Everytime I challenge that rethoric, they don't know what to reply. Not only finasteride doesn't stop hair loss forever (otherwise we would have a "cure"), but there are so many reasons to stop it.
Conceiving a child (yes it's still debated, but I wouldn't take any chances), side-effects, getting paranoid bout side-effects, thinking you might get side-effects one day.
You're NW3 and on finasteride, you get 5000 grafts for your front and temples. Then you can't get it up anymore and you have to stop finasteride, what then?
That's why I like my strategy, as painful as it was, go fully bald, and then only throw grafts at that bald head.
You pretty much didn't have a choice, NW5 at 24, serious hair transplant surgeons don't even do hair transplant's at people younger than this.
But imagine you would slowly lose hair up to , let's say, 30-35. I don't know if you'd have the patience to wait so much.
Go fully bald and then throw grafts? Poor advice, for some, fully bald means NW6-7, i don't know how much of a candidate for a hair transplant is a NW6, especially for FUE. It can be done, but it's not the ideal candidate, in fact, you said that 2 or 3 very famous hair transplant's surgeons sent you home for being too bald.
Only dr de Reys understood that your area is not that big and you could look good with fewer grafts, because your hair is very light, so little contrast with the scalp. I'm amost sure that, for someone with very dark hair, that coverage you have would look crappy, no matter if long or short.
You see, Fred, you assume everyone is like you and has the same situation. You pretty much throw everyone in "the same pot" with you, which is not quite right. If it worked for you, it doesn't mean it works for everyone. If you feel smth, doesn't meen everybody feels the same, etc.
