Am I too bald for a hair transplant?

[Baldazz]

Quick back story, I’m 33 and have been losing hair for about 7-8 years. I’ve began to research hair transplants and landed on turkey. I reached out to Dr. Kesler and was turned away as “he only does small procedures.” I am in contact with Bicer but her coordinator has been taking her sweet ass time with responding. I’ve also reached out to Demirsoy and Bisanga in Brussels but have had no response as of yet. All initial contact has been within the last week btw. Anyways, my question for you guys is, does anyone know of a doctor that performs high quality work around a price point of what I can expect to spend on a quality HT in turkey that can get me coverage and density in a single treatment? I’m not even sure if coverage and density is even an option? Basically, I’m just hoping to get more insight, more direction, and a little bit of hope lol. I’ve seen pictures of men with hair loss that looks way more advanced than mine but for some reason I am getting denied or told 2 sessions and it’s not adding up for me. Please help. Pics are attached. Thanks!

[gillenator]

I don’t want to discourage you but honestly, you are not a candidate for surgical hair restoration and I base this on the photo of your donor…it appears very unstable and also probably why many surgeons will feel the same…if you must have complete coverage, a quality hair system will do that.

BTW, I enlarged the pic of your donor, and looked closely.

Edited October 8, 2021 by gillenator

[digi23]

31 minutes ago, Baldazz said:

Quick back story, I’m 33 and have been losing hair for about 7-8 years. I’ve began to research hair transplants and landed on turkey. I reached out to Dr. Kesler and was turned away as “he only does small procedures.” I am in contact with Bicer but her coordinator has been taking her sweet ass time with responding. I’ve also reached out to Demirsoy and Bisanga in Brussels but have had no response as of yet. All initial contact has been within the last week btw. Anyways, my question for you guys is, does anyone know of a doctor that performs high quality work around a price point of what I can expect to spend on a quality HT in turkey that can get me coverage and density in a single treatment? I’m not even sure if coverage and density is even an option? Basically, I’m just hoping to get more insight, more direction, and a little bit of hope lol. I’ve seen pictures of men with hair loss that looks way more advanced than mine but for some reason I am getting denied or told 2 sessions and it’s not adding up for me. Please help. Pics are attached. Thanks!

Would be tough to get full coverage with that donor area. You could possibly do the front and get some light coverage in the crown at best.

[ciaus]

1 hour ago, Baldazz said:

Quick back story, I’m 33 and have been losing hair for about 7-8 years.

The avg human head has 100,000 hairs give or take, and someone has to lose about half of that, or 50,000 hairs, before it becomes visibly noticeable. So you've been losing for longer than 7-8 years, and that's a pretty big dip in the back into your donor already. I'd look at shaving your head and growing out your beard. Maybe transplant hair into your beard to thicken it up or use some minoxidil on it if you got some patchy spots. You also have good skin color for doing scalp micropigmentation.

Otherwise if you want to try the hair transplant route see if you can handle and respond to finasteride to try to stabilize or slow down your loss rate for about a year. And keep your expectations realistic, plan for worse case if you run out of hair. And if you get side effects with finasteride and have to stop I wouldn't even bother, do the shave or scalp micropigmentation routes.

 

 

[Britanium]

The Drs doing the best work with Afro hair are Dr Bisanga, Dr Mwamba, Dr Lapunzula and Dr Diep. Consult with all or most of these and see what is possible with your donor area. Some coverage MAY be possible. Certainly worth finding out. 

Edited October 8, 2021 by JohnAC71

[Melvin- Admin]

Your crown dips very far, or it might be the angle. I would consult with Diep and Bisanga for your hair. 

[Gasthoerer]

Your loss is severe, but your hairtype requires much less grafts for a good result. Combining a HT with SMP could be a good option too. On the other hand: You need a very experienced clinic and preferably one using a specialised punch for you hair. The clinics mentioned here are good, and I would throw Feriduni in the Mix. 

[aaron1234]

I agree with the above posters that you should be weary of getting a HT given the state of your donor region.  I can see the possibility for a small FUE procedure for the hairline followed by a SMP treatment, but forgot about transplanting the crown.  

Edited October 9, 2021 by aaron1234
Also consider just shaving your head and rocking the beard.

[Melvin- Admin]

Do you have Norwood 7s in your family?

[Curious25]

Consult only with afro hair specialists for your own sake please - you are a complex case. 

I'd be tempted to recommend the SMP route for you, however - SMP combined with FUE may be an option in the right surgeons hands. 

Bisanga and Mwamba. 

[Westview]

I have to agree with the others, your donor is poor.

However, your sidebanks are excellent, and if they stay stable you might be able to get a good result using part scalp hair and part beard hair.

Your frontal area would have to moved backwards though, because its too close to the forehead.

So I would do something like this (see pic). You should be done with 1 or 2 FUE's and you will most likely have to forget about the crown.

Just dont give up hope man, I know what a bitch hairloss can be!!

 

[hairman22]

I think FUE with SMP is the way to go.

 

I think you could have a good result

[Gatsby]

To be tottally honest you really are best served by considering finasteride and trialing this for 6-12 months. You may get to a point that if you are a responder and can tolerate the drug that you may become a candidate for surgery and later on with added SMP. My first suggestion though would be if you could consider shaving and having SMP? Wishing you all the best.

[gillenator]

Stabilizing any future loss or at least slowing it down is a huge factor.