So I've been thinking about this a lot. a lot would be an understatement. I'll be honest, it's become an obsession of mine. to the point i've toyed with switching my major to something which would allow me to do the scientific research needed to remove male pattern baldness from existance forever
The oft-quoted belief is that if you get a transplant into your temples (to revert say, NW3 to NW1.5-2 or something) that the problem is if you continue to lose hair it will look very un-natural
OK. Understandable. Conservative belief, but good because "better safe then sorry" - right?
However - Laser hair removal exists. It's proven to work efficiently and safely. As counter-productive as it might seem, you could theoretically remove the hair you transplanted to revert to a normal balding pattern. That's better then having two "islands" of hair at the temples while everything else fades away to horrible slickness.
So, bad scenario - you are 20's with NW3. You've been forced into playing genetic russian roulette. You have the money to opt for a temples/hairline transplant. You go for it, grafting ~2k into your hairline and establish a NW2, a respectable hairline which no longer (to any significant level) decreases your social standing and attractiveness / etc
Say you discover later (5-10 years perhaps) that finasteride(or dutasteride) + minoxidil + niroozidil isn't keeping the hairline strong enoug and the hair behind the transplants has thinned to a noticible amount
So you opt for another transplant, say 2k, to restore density.
You repeat this process as long as you have donor hair, whenever additional density is needed. You don't care about the cost, because you're motivated. You have the money and don't want things, you want to be free from the genetic death sentence imposed upon you. If not free, you want the sentence postponed.
Then you come to the "breaking point", you've lost too much hair, and it's impossible for any transplant to fix you (because despite all research, HM never came to fruition, no stronger or more efficient drugs were ever found. male pattern baldness remains a genetic death sentence to anyone who has it). Hopefully you've made it until at LEAST your mid 30s. you've managed to scrap together a life, although it was significantly harder then your brethern who didn't suffer from baldness, at least you had something worth living for. you enjoyed the window of opprotunity you were given by medical science. God may have forsaken you but science did it's best to save you.
At this point you might say, "f***" - I have a completely unnatural pattern of hair
Well, you were genetically fated to have this horrible state pressed upon yourself. you were incapable to do anything to reverse it because of the cruel nature of life and human existance. You were lucky to obtain what freedom from baldness you had, and understanding this and accepting it is a key to letting go. We can't all be born fixable, just like we can't all be born rich, or tall, or any other combination of factors that are by-and-large completely inherited and completely uncorrelated to any actual achievements.
So take a deep breath, drink a bottle of jack, and get the hair you transplanted removed via laser. accept the NW7 fate and be glad you had the time that you did have. At least it will not be outwardly apparant that you dared to spit in the face of genetics, dared to exist as someone who wasn't beholden to the fate of baldness. Dared to make something of themselves and utilized the full strength of scientific progress against the demons of genetics. That anyone would say "you're insecure" because you tried to fight back against the most immoral, illogical and awful thing ever imposed upon human beings (genetic fate), states to me that anyone who would say such a thing is an awful human being who should have had nothing short of the worst genes on earth imposed upon them.
I've realized i realllllllly rambled on here and i may seem like a crazy person
so here's the TL;DL:
I want to get a decent (2k, *maybe* higher) transplant into my temples. Thus-far i believed i have responded well with the big 3.
I can afford further transplants to maintain density behind if needed.
If I reach a point where I run out of hair, I will laser remove all of it and accept my NW5/6/whatever fate.
Can anyone point out where my plan is flawed (ignoring money, having an acceptable hairline comes before everything except food/shelter for me)? I am genuinely curious
