I don't want to wait 1 year to see my HT results!

[FearTheLoss]

man you are 22 I'm 20 and in 2 years I may be in your situation....but if I were you...the ONLY transplant I would get at your age is one from Dr. Coen Gho...because of 1 reason only, it is scarless. So if you have excessive hairloss down the line you can shave it off and not have to worry

[Tracy C]

The doctor is not going to put his reputation and status on the line people. I know what I'm doing!

Who is the doctor? Really, this is important. Who is the doctor?

[DAVE52]

Who is the doctor?

[Baldnessfalls]

The doctor is not going to put his reputation and status on the line people. I know what I'm doing!

[clandestine]

Guys in their 40's and 50's who are bothered by their hair loss are just as bothered as guys in their 20's are bothered by their hair loss. The age discrimination thing does not fly.

No.

10charblock.

[DAVE52]

! I don't give a **** if a HT causes my head to look ****ed up in the future (which it won't). I want my good looks to be NOW!

See. You're not thinking long term

The decsion you may make today, at 22, may very well come back to haunt you later in life .

Hair loss is progressive .

Keep in mind that you will continue to lose your original (non-transplanted) hair and that you may need further hair transplant surgery ( maybe more than just 1 or 2 )

[DAVE52]

I'm very impatient when it comes to this. I think I might be getting a HT next month (ugghh, I wish it was tomorrow!). I'm 22,!

too young. The Dr should refuse to perform the surgery

[custards]

It makes people look older, which doesn't sound good, but when you consider that almost everybody in the world looks much worse than their own wishful self-image it's a great leveller. I've found that people are more open and comfortable around me when my own flaws are as obvious as theirs.

In many careers it's an advantage to look mature as long as you've got the ability to match it. People instinctively take you more seriously.

Similarly in personal interactions people more readily grant you respect as long as you've got the character to match it and are comfortable in your own skin.

So it's not all bad, but it does really suck losing years of looking young and cool while goofing around in your 20s. But oh well they would've gone by in a flash anyway.

[Tracy C]

Tracy, you mean well, and are well-informed, but this thing you are saying about the age thing is just wrong. I'm sorry, it just is. I don't want to wait until I'm in my ****ing 40s before I can start having the hair of a 20 something.

No ethical hair transplant doctor is going to give a man in his 40's the hair of a man in his 20's - even if it were possible to do so.

It's not wrong. Having hair transplant surgery at a young age more often than not leads to deep regret because of the situation I described in my previous post. If you want to put yourself in that situation, it's your life. I feel you are making a big mistake that is going to haunt you for the rest of your life - but it is your life.

Whether you want to wait for the results of your surgery or not, you have to wait. There is nothing you can do about it so you might as well learn patience now.

[Baldnessfalls]

Yeah I agree it's more important when you're young. It's still very upsetting later, but at least in the 25-30 range (where I am) lots of friends are starting to show the signs too. It does make it a little easier. By 40 I think partial baldness/thinning is nearly the majority.

Just being realistic, AFAIK even with the best transplants you can't match a 21 year old with perfect hair. It seems unfair but what can you do... IMO it's wise to take time to adjust psychologically and then consider realistic options. Can always look into meds in the meantime.

And there are definitely some positive aspects of having bad hair, just none of them are related to looking good

There are no positive aspects to having bad hair. What's the use in being alive and healthy when you can't enjoy your life due to baldness ruining it? Health means nothing if it's keeping you healthy and alive for no other reason but to exist in misery.

[custards]

Yeah I agree it's more important when you're young. It's still very upsetting later, but at least in the 25-30 range (where I am) lots of friends are starting to show the signs too. It does make it a little easier. By 40 I think partial baldness/thinning is nearly the majority.

Just being realistic, AFAIK even with the best transplants you can't match a 21 year old with perfect hair. It seems unfair but what can you do... IMO it's wise to take time to adjust psychologically and then consider realistic options. Can always look into meds in the meantime.

And there are definitely some positive aspects of having bad hair, just none of them are related to looking good

[Baldnessfalls]

You are supposed to have beautiful full hair in your "hay day". When you are young and vital. If I were going bald at 40+ (Hell, even 30+), I'd just shave the crap off and not even worry about it. If I were old and losing my hair I would say "who gives a ****?" But right now I'm the only guy I know my age who looks like an old man with my receding hairline. It's ****ing unfair! I used to have long, thick platinum blonde hair that made me look so good, but now I've got thin, brittle, wirey, discolored hair on top and it sucks. I look absolutely horrible! I don't give a **** if a HT causes my head to look ****ed up in the future (which it won't). I want my good looks to be NOW!

[Conpecia]

You are in your 20s . We have also been in our 20s. We know what you are going through.

With all due respect, you have no clue what we are going through. You were in your 20s in the 1980s. So much has changed with media and male image standards that it makes little sense to compare yourself to those of us in our 20s now. If you're a bald young man in our era it borders unacceptable rather than simply unattractive. Just look at the number of famous leading male actors with significant hairloss in 2013 compared to 1987. Look at any commercial and see if there are bald young people. See how many men go tanning, wax or laser their body hair off, trim their eyebrows, etc. Men simply did not do that 25 years ago.

I agree with you that hairloss in any era sucks, but in your day you could go bald and be done with it. We're not so lucky.

[Baldnessfalls]

I appreciate where you are coming from but this is where I believe you err.

I am 46. I do NOT pretend to know what its like or what I will feel like at age 60 or even 50. I have no idea .

You are in your 20s . We have also been in our 20s. We know what you are going through.

I am now in my mid 40s. You have never been in your mid 40s. So you have no idea how it feels and trying to speak to it is just guessing blind.

Its your head. If you want to go get a hair transplant, neither I or Tracy or anyone has to live with it. YOU do.

So ragging on Tracy wont change your situation - or hers - in the slightest. You are an adult. If you want to go do it. Do it.

Sometimes you are going to hear advice you dont want to hear. Either accept it or not.

I'm not "ragging" on Tracy. I'm just standing up for my point of view. She says I'm "age discriminating". IMO, she was the one age discriminating for telling me I'm too young at 22 for a HT. LOOK y'all, this is not something I'm just doing on an impulse. I did loads of research, went to not just a IAHRS doctor, but one of the most respected and experienced IAHRS doctors there is. He gave me a detailed consultation and concluded that I'm a perfect candidate for a 1500 graft procedure. That's plently good for me.

As for the age thing. You're right, I've never been 40. But I do know that when it comes to the decision between having hair now, when I'm young and it actually matters to care about the way you look, or when I'm 40 and looks mean shit, and there's the option to have it done now, trying to tell me no will only garner you a "**** you" reaction out of me. You've got to see where I'm coming from. Why wait until you are middle-aged, when it doesn't even matter anymore? 'cause it doesn't! You know full freakin' well of this fact! It's just that ****ing simple! What if someone said to you when you were 20 something "Oh, well you can't look good now, when there's beautiful women all around you and having a full head of hair is a sign of your youthfulness and vitality, but when you turn 60 we'll give you that full head of luscious hair you've always dreamed of!" are you telling me you'd be ok with that? To me it would be like "**** you, I don't want it when I'm an old coot and it doesn't ****ing matter anymore!

The only way it would matter to someone who is over 40 is if they are just starting to show signs of balding, but have otherwise been thick and full their whole life. I can see why that would be a shocker and why they would want to prevent any more loss from hapoening. But in my case, that's not going to happen. I'm already losing at a very rapid pace and waiting until I'm 40 to do anything about it would be ****ing stupid and would defeat the purpose entirely, which is to have full, thick, luscious hair during my youth. Not when I'm old and it doesn't even matter. I can just die laughing at some of the stuff people in the hairloss community actually think and believe. Like people are ok going through their 20s suffering from thin, balding hair and that it's a desirable option to wait until you are older to do anything about it. I don't give a good god damn what happens when I'm older. I want my fun, handsome years to be NOW, when they are supposed to be! How ****ing hard is that to understand!?

I'm sorry dude, but if you think I'm wrong then you are just in freaking denial. You and the rest of the people on here who think this way. That's all there is to it!

[drybone]

Tracy, you mean well, and are well-informed, but this thing you are saying about the age thing is just wrong. I'm sorry, it just is. I don't want to wait until I'm in my ****ing 40s before I can start having the hair of a 20 something. People will already know me as a balding guy. Then all the sudden at 40 something I have a full head of hair? That is so stupid! And you know it is! You can blow out this crap all day long if you want to, but you know as well as I do that hair is way more crucial at a young age. When you are in your 40s or 50s you are too old to care about having a youthful look. At that point it matters way less. I don't want the benefits of thick hair when I'm too old for it to matter. I want it when I'm young! When it actually does matter! I'm already getting close to that too old point IMO. Its just insane that people on here really believe what you said. You've been spending way too much time with these "technically-minded" people on here and way too little time in the real world.

I appreciate where you are coming from but this is where I believe you err.

I am 46. I do NOT pretend to know what its like or what I will feel like at age 60 or even 50. I have no idea .

You are in your 20s . We have also been in our 20s. We know what you are going through.

I am now in my mid 40s. You have never been in your mid 40s. So you have no idea how it feels and trying to speak to it is just guessing blind.

Its your head. If you want to go get a hair transplant, neither I or Tracy or anyone has to live with it. YOU do.

So ragging on Tracy wont change your situation - or hers - in the slightest. You are an adult. If you want to go do it. Do it.

Sometimes you are going to hear advice you dont want to hear. Either accept it or not.