Advised needed. Is a small session FUE worth the risk?

[stistihk]

Hi everyone I'm new to this forum.

I'm 29 asian.

I've been having high forehead since teenage.

Now I have a high hairline with recession at the temple areas.

It looks not that bad when I comb my hair forward. But when I have messy hair or its windy my high forehead and temples do show up easily.

I do not see very obvious progression throughout the years, although if it takes place really slowly I might not have noticed.

 

I've consulted a Dr. who does FUT and FUE. He was busy with his surgery and spent only very little time explaining and looking at my hair, but he said it would be around ~1000 grafts FUE to fill the temples +/- thicken the hairline.

 

My goal is to fill the temple areas. +/- if possible it woud be great to lower the hairline a little bit for like 0.5cm too.

What I am worried about is making it worse than what it is.

Another problem is I have 14 days of holiday before I return to work and I dont want my colleagues to know about it.

 

So would you think having a small session FUE to fill the temples +/- lower the hairline a little bit is worth the risk?

Thank you very much for reading!

Edited May 8, 2016 by stistihk

[stistihk]

I am also worried about my crown area.

I think it feels quite thin when I touch it.

And today when I take these pictures I notice it looks quite sparse and scalp can quite easily be seen (although it is under strong light).

 

I have had alopecia areata in the same area (near the area of the black mole). It started in last July and was about ~3.5cm in size, completely devoid of any hair. I've seen Dr and had steroid injection and Minoxidil spray. Hair slowly grew back after about half a year. I'm not sure if it is the alopecia areata not fully recovering or I'm having early thinning of the crown. I'm more worried about the latter as it means it will likely progress to involve larger area. I am very upset upon discovering that today =(

Edited May 8, 2016 by stistihk

[ModernHair]

Just my $.02, for whatever that's worth! I wouldn't consider 1,000 grafts terribly small. I had a 1,792 graft FUE procedure a year ago and just had a 313 graft FUE procedure this week to fill in some missing spots around my temples. The nurses at my doctors office told me the smallest they've done was 15 grafts for a widows peak correction! Now that's small!

 

If it bothers you enough, I'd go for filling in those temples gaps but I would personally stay away from lowering your hairline. Your crown doesn't look bad but if it does start to noticeably thin at some point over the next 10-15 years, you'll likely want extra hair in reserve to fill in everything that's thinning up top rather than using them on lowering your hairline. 29 is pretty young to know where you'll end up so my thought is to be conservative and cautious.

[stistihk]

Thanks for your opinion. Yes I would think 1000 is what I can accept. I would deem it too aggressive to have anything more than that.

I am worried about poor results from surgery that makes my hairline worse than what it is now.