Is my hair loss pattern stable enough for a FUE hair transplant? (photo)

Your hair loss seems to have reached the Norwood 6-7 stages. At this point, there are not enough donor grafts remaining on your scalp. Efforts to extract hair follicles from your head would only result in an issue known as donor depletion. In other words, efforts to acquire hair from the scalp to cover the bald regions would only result in additional regions of sparseness and hair loss in the donor regions.  At my practice, the Dr.U Hair and Skin Clinics in Los Angeles, we see cases like this quite frequently. And since we’ve engineered our own technology to successfully extract body hair to serve as permanent grafts, we are able to utilize this as a resource to create the desired end coverage for severely bald, Norwood 6 and 7 individuals which would otherwise be considered impossible to restore using conventional hair transplant methods. Please view the article below for further reference.

Your hair loss pattern will likely progress to a Norwood 6 or 7.  You need to understand what this means before considering surgery.  In other words, you need to accept your worse case hair loss pattern and understand what is possible with surgery.

Hello,
You are at a young age for procedure now, you need good consultation with professional to determine the problem of hair loss. It your hair loss still continuing, there will be no result which you expecting to have. After treatment we advise you to start from 3000-3500 grafts not to damage your donor area in case if you will need second procedure.

Your donor is small and recipient area big so there is no place for mistakes. Find best doctor who will take care of Your problem and if someone abroad will promise You, they can do it in 1 session - run away from the office.

Hello and thank you for your question. I understand your frustration and lack of patience. The problem here is you are very young, you’re going to continue to experience hair loss. You have a very fine line to walk...you want/need a transplant but you have to be very careful to not use up your donor area as you might need future procedures. You really need to consult at least 2 doctors to get different opinions and decide who you trust the most and it acting in your best interest. Don’t listen to someone who tells you what you want to hear, listen to someone you trust. I wish you the best.Dr. T

Excellent question. No, I won't suggest any surgery at all at the moment. You have been losing hair for many years now and it sounds that you are not in any medical treatment. So, the surgery won't resolve your hair loss issue. You need a long term plan including medical treatment (oral Finasteride and/or Minoxidil 5%) and posible hair transplant in the future. You need a 2nd or 3rd opinion with a trained and experienced hair surgeon. Good luck.

According to your baldness level, the hair transplant is possible at your age. the donor area doesn't permit the extraction of 3500 grafts. the maximum can be extracted is 3000 grafts. the crown area wont be covered from the first session. We recommend you The PRP treatment and the propecia before the hair transplant.

As per photographic evaluation it is grade 6 baldness and requires around 5500 to 6000 grafts for full coverage which is not recommended in single session ideally to be done in two session with gap of 6 months .initially in the first session 3500 grafts will done .In next session another 2000 needs to extracted from scalp plus beard to give low density. It is advisable to meet dermatologist to get detailed information and understand the plan also donor evaluation is must before committing anything.

Your pattern is clear from the pictures (class 6 pattern of balding) and in the hair transplant process, you need a Master Plan before going forward.