Am I a right Candidate For HT? Help!!

[Mr. 4000]

Morelocks,
Do you happen to have pics of before and after the HT surgery because I am 31 and really thinking of going for it..

Don't do it, listen to the man

[Mr. 4000]

Sure, you might get lucky and be one of the patients with a good result. But you might be unhappy. If you go for a strip procedure, please be aware that you will never be able to wear your head short. I sure can't.

If you go for FUE, you will avoid the strip scar but you have a risk of white dot scarring.

Also, if you do FUE and graft only in front and on the temples, there is the chance that the hair loss further back will progress over the years. You will end up needing additional surgeries. It is a long road once you take that first step to get a hair transplant. Think long and hard about doing it.

Remember that a shaved or buzzed head or very short cut is acceptable and can look great. If you go for a hair transplant, you take away those options.

Good luck with your decision.

amen to that Don't

If I had to do it over, I would have never done it.

Waste of time
waste of money
waste of emotions

enjoy life

go to the beach, forget HT's until there is a true fix

[Don'tDoIt]

Dontdoit,

Yes but I have seen some good results with candidates..Dont u think it would work with the rite doctor?

Sure, you might get lucky and be one of the patients with a good result. But you might be unhappy. If you go for a strip procedure, please be aware that you will never be able to wear your head short. I sure can't.

If you go for FUE, you will avoid the strip scar but you have a risk of white dot scarring.

Also, if you do FUE and graft only in front and on the temples, there is the chance that the hair loss further back will progress over the years. You will end up needing additional surgeries. It is a long road once you take that first step to get a hair transplant. Think long and hard about doing it.

Remember that a shaved or buzzed head or very short cut is acceptable and can look great. If you go for a hair transplant, you take away those options.

Good luck with your decision.

[dgman21]

Dontdoit,

Yes but I have seen some good results with candidates..Dont u think it would work with the rite doctor?

[Don'tDoIt]

Morelocks,
Do you happen to have pics of before and after the HT surgery because I am 31 and really thinking of going for it..

dgma21, please think long and hard before getting a hair transplant. I regret mine. The hairline just isn't natural and there is the long strip scar in back. Don't Do It.

[dgman21]

Morelocks,
Do you happen to have pics of before and after the HT surgery because I am 31 and really thinking of going for it..

[NateDog]

mkamph

I agree with others you might be ok

End of the day we all take a punt. I often wonder how a Surgeon decides to do a mega session on some guys when they do not have 10k donor grafts available and are younger then 40 so who knows how much hair loss they will have regardless of family history... Even guys over 40 who knows.

Anyways look at worse case photos and how many grafts and your type of hair (if you can meet people similar to you that will be good also) and think about if you hit 40 and for example are normally a norwood 6 and whether you will be happy with x number of grafts (see the transplant photos and pick out guys who might have your worse case loss and your hair type and colour and possible texture). Are you happy with this and if you are I say go for it because this will be generally worse case...

Most guys with crown loss will have to deal with it as they always like to transplant to the front first and move back so if you can go for a higher hairline I say its worth it to get the density as far back as you can

And remember think hard because you get a 30cm scar happy smile on your back head there aint no shaving anymore so if you like wearing your hair short you wont be able to as longer hair covers more ground so you will need to wear the hair a little longer

My scar is 9cm

I wish they had a program to show you if you were a norwood 6 and had x grafts what you would look like that would be great to determine expectation

[mkamph]

morelocks,

this would be my first surgery. i don't have kids, but i've heard you don't have to go off meds if you are trying to have kids....not sure i want any anyway.

i'm also waiting to hear what dr jerry cooley's results have been with acell. i guess he's going to present them in october.

[AntiHairTransplanter]

This is my first post in this Forum. Personally I have found this forum very helpful, friendly and informative. I have lost all my hair in the crown area and Iam quite desperate to get it back through HT.

But the dilemma is that I have also lost hair on the front too (Please see profile pictures at (attached) and I don't want to deplete my donor by transplanting all the hair back in the crown. I have been in propecia/Minox for last 2 months and hoping it would help me regrow hair on the back.
Iam not sure about the results so far and decided to wait for another 3 months atleast to see any visible growth.

I feel that my self esteem is little bit on the lower side now and wanted to do something quickly to get some hair (both on the frontal and back) and confidence back. Am I right candidate for HT or is to too late to do anything to my crown? :-( Iam looking forward to the suggestions. Have a great day.

My find bald friend, please look over some of my posts. Feel free to contact me and we can talk.

[morelocks]

The guys here have given u some brilliant advice.

Mkamph- if this is your very very first surgery then you might be alright. Do you have a family and kids already? My worry is how much hair I would lose if I was to go of propecia when trying for kids, I reckon hair loss would catch up with me in a month without the meds and thats always a worry

Don't do it, my story can be read on hairsite and my username is newstart

Have taken a bit of time out of forums, my hairtransplanst and my journey over the last few years is something I find quite hard to talk about but I do think we have a duty to educate others who are at least fortunate enough to have found these forums and ask us for advice

Rajasec - I started my ht journey at the age of 27, and I live in fear about it every day. My loss at 27 was only my temples and no where near as bad as urs, bottom line mate is you can't get it done. If you have $100,000 put aside, no problem taking 3 months off work at least every 18 months for the next 20 years and loads of beard hair you can use in the crown u may stand a chance to get a very avaerage looking head of hair. If you really really can't see sense then go and speak to dr Arvind in ndelhi and see what he says. You can mention the things I and other forum readers have said in this post

Good luck

[NateDog]

Have you tried shaving your hair you look like you could pull it off plus imagine the money you will save. But if you do decide to go the route of transplant

We talk about research but lets define what I think research involves

1. Are you emotionally ready...

2. Are you financially ready (I think high norwoods need to be prepared for six thousand grafts atleast and a really high hairline) - Put away twenty to thirty thousand dollars

3. Look at pictures and if possible try and meet other patients but this is important you MUST look at other guys with your or close to your type of hair characteristics and what is achievable. If you are Chinese or Indian no point in my opinion looking at Caucasian hair transplants its different. If you can meet with other Indian patients do so in person so you can really get a true representation of what is possible. This is hugely important I think alot of guys go in thinking they are the next Jotronic and are extremely disappointed when they do not understand the fact that with their hair types that was never ever possible. This is expectation and each person is different

4. Picking a Surgeon. It is like a partnership you need to trust this person to the enth degree. You need to ask them about your expectations and what is possible now and in the future. Always think worse case and what if and so in your case norwood seven so if you had x grafts use them wisely and will you be happy now and twenty years from now with that sprinkling of hair (remember not everyone has good donor later in life so what if it thins and your scar shows through can you handle this). You need to ask about possible density based on your skull shape plus your hair type and what can be achieved based on you and you alone and not anyone else. Ask about the health of your donor and how many grafts they can harvest safely and how many you will have in reserve for the future. Ask about the quality of your hair and most importantly donor density and how coarse is your hair. Does it have a wave. I believe if you have fine hair and a high norwood forget about a transplant it never looks good and you are better off short clip shave. Be smart about it also sacrafice the hairline and go higher for a slightly better density

5. Meds. Do not pin your hopes on future technology. The meds you take today will not stop working just our bodies are finely tuned and over time they learn to adapt to drugs

6. One day and probably many years away down the track you will no longer think of hair as the be all and end all of your life

Phew what a rant. I could talk forever about expectation. I am 33 years old and had 1200 grafts to date and my scar is about 9cm. I am very hesitant going in for another procedure as I can still get away with the smaller scar shaving but the advice I said above is my own thinking in what I need to do. I am Chinese so my hair type is medium straight black (not quite sure see something I should of asked the Surgeon I was stupid). What result can I get if I were to go to a norwood 6 like my Grandfather... If I committed to another 6000 grafts which is what I am told I have left atleast. What if my donor thins and my scars show through. I know I am quite willing to do a majorly high hairline to create a denser look even if its slightly but I am also thinking. But in saying this can I really create a nice high thick enough look and will I be happy if I was a norwood 6 with the hair on top... That is the twenty thousand dollar question

[Don'tDoIt]

27 is too young mate. I'm just typing this from my iPhone so can't post properly but read all the forums and u will know it the wrong thing to do. I however started my journey at the age of 27 as well and have been back another 3 times in 2.5 years. Hair looks good but I'm messed up inside with all the shit iv had to go through

morelocks, please let me also request that you tell us more about your transplants. There is not enough cautionary information on these forums to tell people to think carefully before taking the plunge.

As my username suggests, I am against hair transplants, having had a bad transplant. Please tell us how it happened that you had three transplants in 2.5 years. You must be a strong person to go through all of that.

[mkamph]

morelocks,

you've had 3 transplants in 2.5 years? the reason i ask is that i'm thinking of getting some work done by feller. i'm 33, almost 34, been on meds for 10 years and have held steady, but i am hesitant to take the plunge when i hear comments such as yours.

what's your story?

[morelocks]

27 is too young mate. I'm just typing this from my iPhone so can't post properly but read all the forums and u will know it the wrong thing to do. I however started my journey at the age of 27 as well and have been back another 3 times in 2.5 years. Hair looks good but I'm messed up inside with all the shit iv had to go through

[rajasec]

@moreLocks - Iam 27 years old and from India.

Thanks for all your suggestions. I'll continue to stay on Prop/Minox and will see where it takes me in another 6 months. Meanwhile I met a local Doctor recently and he suggested that I need 2500 grafts to cover my crown and the density would be around 30-40%. He also felt that my Donor area is quite healthy and he could transplant more hair ( another 3000 on the front/Middle) 6 months later.

But based on the comments in the Forum, I would prefer to wait for another 6 months to see if my aggressive MPB subsides(I think Iam Norwood V) before going to HT.