HT without fin / prop

[Deanomag]

Hi I am considering a hair transplant for my frontal and temple regions.. But I don't not want to take fin/ prop as I have tried and my body or sex drive doesn't agree lol I'm 30 and have very thick hair in the sides and back which I'm pretty sure will never bald.

My question is given I know my sides and back of my hair will be safe is it likely to have a transplant and not take meds to follow up and keep the hair for good ??

 

Thanks

[Melvin- Admin]

I'm 30 also I don't take fin, although my balding pattern is established and my hairloss has been stabilized for the past 2 years, you're going to get guys telling you that you will inevitably fail (there's a lot of finasteride pushers on here). That all depends on your current hairloss and goals, you will for sure need to get more than one HT, as hair loss is progressive and in order to maintain your HT results you'll need to follow up procedures, as long as you're conservative with your hairline and you have a good plan on where to place your grafts you should be fine so long as youre ok with needing more HT's down the road.

[esrec]

Similar situation. What HT said.

 

Almost 35 and just had 2450 FUT graft a week ago. My frontal and temples have receded but overall most would consider my loss moderate.

 

Factor the long term into whatever decision you make now.

 

Personally, id rather have 3 surgeries and spend $50k than risk my my manhood. I tried it with only a little fog but still a decision I made.

 

Even if you believe the bottle (which most people dont) and ignore the reports, a 2% side effect of ED to me is like a 75% chance of having a heart attack lol.

 

Others feel very differently. Is a personal decision. Think it through and own it.

 

PS- Topical Finateride is now available and can be localized to the scalp. Still early on news of returns.

[Deanomag]

Cheers guys

 

I thought the initial transplant would not need another op after as its done using my thick side or back hair which is 100% never going to bald ...

Why would I need a follow up unless it's for the top of my head rather ..?

[Paulygon]

The native hairs in between the transplanted hairs will eventually thin out and fall, leaving less density. That is to be expected. Propecia should slow that process down and is recommended for that reason.

 

Your areas that have not had any work done may lose hair as well. Propecia should slow or halt that too.

 

You can do without the propecia (or rogaine), but should expect this scenario.

[Melvin- Admin]

Cheers guys

 

I thought the initial transplant would not need another op after as its done using my thick side or back hair which is 100% never going to bald ...

Why would I need a follow up unless it's for the top of my head rather ..?

 

That's true the hair you transplant should never fall out, however the non-transplanted hair you have on your head will eventually fall out, this will make the hair that was transplanted look thin on its own. Therefore, in order to maintain your results you'll have to get subsequent transplants, rarely does one get a full restoration with one procedure, almost every one including guys on finasteride end up getting several procedures, whether it's to maintain their hair or just out of pure hair greed. It's important you realize this prior to submitting yourself to surgery.