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I am trying to research and find a really good HT doctor for my partner. It is a bit different situation as she is male to female transgender and in the process of transitioning. She is 24 and has a fair amount of hair loss, mostly frontal left and right of the center of the forehead though she is beginning to see some thinning on top. We live in North Central Florida and are considering the following doctors: Dr. Griffin in Atlanta Dr. Charles in Boca Dr. Rose in Tampa I have checked the archives and it seems that all of them have a fairly good reputation but would like to hear from people who have had transplants done by any of these physicians that are far enough out from surgery to judge how successful the procedure was. She will need them to lower her hairline in order to make her hairline look more female and will likely need multiple procedures to accomplish this so we would like to start with an outstanding physician to begin with. Thanks in advance for your input. Sandy

I am trying to research and find a really good HT doctor for my partner. It is a bit different situation as she is male to female transgender and in the process of transitioning. She is 24 and has a fair amount of hair loss, mostly frontal left and right of the center of the forehead though she is beginning to see some thinning on top. We live in North Central Florida and are considering the following doctors: Dr. Griffin in Atlanta Dr. Charles in Boca Dr. Rose in Tampa I have checked the archives and it seems that all of them have a fairly good reputation but would like to hear from people who have had transplants done by any of these physicians that are far enough out from surgery to judge how successful the procedure was. She will need them to lower her hairline in order to make her hairline look more female and will likely need multiple procedures to accomplish this so we would like to start with an outstanding physician to begin with. Thanks in advance for your input. Sandy

My partner is currently undergoing the process of transitioning from male to female. One of her greatest concerns is the fact that she began losing her hair to male pattern baldness very early. She is currently 24 and is probably a Norwood 1 possibly a 2. While that might seem a critical amount of loss if she were remaining male; it is a tremendous issue for her transitioning to the female gender. She is currently on Proscar in addition to another anti-androgen and is taking estrogen and progesterone. While it is still too early to see if the proscar is going to keep her hair from thinning any further, she is still very conscious that her hairline looks more masculine than feminine at this point. Our questions are: 1. When viewing hair transplant photos in general it looks as though the doctors don't transplant hair to the areas which concern her. In particular the areas just to the left and right of a center part. She has only had some minor thinning on the very front top of her head, however on both sides of the center part she has fairly deep recessions with no hair growth at all. In your experience is it possible to have transplants to those areas and what would be the reason that we do not see that area filled in on most "successful" HT photos? 2. It is our assumption that once she has had SRS that she will no longer require the Proscar since the main source of testosterone will be removed. Has anyone on the forum had any experience personally or with someone you know who is transgender as to how HT worked out for them? You're help will be greatly appreciated. Sandy

My partner is currently undergoing the process of transitioning from male to female. One of her greatest concerns is the fact that she began losing her hair to male pattern baldness very early. She is currently 24 and is probably a Norwood 1 possibly a 2. While that might seem a critical amount of loss if she were remaining male; it is a tremendous issue for her transitioning to the female gender. She is currently on Proscar in addition to another anti-androgen and is taking estrogen and progesterone. While it is still too early to see if the proscar is going to keep her hair from thinning any further, she is still very conscious that her hairline looks more masculine than feminine at this point. Our questions are: 1. When viewing hair transplant photos in general it looks as though the doctors don't transplant hair to the areas which concern her. In particular the areas just to the left and right of a center part. She has only had some minor thinning on the very front top of her head, however on both sides of the center part she has fairly deep recessions with no hair growth at all. In your experience is it possible to have transplants to those areas and what would be the reason that we do not see that area filled in on most "successful" HT photos? 2. It is our assumption that once she has had SRS that she will no longer require the Proscar since the main source of testosterone will be removed. Has anyone on the forum had any experience personally or with someone you know who is transgender as to how HT worked out for them? You're help will be greatly appreciated. Sandy