Am I a good candidate for a Hair transplant? (photos)

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Age:25, started losing her when i was 15,hair loss is currently slow since 2 years.i'll upload pics of me now and 2 years ago for the doctors to evaluate,and I'm not using finasteride.i used finasteride for 6 months and the result was good but my sperms really decreases when i ejaculate,and i stopped it 7 months ago. Am I a good HT Candidate? Do i have a good donor area ? What's my NW scale ? How can I take finesteride and check with tests no side effects? What NW scale will i be in the future?

Gary Linkov, MD · Answer

Hair loss has many causes, including stress, medications, autoimmune, genetic, trauma, etc. Medical treatments can work and options would include finasteride (propecia), minoxidil (rogaine), PRP (platelet rich plasma), laser light therapy, and vitamins. It is often uncertain which medical therapy will help which patient and so a combination of therapies is typically recommended to maximize benefit. A hair transplant is a surgical option and is appropriate for certain conditions and individuals. 
The goal of a hair transplant is to provide fuller coverage while preserving a natural appearance. An assessment takes into account such factors as the apparent thickness and curl of your donor hairs, the color contrast between your scalp and hair, your hair loss pattern, your age, and many other factors. The state of the art technique is FUE (follicular unit extraction), performed with a hybrid blunt punch that minimizes graft transection while allowing for the use of the smallest possible punches to minimize donor site scarring while maximizing regrowth.
In your situation, I would recommend about 2000 FUE grafts to the frontal and mid scalp, and additional 1000 to your crown. The crown will not be very dense with this number of grafts but it will give improvement. 
Gary Linkov, MD
Hair Specialist
Manhattan

Robert Nettles, MD · Answer

While hair transplant surgery may seem tempting as a quick fix to the external symptom of hair loss, it is not 
actually a solution for the underlying problem. Why?
A hair transplant, does not stop the ongoing process of hair loss. You will continue to lose hair between and behind the transplanted hairs.
Additionally, a hair transplant is still 
surgery. What your surgeon may not tell you is that the transplant 
procedure itself is very traumatic. So traumatic that it will cause your
 newly transplanted hairs to fall out 2-3 weeks after the surgery and 
then take 8-12 months before the scalp recovers enough to start growing 
hair again. Finasteride only works for a short period of time. It works for just a few hours a day (its half-life is 6 hours).    Finasteride does a poor job of actually blocking DHT production. In fact, it only blocks 1 out of 3 types of DHT receptors. That means hair loss is STILL taking place while you are using the medication. This combined with the short half life means that Propecia is about 60% effective at stopping DHT from thinning your hair.
    Finasteride is not customized to the individual. Like millions of Big Pharma medications out there, the exact same dose of Finasteride is given to people who have different heights, weights and biochemistry. This means that men who want to stop hair loss for good can take the recommended dose of Finasteride every day, and experience nasty side effects for no good reason! While for other's their dose may be insufficient to even reduce DHT by the 60% it is rated at.It is also worth noting that any medicine that actually can make changes inside your body, are required under the FDA to be available by prescription only. This therefore means that it is not possible for anything that does not require a prescription to cure or prevent hair loss or regrow thinning hair. Thus, a personalized medicine will be the best choice because instead of a "one size fits all" approach, you will be taking something which is truly catered to your body's needs.
The number one first step I recommend is a comprehensive consultation with a hair regrowth specialist who will perform lab tests to determine  the underlying cause of your thinning. Without labs, no-one can really know what your true cause is and any treatment will be temporary at best. From here, you can receive the best treatment for your case.
The treatment is out there. Good luck on your search.

Ilhan Serdaroglu, MD · Answer

You  have AGA and  a good candidate for hair transplant surgery .You  need more that 5000  grafts but approx 3500  grafts may be harvested for the first operation. So that much  will  not cover all  the bald area. Because when I look to your donor site that is poor and has a limited area that we are not able to get enough number of follicles to cover all bald spot and restore preexisting hair. So your doctor may plan to perform at least 2 session of operation for you: İn first one we will restore a frontal hairline that is propotional to your face and hair transplantation up to projection of ears.Hair surgeon would restore rest of area (up to vertex or beyond vertex) that is remained untransplanted/bare in second operation that will be planned at least 6 months after first one.

Gaurang Krishna, MD - Account Suspended · Answer

This is Norwood grade 6 baldness and requires around 5000 to 5500 grafts to be done in two sessions ideally with a break of 6 months. Your Donor seems to be narrow so beard grafts will also be needed for better coverage. It is suggested to visit dermatologist and get personal consultation for concrete results alignment.

William Rassman, MD (retired) · Answer

The answer is not easy. Is your hair fine, medium or coarse in thickness.  IF it is fine or your donor density is low, then you might have problems following further hair loss in the future

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