You have an infection of the recipient area with multiple pustules evident on the pictures. You need a surgical drainage of these pustules by your surgeon
In the picture, you can see a few miniaturized hairs, but not as many as I would want to see, suggesting that the loss may not be easily reversible. Miniaturized hairs can thicken with a drug like finasteride. We have performed Scalp Micropigmentation on the crown in people like you with great success. See here: https://scalpmicropigmentation.com/thinning-hair-gallery/
I wanted to say that my wife is 8 months pregnant and I have been on fin for ~ 16 months.
No issue whatsoever! I don’t believe that there are any reports that I have read that suggests that men on finasteride will negatively impact a pregnant woman or the health of the fetus
Yes, beard hair can be used as a donor source; however, the beard hair which is usually taken from below the chin, will be depleted and result in less hair present there. This is a good source for hair provided that you want to shave or not develop a full beard below the chin. The photos shows the result of using the area below the chin as a donor source. Note the thinning of the beard from under the chin which reflects the beard hair that was removed. If this man lets his beard grow longer, the lower density may not show just as it would not show if he shaved daily and didn’t grow out a beard.
Hair is the highest metabolic organ in the body so when, for example, starvation occurs, the first thing the body does is shut down the hairs so that the person loses hair to conserve energy.
Female hair loss is complex. We have performed Scalp Micropigmentation (https://scalpmicropigmentation.com/smp-for-women/) on many women with great success. See here for of my writings on female hair loss: https://baldingblog.com/?s=female+hair+loss+blood+tests.
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Dutasteride has a long tissue fixation period lasting a good month, so missing a dose for 5 days is not an issue. Also note that the blood half life for dutasteride is 6 days, which means that half of it was in your blood when you stopped taking it. For the few men when I prescribed dutasteride, I advise taking it just twice a week because the half life is so long.
As long as you take it, it has value to maintain your hair, not necessarily restoring it, but slowing down the progressive nature of genetic hair loss. One patient comes to mind, he was 62 and has been on finasteride for 20+ years. He thought it was time to stop it and when he did, he lost hair and quickly went back on it. The few long term studies on it seem to reflect benefits on hair for long term use.
I’ve been wondering about this for some time. I’d be inclined to think that they take fin, but they also have the cash to just hop into a doctors office if they notice any thinning. I wish Steve Carrell would do an AMA. I wanna know if his progression is the result of fin or multiple transplants.
Many of the celebrities I have worked on (movies, CEOs, politicians) will keep working their hair with additional hair transplants until they achieve their expectations. Many use the drug finasteride as well. A good doctor sets expectations with his patient prior to the first surgery.
Clearly some value has been achieved. I would add finasteride to the routine as that would add a different mechanism for reversing the hair loss. A boarder approach is often more effective.
Get a good doctor who will do a HAIR CHECK test (https://baldingblog.com/haircheck-test-how-it-is-done-video/ ) to see how much hair you lost. After, consider going on minoxidil and finasteride and repeat the test in a year to see your benefit, if any. It gives you numbers to use like measuring your height when you were 6 years old, and your mom put a line on the wall and watched you grow.
The (1) higher the contrast between hair and skin, the (2) finer the hair, the (3) less wave in the hair itself and (4) the larger the balding pattern combined to be negative elements for the person who is balding and wants a hair transplant. The use of Scalp Micropigmentation often allows more fullness when used as an adjunct to the hair transplant in people with these attributes.
I was thinking about 50 grafts just to see how they would look on the right corner of my hairline. What do you think?
Ask yourself if is there something called ‘A Little Bit Pregnant’. Clearly the answer is no. The same applies to just trying a few hair transplant grafts. Once you start the hair transplant process you are committing a lifetime of hair transplants to follow the balding as it occur. Imagine that you put a few hair grafts on the Right frontal hairline, then lost hair is lost behind it; these transplanted hair would stick out so everyone could see them as they became more and more isolated from a receding hairline because these hairs last forever, but not the hair behind them.. Don’t do it unless you have a Master Plan which includes hair transplants with a good doctor to fix a real problem.
Self image is important giving us confidence if our image of ourselves is positive. A positive attitude with evident confidence is what women generally like best. We all format an image of ourselves and for some men it has to do with hair, others with body musculature and others cultivate the brain. Good women see it all as a package deal but you don’t have to look like Mr. Universe or a Gorilla head of hair as many men who have charisma attract women even without hair.