Soldato
£6.3k? ****, I was thinking it would be somewhere around the £1.5k-£2k mark. 
My hair transplant journey
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No idea sorry mate, I don't live in the UK so I did no research there.
FUE surgery in London at a good clinic that I just Googled starts at £3.5k for the minimum amount, so likely runs up to £4.5-5k or more! Links https://wimpoleclinic.com/prices-how-much-does-hair-transplant-cost/ and https://www.trustpilot.com/review/wimpoleclinic.com£6.3k? ****, I was thinking it would be somewhere around the £1.5k-£2k mark.
When getting something as serious as this done that will stay on my head for years and that everyone will see, then I am certainly not going to be taking the budget option!
Caporegime
Well worth it to not be a baldcel.
Hi tefal, I agree with your sentiments but this was already discussed and closed many pages ago, with FF's blessing, so lets please not open up that silly debate again, and instead focus on the positives of peoples results so far and helping people that want to get it done.
Hi tefal, I agree with your sentiments but this was already discussed and closed many pages ago, with FF's blessing, so lets please not open up that silly debate again, and instead focus on the positives of peoples results so far and helping people that want to get it done.
Oh sorry I opened the thread part way though didn't realise it was about a year ago
No worries dude, easily done!
Thing is, surely it's only a matter of time before other parts of your head start thinning, meaning another trip to the syrup shop?
I'm bald and proud
. Bothered me when I was 18 and my hairline started to head north. But 30 totally bald, skin head since then
I'm bald and proud
. Bothered me when I was 18 and my hairline started to head north. But 30 totally bald, skin head since then
Caporegime
Great results Richdog. From NW 2.5 on his way to visit the Norwood reaper, to NW 1 gigachad.
Of course it'll look **** in 5 years as you're not (as far as I recall / know) taking a 5-alpha reductase inhibitor and will therefore have a perfect hairline and crown with thinning surrounding patches, but I guess your surgeon knows best.
Of course it'll look **** in 5 years as you're not (as far as I recall / know) taking a 5-alpha reductase inhibitor and will therefore have a perfect hairline and crown with thinning surrounding patches, but I guess your surgeon knows best.
That would be my concern too with this stuff, I'd be interested if @chipperhead has been recommended to take the tablets or not after his transplant?
I guess IF you're in a position where you're taking the tablets after surgery then I guess the optimal thing to have done would have perhaps been to start the tablets at the first sign of loss. There are presumably some people out there who started taking tablets in their early 20s and have managed to both avoid the hair loss and/or surgery.
Personally, for me, I don't particularly fancy the idea of taking the tablets, there is a well-documented effect on libido for example. I guess though at the point I'm at now I've probably lost most of the hair I'm likely to lose and so would be looking at a more substantial transplant and IIRC the actual transplanted hair itself isn't at risk but rather the existing hair on the top of your head. It certainly seems to be a potential risk if you get a transplant early on, you could sustain further hair loss in other areas still, though I guess the option of further transplants are there too, given you have sufficient donor hair on the back of your head or elsewhere etc..
goes without saying though that both the sets of pictures posted do indeed look great!
Soldato
Interesting thread, thanks for sharing.
@Richdog, I'm intrigued to know which country you reside in exactly?
@Richdog, I'm intrigued to know which country you reside in exactly?
That would be my concern too with this stuff, I'd be interested if @chipperhead has been recommended to take the tablets or not after his transplant?
I guess IF you're in a position where you're taking the tablets after surgery then I guess the optimal thing to have done would have perhaps been to start the tablets at the first sign of loss. There are presumably some people out there who started taking tablets in their early 20s and have managed to both avoid the hair loss and/or surgery.
Personally, for me, I don't particularly fancy the idea of taking the tablets, there is a well-documented effect on libido for example. I guess though at the point I'm at now I've probably lost most of the hair I'm likely to lose and so would be looking at a more substantial transplant and IIRC the actual transplanted hair itself isn't at risk but rather the existing hair on the top of your head. It certainly seems to be a potential risk if you get a transplant early on, you could sustain further hair loss in other areas still, though I guess the option of further transplants are there too, given you have sufficient donor hair on the back of your head or elsewhere etc..
goes without saying though that both the sets of pictures posted do indeed look great!
I can't see which post you are quoting as I have whoever it is on ignore, but I consulted extensively with my surgeon and already addressed the medication topic some pages ago, so no need to go over it again. I have a good while yet, likely around 10-15 years, until the hair will start to look noticeably thinner in the non-HT areas and if needed I would not hesitate to get surgery again, as time and money are not an issue. I am also not going to go bald everywhere on top (I will follow my fathers genetic pattern, who still has hair in his late 60's with a balding top and crown) so it is not going to need extensive treatment to address that ongoing gradual hair loss vs people who really do go fully bald. Plus, my lifestyle (diet, exercise and physical shape) is verrry healthy compared to a couple of years go and my stress levels are generally low. It's all now conducive to minimizing hair loss.
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Nice job on the new hair.
As a baldy, when I originally read this thread I thought that you should have just gotten over it and shaved your head, but seeing the results I'm actually quite jealous!
I am much balder than you though, so for me, there is no way back.
As a baldy, when I originally read this thread I thought that you should have just gotten over it and shaved your head, but seeing the results I'm actually quite jealous!
I am much balder than you though, so for me, there is no way back.
Yeah, I guess taking the tablets perhaps is also dependent on the pattern and how extensive/rapid the baldness it etc... clearly some recommend them and others don't. I don't know if you can necessarily assume it's going to be the same as your father's though for example my dad has a full head of hair and his dad was maybe a bit thin on top in his 80s but not bald either. It's my mum's dad who was bald.
Though I guess you do get an indication of how rapid your hair loss is and in which areas, like IIRC you mentioned 10 years or so and you still seemed to have quite a bit of coverage left (albeit maybe some of that is because of the photo being taken while the hair was grown out pre-transplant). I started noticing a bit of thinning when I was about 19 or 20, though no one else could see it, I remember asking a female friend and she thought I was being ridiculous in suggesting I was going a bit thin on top... about 4 or 5 years later you could definitely see a bit of thinning around the crown but it was easily concealable and the hairline at the front was fine. It was only when I hit 30 that it got to the point where it probably wasn't going to be easily concealed and so I simply went for a buzz cut.
I'm happy enough with a buzz cut as it still suits me/I've got quite a normal head, decent facial symmetry etc.. had had a buzz cut out of choice/just fancied it for a bit in my early 20s too at one point. I do think I probably looked a bit better with hair though. If I were to have a transplant ans was recommended taking the tablets then it would feel a bit silly/like something I could have pre-empted aged 19 or 20. In my late 20s when it could still be concealed/wasn't noticeable I did ask a dermatologist and he gave the options were were basically regaine or the tablets the latter of which have a higher success rate but obvious side effects too, in the end I tried regaine for a bit but it was a total faff and I opted to not bother with either (which prompted fairly rapid loss as soon as the regain was halted thus the almost immediate buzz cut).
Would be interesting if there were some sort of effective topical "cure" developed in the near future, I might try it and/or keep a buzz cut but with better coverage, I go for a size 0 now rather than size 2 as otherwise, the thin parts on top are noticeable. Though if it's say 15 years away I'd probably not bother by then.
Interestingly it is only recently I've noticed the hairline thinning, I guess if I'd not gone with a buzz cut I'd have some sort of monk haircut by now LOL!
Hey dowie, some interesting thoughts there and it sounds like you are doing the comfortable thing for you which is always the most important thing! As far as tablets go I will never take unnecessary medication (as in, that is not necessary for a health related condition) on a daily basis that has such serious potential side effects as reduced sexual function and impotence. It's just a complete no-go for me.
I believe that I can indeed reasonably assume that it will be very similar to my father, considering my hair is so far following his baldness pattern (he has checked and confirmed multiple times) and my granddad was very similar.
Do you really think that you can pre-empt it at 19 or 20? At that age you are still essentially a kid who knows very little about life and gives no thought to researching things like this... unless I guess you have seriously abnormal hair loss at that age. It's generally only when you get older that things like this come on your radar!
I believe that I can indeed reasonably assume that it will be very similar to my father, considering my hair is so far following his baldness pattern (he has checked and confirmed multiple times) and my granddad was very similar.
I don't think you've got much grounds for that assumption though unless you're talking about a maternal grandfather. Baldness is more commonly (though granted not exclusively) associated with the X chromosome so not necessarily anything to do with your father let alone being able to declare that it will follow a given pattern of his.
I don't see why you'd need to have serious hair loss, I mean if you're aware you're starting to thin a bit on top and that you quite likely have hereditary baldness then why wait?
The point is that there are people out there who have spent thousands on surgery and have also been recommended to take this drug to prevent further hair loss, if you're taking that drug and it is effective for you then the whole thing perhaps could have been avoided by simply starting it sooner. I perhaps could have done so later on in my 20s too and ended up maintaining my hair at the point where it was slightly visible as thinning on top but like you I'm not interested in taking some sort of drug-like that on an ongoing basis.
A topical solution or one-off or occasional treatment in future, maybe, but something daily like Regaine, nah, too much faff..
Lets just agree to disagree on the finer aspects of both points, dowie, as I have no desire to get into a extended debate about it. All I will say to close this topic (from my side, at least) is that I suggest doing research on "male pattern baldness father son" and you will see research has progressed now from the old semi-myth of: "It's inherited from your mothers X chromosome", and both parents can be responsible. If the males in your family follow a generational pattern for baldness, then it is just obvious that this can be an influence on your own situation, especially when you are (as in my case) visibly and demonstrably following the same pattern of hair loss. That is called empirical evidence.
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especially when you are (as in my case) visibly and demonstrably following the same pattern of hair loss. That is called empirical evidence.
Nah, that’s called confirmation bias. You’re welcome to point to some empirical evidence if you like but I think you’re making a lot of assumptions that aren’t really warranted here.
I’ll just note that I did word my post quite carefully if you want to re-read it, there is nothing mythical about what I said, if you look past the headlines of pop-science articles baldness being commonly (note, again, but not exclusively) associated with the X chromosome is not a myth.
Sure dowie, like I said lets just agree to disagree and leave it there.