Hair transplantation is a surgical procedure and entails all of the risks of an outpatient procedure. The risks of death and severe complications (in good hands) should approach zero. The usual risks such as infection, drug side effect/overdoses, and the like are rare. Scarring risks for strip surgery are about 5% for a scar measuring […]
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Accutane may have had the side effect you describe. It is difficult to say that it only caused your frontal hair loss, as I would have expected a more diffuse hair loss pattern. It may have been just coincidence, but either way you should be evaluated by a good hair transplant surgeon to map out […]
If it has only been a few months since the transplant, you must wait this out. I suspect that you had 250 grafts in each corner, similar to a Norwood Class 3 pattern. The full benefit of Propecia will take 8-12 months, and the transplant should show 80% of the benefit in 8 months. Keep […]
The keys to patient satisfaction are: good communication, setting expectations with reality, and proper patient education to show where that reality is. I was disturbed by your doctors comment, to “not tell him how to do his job,” for that implies that he may have fallen short of the three critical issues I just mentioned. […]
With the good results you’ve reported, you should not consider stopping the Propecia. Hair transplants should be looked at as a way to augment the results, if you feel that the results now do not meet your objectives. If you stop the Propecia, you will go back to square one and lose all of the […]
If you are a Norwood Class 2, then I find it a poor practice for a doctor to recommend transplants in someone at your age. You are correct to be concerned about hair loss and the things that might go wrong. Starting too early is just asking for trouble. Shock loss following a hair transplant […]
When tackling male pattern balding, do not experiment and lose valuable time. Drugs like Propecia work best if early hair loss is treated, so time works against you and transplants in a person under the age of 24 (mostly) may be too soon to develop a good Master Plan for your eventual ending hair loss […]
This is a good quesiton which I have answered in many ways before. Generally the hair loss for most people tends to plateau after the age of 35, and by the time someone reaches your age, the final pattern can be estimated by mapping out the scalp and hair for miniaturization so that you do […]
There is an art to making less hair look like more hair. I have many patients like you who have paid the price of the old antiquated procedures of the 1970s and 1980s. I have already written articles on the subject, but what I do for each patient is a one on one determination that […]
At 22 years old, it is easy to sell ourselves on a solution that seems easy. I always tell people that hair transplants are permanent and that is the good and bad news. For you in your present situation, it sounds like bad news. You may compound your situation, making it worse with things like […]
First, you need a diagnosis with a good mapping of your scalp for miniaturization to find out for sure that you have genetic hair loss. You are correct that surgery is not the first stop along the path to deal with your hair loss, but probably the last. There are effective medications. Please get a […]
There is a need to establish a good solid relationship with a good doctor for someone like you. Having tried Propecia and developed a side effect, clearly you are doing the right things. A good baseline for miniaturization needs to be mapped on your head. Both you and your doctor must be able to command […]
I am glad that you find my blog helpful. Thank you for your kind words. It is not unusual for a person to show more hair loss on one side than the other. The reality is that the other side will catch up to the worse side eventually. Transplantation may be an option, assuming that […]
It is generally true that young men under 24 should not get a hair transplant, but it is a crazy thing to be told that you have to first go bald. Generally, I judge everyone differently, make few rules other than protect my patients from me, themselves and poor decisions. Because I am not a […]
At the age of 25, it is not unreasonable to consider hair transplantation to restore the corners of your hairline. The key is to develop a good Master Plan with a doctor who will know how far to push it and not to be too radical. Any crown loss that is transplanted in someone of […]
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