Is it true that female donor hair that is transplanted does not become permanent and may eventually fall out of the transplanted area whereas male transplanted hair will never fall out?
Whatever happens to the donor area will happen to the transplanted hairs in their new location. Female genetic alopecia is often diffuse and when it progresses, it impacts the donor area with miniaturization that is progressive, so you will see that impact in the recipient area for donor hair as the miniaturization progresses. In most men, the donor area is spared from miniaturization, so when this hair is transplanted into the recipient area it reflects that stability seen in the donor area and is not lost. In other words, men have that ring of hair around their heads (often called the permanent zone), whereas women aren’t going to necessarily have that same permanent area.
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Without pictures I can not really tell you what it would take. If your donor density is low, fixing the crown may not be in your long term interests so pricing it out is not the way to go. Have you mapped out for 
You don’t have to be completely bald to have a hair transplant. I can’t say whether you’re a candidate without examining your hair (or lack thereof) first, but if you’re losing hair and require strategic styling to manage it, it might be worth a trip to LA to see me.
This patient received 250 grafts just a few years ago (not from me, obviously). He knew things were going wrong when the doctor put wooden toothpicks (which could leave behind splinters) into the recipient sites which were made on his head. He overheard the staff chuckling at how he looked. He told me that before selecting his original doctor, he researched the field over the internet and had a few doctor consultations. He selected the original doctor because he was promised a great result and he believed that promise. As the hair started to grow, he became very self conscious and progressively depressed. Going out into social situations made him uncomfortable, even just going out of his house (something he rarely did once the grafts started to grow). 
Our practice is not a typical hair restoration practice in that a good number of our patients do travel a long way to see us, though more than half of our patients are local to California or surrounding states. For those patients who are not local to one of our offices, you can set up a “virtual consultation” with us to get an initial opinion. Some things can be managed without a face to face meeting, but we often direct those potential patients to at least have a phone call. We encourage the use of photographs to help us understand the problems at hand. Hair is very important to our audience and many of those we do a virtual consultation with over the phone have developed questions from reading this blog. If you’d like to request additional info or setup a consultation, check 
There have been various reviews by different doctors on the use of platelet-rich plasma (PRP) and few of those that used it are convinced that they have seen benefit. This technology has been used for bone grafts, especially by dentists. It drives up the costs of the procedure and proof of safety and effectiveness with regard to hair transplantation is not at hand. Any claims of safety or effectiveness do fall under the purview of the FDA, although the FDA is too busy managing its other problems to become involved in what individual doctors offer and claim with regard to this process. It is a complex process with many variables depending upon the doctor’s style. A patient’s blood must be harvested, separated from the cell portion (red and white cells) and then used in some manner to get it to the transplant.