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    Default Is it even worth it for me?

    Hey guys.

    I've been thinning since I was 16. I finally bit the bullet two years ago and shaved my head.

    I'm 26 now. It's okay. But I can't accept it, sadly, and the toll it has taken on my life is such that I'm exploring any option now.

    I'm around a nw5-nw6. My dad is a nw6. I expect I will match him, and indeed you can clearly see the separation of the hair loss areas and the back area. My permanent area goes above my temple on the sides. We both have dark, dense and thick hair. I'm really realistic about what I want, something super conservative... Even when my hair thins out considerably I was able to camouflage for a long long time because of the thickness of the ones which remained.

    Would it be possible to do a HT soon, one that keeps in mind my eventual final hair pattern?

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    Pics?

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    I'm no expert but from your pics I would think you could have a transplant with the expectation that you will still have substantial crown loss. But I could be wrong, maybe you could expect an even better result than that.

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    Can you post pictures of your donor area? I looked pretty much the same as you prior to my surgery. Its possible, however surgery is a life long commitment, there are no gurantees, you want to make sure your hair loss is stable before attempting any surgery. At 26 id wait a few years to make sure your hair loss is stable maybe around 30.

    Are you on any hair loss meds?

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    Yeah maybe give it some time. 26 is really young and once you have surgery there really isn't any turning back.

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    What do people mean by "stable" really?

    Also HTSoon did you have nape thinning/balding?

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    Guessing stable is you've reached kinda reached a plateau in hair loss not that it will ever necessarily completely stop but really slowed down. By the time your in your 40s it probably has but 26 is likely going to lose a lot more.

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    Based on your age and your degree of hair loss there isn't much more to lose before you're "stable" but what you can lose can make a difference to your final appearance. I think you should speak to your doctor about Propecia and try that for a year to see how you respond before you have a procedure. I've seen some minor miracles on guys with your degree of loss and at the very least it is something that will give you the best chance of stabilizing your loss now, not when you've lost more hair. Then and only then should you consider a procedure.
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    Quote Originally Posted by JoeTillman View Post
    Based on your age and your degree of hair loss there isn't much more to lose before you're "stable"
    Can you elaborate on what you mean or give examples? Are you saying your only really "stable" when there isn't much more hair to lose?

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