I was 17/18. And in 2007 when I tried the propecia was a 2 or 2A. So my question, is it worth me going on this drug? what would the benefits be for me now, if any at all? Or is it just too late? Thanks for your time guys!

Thanks for your reply hairshoping. Another very interesting read, which puts stuff into prospective. Losing your hair makes you think/do, actions that you would not normally logically do. Good luck in your chosen path to resolve your hair loss, and by the sounds of it, you are already a very lucky man.

cheers mate, will do! Going to try to get out there and do more things; rather than work, study and going to bar!

Cheers rob you put a lot of things into perspective and that's an extremely insightful post. I agree with you about the bar thing, A LOT of profiles on dating websites state they are fed up of the 'type' of guy they are meeting in bars, hence why they are on dating websites. I also find these websites one dimensional, it's ALL about looks, I'm guilty of it and so is the majority of people on there. This is a contradiction to my type though, off course I need to be attracted to someone, but I go for the quirky innocent type, something you can't sense that well online-just feels quite soulless and one dimensional. It also gets rid of one of the best feelings when you meet someone and have that instant attraction, which is like electric through your body. Come to think of it I don't like dating websites at all, but am struggling with alternatives. Yes it is definitely a hard age, especially when all my friends are in long term relationships and starting families, something I really want to do myself. I also agree about the fact I need to broaden my interests and hobbies, my work is male dominated, so it's impossible to meet anyone at work. I will start to think of positive interests i can elaborate on that might introduce me to knew people. Thanks for your kind words

Thanks guys for your advice. I have tried meds before, I used rogain foam and it seriously irritated my scalp. I went to a 'private' doctor at great expense four years ago, he gave me a prescription and said take one a day, as the label read too, i was naive and thought he knew what he was on about, so I took one a day, and had bad side effects. I went back to him and told him about them and he said cut the tablets in half, I decided to just get off them. A year or two later i found this website, and realised the fool had prescribed me 5mg instead of 1mg. So for 3 months i was on 5 times the dose. That bad experience, and the reading I have since done has kind of put me off-anyway I think it's a bit late for me, my NW6 pattern is quite visible. I love to exercise and it does wonders physically and mentally ( I think its because hair loss means you lose control, but with exercise YOU are back in control and you get visible results), I was going 3x weekly for two years, was the fittest I had ever been, then 11 months ago I got struck down with glandula fever and pneumonia, and haven't physically recovered enough due to lasting fatigue to get back in the gym. I have set myself a target of January 2013, but I will have to see how I am feeling, I'm not hopeful. Ironically, I am quite happy with my looks now, I am more confident than I have been in a long time, if I had a GF/wife, my hairloss would honestly not bother me at all any more; I have learnt to live with it. What is affecting me is my inability to attract anyone (woman in her 20's or early 30's) who seems willing to date a 27 year old bald guy!