Too old for transplant?

[kensington]

I see alot of great hair transplant results for younger people in 20's and 30's but not many from people in my early 50's age range. I have a Norwood 4V pattern that really started to show when I was 39 years old.

 

I am hesitant to do this kind of surgery in my early 50's that will probably be longer healing, scab time and older (weaker?) scalp.

 

Please advise if transplant results depend on age where younger people have better resluts??

[KO]

50s is fine and very common.

[JoeTillman]

I've dealt with patients over 80. No big deal at your age.

[pkipling]

There are lots of men in that age range on this board as well who have had very successful HTs. Check out some of their photos/blogs.

 

Btw, isn't early 50s still considered considerably young? And this is coming from a 30 year old...

[BUSA]

shiit ull likely live to 80. thats 30 years. 50 is anything but old. the most muscular guy I've ever seen and in the best shape I've ever seen was a guy 53 yrs old. plenty of ppl get face lifts at 50 so why wud a HT be out of the ordinary

[FUE2014]

No reason to stop caring about your appearance when you get to 50 (or any age for that matter). You also have the advantage that your hair loss is more likely to have stabilized. Only thing worth mentioning is that older patients do apparently heal slower than younger patients which can correlate to slower gains.

[sl]

I love seeing transformations in older patients, they really seem to love the change and wish they did it when they were younger. I am not so many years off from 50 and consider myself still young and can say don't let being 50 put you off as it can really role back the years even being conservative in the approach.

[voxman]

Take it from me, young fella, you'll be glad you did.

 

Just do your research, set realistic expectations, and plan an age appropriate result that you will be happy with and you won't look back.

 

I'm the happiest fool on the discussion board and I did mine at 64. Now I'm on the cover of Men's Health.

[Raiden76]

didn't you get the memo? 50 is the new 30

[JoeTillman]

didn't you get the memo? 50 is the new 30

 

 

I'll remember this in five years:D

[voxman]

You know what I called you guys growing up? NOTHING! You weren't around!

 

Yep, In my day....

[Spanker]

I think early fifties is probably the best age. Easier to please, more conservative, more stable, etc.

[voxman]

All kidding aside, my healing was no different than younger guys. In fact, I think I was was less traumatized.

 

I never once posted a panicked 'did I lose a graft?' thread....

[ontop]

I totally agree with spanker 40s & 50s is a very good age to go for HT in fact if there was a perfect age 50 would be on the money IMHO.

Most of the hair loss slows down a lot at that age then from when your younger & for a HT Dr must be joy to work with such a age group.

[RobertHa]

Hi kensington,

 

I would welcome an opportunity to speak with you about your hair transplant and answer any questions you might have.

 

Please contact me when you can.

 

Looking forward to hearing from you.