Hey folks,
Here's my thread from a decade ago with pictures from now. I posted those at 22 and decided it's not worth risking the sides of finasteride. Feel free to read for context. At 31 (so 11-12 years after my initial recession) it seems my hair is the same. I'm not delusional enough to think a "mature hairline" isn't just a receded hairline that has temporarily stopped, though "temporarily" may be 2 years or I might die before it!
In the last 3 years I've tried haircuts beyond the tried and true side part/ Ivy League cut, including growing my hair out. It doesn't work! I have an oblong face shape, so if more of my forehead shows, I look really bad. Some people can rock the single temple (or even both temples!) exposed look, like Jude Law. But I just don't have the looks for it. My ex-girlfriend, bless her heart, thought she was the first person to notice my hairline (since after showering it'd be exposed to her) and wanted me on hims (before I told her about the potential sides lol)... she never said it aloud but I know how much she preferred my hair covering up the corners.
So, yeah. Listen I get it, I'm a NW2(.5ish) and I can just do hairstyles that hide the temples and just live my life. But I often look at my hairline and just think... man if I just filled out the temples, I could do so much with my hair. I tend to liken it to not being able to wear the color black or something. Sure I'd survive, but it's just limiting in a way I find annoying. I'm so sad that my long hair looked bad, because I needed to be able to push my hair back but I was stuck covering my temples.
I have a script filled out for finasteride, but I'm not sure what the point of taking it would be. It might fill out the hairs on my hairline? But the follicles on my temples are absolutely dead and are not going to reborn like Christ himself. It might stave off hair loss longer than not taking meds, or maybe it won't? finasteride is no guarantee that things won't recede further, too. hair transplant surgeons typically want stability right? If anything, the fact that I can still take finasteride if my hair starts to recede is a good thing. I have no desire to lower my hairline (I'm not a teenager anymore!), so I figure a modest hair transplant of ~1-1.5K grafts is all I need to fill in the corners. I have pretty thick hair and brown skin so I feel like if it really came down to additional procedures I wouldn't be boxing myself in.
I'm debating seeing a surgeon in NYC (where I live) just for a consultation, though I'd travel to actually get the procedure done. But I guess I'm curious what people here think, would it be ethical for a surgeon to do a hair transplant on me if I'm not on finasteride but have shown stability for many years?
Here's my thread from a decade ago with pictures from now. I posted those at 22 and decided it's not worth risking the sides of finasteride. Feel free to read for context. At 31 (so 11-12 years after my initial recession) it seems my hair is the same. I'm not delusional enough to think a "mature hairline" isn't just a receded hairline that has temporarily stopped, though "temporarily" may be 2 years or I might die before it!
In the last 3 years I've tried haircuts beyond the tried and true side part/ Ivy League cut, including growing my hair out. It doesn't work! I have an oblong face shape, so if more of my forehead shows, I look really bad. Some people can rock the single temple (or even both temples!) exposed look, like Jude Law. But I just don't have the looks for it. My ex-girlfriend, bless her heart, thought she was the first person to notice my hairline (since after showering it'd be exposed to her) and wanted me on hims (before I told her about the potential sides lol)... she never said it aloud but I know how much she preferred my hair covering up the corners.
So, yeah. Listen I get it, I'm a NW2(.5ish) and I can just do hairstyles that hide the temples and just live my life. But I often look at my hairline and just think... man if I just filled out the temples, I could do so much with my hair. I tend to liken it to not being able to wear the color black or something. Sure I'd survive, but it's just limiting in a way I find annoying. I'm so sad that my long hair looked bad, because I needed to be able to push my hair back but I was stuck covering my temples.
I have a script filled out for finasteride, but I'm not sure what the point of taking it would be. It might fill out the hairs on my hairline? But the follicles on my temples are absolutely dead and are not going to reborn like Christ himself. It might stave off hair loss longer than not taking meds, or maybe it won't? finasteride is no guarantee that things won't recede further, too. hair transplant surgeons typically want stability right? If anything, the fact that I can still take finasteride if my hair starts to recede is a good thing. I have no desire to lower my hairline (I'm not a teenager anymore!), so I figure a modest hair transplant of ~1-1.5K grafts is all I need to fill in the corners. I have pretty thick hair and brown skin so I feel like if it really came down to additional procedures I wouldn't be boxing myself in.
I'm debating seeing a surgeon in NYC (where I live) just for a consultation, though I'd travel to actually get the procedure done. But I guess I'm curious what people here think, would it be ethical for a surgeon to do a hair transplant on me if I'm not on finasteride but have shown stability for many years?
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