Balding Blog

These are pictures of Donald Kendall, President of Pepsi. The last picture was taken 7 years before his death at age 99. There are 30 years between these photos. When comparing these photos, it is evident that hair loss is progressive with age providing that you have the genes for balding. My maternal grandfather died with his juvenile hairline still present at the age of 102 which clearly shows that he didn’t have the balding genes.

Men should rarely get a hairline advancement surgery because of the risk of genetic balding that can appear at almost any age and show the scar when that happens. There is no need for a balloon expander in your situation as a hair transplant is more than adequate to address your hairline issue and less intrusive and less disruptive on your life style and certainly far less costly? We do these every day with hair transplantation.

I first started noticing my very fine hair was thinning around 5 years ago. I’ve struggled with depression for a long time so I never did much about it, just accepted my fate I suppose. I should also note that I had a thyroidectomy in 2010 due to thyroid cancer.

My mom has very, very thin hair, there’s not much left on her head. She’s 58. I take this as a sign that my problem is genetic.

Well my hair is to the point that I am embarrassed to show it in public. It’s super obvious. I have thin patches on the back of my head and some on the sides, plus right at my hairline, all up by my crown. I’ve decided to actually do something about it. So I started with Rogaine about a month ago. I saw a dermatologist who said he’s ‘never seen anything like it, its unheard of’ (my hairloss), I really didn’t like his bedside manner and didn’t feel comfortable with him. He said to do Rogaine, Biotin, and a Hairmax laser (which is out of my price range). Is it worth it to get a second opinion? I’m discouraged by my first experience but I would like some answers to the cause of my hairloss.

I wrote this on female hair loss and you should read it will give you a good guide through the doctoring process. https://baldingblog.com/female-patterned-hair-loss-fphl-diagnosis-made-biopsy-no-solution-hair-loss-losing-200-hairsday/ . If your mom lost much of her hair, then you need to consider Scalp Micropigmentation which might work for your mom and maybe even for you if you can’t find a cause for your hair loss (see here: https://scalpmicropigmentation.com/smp-for-women/)

Hairline lowering procedures should not be performed on men because hairline recession is progressive and the scar from the procedure will eventually show up making the surgery evident to everyone, You will need a hair transplant to cover the scar and lower the hairline more appropriately.

Amazing results for just three years. Just keep your fingers crossed that these results stay over time. This man is now 30 years old.

The photos tell the story. He maintained and even improved the hairline over the 3 years on the drug finasteride

Nice return of your more youthful hairline, Congrats

This man took finasteride for 3 years and has a wonderful full restoration of his original mature hairline

Age 42, he want on minoxidil and finasteride 3 years ago and look at the dramatic change