Hi everyone,
i've decided that a hair transplant is for me. I am a NW2 mostly at the front hairline with some mild diffuse thinning. I just began finasteride 1mg 4x/weekly and will titrate up to daily in 6 weeks.
I was originally planning to quit minoxidil 3 months before transplant, to let the minoxidil hairs fall out so that the surgeon can place more grafts where is needed.
RATIONALE:
-If I have applied minoxidil only to the areas that I will receive grafts in (which is true), what would be the point of continuing (other than maybe having more density in those specific areas since I will have the minoxidil-dependent native hairs.
-It almost seems wiser to me to quit minoxidil, see its shedding effects, and get grafts placed in those locations. Conversely, if I were to continue minoxidil and perhaps quit AFTER the hair transplant, them I will have holes where grafts COULD have been placed.
Has anyone else been in this dilemma? I haven't heard of this topic too much and wanted some opinions. I despise putting on minoxidil and the way it makes my hairline wispy. However, I am uncertain how much hairfall I will have and dictate my final density from the hair transplant.
TIA
i've decided that a hair transplant is for me. I am a NW2 mostly at the front hairline with some mild diffuse thinning. I just began finasteride 1mg 4x/weekly and will titrate up to daily in 6 weeks.
I was originally planning to quit minoxidil 3 months before transplant, to let the minoxidil hairs fall out so that the surgeon can place more grafts where is needed.
RATIONALE:
-If I have applied minoxidil only to the areas that I will receive grafts in (which is true), what would be the point of continuing (other than maybe having more density in those specific areas since I will have the minoxidil-dependent native hairs.
-It almost seems wiser to me to quit minoxidil, see its shedding effects, and get grafts placed in those locations. Conversely, if I were to continue minoxidil and perhaps quit AFTER the hair transplant, them I will have holes where grafts COULD have been placed.
Has anyone else been in this dilemma? I haven't heard of this topic too much and wanted some opinions. I despise putting on minoxidil and the way it makes my hairline wispy. However, I am uncertain how much hairfall I will have and dictate my final density from the hair transplant.
TIA