Should I get a hair transplant on the temples

[MaestheticMaso]

Temples have seem to receded, but I’m not losing hair now ( at least as of right now ). Hair is nice and dense everywhere else so I’m wondering if it’s worth it to get a small number of grafts to fill in my temples?
Right temple is the same.

 

[MaestheticMaso]

Or should I try minox first ? Don’t want to use fin or dut just yet.

 

[Account717]

You should get on finasteride or some sort of actual prevention before you do a hair transplant. Otherwise you will just lose the hair behind your transplanted area.

Or should I try minox first ? Don’t want to use fin or dut just yet.

Minox does not prevent, finasteride prevents. I guess you could go ahead with min, but most would say start off with fin.

Also, beware that finasteride works really well for those who have thinning hair all over their scalp, but it is rather unclear whether it will help people who just have hairline/temple recession. I have a similar thing, and im not sure whether to start fin either!

 

[Alexanderr]

You're quite young, so the area might recede further in the future, requiring more transplants. Need to get on a proper hairloss regimen prior.

 

[MaestheticMaso]

You should get on finasteride or some sort of actual prevention before you do a hair transplant. Otherwise you will just lose the hair behind your transplanted area.

Minox does not prevent, finasteride prevents. I guess you could go ahead with min, but most would say start off with fin.

Also, beware that finasteride works really well for those who have thinning hair all over their scalp, but it is rather unclear whether it will help people who just have hairline/temple recession. I have a similar thing, and im not sure whether to start fin either!

It should help, shouldn’t it ? MPB starts from the temples and that’s caused by DHT so fin should mitigate that.

 

[Deleted member 18582]

what kind of hair style do you have?

you are sure you are receding as well?

my hairline has looked like yours since i was 12 and i got all paranoid at 18 thinking i was balding but in reality it was my hariline all along. Its very high and rounded but still dense everywhere.

 

[MaestheticMaso]

what kind of hair style do you have?

you are sure you are receding as well?

my hairline has looked like yours since i was 12 and i got all paranoid at 18 thinking i was balding but in reality it was my hariline all along. Its very high and rounded but still dense everywhere.

I don’t have any hair style tbh. I’ve been growing it out. It has receded definitely compared to when I was young (13, 14) but that happened to my grandfather and he kept most of his hair until he passed away. I don’t want to take any risks though and I think having temple hair would make me look better considering I have a tall forehead already!

Hairline was also squarer when I was younger!

 

[Artemis]

Temples have seem to receded, but I’m not losing hair now ( at least as of right now ). Hair is nice and dense everywhere else so I’m wondering if it’s worth it to get a small number of grafts to fill in my temples?
Right temple is the same.

I did a HT with a similar hairline to yours. Good results. However, the number of grafts was not small. 2000+.

 

[Deleted member 18582]

I don’t have any hair style tbh. I’ve been growing it out. It has receded definitely compared to when I was young (13, 14) but that happened to my grandfather and he kept most of his hair until he passed away. I don’t want to take any risks though and I think having temple hair would make me look better considering I have a tall forehead already!

Hairline was also squarer when I was younger!

Well get on fin

Even though I was probably never balding i have been on fin for 8 years,started at 18

If you want to get a transplant, you will want to be on fin anyway
You could get 2000 grafts and fill in the temples and maybe very slightly lower the hairline

It also helps for large foreheads if you have more prominent temple peaks so you can have them graft some baby hairs from the nape there. very underrated looksmax for forehead

 

[MaestheticMaso]

I did a HT with a similar hairline to yours. Good results. However, the number of grafts was not small. 2000+.

Was the hair dense and did in blend in well ?

 

[MaestheticMaso]

Well get on fin

Even though I was probably never balding i have been on fin for 8 years,started at 18

If you want to get a transplant, you will want to be on fin anyway
You could get 2000 grafts and fill in the temples and maybe very slightly lower the hairline

It also helps for large foreheads if you have more prominent temple peaks so you can have them graft some baby hairs from the nape there. very underrated looksmax for forehead

Recommend me some good clinics that specialise in this please ?

 

[MaestheticMaso]

I did a HT with a similar hairline to yours. Good results. However, the number of grafts was not small. 2000+.

Did you have to shave everything off before or did they just extract the hairs from the back ?

Should I try fin and min first to see if there’s any regrowth?

Would using steroids ( DHT derivatives especially) be a bad idea in my case ?

 

[Artemis]

Was the hair dense and did in blend in well ?

My donor is dense. I also lowered the hairline 1cm. No, the hairline is NOT as dense of course. For that you need multiple hair transplants.

But it is dense ENOUGH. No one would ever notice, unless they know how to detect this. Looks like normal hair to civilians.

 

[Artemis]

Did you have to shave everything off before or did they just extract the hairs from the back ?

Everything shaved.

Should I try fin and min first to see if there’s any regrowth?

This would be most logical tbh. however, i did not believe in regrowth much, so went straight for HT.

Would using steroids ( DHT derivatives especially) be a bad idea in my case ?

No, in YOUR case, it is actually a good idea. You clearly have hairline recession. But talk to a trichologist.

 

[MaestheticMaso]

Everything shaved.

This would be most logical tbh. however, i did not believe in regrowth much, so went straight for HT.

No, in YOUR case, it is actually a good idea. You clearly have hairline recession. But talk to a trichologist.

How to understand ? Wouldn’t drastically increasing DHT via the roids accelerate rate of recession ?

 

[Account717]

It should help, shouldn’t it ? MPB starts from the temples and that’s caused by DHT so fin should mitigate that.

Well hair in general is sensitive to DHT, but also to other androgens like Testosterone, but to a lesser extent.
Theres theories that your hairline and temples hair is particular sensitive to testosterone, and what finasteride does is stop the conversion of testosterone to DHT.
So while youre blocking half of the DHT, youre also going to see a spike in scalp testosterone, which can lead to continued hair loss if your recession is aggressive.
So, people recommend an anti androgen like RU58441, but most say just start off with fin and see where it goes from there

I only say all this as a warning, because ive seen a lot of individuals talk about finasteride being successful for them, but they have diffuse thinning throughout the scalp. But for us hairline receders, ive seen horror stories of hairlines being brutalized just on fin and dut. Fin is still the best treatment available, though, and i definitely have seen people maintain and even have regrowth on just temples and hairline with fin, especially those who dont have much recession to begin with.

 

[Artemis]

How to understand ? Wouldn’t drastically increasing DHT via the roids accelerate rate of recession ?

only a professional can say.

roids do accelerate via dht so be careful.

 

[MaestheticMaso]

Well hair in general is sensitive to DHT, but also to other androgens like Testosterone, but to a lesser extent.
Theres theories that your hairline and temples hair is particular sensitive to testosterone, and what finasteride does is stop the conversion of testosterone to DHT.
So while youre blocking half of the DHT, youre also going to see a spike in scalp testosterone, which can lead to continued hair loss if your recession is aggressive.
So, people recommend an anti androgen like RU58441, but most say just start off with fin and see where it goes from there

I only say all this as a warning, because ive seen a lot of individuals talk about finasteride being successful for them, but they have diffuse thinning throughout the scalp. But for us hairline receders, ive seen horror stories of hairlines being brutalized just on fin and dut. Fin is still the best treatment available, though, and i definitely have seen people maintain and even have regrowth on just temples and hairline with fin, especially those who dont have much recession to begin with.

Are there some sort of tests you can do to determine your course of action ?

 

[MaestheticMaso]

only a professional can say.

roids do accelerate via dht so be careful.

Both my father and grandfathers lost hair at a similar age 18/19/20 but remained NW2 so far. Could this be the case for me ?

 

[Account717]

Are there some sort of tests you can do to determine your course of action ?

I'm not sure, there are blood tests I guess to measure dht and testosterone levels, but I dont know how that relates to scalp dht and testosterone.
I think most people just go trial and error. Fin is the most basic starting point. Fin+min is another starting point, but you might want to see whether you are responding to the fin treatment by itself first. Things like RU or switching to dut is usually done later on, like months or years after being on fin.

 

[MaestheticMaso]

I'm not sure, there are blood tests I guess to measure dht and testosterone levels, but I dont know how that relates to scalp dht and testosterone.
I think most people just go trial and error. Fin is the most basic starting point. Fin+min is another starting point, but you might want to see whether you are responding to the fin treatment by itself first. Things like RU or switching to dut is usually done later on, like months or years after being on fin.

What about PFS? Is it better to try topical fin first as it’s less systemic ?

 

[BaldingBabyFace]

Temple recession means MPB is well underway, DHT is killing your scalp. Fin asap.

 

[Account717]

What about PFS? Is it better to try topical fin first as it’s less systemic ?

Im not sure what you mean by PFS.
Also dont know too much about the difference between topical and oral fin. I believe topical fin is slightly less effective but slightly less risk of sides. I think thats my understanding of the tradeoff. personally, i just wanted to start with 1mg oral fin, thats a pretty common starting point

 

[MaestheticMaso]

Im not sure what you mean by PFS.
Also dont know too much about the difference between topical and oral fin. I believe topical fin is slightly less effective but slightly less risk of sides. I think thats my understanding of the tradeoff. personally, i just wanted to start with 1mg oral fin, thats a pretty common starting point

Post fin Syndrome. I.E extreme sides to fun such as complete loss of Libado, erections, and depression.

 

[Account717]

Post fin Syndrome. I.E extreme sides to fun such as complete loss of Libado, erections, and depression.

The side effects of fin can certainly be real, just like any other drug to exist. However, post fin syndrome, from what i've researched, is a meme. Once you stop taking the drug, its effects, good and bad, go away, because of its short half life.

Also another thing to consider about topical vs oral, a lot of people prefer to just talk a pill instead of meticulously applying a cream or spray or whatever to their hair every night. Another thing to consider, a matter of convenience.

 

[MaestheticMaso]

The side effects of fin can certainly be real, just like any other drug to exist. However, post fin syndrome, from what i've researched, is a meme. Once you stop taking the drug, its effects, good and bad, go away, because of its short half life.

Also another thing to consider about topical vs oral, a lot of people prefer to just talk a pill instead of meticulously applying a cream or spray or whatever to their hair every night. Another thing to consider, a matter of convenience.

Which is better if I’m planning to roid ? Or should I take DUT instead ?

 

[Account717]

Which is better if I’m planning to roid ? Or should I take DUT instead ?

Which is better, between which two options? No one really starts with Dut, people start with fin.
Again, fin or fin+min is a REALLY common anti hair loss starting point
If you are roiding, i believe that will raise your testosterone, which if uncontrolled, will contribute to your hair loss even more. Just keep it in mind

 

[MaestheticMaso]

Which is better, between which two options? No one really starts with Dut, people start with fin.
Again, fin or fin+min is a REALLY common anti hair loss starting point
If you are roiding, i believe that will raise your testosterone, which if uncontrolled, will contribute to your hair loss even more. Just keep it in mind

Hmmm, I think if testosterone is the issue, Ru will help. However, from my understand MPB is mainly due to DHT. The gold standard prevention protocol is Fin plus RU as that covers both DHT and test related hair loss.

 

[blackckatt]

You should i think bhai

 

[ItsOver999]

Yes, then get hair system for top of head

 

[Account717]

Hmmm, I think if testosterone is the issue, Ru will help. However, from my understand MPB is mainly due to DHT. The gold standard prevention protocol is Fin plus RU as that covers both DHT and test related hair loss.

Yep, you understand now. Yes DHT is much stronger, but an increase in scalp testosterone + DHT undealt with by fin means hair loss CAN progress IF your hair loss is aggressive.

 

[MaestheticMaso]

Yep, you understand now. Yes DHT is much stronger, but an increase in scalp testosterone + DHT undealt with by fin means hair loss CAN progress IF your hair loss is aggressive.

I don’t think it’s aggressive as I haven’t noticed any hair loss right no, but who knows what could happen. Especially if I go ahead with the roids

 

[Whatashame]

Are there some sort of tests you can do to determine your course of action ?

dude he is talking about very specific cases, the vast majority of finasteride users completely stops hair loss

 

[Whatashame]

https://looksmax.org/threads/baldce...or-a-hair-loss-treatment.809897/post-12535731 thats a summary of the available treatments. If you are past development i would try start low dose finasteride and see how it goes.

 

[AllesScheiße]

dutasteride + oral minoxidil + ru 58841 + keto

 

[bradpittshairline]

dutasteride + oral minoxidil + ru 58841 + keto

thats excessive broski + dont get temples rn see how fin works on u with a new hairline and after 2-4 years get temples if u care

 

[CristianT]

Temples have seem to receded, but I’m not losing hair now ( at least as of right now ). Hair is nice and dense everywhere else so I’m wondering if it’s worth it to get a small number of grafts to fill in my temples?
Right temple is the same.

yes, it doesn't look good.
it looks old, not reproducible.

 

[MaestheticMaso]

yes, it doesn't look good.
it looks old, not reproducible.

Brutal. Still not sure if it’s actual balding as I’m not noticing any hair loss. I just have bad temple genetics ever since I was young tbh.