Hey all, been reading this forum for about a year.
I've read the concerns about young people getting a transplant.
I am 22 years old with a receding hairline. I first noticed hair loss when I was 18 and got my head buzzed for Army basic training, but looking back on photos my hair loss started when I was 17, senior year of high school. Obviously, I don't want to go through the rest of my twenties bald, because it isn't getting any better. I went to Bosley in Beverly Hills about a year ago, what a joke, they wanted to schedule a surgery after a doctor looked at my head for like 3 minutes. Since then, I've been educating myself via the internet. I originally decided to wait, but am now considering, again, getting the transplant.
Basically, I have a few concerns. I know I will be dealing with mpb the rest of my life, and if I do the procedure I know I will be committing myself to more in the future... I am also content with a conservative approach.
I was told that Propecia wont work for frontal hair loss, so I haven't tried it. I have read, though, that it works best when there is noticeable peach fuzz. I have just recently, in the past 6 months, noticed that my receding hair is leaving peach fuzz where before there was just a bald scalp.
My recession is much greater on the "corners" of my hairline, but there is also some in the front. The front has receded maybe a quarter inch, and the corners have receded maybe an inch.
Wondering what you all think are my options, and if the surgery would be okay, and what are the risks of getting it done young, etc.
thanks!