I'm 28 considering a hair transplant. I have posted pictures. Should I wait, or is it safe to go ahead w/ a transplant? (photo)

Photos and goals are great but you need an exam and diagnosis to find out if you will continue to lose your hair and if surgery will meet your expectations.

You should not have a transplant at this time. You need to know how extensive your hair loss will ultimately be and how much donor you will have to fix this. I would advise waiting for your pattern to be more established.    

Generally we advise hair transplant at later age.Hair loss is ongoing process & one loose more and more hair with time.You have bi temporal recession & your hair on front line seem in miniaturization phase.As after hair transplant , results generally comes after 7-8 months to 1 year so by next year, you get the results of hair transplant,  your existing hair will also have lot of shedding.Also, hair once gone, generally not come back so with medications, chances are less that you will get your hair on empty sides.If it bothers you & you have plans to go for hair transplant, then you can go for hair transplant at this stage.Keep in mind, due to continuous hair loss of your existing hair, you may need more sessions of hair transplant in future.Regards,Dr. M. Khawar NazirLahore, Pakistan

At 28, with frontal recession, you are an excellent hair transplant candidate. You can see many of our patients like you on our gallery (see below) and see the before and after results with the number of grafts that got to get those results. There are hundreds of such patients there

Hair transplantation is a subjective cosmetic procedure. There are many clients that would be happy with the degree of hair loss that you have and there are many that this is devastating. It depends on your comfort zone. But if your question is if your a candidate for surgery, then yes you are. From looking at your pictures, you have genetic MPHL and  you are a grade two to three on the Norwood Scale.  your donor hair that is in the back of your head looks nice and dense, and you are a good candidate for surgery. If you want to rebuild your hairline, the temples, add density to the front, I suggest about 1500 to 2000 grafts. Each graft may have between 1-3 hairs and is placed in the recipient areas according to its size. If you do the ultra refined follicular unit, the hair units will be dense packed and will look very natural. However, since hair loss is progressive and you are young to minimize future hair loss of your native hair, you need to start a medical regiment or you will need additional surgery in the future.