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Just returned from a consultation at Farjo's Hair Institute.
On-off lurker of this place.
Was informed today that based on the initial examination it would be wise to start a course of propecia for 6 months to stabilise my hairloss before returning to for another consultation. Was mentally prepared for this. Might be that I need 2 procedures - but the course of propecia should probably verify this as a point of reference when going back.
Some background on myself and my hair then.
I am 32 years old and I consider myself getting into Norwood 3 territory at the minute.
Past few months I experienced a rapid loss of hair at the front of my head. I was going through a bit of stress at work with tight deadlines on work and drinking a lot of coffee - no doubt increasing the cortisol levels in my body significantly. Prior to this, I was aware of gradual recession at the front/sides from the age of about 24. I have also experienced some recession from my right sideburn over the course of the last few years or so.
I take very much after my father in this respect though he started to thin out end of his forties. Brother and mother more similar genetically and retain hair - in brothers case, his hairline is defined with barely noticeable recession at sideburns. His hair isn't generally thick, but he tends to keep it very short.
What have I tried prior to my consideration of a hair transplant?
L-carnitine, taken in combination with n-acetyl cisteine, taureine and saw palmetto - Read about this following some information.
I think there was definite improvement in terms of hair regrowth but I didn't stick to this longer than a month in July. All it did was slightly improve regrowth/density of hair I knew would grow from my active follicle regions.
I kinda stopped though - realising I'd have to dish out stupid amounts on supplementation and other shit just to follow his model.
As for the rest of the claims made [ link removed ] Still unsure whether the guy selling it is legit or not. His other claims were dermarollers (I never really tested this even though I bought one), putting emu oil and magnesium oil on my scalp - tried this a few times but then stopped, feeling utterly ridiculous for the effort.
About a month ago I attempted to log into the members only forum he supplies you a login and pw too when you buy his book and noticed my credentials didn't work. Unable to say whether he's cashed in and effed off now based on the initial yield of sales or whether it's genuine technical issues - who knows? Would love to seem some top-end hair restoration clinic pros take a look into that site and give it a thorough dissection.
Noticed that reducing caffiene intake and going to the gym helped in maintaining what I had but not miraculously regrowing hair in the bald bits - which is the holy grail of hairloss we all want to obtain. Perhaps the reduced cortisol and increased bloodflow helped, or maybe the endorphines from exercise took my mind off fixating on my hair loss?
Overall I reckon I have great amount of donor hair and Farjo clinic verified this - Farjo Institute reckons 1-2 procedures is probably what I'll need, but given I haven't taken propecia or finastaride to tackle the matter of stabilisation it's (from what I gathered) harder to verify this and that I'll invariably still lose hair in the region of my head that I'd hope to be chasing in with a hair transplant and later on - a bit from the vertex, but in my own heart/mind, I am psychologically ready for a single procedure that that fills out the front and gives it a defined line and density to the front.
Not going to consider another clinic beyond Farjo's given they're like top 2 places in the country and it's nearest to me as I live in Leeds. I know there are great places abroad, but I'm not interested in travelling that far.
Perfect world - I want hair like Kyle McClachlan in Twin Peaks. Hair that I can part sideways and even back comb (not so much the latter), not just brush forward to hide the recession. I have done shaved heads before and apparently suit them - but I'd like this as A choice, not THE choice when it comes to my hairline.
I've not really been bothered about the vertex until it was pointed out I'd probably start losing it from there, but we'll see what gets said 6 months from now.
In addition to what I put up soon - I'll attempt to provide additional photographs too over the coming months.
Just returned from a consultation at Farjo's Hair Institute.
On-off lurker of this place.
Was informed today that based on the initial examination it would be wise to start a course of propecia for 6 months to stabilise my hairloss before returning to for another consultation. Was mentally prepared for this. Might be that I need 2 procedures - but the course of propecia should probably verify this as a point of reference when going back.
Some background on myself and my hair then.
I am 32 years old and I consider myself getting into Norwood 3 territory at the minute.
Past few months I experienced a rapid loss of hair at the front of my head. I was going through a bit of stress at work with tight deadlines on work and drinking a lot of coffee - no doubt increasing the cortisol levels in my body significantly. Prior to this, I was aware of gradual recession at the front/sides from the age of about 24. I have also experienced some recession from my right sideburn over the course of the last few years or so.
I take very much after my father in this respect though he started to thin out end of his forties. Brother and mother more similar genetically and retain hair - in brothers case, his hairline is defined with barely noticeable recession at sideburns. His hair isn't generally thick, but he tends to keep it very short.
What have I tried prior to my consideration of a hair transplant?
L-carnitine, taken in combination with n-acetyl cisteine, taureine and saw palmetto - Read about this following some information.
I think there was definite improvement in terms of hair regrowth but I didn't stick to this longer than a month in July. All it did was slightly improve regrowth/density of hair I knew would grow from my active follicle regions.
I kinda stopped though - realising I'd have to dish out stupid amounts on supplementation and other shit just to follow his model.
As for the rest of the claims made [ link removed ] Still unsure whether the guy selling it is legit or not. His other claims were dermarollers (I never really tested this even though I bought one), putting emu oil and magnesium oil on my scalp - tried this a few times but then stopped, feeling utterly ridiculous for the effort.
About a month ago I attempted to log into the members only forum he supplies you a login and pw too when you buy his book and noticed my credentials didn't work. Unable to say whether he's cashed in and effed off now based on the initial yield of sales or whether it's genuine technical issues - who knows? Would love to seem some top-end hair restoration clinic pros take a look into that site and give it a thorough dissection.
Noticed that reducing caffiene intake and going to the gym helped in maintaining what I had but not miraculously regrowing hair in the bald bits - which is the holy grail of hairloss we all want to obtain. Perhaps the reduced cortisol and increased bloodflow helped, or maybe the endorphines from exercise took my mind off fixating on my hair loss?
Overall I reckon I have great amount of donor hair and Farjo clinic verified this - Farjo Institute reckons 1-2 procedures is probably what I'll need, but given I haven't taken propecia or finastaride to tackle the matter of stabilisation it's (from what I gathered) harder to verify this and that I'll invariably still lose hair in the region of my head that I'd hope to be chasing in with a hair transplant and later on - a bit from the vertex, but in my own heart/mind, I am psychologically ready for a single procedure that that fills out the front and gives it a defined line and density to the front.
Not going to consider another clinic beyond Farjo's given they're like top 2 places in the country and it's nearest to me as I live in Leeds. I know there are great places abroad, but I'm not interested in travelling that far.
Perfect world - I want hair like Kyle McClachlan in Twin Peaks. Hair that I can part sideways and even back comb (not so much the latter), not just brush forward to hide the recession. I have done shaved heads before and apparently suit them - but I'd like this as A choice, not THE choice when it comes to my hairline.
I've not really been bothered about the vertex until it was pointed out I'd probably start losing it from there, but we'll see what gets said 6 months from now.
In addition to what I put up soon - I'll attempt to provide additional photographs too over the coming months.
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