Am I a good candidate?

[seeking-hair]

My girlfriend took some photos of my head. I'm 42 years old and want some hair where i have lost it. It is very thin in front and i have a lot of scalp without hairs in the front and have lost some in the back area.

 

I put rogaine on my scalp every day and my regular doctor put me on Propecia 2 years ago. Those meds have actually gotten some hair back (happy about that), but I'm considering adding to make it look like I have more hair at the front. Should I also wait to see if the medications do more for the front and wait another year? If I did do hair transplants, how many would be good?

 

I just want to know what people think at this stage. I appreciate people's input. Thanks.

[mick reno]

I am not a doctor, but I've been researching for a very long time now and I would say you most likely are. You should do some research and make some appointments for consultations with some of the coalition doctors recommended by this community.

[Thehairupthere]

You do seem like a good candidate about a 4A in the Norwood stages. It seems like your donor looks good and you can do somewhere between 2500-3000 grafts to the frontal 1/3.

Edited August 12, 2011 by Thehairupthere

[aaron1234]

A definite candidate. Stay on propecia and look into the top docs on this site. Research research research! You got some solid donor. Use it wisely.