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Again, some of the young men posting photos show fantastic results from a combination of finasteride and minoxidil

You will not know if the hair will grow back until the hair cycle time has passed, which is usually between 4-7 months from the onset of the infection. If it does not grow back, then another hair transplant into this area should grow.

You can see (arrows show it) the growth coming out. These hairs will grow longer and longer at a rate of 1/2 inch per month. Good job.

Recently I’ve started to notice my hairline thinning (I guess its about time at 30 years old) but not receding. Its by no means bad, and the top, back, sides of my head are still thick. Having done research on typical alternatives, it seems to take fin for just hairline thinning and no recession might be overkill. I could use minoxidil but applying it 2 times a day for the rest of my life is a pain. Is the solution for those of us with a thinning hairline, but not receding, and OK everywhere else (hopefully…!) a hair transplant?

If you are in or near Southern California, visit me. Topical finasteride might be a reasonable solution, provided we are sure that you are not balding elsewhere on your head. That is why I would perform a HAIR CHECK test ( https://baldingblog.com/haircheck-test-how-it-is-done-and-what-its-value/ ) first to make sure that there is no undetectable balding elsewhere.

This is an interesting new approach to hair loss. We need to wait to see the FDA safety and effectiveness studies on this compound.

Mystery compound found to be safe and effective at treating hair loss. Details in comments. from tressless

Your donor area may be over-harvested reflecting that either the FUEs were taken too close to each other for the density of the area, the punch was too large or your donor area could not support the number of FUE grafts you received. It is possible that the donor area is undergoing vascular shock loss. If this is the case, it might grow back in 6 months or so. If the area that is shown reflects the height and extent of your FUE harvest, then your surgeon took it too high and too low. You might want to get a second opinion.

The reason a man under 25 should not have a hair transplant is because the hair loss patterns just starts appearing by the age of 25-26. So, for example, if you recede 1/2 inch of your frontal hairline at 20, got it transplanted, then by 21 you lost another 1/2 inch behind the transplant and then had to get it transplanted again, and then by 22, you lost another 1/2 of the hair behind the two transplants plus loss in your crown, then you would want to transplant in the frontal hairline and possibly the crown again and so on. By 25, your crown balding may have expanded and if you don’t transplant it, you will have hair in the center of the crown with a bald area surrounding it. Sooner or later, you would run out of money if you were not rich or run out of donor hair (even if you were rich) and be stuck half transplanted with no recourse and nothing to do. If your doctor is sloppy, he would deplete all of your donor hair. I have, in my 27 year career in doing hair transplants, many men caught in this trap, because the doctors make the money (often a lot of money) as they deplete the victim’s donor supply with repeated surgeries on the promise that this next surgery will be their last.

I am certain, that at 22, if your hairline is actively receding, that your future hair loss can’t yet be predicted. That is why I like to develop a Master Plan with my patients so that I can keep them with hair on their head as they continue to bald without depleting their donor supply or promising the impossible. If you were my son, I would not do it any differently. I would do a HAIRCHECK test, treat your balding with the non-surgical options, and then when you got to be 25, discuss a plan with you and what we can do together to keep you hairy and feeling better about yourself.

FUT Questions from tressless

 

Nice response in a 23 year old with minoxidil and finasteride use for 4 months