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    Default Should guys in 20s do mild FUE now ?

    Heya guys, I'm 21 year old who started balding when i was 17.

    I hopped on minoxidil , and when ive hit 19 i jumped on fin.

    To clear it out. I got no side effects. I got diffuse androgenic alopeci and i got thinning crown which is around the size of a golf ball or less.

    I got regrowth in front, but I could get some thickening but dont mind it.


    I was thinking of doing FUE in the crown ONLY. I don't mind if I have cut my hair short I just want my coverage.




    What would be the danger of doing my work in crown? Even if I start balding out , my crown will remain, and I can shave it right ? Or there are scars ?

    Could I possibly do transplant mildly get some hair back in other areas ?


    What would you guys advice to us lads in 20s considering the future treatments ?

    I am sorry if I made this thread in wrong section, but i think most guys visiting this are in their 20s and we may get more views.

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    Well you can get so-called 'shock loss', where you transplant into still somewhat hairy areas and the hair that was in there already dies, leaving you back to square one but a few thousand notes out of pocket and a few thousand donor hairs down. And they're most precious for fixing the front above all, that's the most important bit.

    And there's the not knowing where your progression will tail off either, so you might get a transplant then more lose hair elsewhere and need to fix that area too. That's why if I ever do this I'll probably already be very far gone, so there won't be any surprises. Doing it at 21 sounds too young, I'd expect much more loss if I was you.

    But then on the other hand, it seems plausible that actual treatments will be available the 3-10 year range. So, if you've lost enough for it to make a big difference and you feel like you're missing out on your best years because of this... it might be worth getting one transplant just to bridge these last few years until something cell-based or a special chemical becomes available. I mean, waiting 5 or so years in limbo and looking like shit when you're in your 20's/30's is a lot longer than in your 50's/60's.

    Transplanting right now would be gambling a bit on those treatments becoming a reality, and gambling that a transplant will not affect whether those future treatments work on you... but 2015 seems to have been the most optimistic year in ages in scientific terms. It doesn't seem silly now to anticipate that something currently in development will work and be here within a semi-reasonable amount of time.

    So to summarise, I don't know what you should do. lol.

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    I was thinking about filling the 'ending point' of nw 6-7, that is the hair on the crown. That way if chit hits the fan I could simply shave whats left and continue. But now that you have mentioned shock loss, I am scared and confused. I feel I am missing out to be honest. I could go on with my thin diffuse hair right now, but the crown got hit the worst. I can even spike a bit my hair to have brad pittesque hairstyle, not those pompadour though.

    I am literally nw1.5 with a crown of a thinning nw3. My end point will be nw6-7 since most of men in my family ended on that one. Thats' how minituarization on my head is happening.Except somehow the nw6-7 are around crown got hit faster than the top. :\ It's really a minor thing, but I hate applying nanogen fibres and fearing water.

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    I am 23 and NW2-3. I am also thinking about a small FUE around 500-1000 grafts to get my hairline back. And the problems you mentioned are also hindering me to do a FUE.

    Apart from this I think the biggest problem is the FUE scarring. Of course also for me it is much more important to have my hair in my 20th but if the day comes and I've loosed so much hair that I have to shave my haid, FUE scars do look very bad.

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    I would absolutely not get a hair transplant for a number of reasons:

    1. Given your age, it is likely you will lose more hair. A hair transplant based on your current hair status is likely to look obvious after you've lost some more hair. You shouldn't get a hair transplant until your hair loss has stabilized, which many say does not happen until your later thirties.

    2. Shock loss - you could lose a considerable amount of hair from it.

    3. Scars and their potential effect on future hair treatments. One thing people don't often discuss is how scarring may impede any future effective hair protocols. It would be a shame if Replicel or some other treatment came out within the next five years, but because of scarring you can't take advantage of it. As Spencer says, "once you're cut, you're cut."

    4. Future treatments. I believe there will be other treatments available within the next five to ten years. They may provide a better result than surgery.

    5. Better surgeries. Robitic FUE will continue to progress, as will Pilofocus.

    Give it five years, then reevaluate. Until then, focus on your physical health and career.

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    This kinda sucks. I thought FUE doesn't give you scars like FUT.

    I just want to regain my crown back since its density is contrasted by outer zones of my donor area.

    I am not sure what to do now. :\

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    Occulus is right.
    If you have already begun treatment with fin and you don't observe any sides, you can just continue it. If you can't stand your crown situation, you may use products like nanogen, cabooki etc in order to mask your problem. HT is always an option, but now there aren't many options to maintain your the rest of your hair after it. It is really possible that in 3-5 years that situation will be completely changed thanks to new cell therapies like Replicel and drugs like Seti. I am 21 years old too, and I have NW2-2,5, but I have still strong fringe so nobody expect that I have this terrible disease. One thing I can do is to mask it and wait, focus on my career and react in few years.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Rashid Rashid, MD, PhD View Post
    A lot depends on the family history of hair loss and the amount of risk you are willing to take. Since you have started the medications, it is good to give them a good amount of time before moving forward. Ultimately, an in person consult with a hair loss doctor would not be a bad idea if you have one near you.
    Maternal side were nw1 to nw3 max.

    Paternal , father started balding at 17 and was nw4 in 22, by 30 he hit nw7

    Grandfather went bald in 40s.


    How much time for medications is considered " a good amount of time" ?

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    Quote Originally Posted by tipsfedora View Post
    I was thinking about filling the 'ending point' of nw 6-7, that is the hair on the crown. That way if chit hits the fan I could simply shave whats left and continue. But now that you have mentioned shock loss, I am scared and confused. I feel I am missing out to be honest. I could go on with my thin diffuse hair right now, but the crown got hit the worst. I can even spike a bit my hair to have brad pittesque hairstyle, not those pompadour though.

    I am literally nw1.5 with a crown of a thinning nw3. My end point will be nw6-7 since most of men in my family ended on that one. Thats' how minituarization on my head is happening.Except somehow the nw6-7 are around crown got hit faster than the top. :\ It's really a minor thing, but I hate applying nanogen fibres and fearing water.
    You don't have to fear water, wind or anything with dermmatch. I love that stuff. Has given me my 20's back.

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