How Good is My Donor Hair

[HopefullyNotBald]

Hello, I have been on Oral Minoxidil and Finasteride for 3 months. Too early to see results but I feel like it is thickening up the back and sides of my head. (Still hoping for growth at the temples).

I will take this medication for the indefinite future but I am too young for the HT at the moment. 

[Melvin- Admin]

Why are you considering surgery? You have a full head of hair. 

[Gatsby]

You have a great thick head of hair. 😳

[HopefullyNotBald]

I have a receding hairline. Around a NW2.5 to 3 I would say. Again I’m too young for a HT at the moment so my goal is to stabilize my hair loss and prevent any further hair loss so I don’t reach a higher Norwood. 

[honey21790]

you kidding right

[HopefullyNotBald]

I’m not trying to be a troll. I’m sorry if it’s coming off that way. I’m just insecure being a young person beginning to lose their hair. 

[honey21790]

how old are you

[HopefullyNotBald]

21

[honey21790]

you are in a very goop position stick to finasteride it can make wonders to you  and stay away right now from ht your hairline is good mature hairline 

[HopefullyNotBald]

That’s the plan for now. I like lurking on the forum to learn. My number one goal is maintaining the hair I have cause it’s much easier than regrowing what I have lost. 
 

when I’m in my mid to late 20s I’ll reassess and see if a HT is necessary. (Assuming hair loss stabilizes any everything else is in order). 

[Cooper48]

Sounds like you are doing the right thing.  Hope the medication keeps the loss for a long time. 

[jjalay]

Stay on medication, you dont even need to start thinking about getting a hairtransplant at this point.

[Doron Harati]

Stay on meds and don't think about getting HT now, you need to wait more years...

[RobsHair16]

As others have said stick to the meds if required but Id say you have a long way to go before you need any work doing. 

My hairline starting receding before you and just styling my hair differently kept it manageable for another 15 years lol

[Stoner]

I really appreciate your frustration, especially given your young age. However, I think most of the above advice is sound; stick to medication for now and see how your condition develops. One practical option for now might be to let your hair grow and cover those temples with a messy hairstyle or a combover, while keeping the sides short to enhance the appearance of full coverage. 

If a) those slightly receded temples still bother you and, b) your hair loss is stabilized or, at least, receding at a slower pace on medication, I believe you can consider surgery in about 9-12 months after having got on meds. Still, in this case, I would stay on the conservative side and not go more than 1k grafts. Also, because you have a full head of hear otherwise, it will be a bit hard for the surgeon to replicate your hair's native density in the transplanted temples, so make sure you go for someone who is an expert in that regard (I would personally suggest Couto, Pekiner, De Freitas, Pinto and, possibly, Laorwong). 

[ThePerseverantWarrior]

You look NW 2 at the most, from those pictures. And it's really good that you're on proper medication this early. 

Your target should be complete hairloss stabilization, and then maybe a minor hairline work if need be (doesn't look like that at the moment). 

[GoliGoliGoli]

Your donor looks fine, not great but not bad either. Hair caliber looks fairly thin in size. Hair to skin contrast is about medium. 

The thing is at 23 it's really hard to say what your donor quality is. Most guys with early balding develop retrograde alopecia but that usually develops later on.