Exhaust your options before deciding on a hair transplant. If you still decide to go for a transplant definitely go the FUE route as they are now pretty much on par with FUT. scarring is not noticeable. Also in a bald area it will take 2 passes so 2 procedures to get a great result although I got an acceptable result in 1 pass. Definitely try a buzz cut and get lined up in the front because it can hide the recession. I looked so much better with a buzz cut than growing my hair out because that's when I could see worse recession. If you can pull that off then by the time you lose more hair you might have new options like hair multiplication. If that happens we will all have 1000% density lol. I definitely don't recommend a certain Florida doctor who I won't name because he's a lunatic so look elsewhere for doctors. Dr. Rahal, Hasson and Wong, Dr. Arocha and the one I really liked was Dr. Shapiro, but not just his work. I spent almost 45 minutes on the phone talking to the lady who takes the calls for Shapiro medical and while she wasn't extremely although semi knowledgeable about everything on hair, she did everything possible to help me and sent me a long e-mail letting me know I can be positive and to hang in there. She also told me I can have a free online consultation and will take pics of my scar so that she can forward them to the doctor to give me advice.