Author: Dr. William Rassman

Some people get a good early response.

The photos tell the story. He maintained and even improved the hairline over the 3 years on the drug finasteride

The changes you are seeing may be more styling and product application than reality; however, there is a suggestion of new hair growth seen in the photos. Good luck and I look forward to seeing your photos in about 6 months.

I have hesitation in prescribing finasteride in women who are pre-menopausal because of the risk of pregnancy which may be an unexpected or unplanned pregnancy. There is a direct relationship between this drug and sexual anatomies in the fetus

Amazing results for just three years. Just keep your fingers crossed that these results stay over time. This man is now 30 years old.

Men should rarely get a hairline advancement surgery because of the risk of genetic balding that can appear at almost any age and show the scar when that happens. There is no need for a balloon expander in your situation as a hair transplant is more than adequate to address your hairline issue and less intrusive and less disruptive on your life style and certainly far less costly? We do these every day with hair transplantation.

This man took finasteride for 3 years and has a wonderful full restoration of his original mature hairline

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

When your original donor density is lower than average, 3000 grafts can be too many grafts harvested through FUE and this causes donor site depletion such that the donor area has a problem with a see-through look. The doctor should have measured your donor density before pushing large numbers of FUE grafts. For some people with very low donor densities, 2000 grafts could cause donor site depletion. It seems that in this situation, the surgeon could not get the entire 3000 grafts from the permanent zone, so the surgeon moved outside the permanent zone into the neck (which is not permanent hair) and possibly also above the permanent zone into another area that may sooner or later may bald. The only treatment for this is scalp micropigmentation, something we do all of the time. https://scalpmicropigmentation.com/ This technique can make your donor area LOOK normal but it will not put more hair there

These are pictures of Donald Kendall, President of Pepsi. The last picture was taken 7 years before his death at age 99. There are 30 years between these photos. When comparing these photos, it is evident that hair loss is progressive with age providing that you have the genes for balding. My maternal grandfather died with his juvenile hairline still present at the age of 102 which clearly shows that he didn’t have the balding genes.