Confused About Why I Got Rejected For A Transplant

[DiffThinner35]

Just wait a few years when the hairloss is more visible - you'll start taking finasteride (or maybe dutasteride) believe me. But it will be too late then.

Or you can just start with finasteride now - maybe a lower dose (0.25 or 0.5mg). It can save pretty much everything you have now (or even regrow some).

You got one chance with this - when your hair is gone - it's gone. Who knows when a better medication/treatment will come around - maybe in 5 years, maybe 10, maybe never..

 

[DoctorHouse]

What was the name of the doctor who refused you?

 

[Dan07]

I don't really want to name them at this stage as I believe he had good intentions. I will seek more feedback though and see if people have a different opinion.

I also think that I may perhaps at least trying finasteride - so thanks a lot for that!

I would look to maintain with topical finasteride if you won't take it orally. Get on a minoxidil/finasteride combo topical for now and see if you can maintain until your 30's. I think you can get by without one for now. You look good with a buzz cut worse case scenario but I would grow it out more. There was a guy on here that got a transplant and when his head is at a buzz cut it looks similar to yours. When grown out he looks like a hair model.

Have you got a link to this guy? What I'm concerned about is how messed up the front is. Not sure how I could make it look ok. I mean it's very thin, the sides are receding and not only is it thin, but it's all in clumps and uneven. The front really frames the face and is defintely what I'm most bothered about. So yeah, I'm not sure how I could make it look natural. I'm also completely useless with hair styling haha. I'm thinking I could go to a stylist but knowing my luck they will mess me up!

 

[DoctorHouse]

I don't really want to name them at this stage as I believe he had good intentions. I will seek more feedback though and see if people have a different opinion.

I also think that I may perhaps at least trying finasteride - so thanks a lot for that!



Have you got a link to this guy? What I'm concerned about is how messed up the front is. Not sure how I could make it look ok. I mean it's very thin, the sides are receding and not only is it thin, but it's all in clumps and uneven. The front really frames the face and is defintely what I'm most bothered about. So yeah, I'm not sure how I could make it look natural. I'm also completely useless with hair styling haha. I'm thinking I could go to a stylist but knowing my luck they will mess me up!

He posts on here but I don't remember who he was. Just keep looking around here. You might find him. Look in hair transplant section of the forum.

 

[Dontwannabeabetabob]

Like some have said test the waters with a low dose of finasteride then gradually increase if you have no sides. You're in a very good spot, but right now it's a crucial time for a decision on taking finasteride. Plenty of active follicles, I believe your crown would thicken right back up.

As for the Doctor denying you, take it as a good thing. He's not out for your cash, you don't want to look silly years later with islands of hair. Either way you look good with a buzz, if you can take finasteride do that for about a year then go for another consult.

Good luck man.

 

[Dan07]

Yeah, I think I gonna try taking it and see if I get any side effects. Thanks guys!

If anybody else has any input about anything would love to hear it!

 

[rclark]

@Dan07

A really SHORT buzz cut actually makes hair look thinner. So I wouldn't be that concerned
if I were you.

It's because more scalp area shows, because the hair cannot cover it up.

It's actually normal to have less hair on top, front, than sides/back. That's because of skull growth up to around the age of twelve.

I had a short buzzcut, and I'm definitely a Norwood 3. BIG MISTAKE. My hair looked bad (your's isn't as bad, and you're definitely NOT a Norwood three, or even two). Just saying.

Now, when I get a buzzcut, I don't go under a #8. That's one inch ~ 2.5 centimeters. Anything shorter than that looks like sh*t on me.

 

[rclark]

@Dan07

I think there is slight temple recession. You're probably a Norwood two.

 

[rclark]

Yeah, I think I gonna try taking it and see if I get any side effects. Thanks guys!

If anybody else has any input about anything would love to hear it!

I take it. Finsteride can be absorbed by the scalp. The only problem is,
if you get higher than ten percent Minoxidil solution, it's a lotion. At that point, you really
cannot measure how much you're using.

The general rule of thumb is this, .1% = one milligram of Finasteride.

Also, get a script from a doctor. That way, it's legitimate (if living in the U.S.).

 

[shookwun]

He's right, you dont need a transplant.


finasteride can reverse and give you a thick head of hair again.


Its either take your finasteride, or go bald.

Either way most people pussy out and go on it anyway when it gets to bad. Why wait? Go on it now while you have a fighting cvhance.

 

[Dan07]

I'm buying some now and I'm gonna get propecia rather than a generic. A lot of people say generics are just as good but I want to be SURE it's working the best it can. I've read things about differences in the binding ingredients and stuff causing different effects in people but who knows.

Some interesting points about hair length.

I think it's a pretty difficult subject. I mean, isn't it generally regarded that people with thinning/balding hair should shave it short and then suddenly it looks like they have much more?

That's clearly not true all of the time though and I think I got caught out by that way of thinking.

It's weird. My reaction to noticing my hair thinning was shaving it shorter and it did make it look much better. However, as time went by, I found myself having to shave it shorter and shorter to get the same effect. Now it's got to the point though that maybe it would be less noticeable longer.

Heck, maybe if it gets worse (touch wood it won't, anytime soon at least) shorter will start to be best option again.

What I was doing though is shaving it without the guard. Over the past 2 years I've gone from a grade 3 to a 2 to a 1 to a 0.5 and then finally, no guard haha.

No guard did for a while look natural (it still looked pretty bad on me though) but even that has now got to the point where it ain't really hiding sh*t and, because it's so short, it looks much worse than it actually is and makes me look like I'm much older!

 

[shookwun]

As I mentioned, people are always on edge when they have a fighting chance but then when it gets bad they almost always cave in to going on finasteride. Only to mention that they wish they went on it sooner.

 

[Dan07]

Here's what it looked like a day after I last shaved it without the guard. After I saw these photos, I just knew I needed to do something different. Also, keep in mind I'm a very immature 25 year old haha and in most aspects I look and act like a 20 year old. >_<

Over the past 6 months, I have seen myself going from always being IDed for cigarettes to never getting IDed.

 

[hanginginthewire]

Definitely try propecia but I wouldn't expect much. You are not going to regrow your diffusion with propecia. But yeah it's cheap and it's safe, so get on it. Just don't expect much.

 

[shookwun]

Definitely try propecia but I wouldn't expect much. You are not going to regrow your diffusion with propecia. But yeah it's cheap and it's safe, so get on it. Just don't expect much.

Speak for yourself.

Finasteride is amazing at reversing moderate signs of miniturzation and at maintainence.
https://www.bernsteinmedical.com/medical-treatment/patient-photos/

 

[hanginginthewire]

The Bernstein photos are wildly atypical. People lose ground on propecia all the time, including during the 1st, 5th and 10 year markers. It's not some wonder drug. Let's not scaremonger people away from propecia with talk of sides, but let's also not give people false hope or delusions of grandeur. If propecia were that powerful, propecia + hair transplants (1 or 2 maybe) would be the cure for like 95% of people. But we know that's not the case. Tons of people are on propecia and aren't responding, are still losing hair just as rapidly, are losing hair but slower, are losing hair more quickly.

 

[buckthorn]

Please see the attached pics to see what my hair looks like.

Earlier today I made the long journey to my consultation but the doctor refused to operate on me - instead recommending that I try things like hair fibers or even shaving it all off and getting it tattooed.

Now, I'm 25 years old and my hair has been getting really thin over the past 2 years. Prior to this, I had the thickest Italian hair imaginable.

I'm already taking Rogain, tried hair fibers but found them horrible, refuse to take finasteride... basically, I've already researched all of this and have explored the other options available.

I always knew that I would ultimately get multiple transplants in my life time to correct my hair loss and I just felt that now was the right time to get the first one.

But, the doctor told me that he wouldn't do it and that other (good) doctors would say the same thing?

He didn't really explain himself very well though to be honest, so not only am I really disappointed but I'm still extremely confused.

What he was basically saying is that, if he was to transplant the hair, then later on the hair loss would continue to get worse and it would look bad.

But - my counter to that is that I'm already aware of that and know that I will have to go back multiple times. I'm fully prepared for that.

His response to that, though, was how I can only transplant so many grafts in a lifetime.

But, it's not like we'll be taking all of the grafts this time. What's the difference between doing 1500 now, 2500 later and 2500 even later or whatever... rather than doing it all in one go???

I don't understand what he's saying. Why can't I just get it done multiple times so that I don't have to go fully bald before I can do something about it??

Oh and by the way, my hair at the back and the top of my head's back/middle section is fully thick and looking at my family history is unlikely to ever thin. This is something the Doctor agreed with me on.

Please help me here guys!

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Consider yourself LUCKY AS f*** you got rejected. Is that a four guard? I buzzed mine down to a four and I look almost identical to you.

you get a transplant, you will lose a LOT of your existing hair. Not always, but you should take this as the likely scenario. When going into a transplant in diffused areas, you should be prepared for this. Especially if a) your not on finasteride and maintaining for over a year and b) you don't have a HIGHLY skilled surgeon.

Don't end up like me man. consider finasteride. Hopefully it works well. Everyone here will tell you the same.

 

[buckthorn]

Oh crap. Ok, I don't normally look at the top my head as much but it looks like it's starting to really thin too! All the way to the very back!

In some angles and stuff it looks fine to me, but then others it looks really bad! It looks like it's happening in like 2 patterns. There's a semi circle area at the front and then a circle at the crown at the back.

Erm, advice please? And I really wish the doctor warned me about this! He said it will probably just be the front.

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your hair looks identical to mine. Diffused male pattern baldness in the nw6 pattern. It will get worst and worst. there's only ONE advice here my friend - finasteride, nizoral and minoxidil. that's it. don't beat your brains in considering a bunch of crap. DON'T get a transplant. 90% chance it wlll ruin your life. DON'T go the natural route and try a bunch of garbage. We have all been there and 100% it doesn't work.

I repeat - finasteride, min and nizoral. that's it end of story.

 

[Big L]

your hair looks identical to mine. Diffused male pattern baldness in the nw6 pattern. It will get worst and worst. there's only ONE advice here my friend - finasteride, nizoral and minoxidil. that's it. don't beat your brains in considering a bunch of crap. DON'T get a transplant. 90% chance it wlll ruin your life. DON'T go the natural route and try a bunch of garbage. We have all been there and 100% it doesn't work.

I repeat - finasteride, min and nizoral. that's it end of story.

Or see a highly skilled surgeon? 90%? Do you just pull numbers out your *** or where did you get that figure?

Just because you got a sh*t hair transplant cause you saw a sh*t doctor doesn't mean you should go around telling others dont do it. People should look from all angles before they make a decision like this one.

 

[Dan07]

This is because of "shock loss" right? Funnily enough, the doctor didn't even mention that when turning me down.

The thing is though, I'm sure I've seen loads of people with hair similar to mine or better getting it done and having fantastic results. Quite a few celebrities too.

I've ordered some propecia btw. Can't believe how expensive it is. £50 for a months supply - ouch.

It's cheaper buying in bulk but I obviously can't do that till I see how it goes. Think I should stick to propecia too, just to make sure, and not generics.