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No shock loss, just good old MPB. My last HT was 10 years ago.

Definitely talk to a doctor, a good HT doctor. I had my first one in my early 30s. I would think 24 is way too young IMO. Late 20s would be better and I say this because you dont know how far your hair loss is gonna go and how its gonna go. I lost mine by my two older brothers have lost nothing. Every family and person is different. If losing your hair is bothering you a lot try some derm match cover up. I use it in dry form everyday. Its truly remarkable how it conceals the thinness.

You have had good work done Nick. Hairline looks great. I had five HT's done by 1996, lots of doll hair. LOL Dr Rose cleaned it up in 02 but unfortunately I am out of donor hair now. If you can do more, why not. I know I would. Good luck.

Good God that is one of the best transformations I have ever seen. How many grafts total? If those pics dont inspire people to go to a proper Doctor nothing will. Congrats big time, you must be very happy.

Sure would be nice to know if all that money we are spending every month after 10 years is worth still spending. I may shoot an email over to Shapiro since he is my prescribing doctor. For me it hasnt grown any hair but may have help keep whats left naturally.......and thats not much. LOL

This is a great question. I have been on it for over 10 years and am 48 now. Do I keep going or stop taking it? I only went on it cause Shapiro and Rose suggested I do when they worked on me.

Probably the smart thing to do.

Interesting post Clint. My hair has been thinning or shedding (not sure) for the past 6 months or so. I tried a t booster for 3 weeks but stopped because it started to give me anxiety at night (6 months ago). Have been on creatine for 3 months. Not sure if propecia is loosing its effectiveness with me or it was the supps or not. What I do know is I can now see into my hairline and see those nasty 3 and 4 hair grafts I got done in the 90's. My hair thickness has not changed IMO since my last HT at Shapiro in 03 until now. I have been very satisfied until recently. It this continues and my hairline gets more and more pluggy I will prolly have to get some repair work done if thats even an option. I have 0 donor hair left unfortinatly.

Its been a while since I have visited this site but came back and found this post which is why I came back. Have been on propecia for almost 6 years. My gf make the comment that my hair looked thinner about 6 months ago but I did not believe her. Well now I can see into my hairline and see the larger grafts I had done in the early 90's. It really sucks to see these giant 3 and 4 hair sized "plugs"!!! Dr. Shapiros clinic had given me some Dermatch which I have now starting using and it really does work. I dont like the idea of having to put on everyday but the "pluggy" look of my old school grafts arent very comforting. I wonder if the propecia has lost its effectiveness on me? I would get another HT but after 5 at a hair mill and a 6th at Shapiro I have no donor hair left.

4 HT's ....thats for sissys!!!! LOL I have had 6 and would gladly get 6 more if it meant I could have brad pitt hair!!!!! I just dont have any donor left.....I gotta bald back of the head!!!!!@#$%^ People dont believe me until I pull up the pony tail and show em the empty void (ie scar lines with small layers of hair between) and then they are believers!! yeah I am freak but a happy one!! LOL

Vocor If I remember correctly you had your HT done about the same time as me back in Jan with doc Rose...Mine grew in great...it started growing 7 to 8 weeks postop....now 8 months later it really looks the same but longer as it did 4 months ago...I now look in the mirror and cannot see into my scalp as I could before....I have not been to this site all summer....havent really thought about my HT much since it grew in ...thats what is all about isnt it?! I am flying back to MN on Thursday for another reason but I plan to stop by Shapiros for a quick hello...they were all so nice there....dont think I'll ask out whats her name again!!! I really cant remember her name, the secretary girl....man she was hot!! Cori, thats what it was.. hope all is well...aloha from Maui ... big it up

rose did my work but shapiro was in the room both at the beginning consultation ( I didnt have diddly for donor left) and several times during surgery. doc rose was extremly cool and I cannot explain that enough....I will have him do any and all future work on me,,,they day they can get donor hair out of my chest or where/whatever I will have him do the work. Those guys are it in my eyes....extremly fair and best of all, full of integrity. I posted my story back in Jan in case ya want a full report. going there will be your best decision. aloha

Dude have you been using the rogaine on the grafts? 6 months is a long time. I have had 6 HT's and my latest I used the rogaine and started growing just 9 weeks post op. I am now 4.5 months post op and am very satified with only 635 grafts I had done this time. I would be on your doc's case big time. Dont ever go back there again, there are much better docs out there with some integrity. Demand to talk to your doc and dont let up till you get a refund or something. aloha from Maui

We each have our own personal views on this subject but this is mine. Before I got all my HT's I was devastated that I was losing my hair. I hated it when someone would comment on it. Now after 6 HT's I have hair but by no means am I Elvis. Unfortinatly I had most of them in the 90's so I have a lot of minigrafts which our about as natural as a flower growing out of my head. I live in Hawaii and I surf and swim a lot. The day I said f-it about what people might think if they see my plugs was a big sense of freedom. The day you can go and get a haircut without thinking about what they might think will be a great day for you. I say let go of the insecurity and stand proud. I can hardly imagine how nice it would be to have had all fu's done instead of 2000+ minigrafts. But I am still happy to have what I do and I volunteer the info to people all the time and 99% of the time they are shocked. Without all the work I had done I look like John Luc Picard IE norwood 7 !!! later big it up

sorry I hit the wrong key. just get to a doc that does only fu's. all those mini and micro doc's are just gonna give you unnatural looking hair....trust me I gots lots of it... get yourself to a honest doc with some integrity, not a hairmill. big it up