Let it grow out and see if you can style it. If i did what you are doing my hair would like total sh*t. I can style it when its long so it just looks like recession on the temples. Of course wind and water is my kryptonite.
I use the Equate liquid brand from Walmart. Use it at night before you go to bed and in the morning a few hours before you go out if possible. It takes about 4 hours to completely absorb but I try to keep in on for a few hours before I take a shower in the morning. Your hair will look like...
I have hair and I'm not willing to destroy my marriage and family over hair. The standard treatments available today are as far as I'm willing to go.
Do you have before and after pictures of your hair?
I come here like most people to see if anything new on the horizon and to try to help...
Most guys with thinning hair can't swim and look good so i wouldn't go on the success of the transplant on that factor. Pic in middle looks ok but swimming and wind has been a bad combination for me.
How do you know if you are even a candidate for FUE? I researched it for years then went to a top surgeon in Belgium and he told me I didn't have the density for FUE. I would go to a top surgeon and see what your options are. You may not be a candidate for either one of them.