These pictures say it all
I have Afro hair, would the FUT approach be the best? What’s your experience regarding FUT scars for African patients? Thank you for any thoughts
FUT scars are fine with African hair types provided that you don’t have a Keloid history. There are other factors that determine the scar including (1) laxity of your scalp, how the wound is closed (I prefer staples and leave them in 20 days for half and then 1 week for the other half), and (3) the use of deep sutures for a two layer closure. These are technical details not clear unless you are a surgeon yourself.
Nice early growth of short hairs at the hairline which will only get better over the next 6 months
Finasteride does two things when you are having a hair transplant:
1- It prevents shock loss (loss of the hair you would have lost in the coming two years which is accelerated)
2- It stabilizes the progressive nature of genetic balding
So yes, giving up these benefits is not uncommon and you can have a hair transplant without finasteride.
Vitamin D deficiency is a major cause of hair loss in men who don’t get enough sun but I would now add Vitamin D to your daily vitamin routine.
Seeing is believing. The picture on the right is darker and the hair probably longer. I wish you matched the photography better, but I suspect that you wouldn’t have shown it if it was not better.
With blonde hair it is difficult to tell from these photos because of the shine of the hair. Seeing through the hair appears similar. You are the best judge of the change.
Maybe there is some gain on the lateral fringe area. Hard to tell. I would suggest that you go a full year and see what happens.
doctor it is hell of frustrating, let me tell you from a customer side. The whole hair loss/hair restoration situation is 100% the same for 30 years now. It is like fighting a dragon but if you cannot tolerate Finasteride, your shield broke, but the shieldsmiths are either charlatans or always postpone the delivery for another 5 years. People are out here on Tressless taking oral Minoxidil for hair loss, a lot of them having heart papilations, ppl accept finasteride sides and try to combat it with viagra, some people even start to take trans gender drugs, all of that because it seems impossible to deliver a finasteride without side effects for 3 decades. Please try to convey the desperation of hair loss sufferers at one of the conferences you are attending, where once a year hair transplant surgeons and hair loss researchers meet and announce proudly “We still have two medications, topical Minoxidil and oral Finasteride”, or the 2022 version “You can now also use topical Finasteride and oral Minoxidil, what a BREAKTHROUGH!”
I empathize with you and your comments. Oral minoxidil in doses of 1.25mgs doesn’t have many side effects. Microneedling has made a huge difference in many men now using it with significant gains. New breakthrough medications are soon coming to the market. Last but not least, a hair transplant done by an experienced surgeon works and holds for decades, possibly to when you will be older than Joe Biden (he had his hair transplants in the 1980s) before they were repaired to look better. Conclusion: it is not a bleak as you make it to be.
This man grew new hair in the corner hairline on both sides from the topical finasteride.
This is a good response in the crown to finasteride use after one year. A year is a reasonable time frame to expect growth for the crown.
You are very sensitive to the benefits of finasteride so that even a half dose gave your some reasonable results in a short time. More time will just be better than what you have now.
My only regrets is that I didn’t start this earlier when the hair was falling out.
Nice early result show that some of the hair is coming back. Give it more time and hopefully you will get more hair growth in the corners and better overall results
Been losing hair slowly from forehead sides and it’s depressing since father and grandfather both went bald I have no hope looks like , I used some minoxidil bottles for 8 months but it’s super expensive in my country so I gave up I won’t buy it anymore so I did read about finasteride and that it has so many sexual side that can be permeant so It’s not an option for me I don’t want to risk it at all . Had the hair transplant plan on my mind for the next 5 years maybe but I head you’d still lose your hair and you need to use finasteride for the rest of your life if you don’t want to go bald again , I used to think a hair transplant is enough ?
Hair loss is progressive. Finasteride clearly will hold onto hair that otherwise would fall out. Just look at this data: https://baldingblog.com/10-year-japanese-study-of-finasteride/. There is no doubt in my mind that the hair loss gap with finasteride will continue for many years past the 10 year study.