I am 29 years-old and would like to bring my corner hairline down. How many grafts will it take?

The number of grafts used in a hair transplant is dependent on the characteristic of the hair (fine, medium or coarse). Fine hair need more grafts and coarser hair need less grafts.  So I might quote you a range between 1200-1500 grafts but that would depend upon the final design of the hairline that we determine together. What I am seeing is a faint outline of small remaining hairs that is marking the hairline position.  I am using this as my guide for my recommendation.

number of grafts needed to fix my hairline

I went to Turkey and had about 4,500 grafts. Now I can see that my donor area is see-through. I am now one month since my surgery and I want to know if it is going to get better?

You should wait a period of 6 months from the time of your surgery. If it is not better, you can assume that the surgery removed too many grafts that cause thinning in your donor area.  If it does not recover, then the only solution for you is Scalp MicroPigmentation which works well to address this problem. See the link below.

https://scalpmicropigmentation.com/scar-covering/

Scalp MicroPigmentation can fix donor area depletion.

I don’t know that I can really answer that. The human body does very well to adjust to small changes like what Finasteride does. We know, for example, that testosterone levels often rise with Finasteride, which is a body response to the drug. My son got an increased sex drive from his higher level of testosterone when he went on Finasteride.

I was on Minoxidil for six months and got good filling in pretty nice. With its use on my scalp I saw minor improvement. Two months ago, I started to use Finasteride and noticed my beard became patchy again almost like before I started using the Minoxidil. I want hair and a beard. I am not getting any side effects of either drug.

Finasteride is known to reduce beard and body hair in some people. Minoxidil on the beard may help it regrow. You might consider a higher dose if Minoxidil if you can tolerate it.

I have a few questions I hope you all can answer. What age would be reasonable for an FUE to be done? Do I look like a good FUE candidate? Where would I fall on the Norwood scale? My biggest question, if I was to have a procedure soon can I implant in my crown or just behind my widows peak (not purely bald area)? Thank you all so much!

At the age of 24, you may be too early for an FUE which I prefer to see in men over 25-26.  I often recommend a year of Finasteride to see if it can be reversed (see here: https://baldingblog.com/2017/04/24/2-years-finasteride-young-man-early-20s/).

If you are a candidate for a hair transplant, find a good doctor who is honest and does not want to rip you off. Don’t let your doctor recommend a session that is too big. You can use me as a reference if you like to sound out the opinion. There are many good hair transplant surgeons but there are also too many who cause problems because they drive up the number of grafts for FUE and

(1) stress the donor supply;

(2) deplet the donor area; and

(3) cause problems in both the donor area and in the recipient area.

As the original inventor of today’s modern FUE surgery, I see many things being done out there that I don’t like. Consider sending me photos and we can establish a dialogue.

This type of comment is unfortunately very common from immature girls and from some members of society who are ignorant. As 50 percent of men have balding at sometime in their lives, clearly the concept that a disease goes hand-in-hand with balding is ridiculous. History has shown us that these prejudices were common in the past.

Prior to the 20th century, tuberculous ran rampant in city dwellers and men and women with tuberculous lost their hair because of the disease and malnutrition. In those days, women would stay away from balding men because they thought they would not live long enough to support a family. Now that tuberculous is not a problem in Western cities, this prejudice is no longer the basis of a persistent prejudice. We also clearly know from polls taken in presidential elections since Eisenhower was president, no balding president has been elected since the 1950s (except for Donald Trump who almost certainly wears a wig). So this prejudice is unfortunately innate to our culture.

You’re really tired, upset and frustrated, have severe chest pain and the pain is either in the middle of the chest or it moves to one or both of your arms, possibly even your jaw. You might even feel faint and it is highly possible that you are nowhere near a hospital or where you can get help. Essentially, you think “MAYBE I’M HAVING A HEART ATTACK WHEN ALONE”.

Action: Take very deep breaths and cough vigorously. A deep breath should be taken before each cough, and the cough must be deep and prolonged, as when producing sputum from deep inside the chest. Feeling faint might be that you heart is not working right or not working so repeat this process every two seconds without let-up until help arrives, or until the heart is felt to be beating normally again. If all of this fails, you should consider calling 911 or trying to see if someone around you can call 911 for you.

Explanation: Deep breaths get oxygen into the lungs and coughing movements squeeze the heart and keep the blood circulating. Sever coughing might even start a stopped hears or alter an arrhythmia. The squeezing pressure on the heart also helps it regain normal rhythm. In this way, heart attack victims can get to a hospital, alive.