What about really good peice for his ring:-D
» you fill in the head on a nw 3, keep chasing that balding, then later you
» go to a NW7, You are going to have a huge bald ring, surrounding a thick
» tuft of hair on the top…and no donor hair left…
»
»
»
» this is what he can expect if he fills in his hair now, at a lower norwood
» level, and then progresses later to a NW7
»
» then where is he going to get the hair to fill THIS in once he already
» tapped out his donor to have a nice thick top…NOWHERE , unless
» HM comes to the rescue…and he still has body hair as an
» option but look at that HUGE BALD RING, how is body hair going to fix
» that?
»
» 
Its no good saying he can shave his head,as a shaved head leaves a shadow!
» » you fill in the head on a nw 3, keep chasing that balding, then later
» you
» » go to a NW7, You are going to have a huge bald ring, surrounding a
» thick
» » tuft of hair on the top…and no donor hair left…
» »
» »
» »
» » this is what he can expect if he fills in his hair now, at a lower
» norwood
» » level, and then progresses later to a NW7
» »
» » then where is he going to get the hair to fill THIS in once he already
» » tapped out his donor to have a nice thick top…NOWHERE ,
» unless
» » HM comes to the rescue…and he still has body hair as an
» » option but look at that HUGE BALD RING, how is body hair going to fix
» » that?
» »
» »
»
» Its no good saying he can shave his head,as a shaved head leaves a shadow!
thats what i said
shaving the head does no good
he is a freak any way you look at it
how many guys consider this possibility, not many
but considering the absolute desperate situation this would lead to, I am surprised it is not discussed more
» » » you fill in the head on a nw 3, keep chasing that balding, then later
» » you
» » » go to a NW7, You are going to have a huge bald ring, surrounding a
» » thick
» » » tuft of hair on the top…and no donor hair
» left…
» » »
» » »
» » »
» » » this is what he can expect if he fills in his hair now, at a lower
» » norwood
» » » level, and then progresses later to a NW7
» » »
» » » then where is he going to get the hair to fill THIS in once he
» already
» » » tapped out his donor to have a nice thick top…NOWHERE ,
» » unless
» » » HM comes to the rescue…and he still has body hair as
» an
» » » option but look at that HUGE BALD RING, how is body hair going to fix
» » » that?
» » »
» » »
» »
» » Its no good saying he can shave his head,as a shaved head leaves a
» shadow!
»
» thats what i said
»
» shaving the head does no good
» he is a freak any way you look at it
»
» how many guys consider this possibility, not many
»
» but considering the absolute desperate situation this would lead to, I am
» surprised it is not discussed more
I actually do business with a major company - the owner/director as just what your on about,but its a funny old world my mates,who’s got hair,telling me about the wife of this bloke,shes had several plastic surgeries - I then say something like I think you’ll find he’s had a eighties style hair transplant,as well,at this point my mate states he’d forgotten about that - he was sitting in front of us less than 30 minutes before - you see not everyone takes any notice,my mate had got used to seeing it!
We are our worse enemy!
This weekend I shaved my head both nights I was working away,my mate who works along side me says - WHY - he’s a NW6.I made a joke about it - no ones really bothered except ourselves,but I still wish I had more hair at the front,even if I think I look okay with a shaved head - Silly people we are!
» » Epiker, Rev is right. If you are thinning slowly and plan to use FUE,
» then
» » I don’t think it is a problem if you become a NW6 or NW7. At worst you
» can
» » have the transplanted hairs replanted somewhere else via FUE again -
» I’ve
» » seen this happen.
» »
» » I think the people to get best advice from are those who have had a HT
» and
» » have gone through that experience, rather than someone who hasn’t.
»
» Exactly, he could always get a very small fue session to see if the
» procedure leaves any “dot” scars before he continues. With FUE, he could
» always buzz his head in his 50s/ 60s and people will be none-the-wiser.
Glad to see you guys see it the way I do, that’s pretty much my plan. Until we have a cure, hairloss is inevitable for many of us-so we need to make the best of the situation with what’s available.
I realize a HT won’t be permanent but it’s a good interim solution till something better comes along and if nothing does, at least I get to enjoy 5-10 years (hopefully) of having the appearance of a normal head of hair. That’s more time than I need to party as much as I want and then settle down.
HanginginThere is making it sound as if I’ll be a NW7 tomorrow but my hairloss has been gradual and its only been noticeable once I entered my 30s, nearly identical to my father’s progression and he still had reasonable coverage into his 50s. That’s why I believe a NW 6/7 is still at least a decade or two off for me. And like you said Rev, I’ll just buzz it off once it gets bad in my 60s, no one will care what I look like at that age anyway. 
» this is what he can expect if he fills in his hair now, at a lower norwood
» level, and then progresses later to a NW7
»
» then where is he going to get the hair to fill THIS in once he already
» tapped out his donor to have a nice thick top…NOWHERE , unless
» HM comes to the rescue…and he still has body hair as an
» option but look at that HUGE BALD RING, how is body hair going to fix
» that?
»
»
He can expect to look like MR T?
WOW. I pity the fool that thinks that’s a buzz-cut.
.
» » » Epiker, Rev is right. If you are thinning slowly and plan to use FUE,
» » then
» » » I don’t think it is a problem if you become a NW6 or NW7. At worst
» you
» » can
» » » have the transplanted hairs replanted somewhere else via FUE again -
» » I’ve
» » » seen this happen.
» » »
» » » I think the people to get best advice from are those who have had a
» HT
» » and
» » » have gone through that experience, rather than someone who hasn’t.
» »
» » Exactly, he could always get a very small fue session to see if the
» » procedure leaves any “dot” scars before he continues. With FUE, he
» could
» » always buzz his head in his 50s/ 60s and people will be none-the-wiser.
»
» Glad to see you guys see it the way I do, that’s pretty much my plan.
» Until we have a cure, hairloss is inevitable for many of us-so we need to
» make the best of the situation with what’s available.
»
» I realize a HT won’t be permanent but it’s a good interim solution till
» something better comes along and if nothing does, at least I get to enjoy
» 5-10 years (hopefully) of having the appearance of a normal head of hair.
» That’s more time than I need to party as much as I want and then settle
» down.
»
» HanginginThere is making it sound as if I’ll be a NW7 tomorrow but my
» hairloss has been gradual and its only been noticeable once I entered my
» 30s, nearly identical to my father’s progression and he still had
» reasonable coverage into his 50s. That’s why I believe a NW 6/7 is still at
» least a decade or two off for me. And like you said Rev, I’ll just buzz it
» off once it gets bad in my 60s, no one will care what I look like at that
» age anyway.
the folly of youth is , once i get this age i wont care
why ask the board what they think anyway? if you do not take anyones advice except the young dumb ones?
» the folly of youth is , once i get this age i wont care
»
» why ask the board what they think anyway? if you do not take anyones
» advice except the young dumb ones?
Hanging please. If anything, you’re living proof age doesn’t guarantee maturity.
.
» » the folly of youth is , once i get this age i wont care
» »
» » why ask the board what they think anyway? if you do not take anyones
» » advice except the young dumb ones?
»
» Hanging please. If anything, you’re living proof age doesn’t guarantee
» maturity.
»
»
»
»
»
» .
I did not say age guaranteed maturity…I said if you are older you still care about your appearance…you just have a bigger number of candles on your birthday cake…in your case a few less brain cells to boot
so you are saying if you are older you wont care how you look right?
what more could we expect from such a dumbass :rotfl: after all you believed ICX was coming soon
posted by HanginInThere, 08.05.2008, 18:37
I did not say age guaranteed maturity…I said if you are older you still care about your appearance…
no you said:
posted by HanginInThere, 08.05.2008, 17:28
why ask the board what they think anyway? if you do not take anyones advice except the young dumb ones?
posted by HanginInThere, 08.05.2008, 18:37
what more could we expect from such a dumbass :rotfl:
indeed. what more could we expect.
.
» posted by HanginInThere, 08.05.2008, 18:37
» I did not say age guaranteed maturity…I said if you are older
» you still care about your appearance…
»
» no you said:
»
» posted by HanginInThere, 08.05.2008, 17:28
» why ask the board what they think anyway? if you do not take anyones
» advice except the young dumb ones?
»
»
» posted by HanginInThere, 08.05.2008, 18:37
» what more could we expect from such a dumbass :rotfl:
» indeed. what more could we expect.
»
»
»
»
» .
yes the young ones are dumb , is that a surprise?
being a young dumb one I guess it would be to you
try not to cry too much 
» yes the young ones are dumb , is that a surprise?
» being a young dumb one I guess it would be to you
»
» try not to cry too much
It never ends with you man.
.
» » you fill in the head on a nw 3, keep chasing that balding, then later
» you
» » go to a NW7, You are going to have a huge bald ring, surrounding a
» thick
» » tuft of hair on the top…and no donor hair left…
» »
» »
» »
» » this is what he can expect if he fills in his hair now, at a lower
» norwood
» » level, and then progresses later to a NW7
» »
» » then where is he going to get the hair to fill THIS in once he already
» » tapped out his donor to have a nice thick top…NOWHERE ,
» unless
» » HM comes to the rescue…and he still has body hair as an
» » option but look at that HUGE BALD RING, how is body hair going to fix
» » that?
» »
» »
»
» Its no good saying he can shave his head,as a shaved head leaves a shadow!
Guys,
First of all a good surgeon these days will perform a HT with your future balding pattern in mind. So, the result shown in the above picture can be considered very unlikely. To anyone reading this thread and being worried about the above, you shouldn’t be. There is a lot of misinformation on this board.
Secondly, I am not denying that some people have been in the situation as the above picture shows. However, these patients are usually the product of HTs in the 80s, when the technology was relatively primitive (it really doesn’t happen these days). And if indeed you are one of the people who has a bald ring, you can always have it rectified by having another FUE to re-transplant the hairs on the top to the sides. I’ve seen this before on a family friend. Surgeons classify such surgery under repair work.
Epiker, you should always verify for yourself the information or advice on this board (including my own). There is a lot of misinformation here.
Best,
Leo
» The real question is, how does one know if their hairloss has stabalized?
the hairloss will stabilize when you’re an nw7 with no hair left on top, but at that time, donor area will not be sufficient for a decent HT. That’s the reason and définition of why HT sucks.
If you define “stabilize” as the hair loss has fallen into a predictable pattern and its rate of progression has slowed, then it most often happens in the 30s somewhere.
If you define “stabilize” as meaning that all hair loss has STOPPED entirely, then it’s never gonna happen. Even if you’re a NW#7 at age 33, your remaining safe-zone hair will still be thinning throughout the rest of your life.
» I’m 35 now and don’t want to miss out on what’s left of my youth. I’d
» suggest the same to others who are in a similar position as mine. I can’t
» wait another 2 to 5 or 10 years on false hope. If in that time a cure is
» developed-excellent, I’ll buy into it then, but I’m not going to hold my
» breath. Life is short and not worth squandering on things that might not
» come to pass.
That’s a good attitude. I’m your age. I’m a NW7 with less than high density in my donor area. I will continue to thin in my donor area like my father, most likely, who has very little hair left on his head other than a see-through fringe.
If I had enough hair to give me a good result, I would do it in a heartbeat. But, at a NW7 with a thin donor zone, it would be a waste to scar up my scalp for something that couldn’t give me a cosmetically acceptable result. So, I will never get a HT. I’m stuck having to continue shaving my head completely bald every two or three days. 
You, on the other hand, are fortunate that your baldness is not as advanced.
Good luck. I wish you only the best. And when you get your hair back, please to out and enjoy life as much as you possibly can.
» The real question is, how does one know if their hairloss has stabalized?
» The OP is 35. Can he expect further loss? Or does loss continue
» throughout life until you’re a NW7?
Not everyone progresses to a NW7. Some people progress to a NW3 and stabilize there for the majority of their lives.
It’s hard to tell how bald you will get. You should look for the obvious signs such as thinning in a NW6 or NW7 pattern. If your hairs are miniaturizing in a certain pattern or you are losing your hair in a certain pattern, you can expect to progress to that level.
I knew I would be a NW6 or NW7 just by the thinning pattern.
Also, you should look at familial history. If your father is a NW6 and you are losing your hair, you should expect too progress to that level.
Even still, at 35 years of age, he doesn’t have much “youth” left. In a few years he will be middle-aged. So, if he has an “island” of hair at 55 years of age, who cares? He’ll be an old man by then.
In the meantime, the 35 year old with have a few years to enjoy his nice head of hair. Chicks to bang.
I would die a happy man if I could live one year of life with a full head of hair. Just one year, that’s all I would ask then I would die a happy man.
Life & sex & wanting to look good don’t all come to an end at 40, bud.
» Although I’ve rarely ever posted here, I’ve been lurking a lot and like
» most of you, I’ve been hoping and waiting for that breakthrough that never
» seems to come. I’ve actually been checking this site for a number of years
» now.
»
» Seeing that no significant progress has been made in HM, I’ve decided to
» go for an FUE hair transplant instead (probably later this year). I’m a NW
» 3 to 4 so I think it’ll work out well for me-having seen the great results
» of people who’s hairloss is worse than mine.
»
» Hair is a social handicap and the kind of thing you rarely think about
» when you have it. When you don’t its a blow to your confidence as we all
» know and have experienced.
»
» I’m 35 now and don’t want to miss out on what’s left of my youth. I’d
» suggest the same to others who are in a similar position as mine. I can’t
» wait another 2 to 5 or 10 years on false hope. If in that time a cure is
» developed-excellent, I’ll buy into it then, but I’m not going to hold my
» breath. Life is short and not worth squandering on things that might not
» come to pass.
I completely agree with you epiker0. I am also 35, NW4. HM is too far in the future and if you add a “maybe” to that, FUE is probably the best option for a NW3-4 at this time. I haven’t spent much time on this website, but recently the hair complex has become more accute than ever.
So this is my first post on this site and I replied to you because your post has weighed in my decision to go for a FUE -probably this summer.
First I have to do some homework and try to separate fact from advertising and bias. The major concern with FUE seems to be the “white dots” visible on some patiens donor area. I would appreciate any comments from persons that have undergone FUE. Does the size of the needle matter?
»
» I completely agree with you epiker0. I am also 35, NW4. HM is too far in
» the future and if you add a “maybe” to that, FUE is probably the best
» option for a NW3-4 at this time. I haven’t spent much time on this website,
» but recently the hair complex has become more accute than ever.
» So this is my first post on this site and I replied to you because your
» post has weighed in my decision to go for a FUE -probably this summer.
» First I have to do some homework and try to separate fact from advertising
» and bias. The major concern with FUE seems to be the “white dots” visible
» on some patiens donor area. I would appreciate any comments from persons
» that have undergone FUE. Does the size of the needle matter?
I appreciate your post fairhair and glad to know that my message resonated with others in a similar situation as myself. I’ve only done some basic research on hair transplants and felt FUE was probably the best for me, though it is more costly. Unfortunately I haven’t done much more digging so I’m unable to provide more info on FUE but you might want to try the guys in the Hair Transplant section on this site.
An aside, I read about doctors using stem cells to enlarge women’s breasts and of course it begs the obvious, why can’t they inject stem cells in our scalp and make hair grow? Its frustrating to watch medical advances for everything else except hairloss. Its not as if there isn’t a multi-billion dollar market for people suffering with our ailment. While the FUE won’t give us a permanent ‘cure’ it will make a significant change in our appearance for the meanwhile, until that breakthrough finally arrives.