Balding Blog

https://medium.com/@ufuk_86483/the-history-of-196-year-old-hair-transplantation-6db71ff186e1

This is remarkable history worth reading for the history buffs.

You should go back and see your doctor. I always tell my patients that you can expect 80% growth in 8 months. The picture you showed does not reflect much hair growth on your left side. If your doctor is honorable, he will answer the following questions for you:

1. How would he explain the failure?
2. If he was to do it again, would the failure from the first time happen again? and
3. Will he do the surgery for free considering the full extent of the failure?

Failures like this are either due to:

1. The result of some dermatological disease that was present and undiagnosed at the time of the surgery (unlikely considering that there was good growth on the other side) or
2. A technical failure of the surgeon and/or his surgical team. If the person placing the grafts was rough in the handling of the grafts or kept the grafts outside of the body for over 20 seconds, the grafts could have died.

Differences between the two sides are often a reflection of the person placing the grafts. A lack of experience can make a world of difference when two different people are placing the grafts, one working on one side who is better than the person on the other side.

 

The (1) higher the contrast between hair and skin, the (2) finer the hair, the (3) less wave in the hair itself and (4) the larger the balding pattern combined to be negative elements for the person who is balding and wants a hair transplant. The use of Scalp Micropigmentation often allows more fullness when used as an adjunct to the hair transplant in people with these attributes.

I would need to know how many grafts you had done. The donor area would need to be evaluated. You might not be a candidate for another FUE if you had the usual 4,000-5,000 FUE grafts done in Turkey, but a strip surgery might make sense if your donor area is depleted. Without an evaluation of your donor area, it is impossible to judge what can be done. FUE has its limits and the question is: have you pushed FUE limits?

I’ve kept seeing your comments in r/tressless and, while I’m based in Europe and can’t actually have an appointment with you, I was hoping to just get an opinion from a professional, as I’m currently in a situation where it’s very difficult. I just moved to another European country for a year of studies. Therefore my health care is all over the place and I’m unsure of where to go. Here’s an album with photos from three different timeframes: https://imgur.com/a/9Ik1yDg

A professional hairdresser recently prepared a new regimen for me to better take care of my scalp, and I’ve been following it since, but it’s only been a bit over a month. I’m transmasculine so taking Testosterone. I’m 24 and have been taking it for five years. To me it looks like I have bad breakage, but I’m unsure if that’s what’s making it look thin around the temples or not. My crown area is fine. I’ve stopped bleaching my hair for the time being to figure this out, and the last time I did it (early June) I went to a professional.

Does this look like regular hair loss? Will fin help me, or maybe lowering the D dosage? Is there anything quick I can do to help while my health care still gets sorted out? I keep reading about biotin and zinc and am considering getting supplements.

I apologize if this isn’t something you do via reddit, but I figured I didn’t have much to lose. Thank you so much for your time and I hope you’re having a good week.

As a transmasculine person, taking testosterone will invoke any genes that you may have for balding, so hair loss is not uncommon. Your hair loss could mean you are thinning, and could also mean some recession (which is the case I believe with you). Finasteride might help block some or all of the testosterone effects on your hair and is certainly worth a try.

I currently wear hairpiece that I’ve had for about 25 years (I’m 50 now). it’s a bonding tape/glue kind. my shop in phila is closing and I’m wondering if it’s time to consider transplantation. however, how would i transition to that w/o everyone knowing? do you have anyone that is/was in this situation

We’ve transitioned many patients from a wig/ hair piece to hair transplant and SMP.
If you choose the SMP method, you can still have the hair piece during the process and when complete, have a “coming out” party and show the world you decided to shave it all off.
If you choose the hair transplant method, you can have the FUE surgery and still wear the hair piece (without the glue) and over the course of several weeks to months, have the hair piece made with thinner looking hair.

This a of course a very simple way of explaining a delicate process. You would need to sit down and discuss the plan with a doctor in detail.

Since there’s a bit of back and forth between hair systems and transplants on here, just wondering if anyone that previously had a hair system ditched it for a transplant?

It is hard to switch off of a hair system once you establish the look of a full haired individual. At the moment you might decide to take it off and abandon it, your head is partially shaved and everyone you know will ask you what happened to you. The transition off of a hair system requires a careful plan, allowing your hair to grow out, switching to clips from glues, and then the big reveal. That is when you want to get a hair transplant as it takes months for a hair transplant to take over to give you the look you may want. The problem, in summary, can be spelled out in two words: TRANSITION PLANNING

Always had a massive forehead and started receding at the front around age 17. MTF trans and the hairline is a big source of grief for me, this sub has given me hope. I have no loss on the crown but it is the thinnest part of my hair, although I am more confident of hair thickening there than I am about recovering it on my temples where it’s gone completely.

Construction of a concave female hairline with hair transplants will solve the look and is standard treatment for many MTF trans people. You need to continue to protect your hair with the appropriate hormones to maintain a female hormone balance removing the androgen effect thus preventing further hair loss