View Poll Results: Transplant now? Later? Never?

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  • Yes, do it now with FUT.

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  • Yes, do it now with FUE.

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  • Wait until more loss. Too early.

    15 62.50%
  • Never transplant.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Sean View Post
    I wouldnt think there really is a set age as it is based on your own physiology and circumstances.


    However, if you are balding fast in your 20s and a Norwood 4 by 24, then id wait at least over 35 to see how this is headed or if it stabilizes. Then decide if you are comfy with a procedure and if any meds work on you.

    If you are receding very slowly and still holding ground well at age 30 the you may consider one around that time.

    Some decisions may need to be made depending on hair loss in your family overall.

    Its best if you do not have to get a procedure, but if you do and the circumstances are right, then age 30+ should be a good starting point imo.


    I know some known docs that did fut to kid out of high school. This was for a natural hairloss case. That id disagree with.
    Yes i am well aware all people are different but for example some doctors simply will not work on balding men under age 25. Its a fast rule of thumb for some very renowned AHLA surgeons. I think 35 would be safe for almost anyone to decide if they are a candidate or not.

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    Quote Originally Posted by JoeTillman View Post
    These are very tough questions to answer. In my experience, I think most doctors will at least say that 25 is a general threshold to consider but, as with anything, caveats exist. The idea is that FUE is "safer" so younger patients can be accepted but I've got mixed feelings about that. A bad result is still a bad result, regardless of the technique. One thing that I've learned is that the technique is irrelevant when you're talking to a patient that feels "butchered" and that includes FUE patients. The bad FUE results of today are no different, psychologically, than the bad plug patients of thirty years ago. I'm currently in regular contact with multiple patients that have had FUE and are in various states of depression due to unnatural results, over harvested donor zones, or a combination of effects.

    For strip, I think 30 is the threshold, especially now with the negative image it has in the market. Most patients considering strip now, in 2016/2017 are doing so only because they've really thought long and hard about what it involves and the side effects that are unique to strip alone.

    https://www.baldtruthtalk.com/thread...ht=#post244387


    Well said Joe Tillman.

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    Joe says age 30 is a good threshhold for FUT safety.

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    I heard Spencer Kobren say on the radio show that men should not get a strip procedure before age 35.

    Anyone have thoughts?

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    35 and if possible then get no procedure. Having no procedure is probably best. You do not want to end up chasing procedures to get things resolved if you get screwed.

    I think that would be the best statement for this procedure.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Sean View Post
    35 and if possible then get no procedure. Having no procedure is probably best. You do not want to end up chasing procedures to get things resolved if you get screwed.

    I think that would be the best statement for this procedure.
    Do you feel the same way about an FUE procedure?

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    You're very lucky to have that hair at 32. i'm almost 21, and way, way worse

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    Quote Originally Posted by Rizaan View Post
    You're very lucky to have that hair at 32. i'm almost 21, and way, way worse
    I'm 33 now and still the same.

    I suggest Propecia.

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    Quote Originally Posted by tedwuji View Post
    I'm 33 now and still the same.

    I suggest Propecia.
    When did you start using it? How much did you regrow?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Rizaan View Post
    When did you start using it? How much did you regrow?
    I started finasteride at age 26, almost 27 (26.8 years old to be exact).

    During the first two years I saw the thickening of miniaturized hairs. After the initial progress I maintained at that level or very near it until the present time. I feel I may have more hair now than I did at age 26. This is amazing.

    It is worth mentioning that finasteride is the only thing I have ever used in my life to treat hair loss. There are no additional varibales in my case. My case study data as a finasteride user has no compounding variables.

    Also, I actually have always used a generic form of Proscar. That is 5mg quartered, since day one. I have never actually paid full price for brand name Propecia or brand name Proscar. I found a reputable generic that works and I never changed.

    9 dollars for a 4-month supply of medicine at Wal-Mart. That is about $27 USD per year to keep the hair you see on my opening post. It has been the better part of a decade and the medicine is still doing it's job perfectly.

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