20 Year Old with Early Hair Loss

Hi, a dermatologist told me that I am definitely losing my hair. I come by it naturally as my father is bald. I am only 20 and wonder if I started now with the transplants it would be less noticable to people. I am already getting comments from people concerning my hair loss. It is really beginning to affect my life. Can you help? Thanks,

In a young man just starting to lose his hair, the best treatment is not hair transplants, but rather medications. Propecia (finasteride 1mg) is the best way to approach the problem. Transplanting you at this age would be not only unethical, but wrong. I tell young men that see me to treat their hair loss that they need to get their hair mapped out for miniaturization prior to starting the drug so that you can understand the impact of the drug on hair measurements. The drug can stop and possibly reverse the hair loss if it is early.