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Here is the article, you judge for yourself. These units are expensive and from what I hear, the benefits are marginal. One of the problems with LLLT is the distance from the scalp and the amount of hair between the LLLT and the scalp. The longer the distance and the more hair, the less effective it will be. I would conclude that a shaved head would give the best response and should be tested: https://journals.lww.com/md-journal/FullText/2020/07170/Low_level_light_therapy_using_a_helmet_type_device.73.aspx

Is the long term use of corticoisteroids possible? It has helped with my itching and light burning on my scalp and I would like to continue using it as it reduces shedding.

I am also exploring the idea of corticoisteroid injections as my dermatologist had offered it.

I have been on fin for 1 month already.

Steroids will induce hair loss if it is prolonged and you have the genes for hair loss.

You need your donor density and donor hair mass measured to find out if you are a suitable candidate and what you can expect. Make sure that you get numbers from your doctor as this is mathematically based. I have answered this question many times, so read many of my answers here: https://baldingblog.com/?s=how+many+grafts

There is a misconception that many patients and surgeons that they must replace the recipient area density in the balding area when having a hair transplant. Nothing could be further from the truth. Too many Reddit patients are wasting their donor supply by using too many grafts to cover Class 3 or 4 patterns of balding. Too many Reddit patients do not seek a Personalized Master Plan ((https://baldingblog.com/creating-a-personalized-master-plan-for-present-and-future-balding) with their surgeon before they embark on a hair transplant in Turkey or elsewhere. First, look at the analogy and the following numbers: Assuming a surgeon removed 12,500 grafts from the donor area in a Class 7 patterned patient. The average man has 50,000 follicular units (grafts) on his head (race in not dependent upon this number) of which 12,500 grafts reflect the donor area (12,500 grafts reflect 25% of the total follicular units). The total donor supply equals 25% of the total hair supply. This means that if the surgeons did only FUE and transplanted 12,500 grafts in the recipient area, there would be nothing left in the donor area. In such a surgery, the patient would likely become either bald in the donor area or heavily overharvested in the donor area if partial follicular units were excised rather than full FUe grafts. This patient would have a new problem: a bald donor area. His recipient area density would not exceed 30% of the original recipient donor density. With too many grafts removed from the donor area, there is no going back after this is done. Even transplanted numbers of 5000, 6000, or 7000 grafts reported by many Reddit patients reflect the maximum yield of their donor area if they have fine or possibly medium-weight hair. They may end up with a see-through donor area for their entire lives. Many of these Class 3, 4, or 5 balding patterns may leave very few grafts left in the donor area to address almost certain future balding because hair loss is ALWAYS progressive. When I review Reddit’s transplanted patient posts, I often see too many grafts for a particular balding pattern, reflecting poor planning and an impulse surgery decision in men who are often too young.

do some balding/thining men lose their eye lash hair too, i noticed my dad has some hair there left, but not much, it seems like im losing some eye lash hair too

The loss of eyelashes in men can be a genetic characteristic. It could be unrelated to male patterned balding. From what you wrote, that is what it seems like. Are there other men in the family line that also have loss of eyelash hair?

For a near complete review of the subject see: ISHRS – Eyebrow & Eyelash Hair Restoration Surgery

I currently have a full head of hair, but have noticed that my hairline continues to recede into a widow’s peak. I’m becoming increasingly self-conscious of this and recently bought rogaine to see if that will help. Has anyone here used rogaine for a similar problem and did it work? I read the warnings on the Rogaine box and it made me a little hesitant to use the product since my hair loss isn’t on the crown of my head nor do I understand why I’m losing hair (other than the fact that my maternal grandfather was bald).

The appearance of a widows peak indicates that your hairline has only receded about half way to a mature hairline. I wrote the book on this here: https://newhair.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/phenotype-article-published.pdf Send me your photos if you like to info@newhair.com.

This type of hair loss will almost certainly return in women. However, the hair along the incision may not fully return and may leave a visible scar. You will not know this until 6-8 months after your surgery. If you are a male, on the other hand, it is likely that the hair will not return if this is the result of an acceleration of your genetic balding, which is most often the case. For this reason, I don’t recommend hairline advancements for men for fear of accelerating genetic recession and genetic hair loss.

If you count the number of hairs in this follicular unit, you can see 4 hairs exiting at the skin edge, but the anagen hair just starting to grow has not reached the skin yet so there are at least 5 hairs in this follicular unit. This is why it is so important to use a high powered microscope to evaluate the ‘grafts’ when a hair transplant is done. We don’t want to waste any hairs, regardless of how small they appear because these tiny hairs will eventually grow up and be a full ‘terminal hairs’.