Hair thinning out around the hairline and wondering how much roughly for a hair transplant to fix this? (photos)

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I'm 23 have male pattern baldness and honestly it's just disappointing.. It's only on the sides of the top of my head at this point but I can imagine it's only going to get worse unless I take action so recommendations on what treatment I should look into and whatever else would be appreciated.. Cheers

Jae Pak, MD · Answer

It is easy to get a graft numbers or quotes on surgery fees.  That's good for generalizations.Say 1000 or even 1500 grafts... Say $6000 or $7000BUT THIS IS WRONG!!!What happens if you lose more hair?  You want to live with two triangle shaped hair transplants after you lose all your hair.Even if you don't lose all your hair, if you keep your hair as short as you do in the photo, you will be disappointed with the surgery results.Extreme as the above scenario may be, the point I'm making is you need an exam and a diagnosis.You need a Master Plan.  You also need to know what to expect from each treatment option and have realistic goals.

Amiya Prasad, MD · Answer

I’m a board-certified cosmetic surgeon. I have been performing hair
transplant for many years. I am the founder of a company called Trichostem®
Hair Regeneration and we have developed a remarkable solution for male and
female pattern hair loss that is non-surgical.

With the onset of hair loss at a younger age and the speed that you are
going, you need something to stabilize your hair loss progression. In the
United States, we have two drugs used for this: minoxidil and finasteride.
Minoxidil is a topical which doesn’t stop hair loss progression but it can
prolong the growth cycle of thinning hair. On the other hand, finasteride
inhibits an enzyme called 5-alpha reductase which is responsible for the
conversion of testosterone to dihydrotestosterone commonly referred to as DHT.
It really works in slowing down the progression but it is also limited to
people who have DHT-sensitive hair follicles. There are many men who do not
respond to finasteride. In the current time, there are a lot of concerns about
long-term sexual side effects of finasteride, so the majority of patients who
come to our practice who are in your age range refuse to take it.

In our practice, we developed a treatment called Hair Regeneration.
This procedure combine platelet-rich plasma (PRP) derived from your own blood
with Acellular matrix. Acellular matrix is a material used for wound healing.
Years ago, it was discovered that this wound healing material, when used for
transplant surgery to help hair grafts and the donor area heal, appeared to
also help hair get thicker. We have created a process, and a predictable and consistent
response where close to 100% of male pattern hair loss patients do respond and get
good results.

We have patients who come from all over the world and we further refined
the system and our understanding of who responds to this treatment. However, it’s
not the perfect solution as we haven’t cured baldness, but the sooner we catch
someone, the better the results are. We’re treating people as young as
18-years-old and see very good results. There’s a small group of patients who
have not responded to the treatment. We re-treated them and they still didn’t
respond, but this is a tiny group so we are still close to a 100% effective
rate for male patients. Some people benefit from a second injection, but for
the vast majority this is a onetime treatment. The procedure is customized to
the individual patient and we follow our patients very closely. We have exceeded
the level of commitment and follow-up of other people who are doing a similar
type of treatment.

We have been bringing Trichostem® Hair Regeneration to patients where
they are. This treatment has been so successful that we have been able to now
scale it and be offered to other areas outside of our two locations in
Manhattan and Long Island. Hair transplant may be an option for you but without
stabilization, you will lose hair.  Patients
who have gotten transplantation at your age and reached their early to mid-30s
have only transplanted hair, and don’t have any of their own native hair. They still
look like they don’t have hair which means they didn’t get the hair coverage
they wanted. Think very critically and keep asking questions. Learn more about
what I described for you and I hope that was helpful for you. Thank you for
your question.

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Roy A. David, MD · Answer

While 1000 to 1500 grafts may fill that area nicely-you are only 23 years old and in the beginning stages of your hair loss. Consult with an experienced hair transplant surgeon who can weigh your options. Here in San Diego, we utilize the neograft FUE method which retains the option of wearing your hair short in the back.

Michael Meshkin, MD - Account Suspended · Answer

From looking at your pictures, you have MPHL and you are stage two on the Norwood scale of hair loss.  Each doctor's estimate ,may be different depending on the distribution of the grafts.  However at our clinic Wit 1500 grafts to rebuild your hair line and the temples you will get a very good coverage with natural result.

William Rassman, MD (retired) · Answer

What you are demonstrating is a persistent frontal forelock, something that tends to run in families and often lasts past the balding around it (Ledderman is a good example of a person with a forelock). These forrelocks may last for years and if you check with your family, you might see these forelocks in males in the family line.  To get a good hand in how many grafts you might need, look at orur gallery of over 1000 patients and see what they did

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