Restoring Mixed Race Asian-Caucasian Hairline

Hi Dr Rassman,

I am mixed race chinese-caucasian 25 year old and have noticed some frontal recession behind the hairline and while it is very minor at this point unnoticible unless under bright light (which I am combating with propecia)… if my hairline were to recede… which hairline do you recommend when getting a transplant, the flatter asian one or the more pointed caucasian one? Which one will allow me to use less hair for the hairline in order to save my donor hair for other parts in case I need it? Did you give Jon Gosselin (great job on him by the way) a caucasian hairline? Which do most people choose who are in this situation? I have brown caucasian hair fairly thick hair shafts, but a flat asian hairline in my case.

The basic difference between the Asian and Caucasian hairline shape is, as you point out, that Asians have a flatter hairline. This is not always the case, though. The convex Caucasian hairline works well in most men and that is what we did for Jon Gosselin. Sometimes, we lower the corners slightly in the Asian hairline reconstruction.