Hello. I am considering getting a hair transplant and I had a few questions. I am a 24 year old male and I began losing hair about 3 years ago immediately after taking the medication Accutane. I have always had very thick hair, but about a month after I started taking Accutane I noticed that I had lost a ton of hair of the front/mid area of my head. My hair went from being so thick that every time I got it cut they needed to thin it out using special scissors, to being able to see my scalp in certain spots within a couple of weeks.
My hair loss began about an inch or so above my hairline in the front/center part of my head in a diffuse pattern. My hairline didn’t recede at all and I didn’t really lose any hair in my crown area. As soon as I noticed the hair loss I immediately quit taking the medication. For about 6-12 months after stopping the medication I lost a large amount of hair and was probably shedding between 100-300 hairs a day. Eventually the shedding slowed down drastically and I think my hair has stabilized for the most part now. I only notice about 20-30 hairs lost when I shower and comb my hair every day. The majority of my hair is still thick and healthy, but there is an area about the size of my hand that runs from the top of my head to my hairline that is incredibly thin and I have probably lost about 70% of the hair in that area. My hairline has not receded at all and I was told I have a juvenile hairline. Read the Story
Please let me know what you think. I’m 19 years old and had a hair transplant last year with The Hair Club. I think things went well, but I don’t seem to have much more hair than when I started. My doctor said that it’s because I am still losing hair but when I went in for my consultation the counselor told me that all I would need was one hair transplant to get my hair line back. I had 1000 follicular units transplanted into my temple area and front hair line. It also seems like some of the hairs are going in different directions which makes it impossible to style without hairspray. What do you think I should do now, have another hair transplant or start taking propecia?
