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[scientist_0005]

I would go further and say...WAIT UNTIL AT LEAST 50. Age will come fast and at that point you will have a pretty good idea of how far you can take a transplant and maintain till old age and death. Getting a TP at a young age is a bad bad idea imo. If balding is severe at that point it's not worth getting one at all. If its a slow progression and easy to hide by age 50. Yeah go for it.

disagree completely. whats the point of a hair transplant at 50 balding at tgat age is more common than not. better get one at 30 and spend 10 years feeling good about your appearance and just shave it off once it gets bad enough. thats much smarter than wait until what? you mifht be dead at 50, life is too short and wgats the downside? a bad result at 40? still better than NO result. andas for the scarring, just do pigmentation or go with a good surgeon to repwir it there is many methods to reduce amount of scarring already this will only improve as scarless hwaling is a big field of research. the goal is not to be a hairy grandpa but ti enjoy your youth

 

[300]

disagree completely. whats the point of a hair transplant at 50 balding at tgat age is more common than not. better get one at 30 and spend 10 years feeling good about your appearance and just shave it off once it gets bad enough. thats much smarter than wait until what? you mifht be dead at 50, life is too short and wgats the downside? a bad result at 40? still better than NO result. andas for the scarring, just do pigmentation or go with a good surgeon to repwir it there is many methods to reduce amount of scarring already this will only improve as scarless hwaling is a big field of research. the goal is not to be a hairy grandpa but ti enjoy your youth

If it bothers you now is gonna bother you when you get 50

 

[300]

If it bothers you now is gonna bother you when you get 50

In situations like that you have to think well ahead of you years

 

[Dar]

disagree completely. whats the point of a hair transplant at 50 balding at tgat age is more common than not. better get one at 30 and spend 10 years feeling good about your appearance and just shave it off once it gets bad enough. thats much smarter than wait until what? you mifht be dead at 50, life is too short and wgats the downside? a bad result at 40? still better than NO result. andas for the scarring, just do pigmentation or go with a good surgeon to repwir it there is many methods to reduce amount of scarring already this will only improve as scarless hwaling is a big field of research. the goal is not to be a hairy grandpa but ti enjoy your youth

I'm guessing you are under 30. Trust me 50 comes very quickly and 50 (at least for me) can be very young. But ok I guess if someone refuses to take care of themselves as they age...yeah you will look like sh*t.

Why would anyone get pigmentation?? Who wants dark tattoo spots on their head at 50 when you should be going grey?

Your perspective will change as you get older.

 

[300]

I'm guessing you are under 30. Trust me 50 comes very quickly and 50 (at least for me) can be very young. But ok I guess if someone refuses to take care of themselves as they age...yeah you will look like sh*t.

Why would anyone get pigmentation?? Who wants dark tattoo spots on their head at 50 when you should be going grey?

Your perspective will change as you get older.

I am not 50 but you are dead center

 

[Dar]

eh that's a bit extreme, we do have plenty of examples of people now with great results 10+ years later.

This is true. But I'm talking about young people who have slow thinning. It's best to wait and style it or use fillers to give a good appearance. Prolong getting a procedure as long as possible. I have a friend who had a very very thin ring of hair left around his head in his late 30's. If he had done a transplant in his 20's he would have been very screwed by his 30's. I just think it's best to wait it out. Not to jump the gun if it's not all that bad....

 

[Dar]

If it bothers you now is gonna bother you when you get 50

THIS. I posted here back in 2005. It does not seem very long ago at all. The perception of time moves quicker as we age. I always tell people think of age like a long trip somewhere. After experiencing the trip once, it feels a bit shorter the way back. Same with the passage of years. The more years you experience the quicker it seems to go.
The good thing is that I'm still in pretty much the same health i was back in 2005. Maybe even better. My hair may be looking worse as I age but I have been able to deal with it ok. Yeah it really sucks some days but I just keep plugging along and do the best I can. Plus the rest of me looks extremely young for my age. My diet has changed and I still work out. No wrinkles, extremely low fat on my body. I had someone younger than me call me young man the other day...
A hair transplant would benefit me now till probably the end of my days.

Anyhow young men and woman have to really really think it through.

 

[coolio]

With current transplant tech, and the way loss patterns tend to emerge, I think the rule-of-thumb should be waiting until at least your 30s.

It's safer to wait longer. But that is not the only factor in the decision. The value of looking better is decreasing as you get older, too. Early 30s is prime years for establishing careers and finding wives.

 

[BurningCoals]

While I agree it's definitely safer to get a hair transplant when you're older with slow loss than if you are young and aggressively balding without having stopped the process, it's just kind of a waste to spend your 20s, 30s and 40s as a bald man just to finally have somewhat decent hair when you're over 50. Sure it must be nice to finally have hair again, but still tho.

 

[300]

With current transplant tech, and the way loss patterns tend to emerge, I think the rule-of-thumb should be waiting until at least your 30s.

It's safer to wait longer. But that is not the only factor in the decision. The value of looking better is decreasing as you get older, too. Early 30s is prime years for establishing careers and finding wives.

"The value of looking better is decresing as you get older".ITS NOT LIKE THAT.its a matter of perspective but make sure you make the right decision

 

[Dar]

With current transplant tech, and the way loss patterns tend to emerge, I think the rule-of-thumb should be waiting until at least your 30s.

It's safer to wait longer. But that is not the only factor in the decision. The value of looking better is decreasing as you get older, too. Early 30s is prime years for establishing careers and finding wives.

Well as William Shatner just proved it's never too late to do or learn new things. 90 years old and hes going into space not to mention all the other stuff he did this year.

Sure 30's are prime years for careers or finding wives, but it's also prime years for losing jobs and wives. ..

Anyhow it's not good to think that way...

 

[Dar]

While I agree it's definitely safer to get a hair transplant when you're older with slow loss than if you are young and aggressively balding without having stopped the process, it's just kind of a waste to spend your 20s, 30s and 40s as a bald man just to finally have somewhat decent hair when you're over 50. Sure it must be nice to finally have hair again, but still tho.

What kind of baldness are we talking here?? If its minimal at those ages....WAIT....if its aggressive bad idea to get transplant. Because trust me....you will most likely still feel healthy and doing your thing at 50 and I'm pretty sure having a screwed up looking head is not something you want.

 

[BurningCoals]

What kind of baldness are we talking here?? If its minimal at those ages....WAIT....if its aggressive bad idea to get transplant. Because trust me....you will most likely still feel healthy and doing your thing at 50 and I'm pretty sure having a screwed up looking head is not something you want.

I mean NW5+ hair loss, which is actual baldness. I said I agree that it isn't a good idea to get a hair transplant if you are young and aggressively balding with no way to stop it, and I'm not saying that you're some old man feeding ducks by the pond when you're 50.

I'm just saying that having to spend 2-3 decades of being bald until you can finally get decent hair when you're over 50 is not a good solution, sure it's better than being bald forever, but spending your younger years being bald and then having ok hair when you're older isn't that great. But like you said the risks of getting butchered are there so you do need to be careful.

Although, is it that safe to get a transplant at 50+ without treatment? Many men get thinning in the horseshoe area as well in their 50s and beyond, which is not exactly a good hair transplant characteristic.

 

[trialAcc]

It's not that people suddenly stop caring at 50, it's that if you lose your hair in your 20s and 30s and still care at 50, then the hair wasn't the problem. I don't care what it is, 20-30 years is enough time to find healthy ways to get over something.

If people have hair their entire lives but start going bald at 50, some of them are going care as if they were 20. They just lived 50 years with hair. That being said, many guys deal with being bald a lot better then others. I know several bald guys in their 20s that handled it just fine and have normal social lives, girls/fiancés/wives. Not everyone carries the same mental burden from losing their hair, whether 20 or 50.

 

[jan_miezda]

I thought the cure was going to be from tsuji. But they only seen 4 hair cycles using human cells and you can see the hair gets thinner on its last cycle . Who knows if they can achieve more cycles. The human anagen phase is much longer than in mice though so even 3 cycles would be okay before having to get another treatment

 

[froggy7]

I thought the cure was going to be from tsuji. But they only seen 4 hair cycles using human cells and you can see the hair gets thinner on its last cycle . Who knows if they can achieve more cycles. The human anagen phase is much longer than in mice though so even 3 cycles would be okay before having to get another treatment

hahahah another treatment fo 500k$ o yeah

 

[scientist_0005]

hahahah another treatment fo 500k$ o yeah

what can a man do but downvote you

 

[coolio]

"The value of looking better is decresing as you get older".ITS NOT LIKE THAT.its a matter of perspective but make sure you make the right decision

Would you rather look good in your 20s or your 70s? Pick one.

We all know the answer. Because the fact is, being attractive is more valuable during youth. It has more power to improve your life in the earlier stages. That's all I'm saying.

If you care enough to spend time on baldness forums (at any age) then you probably won't ever stop wanting hair. That's personal preference. You're entitled to it.

 

[scientist_0005]

Would you rather look good in your 20s or your 70s? Pick one.

We all know the answer. Because the fact is, being attractive is more valuable during youth. It has more power to improve your life in the earlier stages. That's all I'm saying.

If you care enough to spend time on baldness forums (at any age) then you probably won't ever stop wanting hair. That's personal preference. You're entitled to it.

and this is not even taking into account thwt by the time you hit 50-60 there will definitely be a new treatment that can either treat your scarring or hair cloning or some sh*t. the trend cant always continue like tgis espwcially with innovation in genetic therapies, sure hair loss is not intefesting for most researcheds but keep in mind minoxidil and finasteride where also found by accident. so thats bound to happen again at some point i guess.

kind of crazy that there has never been a treatment as a product of research into the condition itself, only by products

 

[Dar]

Would you rather look good in your 20s or your 70s? Pick one.

We all know the answer. Because the fact is, being attractive is more valuable during youth. It has more power to improve your life in the earlier stages. That's all I'm saying.

If you care enough to spend time on baldness forums (at any age) then you probably won't ever stop wanting hair. That's personal preference. You're entitled to it.

No one's saying you dont want it more at a young age OR dont stop caring. But if it's just beginning at a young age and takes say 20 years to get noticeable really bad...Why would one want it early?? Doesnt make sense. I have seen 20 something's come here worried about a little but of thinning wondering if they should have a hair transplant. Thinning that could be easily rectified with a little bit of topix. It best to wait in most cases imo..