Warder45

Hi all, I'm 26 and have been a NW4 for at least 3-4 years now. I've been looking at HT surgery off and on for 2 years now. Only recently buckling down and reading through a lot of the helpful threads and info here at this site. Unfortunately the more I learn the more concerned / wary I get. So I thought I'd ask a few questions. 1) I'll attach some photo's of me. The first 2 will be of where I'm at right now. The next 2 have some crude paint on them showing what I'd like to see from a HT session. I'm mainly looking for coverage in front. Since I'm 6'5, people don't see the top as much. But any left over grafts could go into the middle to increase density. Is it unreasonable to expect this kind of result? How many grafts am I looking at? 2) Another concern is scaring. I like to wear my hair short in the summer, probably a 2 blade. After reading through a lot of threads it looks like the 2 layer closer is one of the best ways to minimize scarring; is that correct? Picture 5 shows how short I wear it sometimes. 3) Drug Q1: I've been looking at finasteride (propecia/proscar/etc..) While I'm not adverse to taking a pill each day, I was reading up on some of the studies showing male erectile dysfunction as a result of taking the drug. One of the studies mentioned that it continued even after he stopped taking the drug. Has anyone heard about this? It's pretty troublesome; I'd rather be bald and have sex then be a eunuch with hair. 4) Drug Q2: Is the foam version of minoxidil only available as rogaine? Is it a new patent or will we see generics pretty soon? I have the liquid kind and used it for a month but it's a real pain to apply twice a day, since you have to let it dry up. Thanks for any help. - John Picture 1: http://pages.google.com/edit/Warder454545/Picture_Head0...small-full;init:.jpg Picture 2: http://pages.google.com/edit/Warder454545/Picture_Head0...small-full;init:.jpg Picture 3: http://pages.google.com/edit/Warder454545/picture_head0..._edit-full;init:.jpg Picture 4: http://pages.google.com/edit/Warder454545/Picture_Head0..._edit-full;init:.jpg Picture 5: http://pages.google.com/edit/Warder454545/DSC02310.jpg/DSC02310-full;init:.jpg

Hi all, I'm 26 and have been a NW4 for at least 3-4 years now. I've been looking at HT surgery off and on for 2 years now. Only recently buckling down and reading through a lot of the helpful threads and info here at this site. Unfortunately the more I learn the more concerned / wary I get. So I thought I'd ask a few questions. 1) I'll attach some photo's of me. The first 2 will be of where I'm at right now. The next 2 have some crude paint on them showing what I'd like to see from a HT session. I'm mainly looking for coverage in front. Since I'm 6'5, people don't see the top as much. But any left over grafts could go into the middle to increase density. Is it unreasonable to expect this kind of result? How many grafts am I looking at? 2) Another concern is scaring. I like to wear my hair short in the summer, probably a 2 blade. After reading through a lot of threads it looks like the 2 layer closer is one of the best ways to minimize scarring; is that correct? Picture 5 shows how short I wear it sometimes. 3) Drug Q1: I've been looking at finasteride (propecia/proscar/etc..) While I'm not adverse to taking a pill each day, I was reading up on some of the studies showing male erectile dysfunction as a result of taking the drug. One of the studies mentioned that it continued even after he stopped taking the drug. Has anyone heard about this? It's pretty troublesome; I'd rather be bald and have sex then be a eunuch with hair. 4) Drug Q2: Is the foam version of minoxidil only available as rogaine? Is it a new patent or will we see generics pretty soon? I have the liquid kind and used it for a month but it's a real pain to apply twice a day, since you have to let it dry up. Thanks for any help. - John Picture 1: http://pages.google.com/edit/Warder454545/Picture_Head0...small-full;init:.jpg Picture 2: http://pages.google.com/edit/Warder454545/Picture_Head0...small-full;init:.jpg Picture 3: http://pages.google.com/edit/Warder454545/picture_head0..._edit-full;init:.jpg Picture 4: http://pages.google.com/edit/Warder454545/Picture_Head0..._edit-full;init:.jpg Picture 5: http://pages.google.com/edit/Warder454545/DSC02310.jpg/DSC02310-full;init:.jpg