Yes, according to these photos, the doctor not only over-harvested you but the doctor most probably also extended the FUE into the non-permanent zone.
At your age, you might find that you could lose some of your existing native hair following the transplant. From the pictures, I see a low crown balding area which suggests that you might develop an advanced balding pattern in the long term. The use of the drug finasteride reduces this risk, but balding in men is progressive. Ask your doctor where your balding pattern might end up. Find out what your donor density is, so that some calculations of your reserve donor hair can be made now, before you start your transplants. Keep the hair transplants to the frontal area only, because if it goes into the crown, then you will be caught in a conundrum with patches of hair transplants in the front and in the crown will leaving you not normal looking. These steps will be the best approach to minimizing the risk of getting into multiple hair transplant surgeries as you lose more hair, which you should expect to happen. Your goal should be that just a single surgery will stand on its own and that is why I am suggesting that you only transplant the frontal area at this time.
The long term studies on finasteride show that the graphed out curve for balding on the drug looks like the people not on the drug, but there is a shift in the first two years as the hair growth is benefited from the drug. When the study was taken out 10 years, the slope of the curve continued downward.
Donald Trump had a Scalp Reduction surgery in the early 1990s (the surgical removal of his balding area), and may have had hair transplants producing a depleted donor area, strongly suggested by what we see in the video. The back of his head now appears bald which is most likely the result of many hair transplants procedures. The fact that he dyes his hair platinum blonde, again, strongly suggests that he had the old fashioned plugs, which is heavily softened by the blonde color. At the time his hair was worked on, few doctors were doing the surgery that we do today. I have been performing today’s technique since 1991 at about the same time as when he had his scalp reduction surgery. He has to keep his hair sprayed to keep it together, but obviously, the wind was worse than anticipated.
You need to sit down with a good doctor and get an examination that might predict your hair loss pattern. If that can be predicted (I often do this with the HAIRCHECK test), then your course after a single hair transplant might be anticipated. There is never certainty as I use the tools I have to give people the best assessment of their course over time. At our Monthly Open House events we have patients who had one or two hair transplant sessions and did not need anything after. If you come to one of these events, you can meet these patients one-on-one. The older you are when you start, the more predictable the risks, but if you wait, then you will learn to live with balding while you are younger, something most men who see me don’t want to do.
Considering a hair transplant but thinking about long-term commitments post-op from tressless
Take a look at the information on pumpkin seed oil which can be used if you want to try to stay away from traditional medications like minoxidil and finasteride.
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This is a 19 year old who has been told by everyone in the family that he is not balding. He has coarse hair and is as curly as it gets, so this could hide any balding from the naked eye. We performed a HAIRCHECK and he was right, he has lost 1/3rd of his hair volume in the crown. From these pictures, it is easy to see why no one believed him, but he knew and I confirmed it today. He elected to take finasteride to treat what he now knows is balding.
After a hair transplant, the grafts (hairs) go into a sleep phase which can last 1-4 months. Then, the new hairs sprout and start coming in waves and grow at a rate of 1/2 inch per month. The fullness you see by the 8th month reflects the density that the grafts (hairs) were put in by the surgeon. The greater the area of balding, the more grafts are needed. To help people like you judge what you will get, we hold Monthly Open House Events where prospective patients can meet many real patients who have had the procedure(s). They can look closely at the real patients’ results and speak with these former patients who often answer questions as you asked. I tell every prospective patient to demand to meet prior patients so they know what they are getting into. We want all of our patients to be educated and to develop realistic expectations.
Benefits from Finasteride will max out at 2 years and then hold steady for the future.
I tried to supply the link; however, the link was blocked. If you want to see this, you can search “Follicum reports early studies” and see this study.
I recommend you see a doctor in the hair business and establish a personal relationship with that doctor. No doctor should send you home when you are worried about anything, especially hair in a young man.
Went to see a GP and within 2-5mins and he sent me home. from tressless
My ejaculate hasn’t reduced at all really. The only symptom I have is lack of orgasm. I’m 100% sure it’s not psychosomatic as I had a wet dream a few days ago and came in my sleep, and it didn’t wake me up because I literally didn’t feel anything.
You may be right. If you have an ejaculate and no orgasm, it must be psychological as the ejaculation almost always accompanies orgasms. If it occurs during sleep, it is called nocturnal emissions, a common occurrence in young men.
Although I do not see your eyebrows lifted to show the wrinkles on your forehead, I believe that you have a Classic Mature Hairline. This is what I achieve with a hair transplant and my patients who get it are thrilled.
Absolutely no hair transplants before you are 25 because you will be chasing your hair loss with annual hair transplants and lots of money you might not have. Worst of all, you will be using up your donor hair without a Master Plan for your life going forward. You need to find a caring doctor who can build a Master Plan for your future possible hair loss, including tomorrow and 10-30 years from now.
Every time I see a celebrity with a hairline like this, I realize how important hair is to a man’s appearance. Even this 50 year old coach is more youthful because of his hairline and his full head of hair. This is why I love what I do because I have created such looks in men who have been fairly bald or prevented men who were balding from not being able to obtain this type of look. Kyle has a juvenile hairline position with some maturing from his concave shape when he was 5 years old to his convex shape today.
Kyle Chandler (Coach Taylor, Friday Night Lights) is 53 and looks 35. Hairline of the gods from tressless