Why Aren't You Getting A hair transplant? Just Do It.

[buckthorn]

Real talk here. You can fly to Turkey, get a high-quality FUE, and be red-carpet ready within a year (given that you've not crossed NW4) for 10 grand.

It'll buy you at least 5-10 years, hopefully in time for permanent solutions.
Why pussyfoot around, trying to maintain the shitty hairs that you have?

For the time being, it's literally the solution to all your pains. If you really want to, saving up that amount isn't that hard.

you are very very uneducated in this matter. Please stop spreading your false, bullshit beliefs. Some newbie will find hope in your sh*t words and be disfigured for life. there a a MILLION factors in considering a hair transplant.

 

[buckthorn]

 

[buckthorn]

What’s the best hair characteristics an individual could have when considering a hair transplant? .

I would say being able to predict the future with 100% certainty. Like a psychic.

 

[Dirty_Harry]

I got a 4k FUT at 24 years old, admittedly I'll need 1-2 more sessions and further down the line it may all go horribly wrong but sh*t was killing me man. 4 months in and seeing my hairline grow back a bit more every day, already feel my age and not like a 35 year old man.

Man believe me, this thing is killing me too, in a ways you can't imagine...Of course I'm gonna have a procedure one day and by one day I don't mean in my fifties! At the end any kind of hair is better than no hair at all. But, although I'm on finasteride for 1 and a half year I'm losing ground man and I can't predict the outcome, I can't predict my f*****g near future norwood status! Things change on a weekly basis plus a great % of my hair will become vellus in a couple of years, that's for sure.

So how on earth I'm gonna do a f*****g transplant? Lets say that tomorrow I'm putting 1.500 grafts on my temples, there's a strong possibility that I'll become norwood 4 in 3-4 f*****g years! Am I gonna have the money for another transplant? And, most important, will I have enough grafts left to put for a 3rd procedure in, lets say, in my forties?

Plus, I'm not gonna risk it and give 3-4 grand for such a serious thing. My grafts are precious, a bad transplant it's the worst thing that can happen and top doctors don't come cheap. I don't have 10K at the moment. I want to buy the "golden" ticket if there's such thing on this field..

Anyway, I totally feel you man. I went through a similar phase myself and that's why I started finasteride. A drug that if you asked me 2 years ago I wouldn't start at any point of my life.

 

[JohnsonDDG]

I want one but here my three main reasons delaying me;

- Cost: I can save around $500 per month at best - which means over a year of saving (If you count flights etc as well)

- The chance it may fail. Even on this forum there have been a few people who got poor transplants results.

- Hair loss is progressive and mine is not stabilized so getting one FUE is a commitment to getting more in the future - I'm not against this but it does annoy me that I will need to save up for a year potentially every 3 years to get another hair transplant.

I hope this post shows why its not straight forward to 'fix' this problem over night.

 

[Bklyn_23]

its a massive headache.


I had to to pretty much throw my social life away every transplant I had. laid low for a few months.

then there work...


The finance isn't to much of a burden, because most are willing to go into debt for this.


its everything else thats such a headache.

How did you deal with work especially? And also showing up with a shaved head abruptly? How about after re-growth: were there questions asked?

 

[Trichosan]

Hard for me to understand the perspective of younger guys, but this close to 2020 and "potentially" groundbreaking treatments I'm going to wait it out. If that's a disappointment, I'm off to Belgium or Spain.

 

[JohnsonDDG]

And reviews like this from a guy who went to a top surgeon scare me:

Truthfully I'd like a refund. I'm very positive he won't give it as I've asked and he has said no. It's been suggested to start a thread as other have that have had failed procedures as nobody likes bad press per say. For me it's just very difficult to go back to the same Doctor for another procedure when I had a failed first procedure. Honestly some of my faith in the whole concept of hair transplantation has been lost. I went to one of the worlds best. There are lists on this site asking for the best and his name always falls on it. I don't doubt that he is but as a patient I am truthfully scared to go back. In life when we go to a Doctor and have a bad experience it's tough to go back. As ice said I'm a dentist. I see so many people that say I had a bad experience as a kid and never went back. Obviously hair transplantation is cosmetic so it's not like one has to go back but it's the same concept. If I got my money back I'm not even 100 percent sure I'd try another procedure. If I did obviously is make sure I was the only patient and is make sure the Doctor did all of the technical parts of the procedure
As for the reps.

 

[Trichosan]

And reviews like this from a guy who went to a top surgeon scare me:

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Truthfully I'd like a refund. I'm very positive he won't give it as I've asked and he has said no. It's been suggested to start a thread as other have that have had failed procedures as nobody likes bad press per say. For me it's just very difficult to go back to the same Doctor for another procedure when I had a failed first procedure. Honestly some of my faith in the whole concept of hair transplantation has been lost. I went to one of the worlds best. There are lists on this site asking for the best and his name always falls on it. I don't doubt that he is but as a patient I am truthfully scared to go back. In life when we go to a Doctor and have a bad experience it's tough to go back. As ice said I'm a dentist. I see so many people that say I had a bad experience as a kid and never went back. Obviously hair transplantation is cosmetic so it's not like one has to go back but it's the same concept. If I got my money back I'm not even 100 percent sure I'd try another procedure. If I did obviously is make sure I was the only patient and is make sure the Doctor did all of the technical parts of the procedure
As for the reps.

There are some things that vary greatly in people that affect the outcome in many types if surgery. But in hair transplantation, the only thing I can think of is either infection, post op, or something systemic like diabetes or autoimmune disorders that might have gone south on the poor dentist. But, I can't imagine a highly skilled, top guy would have a bad day and do some poor placement or mishandle the donor material. I'm confused. What exactly was this guys bad result?

 

[Chromedome1990]

Alright, I'll list some of my reasons why I haven't gotten one yet (in no particular order):

-First and foremost, the cost
-Hair loss hasn't yet stabilized
-Still too young (28), bound to lose more hair
-Worried donor area isn't suitable for harvest
-No good surgeons in my area
-Very badly diffused, worried a transplant would give me very bad shock loss and I'd end up looking the exact same as pre-op or possibly even worse
-Getting chronic telogen effluvium
-Testimonials are cherry picked, most hair transplants look artificial
-Scars
-Having to cover up your wounds & dealing with redness for a while
-Trying to hide your fresh transplant from normies
-Needing to protect your head at all costs for the first few weeks to ensure your grafts don't fall out

Honestly though, the number one reason is the possibility of the surgery being unsuccessful. Not only am I out thousands upon thousands of dollars, I might also end up getting chronic telogen effluvium or something else just as lovely. Too risky in my opinion.

 

[JohnsonDDG]

Honestly though, the number one reason is the possibility of the surgery being unsuccessful. Not only am I out thousands upon thousands of dollars, I might also end up getting chronic telogen effluvium or something else just as lovely. Too risky in my opinion.

Same.

If it was guaranteed to work I think i'd get one this year.

I don't mind parting with 5000 dollars if it means the hair at the front will stay for the rest of my life because that is a fair trade.

 

[Assemblage23]

I had one and life after and before feel like night and day. Of course it’s not perfect under all sorts of lightning every single day but my worst days are far better than my very best days with concealer before the surgery. It takes away a huge weight.

The hardest thing about the transplant is definitely not the money, it’s the ugly duckling stage of 4 months. It’s really tough.

 

[whatevr]

No reasonable maintenance solution. Without being able to stop my hair loss from progressing further (without side effects), getting a transplant is just pointless if the rest of my hair is going to continue miniaturizing. I first need to find something that works and that I can tolerate. Sadly no such luck.

 

[JohnsonDDG]

No reasonable maintenance solution. Without being able to stop my hair loss from progressing further (without side effects), getting a transplant is just pointless if the rest of my hair is going to continue miniaturizing. I first need to find something that works and that I can tolerate. Sadly no such luck.

Seems like you are in the same position as me.

My plan is to have a FUE to replace the frontal third.

If/when the middle and back falls out then I will have to get a second and then a third transplant.

A lot of this depends on donor hair - some people only have 4,000 donor grafts, whereas others may have 8,000.

 

[whatevr]

Seems like you are in the same position as me.

My plan is to have a FUE to replace the frontal third.

If/when the middle and back falls out then I will have to get a second and then a third transplant.

A lot of this depends on donor hair - some people only have 4,000 donor grafts, whereas others may have 8,000.

I also forgot to mention that my sides are thinning too, so there is no three transplants for me. I can manage maybe one good one, and at that point I better not get any more hair loss or it's over.

 

[JohnsonDDG]

I also forgot to mention that my sides are thinning too, so there is no three transplants for me. I can manage maybe one good one, and at that point I better not get any more hair loss or it's over.

That's wise.

Perhaps wait until you reach the end point of your hairloss - nw6 - and then get a final transplant.

By that time there may be hair cloning.

 

[sunchyme1]

im not getting surgery cos i know my final pattern

NORWOOD f*****g 7

if i was gonna end up a strong norwood 6, i would do it, considering my fairly slow rate of loss

but i have clear nw7 retro sh*t going on. im not even sure i could get one decent hair transplant, let alone 3

 

[RayCox]

100K it a lot of money. I am willing to pay up to 20K if success is guaranteed: no botched hairlines or anything like that. Unfortunately my donor area is not that dense.

 

[JohnsonDDG]

im not getting surgery cos i know my final pattern

NORWOOD f*****g 7

if i was gonna end up a strong norwood 6, i would do it, considering my fairly slow rate of loss

but i have clear nw7 retro sh*t going on. im not even sure i could get one decent hair transplant, let alone 3

There could be hope....

Norwood 6/7 can make it back to norwood 3 with a single FUE.

I know most guys in their 20s will mock this - but the difference between being a nw3 to 40 and being a nw7 is huge.

 

[Seeker988]

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