If I’m a Norwood 4A Now and Have a Hair Transplant, Will I Have Sufficient Hair for Later Procedures?

Hey doc,

you mentioned in a previous post -“The Class 5A pattern does not evolve into a Class 6 or 7 pattern”. does this mean even if I am 23, norwood 4a, and I were to go for a hair transplant at my young age, I should have sufficient hair for full coverage in later years?

thanks doc!

If you are a true Norwood 4A pattern balder, then you should not progress to anything worse than a 5A pattern (not a 6 or 7 pattern). Most Norwood 5A pattern men can get a transplant to manage the entire balding pattern reasonably well. Talk to your chosen surgeon about your candidacy, as I don’t know how the density of your donor area is. At 23 years old, your final pattern may not yet be known.

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