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JohnsonDDG

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Is there no possibility of getting a cheaper transplant in Vietnam?
I've been warned off Asian doctors despite seeing good results.

Imagine not being able to rock the bald look because of scars like Jacques Villeneurve.
 

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I've been warned off Asian doctors despite seeing good results.

Imagine not being able to rock the bald look because of scars like Jacques Villeneurve.

I did not know about Villeneuve. Why did such a rich guy get such a bad transplant?

There are most likely great surgeons in Vietnam.
 

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You're making it too extreme, doesn't have to be that way. Are you finasteride? From the picture you shared it seems you just need 2500 grafts at the front. I think you had some diffuse loss but really that frontal transplant will give you a full head of hair appearance wise. You have loads of hair left. In Turkey this will cost maybe £5000. finasteride will hold the rest more or less for a while, it will look like natural loss at the back. In an era where people are changing cars, spending thousands on holidays abroad, night outs, I believe you can cut something down and have a transplant in the future.

If you shave your head and are happy, that's a different matter.
finasteride didn't work for me for some reason so I gave up after a year and a half.

The problem is I will need a hair transplant now but I will need another in 5 years for what I continue to lose, and then maybe another if the crown went. I'd end up needing to do my whole head.
 

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If I followed your logic, I shouldn't have done my first hair transplant, since I knew I would need another one (which I'm doing in 8 months).

Of course it was quite difficult for me to let it out, some tears were shed but it was inevitable. This subject is just too heavy for me.

I've seen her a few times since I told her and her affection for me hasn't changed.

To the contrary, she was happy that I trusted her enough to tell her.

I felt much, much better in general after telling her, and realizing that no, I didn't push a button marked "destroy relationship".

Now I can stop speculating about how she would react to me telling her about my hair struggles.

That's a huge weight off my shoulders.

Looks ARE important. That's true. But is the investment worth it? Who knows.

So, now that you told her, are marriage plans on the table?
 

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If I followed your logic, I shouldn't have done my first hair transplant, since I knew I would need another one (which I'm doing in 8 months).

I agree with Wolf, it's just making sure you look your best while you're still young, having more hair is going to "halo" the f*** out of your life.

You're making an investment. I don't know why some people are still hiding their head in the sand about the importance of looks in your daily life.

I still didn't mention this, but I said it all to my girlfriend, she now knows about my hair problems and my upcoming hair transplant.

I told her a week ago. Her reaction? "You should do whatever makes you happy and I'm going to be there to support you."

Yes, @Wolf Pack among others was right, you shouldn't hide such things, especially when it's affected your life for such a long time.

Of course it was quite difficult for me to let it out, some tears were shed but it was inevitable. This subject is just too heavy for me.

I've seen her a few times since I told her and her affection for me hasn't changed.

To the contrary, she was happy that I trusted her enough to tell her.

I felt much, much better in general after telling her, and realizing that no, I didn't push a button marked "destroy relationship".

Now I can stop speculating about how she would react to me telling her about my hair struggles.

That's a huge weight off my shoulders.
Glad you told her and pleased its working out for you!

As for me, I am genuinely not burying my head in the sand. I've always maintained that looks are important and have never said otherwise.

But I do think I will look ok even with hair loss in the same way that people like woody harleson or Stanley tucci weren't affected that much on the looks scale. This hair loss thing is a case by case basis and not everyone becomes unattractive with hair loss and I've decided to spend the money I would have done a transplant on holidays and also to save for a house.

And the cool thing is, if some reason it really starts bothering me in 10 years time, then I can still get a hair transplant.
 

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It doesn't bother you because you're not too far gone.

Walking around already bald (slick NW5 bald) at the age of 24 was hard.

My life wasn't complete hell but all the time, I was thinking:

"I know exactly how I look like, I know exactly how other people perceive me, and this is not the image I want to convey right now."

The hair line I have right now, which frames my face, the coverage I have, which prevents my head from looking huge, they give me peace of mind, and they make people treat me differently.

Of course most of us could still get by in life even as bald men, many guys are living that life, but I don't want that because I can't think of them as... sexual beings let's say, and yes often they're either permanently single or you can't hep but think they're settling when you see their girlfriend.

Example: my ex-colleague who was NW7, his girlfriend was poor and from a third-world country, he got her pregnant and left everything to go take care of their kid in an area that's basically a war zone.

I know it's just one example, but ever being forced to be 'that guy' scares the hell out of me. If there is an alternate universe where that guy remained a NW1, I don't see him ever being in that situation.
Yeah, for some reason hair loss effects some a lot more than others. It may just be how well someone can pull it off.

I mentioned it today in another post but I will say it here as well - I look similar to this chap - roughly a 6 in the face depending on opinion:

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My hairline is very similar as well, although I wear my hair a little longer.

Maybe I am deluded but I think that guy will look fine even at a nw5 - I bet he could still date average looking 30 somethings.

Like I said earlier, i'm not saying looks don't matter or anything - I just think that hair loss wont make me really ugly like it does with other people.
 

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A 19 year old girl who is 8-9/10 who I have only known for 2 weeks via friends asked me to spend time with her alone, introduced me to all her close friends and I know I could date her long term without much effort or a fling. This isn't even a big deal to me despite being much older than her.

FML.

/Still happy for you Wolf!/
 

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And hopefully at 41 I will have matured enough to laugh at my time spent on a hair loss forum!
Let me rephrase this for you:

And hopefully at 41 I will have matured enough hair to laugh at my time spent on a hair loss forum!


;)
 

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If I followed your logic, I shouldn't have done my first hair transplant, since I knew I would need another one (which I'm doing in 8 months).

I agree with Wolf, it's just making sure you look your best while you're still young, having more hair is going to "halo" the f*** out of your life.

You're making an investment. I don't know why some people are still hiding their head in the sand about the importance of looks in your daily life.

I still didn't mention this, but I said it all to my girlfriend, she now knows about my hair problems and my upcoming hair transplant.

I told her a week ago. Her reaction? "You should do whatever makes you happy and I'm going to be there to support you."

Yes, @Wolf Pack among others was right, you shouldn't hide such things, especially when it's affected your life for such a long time.

Of course it was quite difficult for me to let it out, some tears were shed but it was inevitable. This subject is just too heavy for me.

I've seen her a few times since I told her and her affection for me hasn't changed.

To the contrary, she was happy that I trusted her enough to tell her.

I felt much, much better in general after telling her, and realizing that no, I didn't push a button marked "destroy relationship".

Now I can stop speculating about how she would react to me telling her about my hair struggles.

That's a huge weight off my shoulders.

That's great news man, I'm glad that seems to have worked out
 

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FML.

/Still happy for you Wolf!/
do you ever have meta-mental issues? i feel bad and guilty for even making good looking girls such a big deal lol. i think full heads feel this too, but since they are getting hot girls actually they are probably too busy and in denial
 

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do you ever have meta-mental issues? i feel bad and guilty for even making good looking girls such a big deal lol. i think full heads feel this too, but since they are getting hot girls actually they are probably too busy and in denial

We were born this way. Do you feel guilty for liking good food?
 

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lol so much red pill on looks. i like how they openly mock fatness and ugliness. one part the bald guy kevin is totally forgetten about when the girls talk about which guys are cute. and he is standing right behind them clearing his throat to get their attention

red pill overdose

I watch TV to lose myself in fantasy. I couldn't watch red pill shows.
 

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Example: my ex-colleague who was NW7, his girlfriend was poor and from a third-world country, he got her pregnant and left everything to go take care of their kid in an area that's basically a war zone.
I know it's just one example, but ever being forced to be 'that guy' scares the hell out of me. If there is an alternate universe where that guy remained a NW1, I don't see him ever being in that situation.

I don't buy this story.
 
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