The Shaved Head

[KeepTheHair]

WHY have you not tried hair transplants? They work...

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When you commit to hair transplants, you have to commit to a life time of corrective surgery. I'm likely to be a Norwood VI by 40 (disgusting, I know, I've always been repulsed by baldness) and therefore the best I could hope for is this sort of thin, whispish comb over look by that age, with all my available doner hair.

That's a very expensive way of looking like Bobby Charlton, in my opinion.

Unless I can be sure of the reliability of dutasteride over the long term, a hair transplant will not be a realistic option for me.

The only realistic option I have at the moment is becoming a recluse, which is cheaper and means I won't have to deal with lots of people with a lot on their head and nothing in it on a daily basis.

[clee984]

You'll end up looking like Joe Biden.

What's wrong with looking like Joe Biden? He's a handsome dude!

[KeepTheHair]

It takes MUCH less hair follicles to look better than you think dude...really go give it a try IMO or just look at some before and afters of younger balding people. Just delay it for now and do what you can NOW and just make it as best as possible until future solutions arise

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I strongly advise you to think more carefully about getting a HT. Reputable hair restoration surgeons would probably turn you away at the door for having unrealistic expectations...

[KeepTheHair]

Yeah yeah I know.


But I am just saying, once I have been on rogaine and propecia for awhile and it is not working that great...then I might try a hairtrainsplant just to fill in what I have lost and so.

Anything that helps helps...

I know I am probably too young for that right now.

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I think the cure is coming soon. I want to set up some sort of news moniter for all the reputable research companies, such as Histogen, Follica, Aderans and TRX-2.

I've also heard that Dr Woods, the Australian guy who developed FUE, is looking at the possibility of splitting hairs (so you'd get two for one, double the doner density). I don't know if there's anything in that rumour.

[KeepTheHair]

Sucks, most stuff will be too late though...I wish i had gotten on propecia like a year or 2 ago...

Will try to get on it soon.

Haven't gotten my rogaine yet.

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I'm not that much of a fan of rogaine to be honest. I think it works to an extent, but not to the extent that justifies the cost, regardless of how low the current price is.

Definitely get on propecia though. Whilst you're waiting for it to arrive, get saw palmetto and beta sitosterol. Whilst studies are limited, anecdotal evidence is generally positive and they should adjust your body to propecia. It's also better than taking nothing.

[KeepTheHair]

What are some good online sites to buy this? The stuff online here have weird names like.

Prostate Enlargement pills lol

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You could try a company called Healthspan for saw palmetto. They're very good.

For beta sitosterol, you need to try and find a cholestorol lowering drug. It's often the main ingredient in one of those. Just make sure you don't have low cholestorol first!

[KeepTheHair]

Ah, ok.


Is it a good idea to take both saw palmetto AND propecia?


Do you have AIM/MSN/SKYPE?

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I don't see why not. Native Americans used to eat saw palmetto for food. But don't sue me if I'm wrong, I'm not a doctor!

[Phatalis]

Seriously, if you get a hair transplant now you'll end up with weird bald patches in unnatural places by the time you're thirty.

For guys like us who began balding early, hair transplants won't work. Propecia will still give up on you after about 10 years of use, and then a massive shed tends to be the result. You'll end up looking like Joe Biden.

The laser comb really doesn't work and rogaine is useless on frontal recession.

I use dutasteride and it keeps what I have, but the dam will break sooner or later!

The only thing that reduces the misery of my hair loss is refusing to pass it on. I hate the gene with a passion and I take a huge amount of satisfaction that I'm going to kill the bastard.

going to have to call a big timeout on that one. Rogaine Foam nearly regrew my hairline to the extent that it was when I was like 18 years old. I mean it's almost fully back. *knock on wood* I hope it lasts....

I'll even upload pics.

[KeepTheHair]

^thats awesome news...


I hope it does something similar for me...