If the finasteride has not solved the problem by this time in your crown and you have some hair present you have three options.
1- Do nothing and live with it
2- Get a hair transplant which may solve the problem as that is what I did. My bald crown is now full looking
3- Get Scalp Micropigmentation which will make your thin crown look full as shown in this website photo below (click image to enlarge)
27 Year Old Male Has Many Questions About Hair Transplants (From Reddit)
You need to sit down with a good doctor and get an examination that might predict your hair loss pattern. If that can be predicted (I often do this with the HAIRCHECK test), then your course after a single hair transplant might be anticipated. There is never certainty as I use the tools I have to give people the best assessment of their course over time. At our Monthly Open House events we have patients who had one or two hair transplant sessions and did not need anything after. If you come to one of these events, you can meet these patients one-on-one. The older you are when you start, the more predictable the risks, but if you wait, then you will learn to live with balding while you are younger, something most men who see me don’t want to do.
Considering a hair transplant but thinking about long-term commitments post-op from tressless
27, Male. Is There Any Hope or Should I Just Get Rid of It All? (Photo)
You could do Scalp Micropigmentation (see here: https://scalpmicropigmentation.com/thinning-hair-gallery/) or a hair transplant like I did for my hair.
2019-02-01 05:09:552019-02-20 07:11:3627, Male. Is There Any Hope or Should I Just Get Rid of It All? (Photo)
27 Years Old and Considering a Hair Transplant
At your age, you might find that you could lose some of your existing native hair following the transplant. From the pictures, I see a low crown balding area which suggests that you might develop an advanced balding pattern in the long term. The use of the drug finasteride reduces this risk, but balding in men is progressive. Ask your doctor where your balding pattern might end up. Find out what your donor density is, so that some calculations of your reserve donor hair can be made now, before you start your transplants. Keep the hair transplants to the frontal area only, because if it goes into the crown, then you will be caught in a conundrum with patches of hair transplants in the front and in the crown will leaving you not normal looking. These steps will be the best approach to minimizing the risk of getting into multiple hair transplant surgeries as you lose more hair, which you should expect to happen. Your goal should be that just a single surgery will stand on its own and that is why I am suggesting that you only transplant the frontal area at this time.
I am 27 and want an FUE, am I a good candidate for this? (photo)
What I would want to know is your hair character, its thickness and your donor density, all three are determined at an examination. Once I have that, I can determine what it would take to perform a hair transplant in terms of using up your donor supply which is limited. Your pattern of hair loss is a ‘high’ Class 6 pattern which means to me that the sides may come down as you age. It would be all part of my Master Plan to be able to work with you for the years to come as hair loss is progressive and you might not have yet seen where your hair loss will take you. i tell most men that they should not do a hair transplant until they are at least 25 years old and clearly you are older than that so that your present hair loss pattern is now evident? The key here is to set realiztic expectations with your surgeon.
I Am a 27 Year Old African American Who Had 2000 FUE Grafts Done 1 Year Ago
I can now see through to the scalp in the back of my head, which looks like it is balding now. Will the hair grow back in the donor area?
After an FUE, the hair that was removed is gone forever and will never regrow. In African hair, the donor supply is numerically lower than both Asians and Caucasians by as much as 10% to 40% respectively. As a result, the limits for FUE are much more restricted in people of African decent. If you are a typical African American, then the limit for FUE should have been 1,400 grafts (see this link which explains this: https://newhair.com/donor-area/). You have what we call donor site depletion. Since you now have donor area depletion, the only thing that you can do, which works very effectively, is Scalp MicroPigmentation (see here: https://scalpmicropigmentation.com/scar-covering/).
3 Days After Hair Transplant, My Eye Is Swollen and Bruised!
Hi Dr. Rassman,
I had my hair transplant 3 days ago and I was told that i’m a bleeder. so my head was wrapped for 2 days and after washing off the wrap i looked swollen but after the 3rd day after waking up my eye is swollen and bruised is this normal?
The bruising is rare, but it is normal to have swelling after a hair transplant procedure if your surgeon did not use large dose steroids to prevent it. It should be found in the pre-operative or post-operative handout you hopefully received — and more importantly in your operative consent form. Most of the swelling should be gone by the 5th day.
Part of me is honored that you would be turning to me for hair transplant aftercare advice, but the other part of me is shocked that you would not be asking this question to the doctor you trusted to performed your surgery. You really should have an open line of communication with your surgeon. I really can’t stress enough how a good doctor/patient relationship is so very important.
Finasteride caused me an increased sex drive
My first question is a bit strange. I’ve been on Propecia for about 3 weeks now. And I believe I am have a side effect, though it’s not what I was expecting. I don’t even know how this is possible, but my Libido has become aggressively, distractedly active, to the point it’s almost detrimental. I can’t even focus on basic tasks since starting it because I’m horny like I’m 13 again (I’m 30). I don’t know if this is possible or if anyone else has ever heard of this happening. My semen has also become very watery.
One of my son’s went on Propecia (Finasteride) and found an increased sex drive as you reported. The water semen is common. I think that this side effect (increased sex drive) is more common than most people think; however, we focus more on those individuals who have a reduced sex drive and this is the complaint we hear about.
I Am 27 Years Old, Can I Have a Hair Transplant and How Many Grafts Would It Take? (Photo)
2019-01-22 05:51:372019-02-14 10:57:58I Am 27 Years Old, Can I Have a Hair Transplant and How Many Grafts Would It Take? (Photo)
3 Months After My FUE Procedure, I Still Have Hairs That Didn’t Shed but Refuse to Grow
Dr. Rassman,
I am almost 3 months post surgery (FUE) having had about 2300 grafts with a skilled and well respected surgeon.
I have a number of transplanted hairs in the front of my scalp that have not shed nor have they grown. I scrub them, and nothing. They remain. I have a few rogue hairs that did start to grow (very few, maybe 5-10) without having fallen out post op, but moreso, a couple hundred perhaps, that are just like beard stubble, and wont fall out nor are they growing.
Can you shed (no pun intended) some light as to what may be going on, what the effect of this may be, either negative or positive, and contribute any other thoughts to this as I am not panicking, but as the weeks roll by, I am growing more and more concerned.
As an aside, at nearly 11 weeks, there is no other new growth yet beginning, which I understand is not abnormal.
Thanks again
This can be all normal for the course. Hairs that remain are leftover from the old grafts and they can be identified by a slight pull with tweezers. They will come out or you can just leave them alone. I see this on occasion after a hair transplant.
With regard to the growth, wait it out. Don’t panic — if a good surgeon did it, then the results will be apparent starting at 5-6 months.