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I got a hair transplant
What kind of hair styles shall I dream about employing in 12 months time?
I am 35/36yo. As you can see, I have a pretty good skull shape. My forehead and brow are a bit swollen in the photo because it was just after the op.
btw, my hair originally fell out directly because of minoxidil lmao. Beware.
Any HT bros please lmk how yours went, or anyone considering it feel free to AMA.
How much did it cost?
Any pain associated?
What surprised you?
Would you recommend it?
Thanks
>How much did it cost?
£17,700 (equivalent) for a two-day procedure. It was with one of the most expensive and renowned surgeons in my area. He does all of the hands-on work himself, whereas most places a technician does it.
>Any pain associated?
Initially just the anaesthetic injections, which are not bad. After that you feel zero pain.
Unfortunately for me, on the 2nd half of Day 2 the anaesthetic was no longer working so I experienced extreme pain for several hours, lmao. I don’t think that is normal.
>What surprised you?
Nothing, it was basically as I expected from my research.
>Would you recommend it?
I’ll wait until I see the results before that.
> Why you were using minoxidil in the first place if you wasn’t balding before, lmao.
I had everso slight thinning, or so I thought. Maybe nothing, certainly no one else could notice. I used minox and within a month it was so thin I was struggling to cover it. I persevered for 6+ months due to the meme you describe below…
>Also, it’s common that hair falls out when you start minoxidil. It grows back stronger in 8 months or so.
…but after that length of time I had almost nothing left in the areas affected. Minoxidil shills always say "just one more month, bro" but the bottom line is if I had never touched it, I’d still have my hair. Two years after I stopped using it, none had grown back but no more had fallen out.
>In addition, your hair transplant won’t stay for long.
That’s a shame.
>£17,700
Where is this, London? I don’t want to go to Turkey for a transplant, but I only want to pay £7,000 max. I mean you only look like you had frontal recession.
>I only want to pay £7,000 max
You can get it done for that, probably.
>I mean you only look like you had frontal recession.
Here’s a before pic. It was far too thin to wear longer than a buzz cut.
I’ll update you guys over the months and share the outcome.
Are you a diffuse thinner? My hair is like yours at the front, but in the middle and centre it is full.
show your hair before minoxidil, this just looks like you were always bald, also how will you look with that bad density on top and a filled in front from the transplant?
>show your hair before minoxidil
It was "long" so you won’t see a useful comparison; I didn’t start taking closeup photos of my hair until it was hecked.
>this just looks like you were always bald
Since birth?
>also how will you look with that bad density on top and a filled in front from the transplant?
We’ll find out soon enough, I guess.
>topical fin goes systemic just like oral does
I’m reading otherwise, idk. Even if there’s some dispersion systemically it’s worth the bet to me that it’s much, much less than taking tablets. Since both are available to me, I see no reason to opt for tablets.
>Enjoy losing all of it in 5 years AGAIN.
aaaaaaargh
>Do you have to keep it shaved while the hairs recover and become permanent or is it just a style choice?
Most of the transplanted hairs will fall out before they regrow, so I will remain "bald" for months yet. If I started growing it now I’d look stupid.
Good for you for taking your hair back anon! How recent is that OP pic?
>In my area
Bruh there are no renowned hair transplant surgeons in the UK, even Farjo is a hack and he’s done a few celebrity ones. Turkey or the USA are the best place to get them. Please tell me you didn’t fall for the FUE meme.
>hair fell directly due minoxidil
Why you were using minoxidil in the first place if you wasn’t balding before, lmao.
Also, it’s common that hair falls out when you start minoxidil. It grows back stronger in 8 months or so.
In addition, your hair transplant won’t stay for long.
>In addition, your hair transplant won’t stay for long.
Wrong, transplanted hair stays for life. It isnt affected by DHT
What will happen is the non transplanted hair will continue to miniaturize, so OP will need more transplants to fill the gaps as his hair loss proceeds
Or you get on fin and the rest of the hair stays the same. OP is on fin i would assume, otherwise they won’t even start the transplant (unless they are unethical).
There is always 1 slabbering hebrew desperate for you to take fin
>It isnt affected by DHT
Wrong.
Did you even watch this video, or further to that, did you even understand it? Transplanted follicles from donor areas that are DHT resistant do not require you to use finasteride/minox.
The guy in the video clearly still has the hairs fully there and growing in the transplant area. He is a diffuse thinner, and is progressively losing his hair in the areas he had no transplant, but is not losing them in his transplant area.
If you are a diffuse thinner, it’s wise to take products to stop that. If you for instance, have temple recession, and have a transplant there, but are not a diffuse thinner, you don’t have to use fin/minox.
It does not even need explaining, because it’s very simple. DHT causes follicle shrinkage and death. DHT resistant follicles from the donor area, as the words say, are resistant to DHT so you need not use anything else.
*vomit*
>It grows back stronger in 8 months or so
this is bullshit, it makes ur hair fall out then it grows thin wispy bumfluff thats not like real hair, i used the shit for like 1 half years, slaping that shit on my head everyday was a big mistake,
only an idiot learns from his own mistakes, a wise man learns from others
You look like a strawberry kek. Enjoy your new hair.
how many grafts bro?
I wish you the best OP since you paid so much, hope it comes out well and stays in place.
How long after the surgery until your hair starts growing back?
Why didnt you go to Turkey and get it done there?
He probably had the money and chose western instead of eastern. I doubt they are worse in Turkey though even though it’s cheaper, they have way more experience with it by now.
I was put off by the cheap Turkish prices too, but apparently its due to having a better infrastructure for it. More experienced and whatnot.
They’re also starting to use emrald tipped tools for better incisions.
I want to research it more before making a choice.
>How long after the surgery until your hair starts growing back?
The new hairs are in place right now but most of them will shed from the shock of the transplant. Then they will fill back in over some months. I think you keep getting more fill until like 12mo. I will have to keep my head shaved for another 4-6mo I think.
>Why didnt you go to Turkey and get it done there?
I have a lot of money, and live right by a collection of some of the best private medical practises on Earth. Going abroad for it vs a 10 minute walk and being at home… fuark, I can’t imagine how unpleasant it would be to travel like that.
>How recent is that OP pic?
That was taken 2hrs post op, or about 12hrs before I posted the thread.
>Me too bro
Nice one, mate.
>did the surgeon say you have to be on fin?
Of course. I am not taking it, though. I’ll try topical fin when he gives it to me in a couple of weeks, but I’m not taking oral.
I haven’t had any hair loss since stopping the minoxidil, and only the very tiniest bit before it, so I’m optimistic that my natural/inevitable hair loss fat is not too severe.
>Of course. I am not taking it, though.
Good luck with your perma monk-cut in 2 years you moron
The fin hebrew cries out as he attacks you
Guess I’ll just have to wipe my tears with my hair
>I’ll try topical
topical fin goes systemic just like oral does, it’s not like minox in regards to the topical/oral difference. topical fin is pointless.
>keep my head shaved for another 4-6mo I think.
Do you have to keep it shaved while the hairs recover and become permanent or is it just a style choice?
Me too bro, 2 weeks ago
I think I’ll start with the zoomer cut
Hair transplants are for gays.
Real men have comb overs.
Pic related, peak superiority.
Very /fashion/
Is it over?
Oh jesus, its dracula!
no. your hairline is fine. you can tell you are experiencing MPB when you start getting a bald spot on the back of your head that is rapidly spreading.
you legit just have a widow peak hairline. can be very /fashion/ if you aren’t a spergy autist
I think I have a little spot at the back though, and I don’t think my widows peak used to be that pronounced. Maybe I’m just paranoid though
looks fine to me dude. I wouldn’t worry about it.
btw, how old are you?
25. My dad has really good hair, he’s turning 65 soon and it’s starting to thin but he has no bald patches. I have been really stressed out for the past 6 months or so so I am wondering if that had an affect on me
you are fine. start worrying about it when you hit 35, and even then unless you got the back patch falling out you are probs in the clear.
it may thin out a wee bit, but that happens to everyone as they get older
not everyone balds in the same pattern. some may not experience hairloss in the crown at first, but recede in the front until they are a norwood 4-5
your hairs are obv miniaturizing in the front. get on finasteride or it will likely continue
9000? Yes.
Hot
yes it is over.
>btw, my hair originally fell out directly because of minoxidil lmao. Beware.
i find this hard to believe
i just warned people in another thread about minoxodil, it causes what its supposed to prevent
did the surgeon say you have to be on fin?
Here he comes
There is no male pattern baldness on either side of my family. I do have random bald chunks and a weird shaped skull, so I just grow my hair out. Your skull don’t look bad, so Just invest in good clippers.
I embraced the buzzcut and im getting the micropigmentation probably to sharpen my hairline a bit.
why are you gays with normal ears so insecure if you have to shave your head?
i am balding and have ears that hecking stick out and no matter how pretty someone is with with my ears they will turn into a goblin and even i am not as insecure as you gays
Enjoy losing all of it in 5 years AGAIN.
Shoulda just gone for the jaw surgery lol what a waste
baldies ITT, never reproduce, there’s no hope for any of you insecure gays
If you have a son today, there should be fantastic hair loss solutions available by the time he’s an adult.
Pyrilutamide should be available within the next few years and it’s supposed to be more effective than finasteride and dutasteride. It’s also a topical drug with negligible systemic absorption and no serious side-effects reported thus far.
There’s also hair cloning experimentation being done by startups such as Stemson Therapeutics.This is nothing new, but this is the first time that hair cloning is receiving significant investments. Stemson for example got tens of millions of dollars.
Male pattern baldness has hecked our generation, but if we manage to find a woman to reproduce with, they should be ok.
>they should be ok.
they as in the children*
I’ve been on fin for 15 years and not a single side effect other than I’ve got my hair and my brother and father haven’t.
Why are people so scared of fin? Dick problems are nearly always psychological.
Congrats. Just because you didn’t get sides, doesn’t mean other people don’t.
I’ve been on fin for 2 years and I had both neurological and sexual side-effects.
I’m saying that for the majority of people that get sides it’s pyschosomatic. Did you read about the sides before you started taking it?
>Did you read about the sides before you started taking it?
No, I did not.
>I’m saying that for the majority of people that get sides it’s pyschosomatic.
kek, you mean literally they expect sides and so they manifest? But, for example, if you just spiked them with fin and they didn’t know about it, they ("the vast majority of people that get sides") would experience no sides?
What’s your basis for saying that?
>What’s your basis for saying that?
It’s all in your head bro. Finasteride can’t give you sexual and neurological side-effects even though it lowers a potent sex hormone’s levels by 70% and also inhibits 10 different neurosteroids the 5AR enzyme is responsible (it’s always funny how the fin shills always ignore all the other functions 5AR has).
just castrate yourself, bro!
1. Most men who take fin are already very insecure about their perceived virility, what makes you less of a man than losing your hair? Losing your libido and sexual function. People read about the symptoms and they end up worrying enough to develop them. Some people of course do have legit sexual issues from Fin but they will be in the minority. Not that it counts for much but I literally know a guy that took his first fin ever in the morning and claimed he couldn’t get it up the same evening.
2. A lot of men taking fin will be approaching the age where they may feel their libido going down, due to being in a long term relationship or because they are just going through a natural decrease in testosterone after their physical peak.
I’m not saying that some men don’t suffer side effects, but people online massively overblow it, which makes sense because like negative experiences people will be much more likely to report them online than positive ones.
Fin is a safe enough solution to if you’re worried about losing hair, if you get sides, stop taking it and in time you will return to normal.
>I literally know a guy that took his first fin ever in the morning and claimed he couldn’t get it up the same evening
"A single oral dose of finasteride produces a rapid decrease in serum DHT concentrations, with the maximum effect observed within 8 hours. DHT suppression is maintained for at least 24 hours with continued treatment."
Is that so implausible?
>People read about the symptoms and they end up worrying enough to develop them.
cheers bro I didn’t realise that’s all it was. We need to spread the word.
Bald fade with a number 1 on top
How much time did you take off from work? And how did the people around you react? Not that you should give a rats ass about other peoples opinions because you did it for yourself, but I’m curious.
>How much time did you take off from work?
I’m retired
> And how did the people around you react?
I went out in public after a couple of days and no one gives a shit, no one looks at each other anyway.
Today (6-7 days post op) I went out amongst a lot of people I already knew, for the first time, and no one said anything or appeared to notice anything had changed. I’ll post a pic later, it’s pretty much healed now.
>you did it for yourself
No actually I specifically did it to change how I’m seen and regarded by other people, kek. That’s the whole point.
>Literally getting mine tomorrow. Flying internationally for it.
Good luck, m8! Post pics.
Literally getting mine tomorrow. Flying internationally for it.
>£17,700
>£7,000 max
>Flying internationally for it.
>being poor on the internet
Polandgay here, isn’t this shit like 2-4 grand GBP here