I have shaved head for couple years, but want a hairline?

[clee984]

Thanks mate, yes I accept I am fortunate with regards to facial structure, I look ok with short hair, my whole life I have kepy my hair short, usually 3 or under... but theres huge difference I think between clipped hair and no hair.

And I really don't understand the reluctance to do a HT at 24... I am on propecia and rogaine, so how is it any worse than someone who is 29 and not on those things...

I don't want spends my whole 20s defined by this, and I know I will be... I am getting a ht one way or another, just looks like it wont be with that particular doctor.

That's totally cool, of course it's your decision to make, just be aware of how long recovery will be (it is surgery, after all), and that the result might not be exactly what you want. I understand completely what you're saying, that you don't want it to define you, and that there is a difference between short hair and being bald, and you're obviously a smart guy, you're posting on the right forum (having done all the research myself in the past, I know that the docs endorsed by this site have to earn it), so the best of luck to you.

[Jaxx]

That's totally cool, of course it's your decision to make, just be aware of how long recovery will be (it is surgery, after all), and that the result might not be exactly what you want. I understand completely what you're saying, that you don't want it to define you, and that there is a difference between short hair and being bald, and you're obviously a smart guy, you're posting on the right forum (having done all the research myself in the past, I know that the docs endorsed by this site have to earn it), so the best of luck to you.

Yes I do understand I will be looking at a year, maybe longer before I see the final results, and those results might not be exactly what I am dreaming of. I don't know anymore. I must say I am confused by the whole thing... I hate the fact balding affects me so much, wish I could just accept it and not think about it... but every time I look in the mirror, its first thing I see, every time I meet someone new, its the first thing I think is on their mind, yes I know, paranoia... and its just stressing me... feel like its taking over my life now.

I broke up with my ex in January, and that had big impact on me... I loved her, and I loved the fact she never mentioned my hair once.. and I do get compliments on my looks, but I dont know, it just pisses me off... I hate it, i hate that people think its something funny, or something to mock (not that many people mention it).. its sickening having no control over something happening to you.

[clee984]

Yes I do understand I will be looking at a year, maybe longer before I see the final results, and those results might not be exactly what I am dreaming of. I don't know anymore. I must say I am confused by the whole thing... I hate the fact balding affects me so much, wish I could just accept it and not think about it... but every time I look in the mirror, its first thing I see, every time I meet someone new, its the first thing I think is on their mind, yes I know, paranoia... and its just stressing me... feel like its taking over my life now.

I broke up with my ex in January, and that had big impact on me... I loved her, and I loved the fact she never mentioned my hair once.. and I do get compliments on my looks, but I dont know, it just pisses me off... I hate it, i hate that people think its something funny, or something to mock (not that many people mention it).. its sickening having no control over something happening to you.

I understand exactly where you're coming from, and that it starts to dominate you're thinking, and it doesn't matter what others tell you. But remember that we're anonymous guys posting on the internet, so if we tell you it's a good look for you and it shouldn't bother you, we don't have any reason to lie.

You mentioned Zidane earlier up the thread, you have a lot more hair than he did at your age (I always found it strange that he had the bit of hair that Sven Goran Erikson was missing), so I shouldn't worry too much about that - time is on your side, treatments improve etc etc. He does look good with his head shaved, I'm not sure how much that little "fringe" helps, I guess it frames his face nicely.

I had a HT with Dr Feriduni in Belgium, check him out if you haven't already, I'm more than happy with the results (I very rarely come on these forums anymore, don't feel the need, today is the exception), and it wasn't that expensive. Don't rush into anything, keep posting on the forums, keep asking questions (as you are doing) and I'm sure it'll work out for you.

[Jaxx]

I understand exactly where you're coming from, and that it starts to dominate you're thinking, and it doesn't matter what others tell you. But remember that we're anonymous guys posting on the internet, so if we tell you it's a good look for you and it shouldn't bother you, we don't have any reason to lie.

You mentioned Zidane earlier up the thread, you have a lot more hair than he did at your age (I always found it strange that he had the bit of hair that Sven Goran Erikson was missing), so I shouldn't worry too much about that - time is on your side, treatments improve etc etc. He does look good with his head shaved, I'm not sure how much that little "fringe" helps, I guess it frames his face nicely.

I had a HT with Dr Feriduni in Belgium, check him out if you haven't already, I'm more than happy with the results (I very rarely come on these forums anymore, don't feel the need, today is the exception), and it wasn't that expensive. Don't rush into anything, keep posting on the forums, keep asking questions (as you are doing) and I'm sure it'll work out for you.

I just sent off an online consultation to DR Feriduni, I had noticed the positive reviews he has recieved on here. I think hairline is the most important thing to facial aesthetics... Like I say I will carry on clipping my head so if I had a bald crown, it wouldnt make a huge difference, being 6 foot 2 helps as well.

I have read a lot on here, I don't think anything would come as a huge surprise to me, just want get it out of the way with now.. if its a success, great.. if not, I tried and ill just forget about it.

Its the choices that are driving me a little mad... should I just leave it, will i regret it etc etc

[PatientlyWaiting]

Just try another doctor. "Too young" I don't get it, it's not like you're 10, what the hell. I understand the "Use the drugs for 1 year" that is to stabilize your hair loss completely and see what the drugs will recover for you, if anything. Just keep trying, good luck with DR Furiduni.

[FearTheLoss]

I would get a hairline done with Gho because then you can shave it and have no scarring..and then if you want to keep the buzzed look without having ht again, just do SMP

[Jaxx]

I would get a hairline done with Gho because then you can shave it and have no scarring..and then if you want to keep the buzzed look without having ht again, just do SMP

From what I have gathered, fue basically leaves no mark, and wouldnt be visible if I have my hair at 1 or above? I thought about SMP for 5 minutes but the idea of it fading, being different colour to my hair, just seems a little too much for me.

[Dan26]

Just go to a FUE doctor with a good reputation and get a consult see what they say. You've only been on meds for a month, so it may be wise to wait a year and see if your hair has maintained at least.

[FearTheLoss]

From what I have gathered, fue basically leaves no mark, and wouldnt be visible if I have my hair at 1 or above? I thought about SMP for 5 minutes but the idea of it fading, being different colour to my hair, just seems a little too much for me.

Fue does leave visible scarring and if worst case scenario happened (nw7) and you needed to shave it to the bone then you couldn't because you would have white dots from Fue. That is why I recommend you get your transplant with Gho.

but it's your decision in the end.

[PayDay]

I have to repeat this again because I really think you are making a mistake having anything done right now. You look great with a shaved head, you should really consider waiting!

I also think you need to take all surgical advice coming from forum posters with a grain of salt. If someone is promoting a specific doctor making unproven claims, just make sure you really do your research. It's always best to go with someone with a proven track record, but honesty in your case, you should try to hold off having any surgery until you see how the meds are working for you.

[Jaxx]

I have to repeat this again because I really think you are making a mistake having anything done right now. You look great with a shaved head, you should really consider waiting!

I also think you need to take all surgical advice coming from forum posters with a grain of salt. If someone is promoting a specific doctor making unproven claims, just make sure you really do your research. It's always best to go with someone with a proven track record, but honesty in your case, you should try to hold off having any surgery until you see how the meds are working for you.

I do agree with you, and in a perfect world I would wait a year to fully see how I react to the meds, but we aren't in a perfect world... and I am going Uni next september (2014), and I kind of wanted it out the way by then... I guess I could wait until june next year, then have 3 months post surgery before Uni.. which would hopefully mean it wasnt obvious I just had a HT.

[35YrsAfter]

I began losing my hair at an early age. It felt like my life fast-forwarded from 21 to 45. I can certainly understand your desire to get your hair loss under control and out of your mind. I work at Dr. Cole's office and he will seldom perform hair transplant surgery on anyone under 29. It's important for you to consider your family history of hair loss. Does your father have much hair loss? How about your mother's father? Sometimes men get nailed with a Norwood 6 or 7 by genes generations back. My brother in law went to deep recession in his 20's and it stayed that way for the rest of his life without any hair loss in the back. There are many variables to consider.

We have a patient who had recession in his early 20. He went to a well-known doctor who has a reputation for youthful, straight-across hairlines. He hated the result and later had Dr. Cole remove the grafts, raising his hairline 1/2 inch and restore his natural recession.

We had yet another patient in for repair who had a youthful, low hairline grafted by another clinic and lost hair behind the grafts leaving an unnatural band of hair on his forehead.

Please exercise wisdom and caution as you move forward.

35YrsAfter works at Dr. Cole's office

[Jaxx]

[QUOTE=35YrsAfter;125802]I began losing my hair at an early age. It felt like my life fast-forwarded from 21 to 45. I can certainly understand your desire to get your hair loss under control and out of your mind. I work at Dr. Cole's office and he will seldom perform hair transplant surgery on anyone under 29. It's important for you to consider your family history of hair loss. Does your father have much hair loss? How about your mother's father? Sometimes men get nailed with a Norwood 6 or 7 by genes generations back. My brother in law went to deep recession in his 20's and it stayed that way for the rest of his life without any hair loss in the back. There are many variables to consider.

We have a patient who had recession in his early 20. He went to a well-known doctor who has a reputation for youthful, straight-across hairlines. He hated the result and later had Dr. Cole remove the grafts, raising his hairline 1/2 inch and restore his natural recession.

We had yet another patient in for repair who had a youthful, low hairline grafted by another clinic and lost hair behind the grafts leaving an unnatural band of hair on his forehead.

Please exercise wisdom and caution as you move forward.

I dont understand the argument... so I just have a terrible hairline all through my 20s because theres a chance further hair may fall out.

So what? Like I say I dont care if my crown thins, I am going to clip my hair so the hair on top will be barely noticeable.

Plus can anyone answer this, I have a scar on the back of my head from accident as a kid, quite noticeable, shown below.. should this effect type of surgery I have, anyway of making this less noticeable, can you transplant hairs onto scar tissue?



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[northeastguy]

Kid, you are far too good looking to mess with yourself. See how the meds work and be thankful for your parent's awesome genes! Now go out an enjoy your life!

Well said. Much too young. As long as the side effects of Propecia don't bother you, stay on the Big 3 ( propecia, Rogaine, nizorial shampoo ) religiously for minimum 1 year and re-evaluate at that point. It takes this long to really get a full effect. Take good hi quality photos to help evaluate. If you continue to loose hair, your going to want to avoid a transplant anyway. If you get positive results, you may want to wait longer and see what happens. Just don't jump into anything yet.....once you start, you can't go back. If you were 46 and had this look I'd say the same thing with the big 3 but might suggest start researching a great FUE surgeon. The chances of you heading to a norwood 6-7 at that age is slim.... but at 24, you just don't know.

We may be seeing a lot of positive changes in the industry over the next couple years anyway... wait and see what happens. For now:

nizoral - 3X a week
Rogaine - (or generic 5% foam) 2X a day. with your cut it won't effect your look what so ever.
propecia as your MD prescribes

Biotin can't hurt either but is mostly for hair quality and growth rate.

happy growing!

[Jaxx]

Well said. Much too young. As long as the side effects of Propecia don't bother you, stay on the Big 3 ( propecia, Rogaine, nizorial shampoo ) religiously for minimum 1 year and re-evaluate at that point. It takes this long to really get a full effect. Take good hi quality photos to help evaluate. If you continue to loose hair, your going to want to avoid a transplant anyway. If you get positive results, you may want to wait longer and see what happens. Just don't jump into anything yet.....once you start, you can't go back. If you were 46 and had this look I'd say the same thing with the big 3 but might suggest start researching a great FUE surgeon. The chances of you heading to a norwood 6-7 at that age is slim.... but at 24, you just don't know.

We may be seeing a lot of positive changes in the industry over the next couple years anyway... wait and see what happens. For now:

nizoral - 3X a week
Rogaine - (or generic 5% foam) 2X a day. with your cut it won't effect your look what so ever.
propecia as your MD prescribes

Biotin can't hurt either but is mostly for hair quality and growth rate.

happy growing!

Ok this is my thinking.

I don't do anything, I carry on having a horrible hairline throughout my 20s, and feel rubbish about it.

I get a hairtransplant, get a good hairline, carry on with medication and enjoy my 20s.

Possible negative of hairtransplant.. I have a hairline but am bald on top and go too a norwood 7... what difference would this make if I shave my head anyway? It would still leave me with a hairline to frame my face.

If I don't get hairtransplant I am not going to carry on taking propecia and risk my health for clipped hair with a terrible hairline, whats the point.