Do People Get Hairline Transplants Knowing Hair Loss Could Progress?

Dr. Rassman,

My frontal hairline has been thinning for sometime now and I was doing a bit of research on the internet on frontal hair restoration. And I see a lot of people go through this procedure. Do most people go with this procedure knowing/assuming their frontal hairloss/receding has stabilized or do they stay fully committed to getting more if their hairline recedes further?

Many of my patients have hairline transplants. Actually, the great majority of my patients that have hair transplants have hairline changes! I always caution the young men (under 25 years old) that many hairline changes occur with maturation of the hairline, which is often mistaken for early hair loss.

The most important thing we need to determine (a very important discussion between the patient and doctor) is how far the existing (non transplanted) hairline may recede in the future. We must plan for this and the patient must understand its consequence of possibly needing further surgery. This is what we refer to the Master Plan.