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  • 35YrsAfter
    Doctor Representative
    • Aug 2012
    • 1418

    #16
    Originally posted by Jay Walker
    First post on here, thought I'd introduce myself, my hair and my plans for it!

    I've always had a M shaped hairline, i was probably born a Norwood 1 if the truth be told.
    Im 34 years of age and would like to fill the gaps in, to give me a better hairline. I dont have thinning anywhere, just a well developed 'adult' hairline which I truely hate.
    Hopefully in a few months, this will be on its way to a more fuller future!

    The photo's where my hair is brushed back, is just out of the shower, with some clay in my hair so it would stay put when I slicked it back!
    My brother in law had hair like yours when he was in his thirties. It just receded there and stayed that way well into very old age. Men with recession who will never bald in the back are usually the best candidates for hair restoration surgery. Just be careful and resist the temptation to go too low later with the hairline. Some doctors will do it and once it's done, some men become very self conscious about their new low-placed hairline. We had a few patients last year who went too low and regretted that decision. It's really a long, drawn-out ordeal to raise a hairline that's grafted too low. A little recession looks more natural on a man and I think in the long run, you will be happier with that approach.

    What you had done looks great!!!

    35YrsAfter also posts as CITNews and works at Dr. Cole's office
    forhair.com
    Cole Hair Transplant
    1070 Powers Place
    Alpharetta, Georgia 30009
    Phone 678-566-1011
    email 35YrsAfter at chuck@forhair.com
    The contents of my posts are my opinions and not medical advice
    Please feel free to call or email me with any questions. Ask for Chuck
    Last edited by 35YrsAfter; 01-15-2014, 11:59 AM.

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    • yeahyeahyeah
      Senior Member
      • Nov 2011
      • 1776

      #17
      Originally posted by 35YrsAfter
      My brother in law had hair like yours when he was in his thirties. It just receded there and stayed that way well into very old age. Men with recession who will never bald in the back are usually the best candidates for hair restoration surgery. Just be careful and resist the temptation to go too low later with the hairline. Some doctors will do it and once it's done, some men become very self conscious about their new low-placed hairline. We had a few patients last year who went too low and regretted that decision. It's really a long, drawn-out ordeal to raise a hairline that's grafted too low. A little recession looks more natural on a man and I think in the long run, you will be happier with that approach.

      What you had done looks great!!!

      35YrsAfter also posts as CITNews and works at Dr. Cole's office
      forhair.com
      Cole Hair Transplant
      1070 Powers Place
      Alpharetta, Georgia 30009
      Phone 678-566-1011
      email 35YrsAfter at chuck@forhair.com
      The contents of my posts are my opinions and not medical advice
      Please feel free to call or email me with any questions. Ask for Chuck
      I have just recession Chuck, is it very common for guys like me to receed a bit and thats it? (without meds)

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      • 35YrsAfter
        Doctor Representative
        • Aug 2012
        • 1418

        #18
        Originally posted by yeahyeahyeah
        I have just recession Chuck, is it very common for guys like me to receed a bit and thats it? (without meds)
        I have seen that a lot. When I was younger, I first noticed recession and thought it would continue on back. Instead my recession stopped and my hair in the front, back and on top, thinned.

        We have a patient whose hairline was like Ronald Reagan's but perhaps lower. His hair didn't show any signs of recession at all. It just thinned out in the classic MPB pattern. He had a large nearly bald area Dr. Cole treated with 3600 grafts. His higher hairline now looks better in my opinion and his result looks perfectly natural. He told me, people at work asked him what he did to regrow his hair. He told them Rogaine and evidently sold all the men at work on Rogaine.

        Do you have much of a family history of hair loss? Sometimes men will inherit their hair from an unknown relative from generations back. Often men inherit the hair their mother's father had. Sometimes they inherit their dad's hair or an uncle's hair. If you only have frontal hair loss in your family, that generally makes you an excellent candidate for hair restoration.

        35YrsAfter also posts as CITNews and works at Dr. Cole's office
        forhair.com
        Cole Hair Transplant
        1070 Powers Place
        Alpharetta, Georgia 30009
        Phone 678-566-1011
        email 35YrsAfter at chuck@forhair.com
        The contents of my posts are my opinions and not medical advice
        Please feel free to call or email me with any questions. Ask for Chuck

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        • yeahyeahyeah
          Senior Member
          • Nov 2011
          • 1776

          #19
          Originally posted by 35YrsAfter

          Do you have much of a family history of hair loss? Sometimes men will inherit their hair from an unknown relative from generations back. Often men inherit the hair their mother's father had. Sometimes they inherit their dad's hair or an uncle's hair. If you only have frontal hair loss in your family, that generally makes you an excellent candidate for hair restoration.

          35YrsAfter also posts as CITNews and works at Dr. Cole's office
          forhair.com
          Cole Hair Transplant
          1070 Powers Place
          Alpharetta, Georgia 30009
          Phone 678-566-1011
          email 35YrsAfter at chuck@forhair.com
          The contents of my posts are my opinions and not medical advice
          Please feel free to call or email me with any questions. Ask for Chuck
          MPB baldness runs on both sides of the family. On my mothers side, there are not that many high norwoods, she has 8 brothers, 2 of them are high Norwods. The first lost most of his hair at 25 (bald patch forming) and is now a NW6 the other lost his hair in his 40s/50s, and is now a NW4. The other brothers - 2 of them have no hairloss, 1 of them has mild recession. NW2 at 50.

          Grandfather is a NW6.

          Dad's side - Dad is bald. But again lost it late on, 40s. Again mixed bag. Seems like my family has a lot of receeders rather then diffuse thinners/bald patchers

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          • Jay Walker
            Junior Member
            • Jul 2011
            • 18

            #20
            Thought I would update this, as Im 11 months out now from my second procedure.



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            • 35YrsAfter
              Doctor Representative
              • Aug 2012
              • 1418

              #21
              Originally posted by Jay Walker
              Thought I would update this, as Im 11 months out now from my second procedure.
              Looks very good.

              Chuck

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              • J_B_Davis
                Senior Member
                • Dec 2008
                • 393

                #22
                Looks amazing! Congratulations!

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                • Jay Walker
                  Junior Member
                  • Jul 2011
                  • 18

                  #23
                  Thanks

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                  • ParanoiaDestroya
                    Member
                    • Nov 2014
                    • 52

                    #24
                    Looks like a really nice result, Jay! Good for you!

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                    • Illusion
                      Senior Member
                      • Jul 2014
                      • 500

                      #25
                      Wow, your hair looks amazing now. Big improvement with how it first was, congrats!

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