This is something you don’t want to say when you think that you are balding (but that is normal for many men). What is much worse is if you had a BAD hair transplant. A BAD hair transplant is even worse because it is absolutely not normal and every one will know what you did isn’t normal looking. Look at the video above (follows this post) and tell me if you would be covering your head up with this man’s result?
If you used finasteride for a year and it slowed or stopped your hair loss and then you stopped the drug, you would play ‘catch-up’ hair loss and could lose all of the hair you would have lost while you were on the drug.
Yes, if you used finasteride for a year and it slowed or stopped your hair loss and then you stopped the drug, you would play ‘catch-up’ hair loss and could lose all of the hair you would have lost while you were on the drug.
These pictures are highly suggestive of value; however, had this man has a HAIRCHECK instrument test, he would have an absolute measurement of the gain or lack of gain from the drug finasteride. This is why I always do a HAIRCHECK test on all of my patients who are put on finasteride, (see here: https://baldingblog.com/24-year-old-male-receding-hairline-no-change-hair-loss-past-year-haircheck-test/)
I love doing Scalp Micropigmentation (SMP) because at times, the results are instantaneously amazing as it was today. Leave aside some mild pink color to the area of the scar that was just treated (it will be gone tomorrow), he was blown away by the disappearance of his scar from two hair transplant procedures in the past and the apparent fill-in of his crown with just the SMP pigments. Scarring like his is unusual and occurs in only a few patients who have stretchable skin (with high elastin collagen). He said his crown looked as good as if he has another hair transplant today with instant growth.
I don’t have a bald ‘spot’ though and temples are not receded much. Its diffuse in the whole NW6 area. I fear I don’t have the donor to get the desired results in the long run as the loss is not stabilizing.
You should see someone like me, who can assess your donor area with good quantitative numbers so you will know for sure, what you should and should not do. Don’t be your own doctor, your hair and your hairy life is too important.
These pictures are highly suggestive of value; however, had this man has a HAIRCHECK instrument test, he would have an absolute measurement of the gain or lack of gain from the drug finasteride. This is why I always do a HAIRCHECK test on all of my patients who are put on finasteride, (see here: https://baldingblog.com/haircheck-test-how-it-is-done-video/)
People who have hair transplants shed the transplanted hair and the grafts within the first few months. People with shock loss loose their native hair that remains not the transplanted hair. The native hair is often the hair that is miniaturizing and will eventually be lost
How long did it take for others to see return to baseline hair?
If you progressed over a year with your balding, then you can assume that the drug finasteride, didn’t reverse it. The real question is did it slow down the loss process. Without stopping it, you won’t know but if you stop it and the lose hair from stopping it, the hair you will lose in the first 3 months may not return if you go back on it. Damn difficult problem. If you are old enough, hair transplants are the solution. Combining it with minoxidil often makes for a better outcome.
Dr. William Rassman discusses how to and how not to design a hairline. As a consumer, you must know what to expect and this short video covers what you need to know about what a hair transplant must look like so it is undetectable. Dr. Rassman pulled some photos from his files to show some of the things that have gone wrong with transplants performed by physicians or illegal technicians who don’t know the basics of the art and science of FUE or FUT. Be careful, as there are many illegal hair transplant clinics worldwide who care about making money and are not capable of focusing on natural results. here: https://youtu.be/qvr951TNlaM
Obviously it affects it for some more for some less but I noticed while being off my beard was noticeably stronger and filled in with every year. After being on it my beard is worse, stopped filling in etc.
Some men do report a reversal of the beard growth on the drug finasteride.
You have a heavily depleted donor area and as of this time, if it does not return in the next month or two, you have only one choice and that is Scalp Micropigmentation (see: https://scalpmicropigmentation.com/scar-covering/). Make sure that when selecting someone to fix it, you don’t make another selection error in your doctor
The is an interesting article which I can’t comment much on other than to imprint an image for you here:
https://abc7chicago.com/food/study-chemical-in-mcdonalds-french-fries-may-be-cure-for-baldness/3042847/
Started fin 14 months ago to maintain my hairline, but the crown has gone from zero thinning to a rats nest in that time, and I got to think about the next step here. My hairline is still rather acceptable for my age, so why not do a dense pack transplant on the hairline to bring me to a thick NW1, then just use a system for the crown? Won’t the Hair System last much longer be cheaper and be way easier maintenance?
I have done these combinations of hair transplants in the front and a hair system behind it. Most men end up getting a hair transplant once they see the value and the natural results from it. Hair systems are very expensive over time, far more than a hair transplant.