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    Thanks, another really helpful post from you. My biggest concern is worst case scenario, I guess I am a diffuse thinner and fear I could end up as a Norwood 7. The general consensus I see online seems to he that higher Norwoods need FUT. But could you say a little more about buzzing your hair vs shaving it? I can't forsee shaving slick bald ever in my life as I don't like how it looks on me. Buzzing and being able to still frame my face then yeah I could live with that. Are you familiar with fred the belgian's story:

    https://www.*****************/intera...rom-dpa.79560/

    But why would you be concerned about that..isn't the vast majority on top of your head transplanted hair?

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    Quote Originally Posted by hanginginthewire View Post
    Thanks, another really helpful post from you. My biggest concern is worst case scenario, I guess I am a diffuse thinner and fear I could end up as a Norwood 7. The general consensus I see online seems to he that higher Norwoods need FUT. But could you say a little more about buzzing your hair vs shaving it? I can't forsee shaving slick bald ever in my life as I don't like how it looks on me. Buzzing and being able to still frame my face then yeah I could live with that. Are you familiar with fred the belgian's story:

    https://www.*****************/intera...rom-dpa.79560/

    But why would you be concerned about that..isn't the vast majority on top of your head transplanted hair?
    There is a difference between buzzing and shaving, buzzing is with a clipper either #1 or no guard, shaving is with a razor down to skin, you will never be able to shave if you have a transplant, doesn't matter if you choose FUE or FUT. However, with FUE i'd say a good amount of men are able to buzz down no guard and the majority to a #1.

    Yes the majority of the hair on my head is transplanted, but as stated previously NO SURGERY is guaranteed, even the BEST hair transplant surgeons get bad results, so before I had surgery I thought "what if I am one of the unlucky patients that get a bad result"? what would be my next step? well before having any transplants I thought "if it fails i'll keep my head buzzed and move on". Before having a transplant I would suggest you buzz your head at least once to see if you could live with it, I buzzed my head for a year before getting a transplant. Had I got FUT and gotten a bad result, I would be stuck with a botched diffused hair transplant and long thick sides, so to me FUE was an insurance policy. It's not only about wearing your hair short, although that is a HUGE plus, it has a lot to do with an escape route.

    With that being said, I just want to reiterate that FUE is not scarless, and you will NEVER be able to shave your head without seeing scars. That's why I had to clarify buzzing and not shaving.

    I'm not familiar with the thread you posted but I will check it out.

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    I've actually shaved my head to the bone...I was pretty horrified by it. You make compelling points and they make my head spin because one day I am convinced that FUT is best and then the next I agree that FUE makes sense. What would be the reasons - if any - for having FUT in your opinion? And what do you think about FUE taking hair that is not in the "sweet spot" of the donor zone? My nape hair definitely is thinning/balding and I wouldn't want hair transplanted from there. Thanks for addressing my concerns I know I'm full of questions. Unfortunately I'm pretty preoccupied with all this stuff at the moment.
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    Also what are some ways of trying to estimate your likely "final" level of baldness? There's got to be something at my age of late 30s.

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    Also if you are a "diffuse thinner" - which I believe I am - (patterned though), does that mean you will lose ALL the hair on top of your head or might you keep some?

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    Quote Originally Posted by hanginginthewire View Post
    What would be the reasons - if any - for having FUT in your opinion? And what do you think about FUE taking hair that is not in the "sweet spot" of the donor zone? My nape hair definitely is thinning/balding and I wouldn't want hair transplanted from there. Thanks for addressing my concerns I know I'm full of questions. Unfortunately I'm pretty preoccupied with all this stuff at the moment.
    Well there are many reasons why someone would choose FUT, for one FUT is generally a lot cheaper if you live in the United States or Canada, the other reason is you're able to move a large amount of grafts at once, with FUE typically you have to break it up in to sessions, there are cases especially in Turkey where 4,000 grafts have been taken all at once, some guys can get away with it but I don't think that's the right way to do things with FUE, it is best split in to sessions of 2,000 grafts.

    Also, nape hair is rarely ever used in FUE, below is a picture of what a typical FUE donor area is, it goes a bit higher up then FUT but as long as you're not a Norwood VII those hairs should be permanent.

    Typical FUE donor zone


    Quote Originally Posted by hanginginthewire View Post
    Also what are some ways of trying to estimate your likely "final" level of baldness? There's got to be something at my age of late 30s.
    This ties in to my last response, before you consider having a hair transplant, getting a microscopic scalp and donor evaluation is critical, there are tools that doctors use that can check for miniaturization of the recipient and donor, by looking at your family history and the miniaturization levels of your scalp, estimating your future hair loss is fairly good especially in your late 30's, nothing is guaranteed but surgeons can predict very closely using both family history and miniaturization evaluation.



    If you see a lot of miniaturized follicles in your donor zone than you may not be a suitable candidate, the only real way to know is by having the evaluation done, if you live in LA you can go to Dr. Mohebi, he did my evaluation, he charges but it is definitely worth it. Some doctors have software that show you how many fu you have per cm2 and your average hair per cm2, some doctors will even go so far as to tell you the micron of your hair so you know whether you have fine or thick hair, hair characteristics are very important in the final outcome of a hair transplant. If you have any more questions send me a PM I don't want to hijack Dr. Wesley's thread.

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    In my opinion, FUT is better for males with more advanced hair loss, older males, and those who need to cover a large area. FUE, in my opinion, is often better for younger males and those with earlier hair loss.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Driver View Post
    In my opinion, FUT is better for males with more advanced hair loss, older males, and those who need to cover a large area. FUE, in my opinion, is often better for younger males and those with earlier hair loss.
    Maybe the reason I'm so conflicted is because I'm stuck in the middle of those criteria - I'm 37 so I'm not that young but not really "older" yet, my hair loss is prob a 3ish, righ t in the middle of the Norwood. But of course I don't know how much more my baldness will progress.

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    As someone who has experienced fut and am now in the process of trying to have the nice smiley face on the back of my head repaired, I will say this. If you have plans on cutting your hair on the sides and back of your head below a number 5/6 grade keep well away from FUT. The scar may not be that viseable but the shockloss around the scar from the colateral damage done from the incision will make the scar area look odd below this length. Best case scenario you can cut to a number 3/4 grade. But you will never no until its too late.

    When you go swimming the white scar (if you lucky it stays flat) will be noticeable. Google some of the repair cases of FUE into scar to and also the amount of guys that have got SMP to try fix there smiley face scar. If you must get a transplant dont try to save money find a doctor with lots of experience and results in FUE and see him. Personally the best thing you can do is get on propecia.


    I still can't believe in the year 2016 there are still doctors out there promoting FUT as the gold standard. With all the guys out there who have been scarred by this neanderthalic proceedure.

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