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Is it possible to START prematurely balding at the age of say, 17,18,19,20 or below the age of 25/30 if there is no family history of STARTING balding below the age of 35? Also, does hairline maturing occur at a similar time frame as predecessors or does it have it’s own time frame?

Genetic male pattern balding may start with puberty. You may be well on the way to being bald in your teenage years or in your 20s or 30s. Anything is possible. In general most significant genetic hair loss occurs in your 20s and 30s and usually the balding process slows down past 35.

You don’t have to have a “family history” because it does not completely follow a direct and predictable inheritance pattern.

To avoid this, I always trim off the skin of the grafts prior to the placing of the grafts into the recipient area, but some very small skin edge may still remain despite this. There are creams that dermatologists use to treat melasma that might address this problem. These could be removed with FUE along with the hair associated with it, undoing the beard transplant.

It is clear that minoxidil clearly works! You must stay on it to keep the hair as the hair is minoxidil dependent.

Hair transplant from tressless

A picture is worth 1000 words

What would you say is the most effective growth agonist? I’ve heard people say oral minoxidil, but is topical estrogen also capable of reviving follicles after they’ve dormant for a few years?

Reviving dormant follicles is not something that may always happen. The places were we see revival is usually when the loss is less than a year, two at most. Those who have had long term balding may not be able to revive those hairs. The traditional approaches all have value including Microneedling, minoxidil (oral or topical) and finasteride. Estrogens in the face of high testosterone may have more limited value.

Biofibers, a type of artificial hair that is inserted deep into the scalp, causes long term infections that are common. These have been banned in most countries in the world. I hope that this reaches people who are considering this type of treatment and learn from this post not to do it.

Hi,
I’am 19 years old and suffering from a great amount of hair loss. I got extremely ill about 4-5 months ago and almost lost my life. After the hospital i lost a lot of hair but eventually went to normal a month or two after. A couple of months after, i started losing even more hair. When i wash my hair, lumps of it fall out. I have seen many doctors but they all say nothing can be done. I have been taking Nutricap for a little over a month now and I see no difference. Any suggestions? I feel like i’m going to be bald by 20!

Hair loss after a major illness can be normal. I can’t explain why your loss stopped and restarted. It may all grow back in about one year time frame. If you were going to eventually bald due to genetics, the illness may have kickstarted your genetic process early… but if the hair grows back, then you don’t have to worry about that being the case. You’ll just have to be patient, though.

Look on the bright side — you didn’t lose your life!