FUE decision 5 - 10 - 15 years post op

[Driver]

Great question! Whether or not you have FUT or FUE you MUST have a long term plan. Lots of guys blast through 5k grafts in 1 procedure, not realizing they may need a 2nd or 3rd procedure in years to come and have totally used up their donor.

I think that, in most cases, a well planned out HT, with a good master plan, can last a lifetime. I worry about these guys who use a ton of grafts to fill in their front hairline and temples with no thought to the thousands of grafts they may need to fill in the top of their head in year to come.

[JoeTillman]

Agreed on long term planning. As I tell people, the chance of needing more work in the future is there and is undeniable, so the most you can to do reduce this chance is to use medical therapy and to be conservative relative to your characteristics and needs. My own case illustrates what can happen as I had my first two procedures in my early 20's then I went completely bald behind the old work and it wasn't until I was in my early 30's that I was able to fill in the void.