So, What Should I Look for In a Doctor?

Hello, I am a 27 year old male who is seriously considering a hair transplant in the begining of next summer. My concern is to make sure I find a good surgeon. Do you have any other surgeons that would reccomend. Maybe, its just yourself and whoever works with you.

What should somone look for?
Are there any new technological breakthroughs to look for?
What can I do to make sure my scar is not very bad? I always wanted to get a fade again. Maybe Im just dreaming but in getting a fade, the side of the head is shaved and the scar would be present.

I have thinning along the middle of my head and a clear receding hair line. I now shave my head to conceal it.

My last question, is how long does it take for it to look and feel normal after and a transplant. Also, how long should my hair be when I go for a consultation?

Thanks for your time

I wrote a book on these very subjects (with Dr. Robert Bernstein), so rewriting it for this blog would just be too time consuming. You can request a copy of the book and I will send it to you or to any of my readers that want a copy. Or, even easier, the text of the book can be downloaded in PDF format here. Also, I posted a blog entry just a couple weeks ago that may be of interest to you — How to Tell if You’ve Found the Right Hair Transplant Doctor.

With regard to your other questions, thinning along the middle is an unusual presentation of genetic balding, but I have seen it. You need to get your hair mapped out for miniaturization to determine if there is genetic balding or not.

A person who has a hair transplant will feel normal (no pain in the back of the head at all) usually within 2 weeks or less. I generally like people to keep their hair long for the consultation, because I want to understand the impact of balding in a styled hairline. Sometimes thinning hair looks full when it is styled or longer.