Twenty years from now....

[sausage]

If you are unwilling or unable to take medications to slow down, stop or reverse your hair loss, you are better off learning how to come to terms with accepting your hair loss - because there isn't much point to having transplant surgery.

Can you explain this a bit more Tracy.....

Why would having a transplant without taking medication like propecia be an issue?

Of course you can still get a hair transplant without the use of meds like Propecia. Why do you say there 'isn't much point'?

As long as you have MPB and not diffuse balding there should be no issues with having a HT without using meds. There should be enough donor hair to cover the top of your scalp even if you had severe balding.

[2020]

Can you explain this a bit more Tracy.....

Why would having a transplant without taking medication like propecia be an issue?

Of course you can still get a hair transplant without the use of meds like Propecia. Why do you say there 'isn't much point'?

As long as you have MPB and not diffuse balding there should be no issues with having a HT without using meds. There should be enough donor hair to cover the top of your scalp even if you had severe balding.

because transplants won't stop your hair loss... you will continue losing hair from your crown and you will need more transplants to cover up those new bald spots.

If you got on Propecia after a transplant then your hair loss shouldn't progress for at least another 5 years....

[Tracy C]

There should be enough donor hair to cover the top of your scalp even if you had severe balding.

There isn't. You need to get back to work on your research. Try talking to real doctors.

[MackJames]

I agree with You. Whatever You do, do not go down the propecia road. Baldness is bad enough as it is, and extreme potential risks that come with propecia are just not worth it.

If You decide to use something that is safe and has the potential to inhibit DHT, You can always include saw palmetto & beta sitosterol. Its what I am doing right now.

Again this makes no sense. If the product did work, which there is no evidence it does, it would work in very much the same way as Propecia does blocking DHT and therefore result in the same side effects.

[sausage]

There isn't. You need to get back to work on your research. Try talking to real doctors.

Well I must be looking at photoshopped examples on this forum if that is the case. I must be being conned.

There will not be enough hair to create a full head of hair like you once had but if you have good donor hair then you can get full coverage.

Even if you can't cos your donor hair is not good enough you can always have your hairline a bit higher or have a thinner crown.

There is nothing wrong with having a HT without taking meds.

2020 said: If you got on Propecia after a transplant then your hair loss shouldn't progress for at least another 5 years....

If thats the case that your hairloss is likely to continue after 5 years+ then what is the point in taking it. In the long term your just going to go bald in those areas, you might as well not bother.

[2020]

If thats the case that your hairloss is likely to continue after 5 years+ then what is the point in taking it. In the long term your just going to go bald in those areas, you might as well not bother.

AT LEAST 5 years



add in nizoral and a bunch of other stuff and you're looking at 8-10 years.

By then (2020-2012) I'm sure we will have something and I'm sure those treatments will work better on people who still have some hair.
My plan is to keep as many follicles alive as possible.

[Tracy C]

AT LEAST 5 years

I have noticed in everyday life that some people actually think "at least" and "only" mean exactly the same thing. Though I don't know why.