Hair thinning getting worse

[EvilMonkey25]

Hello all, I posted a few months back trying to get some input regarding HT. Since my last post my hair thinned pretty extensively.  I’m currently 24 and would say I’m norwood 4/5. I was finasteride for about 3 months but stopped taking it due to sides effects. I am now planning to schedule a HT soon but still researching The best doctor for me. Based off the pictures attached how many Grafts would I need?

[Phillyman1996]

How long have you noticed hairloss?

[EvilMonkey25]

I started noticing my hair loss when I was around 20/21. My father is Norwood 6. And many of my family members from his side experience frontal and crown thinning as well. 

[CosmoKramer]

Hi

Your hair loss pattern looks similar to what mine was, though I am older than you, your miniaturization and loss is happening at a faster rate, so, I would say you probably require the same amount of grafts as I had done (5k+) to get good coverage and density in your frontal/mid and crown areas if I’m being honest.

[CosmoKramer]

By the way...why do you own so many gas masks with water pipes/bongs in your first photo? 😂

[Upshall]

2 hours ago, CosmoKramer said:

By the way...why do you own so many gas masks with water pipes/bongs in your first photo? 😂

Omg that is hilarious! I hadn’t noticed, man this guy is a professional! 

[gillenator]

We would also need to know where you would want your proposed restored hairline to be situated...possibly you could draw that in and post the pics?...hopefully you will not want to lower it too much?

You also need to get some opinions on how many usable grafts that you have available.

If it were me, I would focus on the frontal core and not touch the crown for now as there is advanced loss there and will be more in the future since you do not want to take finasteride any longer.

You can talk this over (side effects) with your doctor and see if some adjustments can be made to your dosage both in terms of frequency and dosage.