Thickandthin
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Most of you guys know my story. I'm 23, 24 in November, with NW2.5ish temples. No loss or miniaturization anywhere else. I've been on finasteride for almost 3 months now and plan on staying on it for the long haul.
My reason for wanting the hair transplant is that I absolute hate my temples. I cannot properly style my hair, as it is straight and fairly thin. If I get a short cut, I have obvious recession (think Johnny Knoxville). If I leave it long, I have to resort to strange comb overs/comb forwards to make it look decent.
I've done my research, and I feel like I could get by with 1500 FUE into my temples to give me a solid NW2 hairline. That alone would improve my looks, as it would lessen the appearance of the "island" of hair and make it more of a normal mature hairline.
I say my hair is thin, but honestly that is only true in frontal area, as I've always had a fairly sparse fringe but the back of my hair (donor area) grows out very bushy and thick. I'd like to think that means I would have good donor density, but I can't know for certain.
Anyway, I likely won't consider having anything done until I'm at least 25, as that will give finasteride about 2 years to work and stabilize any future loss. My temples are beyond hope for any conventional treatments though, as I've been a NW2 for about 3 years now, so obviously I've been slick bald in those areas for quite a while.
I also seem to have inherited my maternal grandfathers pattern of hair loss, which was early recession followed by stability until middle age, at which point most of his hairline went, leaving the crown and midscalp intact. Hopefully that bodes well for my future.
Do you guys think I am crazy for even considering this, or could I be the rare young guy that can get a hair transplant without completely setting myself up for failure?
My reason for wanting the hair transplant is that I absolute hate my temples. I cannot properly style my hair, as it is straight and fairly thin. If I get a short cut, I have obvious recession (think Johnny Knoxville). If I leave it long, I have to resort to strange comb overs/comb forwards to make it look decent.
I've done my research, and I feel like I could get by with 1500 FUE into my temples to give me a solid NW2 hairline. That alone would improve my looks, as it would lessen the appearance of the "island" of hair and make it more of a normal mature hairline.
I say my hair is thin, but honestly that is only true in frontal area, as I've always had a fairly sparse fringe but the back of my hair (donor area) grows out very bushy and thick. I'd like to think that means I would have good donor density, but I can't know for certain.
Anyway, I likely won't consider having anything done until I'm at least 25, as that will give finasteride about 2 years to work and stabilize any future loss. My temples are beyond hope for any conventional treatments though, as I've been a NW2 for about 3 years now, so obviously I've been slick bald in those areas for quite a while.
I also seem to have inherited my maternal grandfathers pattern of hair loss, which was early recession followed by stability until middle age, at which point most of his hairline went, leaving the crown and midscalp intact. Hopefully that bodes well for my future.
Do you guys think I am crazy for even considering this, or could I be the rare young guy that can get a hair transplant without completely setting myself up for failure?
