gupni Posted March 14, 2004 Share Posted March 14, 2004 Dear Dr I have been loosing hair for a few years now (I am 32 yrs old) at the crown and the temporal areas. I had a HT in 11/2002, about 850 grafts at the crown and have been on propecia since 9/2002. I have noticed an improvement, however, I have been bothered by the side-effects of propecia and so I discontinued it last month. I would not want to go back to propecia. I was hoping that by undergoing another surgery to obtain a reasonable coverage of the balding areas and the receding hairline, I won't hav eto take any drug at all. Is that possible? Iam a NW 5. Regards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gupni Posted March 14, 2004 Author Share Posted March 14, 2004 Dear Dr I have been loosing hair for a few years now (I am 32 yrs old) at the crown and the temporal areas. I had a HT in 11/2002, about 850 grafts at the crown and have been on propecia since 9/2002. I have noticed an improvement, however, I have been bothered by the side-effects of propecia and so I discontinued it last month. I would not want to go back to propecia. I was hoping that by undergoing another surgery to obtain a reasonable coverage of the balding areas and the receding hairline, I won't hav eto take any drug at all. Is that possible? Iam a NW 5. Regards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member Abouw Posted March 14, 2004 Regular Member Share Posted March 14, 2004 Have you given minoxidil a try? You may be surprised... I use it at night only and I think it kept at a n3 for 12 yrs now... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Glenn Charles Posted March 15, 2004 Share Posted March 15, 2004 One concern in a case like yours is because you already had work done in your crown area you have made a commitment to continue to follow that area. If you now start to do work in the hairline area, there is a chance that you will not have enough donor hair to fill in the area between the hairline and crown regions if hairloss continues there. It is important for you to try and use your family history of hair loss and always think of the worst case scenario(you lose alot more hair) to establish a good game plan before you have another procedure. Dr. Glenn Charles is a member of the Coalition of Independent Hair Restoration Physicians Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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