How many grafts to return to a Norwood 1?

[g8n2h9k3u7]

I'm a 30 year-old male. I've been on 0.5 mg/day dutasteride since age 20 and so my hair loss has been stabilized for about a decade. I wanted to restore what's been lost of my temples. The loss may not look like much but it gives my forehead a wide look that I dislike. I previously tried minoxidil, RU58841 and dermarolling but not much result came from that, so I'm turning to FUE. The blue line in the pictures show the area I want to restore. How many grafts do you think? Thanks.

[digi23]

1 hour ago, g8n2h9k3u7 said:

I'm a 30 year-old male. I've been on 0.5 mg/day dutasteride since age 20 and so my hair loss has been stabilized for about a decade. I wanted to restore what's been lost of my temples. The loss may not look like much but it gives my forehead a wide look that I dislike. I previously tried minoxidil, RU58841 and dermarolling but not much result came from that, so I'm turning to FUE. The blue line in the pictures show the area I want to restore. How many grafts do you think? Thanks.

Your hair looks pretty much perfect? 

You dont touch temples if its not needed, its one of the most difficult things to get natural looking. 

Edited November 17, 2021 by digi23

[Al - Moderator]

It will take 0 grafts. There's nothing to restore. Your temple areas look fine. You are not 16.

 

[Melvin- Admin]

1 hour ago, BeHappy said:

It will take 0 grafts. There's nothing to restore. Your temple areas look fine. You are not 16.

 

Well said.

[Berba11]

15 hours ago, BeHappy said:

It will take 0 grafts. There's nothing to restore. Your temple areas look fine. You are not 16.

 

This.

Unless you want to look like a 16 yr old girl, why the hell would you want to close off the natural, masculine angles of the hairline/temple points?

To proceed with any work in that area with your complete lack of hair loss would be a ridiculous decision and you need to be told that straight up.

[Fue3361]

Ok, so here's a dose of reality:

The temples are absolutely the hardest part to get right in a hair transplant.

Most people here will tell you that you shouldn't do it, and they're right.

 

That said, if you're absolutely resigned to getting work done, you damn well better go with the best of the best.  Because otherwise, it will be very obvious you had work done.  There are not that many surgeons worldwide who do amazing work on temporal points.  So again, go with the best of the best.

And that said, they might turn you down based on the fact that you probably don't need it.  But be prepared to spend 10k+ usd on a very small correction (since the top surgeons don't charge cheap).

[LaserCaps]

That is very specialized hair....Not to be found anywhere on the body - except that area.  Typically the hair in the donor will be coarser and it will stick out.  And, if this is happening, I am certain you are thinning elsewhere.  Are you doing anything medically to help you with retention? Please leave it alone!

[Britanium]

The risk vs reward factor here isn’t in the slightest bit worth it. You would probably end up wishing you never undertook a transplant. Just a honest opinion, you have stabilised the last decade. Don’t fix something that’s not broken 😉

[Fue3361]

18 hours ago, LaserCaps said:

That is very specialized hair....Not to be found anywhere on the body - except that area.  Typically the hair in the donor will be coarser and it will stick out.  And, if this is happening, I am certain you are thinning elsewhere.  Are you doing anything medically to help you with retention? Please leave it alone!

He would probably have to strengthen his entire hairline, not just the temples if he had work done, because as you say, the temple hair would be more coarse and thick.  That would mean he can't have baby hairs under his hairline while also having very thick temporal points.  So basically, he'd have to settle for a less natural looking hairline in order to have harmony between the two.