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I know some of you see a hair transplant as a no brainer but I'm really mulling over getting a hair transplant and I'm wondering how other people feel about them.
The first issue is actually cost - for the hair transplant I want in Thailand I would need around 6,000$ which is no small chunk of change for me. I can now save up $400 per month so theoretically I can afford the procedure in a year and a half. My main gripe is that while most of my fellow work mates are spending that cash on bikes and travel I have to spend it on having a normal head of hair.
The second issue is that it may not be one transplant needed. If I continue losing hair then I will need a 2nd five or so years later (and have to save more cash).
The third issue is the scar - I shave my sides really short and I'm scared it will be obvious. It seems to be hit and miss on who gets a scar and a lot of surgeons are inconsistent.
The forth issue is that they don't always work and that sometimes only a third of the donor hairs come through which means you have to get yet another hair transplant. I know 2 regular posters who this has happened to.
And yet finally they can look so good and I hear and see some people reflecting how they have changed their lives for the better and that its the best thing they ever did.
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The first issue is actually cost - for the hair transplant I want in Thailand I would need around 6,000$ which is no small chunk of change for me. I can now save up $400 per month so theoretically I can afford the procedure in a year and a half. My main gripe is that while most of my fellow work mates are spending that cash on bikes and travel I have to spend it on having a normal head of hair.
The second issue is that it may not be one transplant needed. If I continue losing hair then I will need a 2nd five or so years later (and have to save more cash).
The third issue is the scar - I shave my sides really short and I'm scared it will be obvious. It seems to be hit and miss on who gets a scar and a lot of surgeons are inconsistent.
The forth issue is that they don't always work and that sometimes only a third of the donor hairs come through which means you have to get yet another hair transplant. I know 2 regular posters who this has happened to.
And yet finally they can look so good and I hear and see some people reflecting how they have changed their lives for the better and that its the best thing they ever did.
You get cases like this:
To cases like this:
Thoughts?
