Author: Dr. William Rassman

This is a great result, something I would expect in many men. This man used topical minoxidil and appears to be one of the 40% of men who respond to the topical minoxidil

What do I do, How do I start?

You need a good doctor and anything short of an experienced doctor to help you manage your hair loss is a mistake you will take with you every year you get older. Regrets are when you don’t do the right thing and lose your hairy look when maybe you don’t have to. At your age, your’e in trouble as anyone can see. With this much hair loss at your age, you may be heading to a very bald man. Have you thought about it?

This is a very good result from finasteride alone. The frontal area is not as responsive usually to finasteride as the crown is.

I’ve currently been on Finasteride for 3 months now, and Minoxidil for 5. My hairline is starting to regrow extremely slowly, but at the same time i’m not sure it will come back. I also would like to see if it would be possible to lower my hairline with FUE procedure as well as filling in a bit of the horshoe pattern as well that is receding. I contacted a facility in Miami, FL on Saturday I believe and was wondering how long it usually takes to schedule a consultation etc etc… I do realize i’ll probably have to get 1-2 or even 3 more hair transplants by the time i’m 40 but right now at age 20 my only fear is that when I go to college started this year, i’ll have missed out on my college social life due to my insecurity of my high and receding hairline.

At 20, you shouldn’t get a hair transplant. Medication is better. The reason is simple, you are very early in a progressive process and if you start now, you may end up chasing the balding. Any doctor who does surgery on a 20 year-old male is after the money and not the welfare of the patient.

The photos show that you have nicely filled in the hairline and regrew some of the frontal hairs as well

This type of response is what I would expect in this age group

From the photos, it looks like the drug may have stabilized the loss. It is possibly slightly better but most important it is not worse. If you were to stop the medication, I’l bet you will lose a lot of hair.

Hello I am 20 years-old and I had a hair transplant nine days ago. Today when I combed my hair I saw a lot of hairs I mean a lot. Is this normal? I mean there were not only hair from the recipient or donor area but from all over the head…plz help me is this shock loss or what? ps: my hair transplant was very small I had 500 grafts, 250 on the right temple 250 on the left

You should never have had a hair transplant at 20 years-old as that is, in my opinion, malpractice on the doctor’s part. He cared more about your money than you. A 20 year-old will certainly lose hair after a hair transplant. The key is to go on the drug Finasteride and see a lawyer. You can use me as an expert witness in this case.

You can reduce the dost a bit, like one pill every other day which will give you 80% the value.

20 months on Fin – half dose time?? from tressless