Please give feedback! Getting ready

[macavelli]

I had a consult with Dr Rosenelli in San Francisco. He proposed 1200 grafts and these pics would be my new hairline. Anyone know this guy?  Some of my friends have gone to turkey to save money so they is another option. 

[Matthias]

From your pictures that do not give a full picture (need all sides plus wet hair) it almost seems pointless to do a transplant. Do you have any balding spots behind or are you just unsatisfied with a minimal recession on your current hairline?

I'd suggest checking out european or south american options.

[macavelli]

Thanks for the feedback. I’m unhappy with my hairline and feel like it gives me low self esteem and confidence. Tried taking a selfie with wet hair.  Really appreciate the feedback. 

[Matthias]

I don't think you’re balding, so this would be a one-time investment. If I were you I'd look around for surgeons in Europe but there are also a couple of good ones in Türkiye (e. g. Özlem Bicer).

Edited yesterday at 05:53 AM by Matthias

[Gatsby]

@macavelli I know this is something that you don't want to hear and I don't know your age. But your hair looks natural and to look at it I don't think of a guy going bald. Once you are cut you are cut. I'm not a doctor but I would give finasteride a good twelve months to see how your hair responds to it. I would recommend this to anyone whether they are having surgery or not.

15 hours ago, macavelli said:

Some of my friends have gone to turkey to save money so they is another option. 

While you are waiting I strongly recommend that you do plenty of research and look at results of surgeons by patients on the forum. Choosing surgery by geography and cost is a one way ticket to regret and disaster and ending up having to pay more than a great surgeon in the long run. All the best!

[Berba11]

Hi @macavelli

First of all I can't conceive of why you'd want to replace your very nice and full looking hairline with a transplanted one which will have lower density than your native hair, will never quite sit as nice and naturally as your native hair and may be a bit more wiry than your native hair. Surgery should always be a last resort and you really need to have lost enough hair to the point that the aesthetic benefits of having a framed face have gone in order to justify surgery. That's the point at which hairline restoration makes aesthetic sense. In your case, you have so much hair and a good hairline that your face is already framed as well as it could ever be. You can't "frame it more" and any HT you under go would give very diminished returns given the case.

Furthermore, in terms of the design you've presented... I've got no idea why those temple corners have been design like that (highlighted in red below). That's not the shape of a temple corner and you seem have have more naturally closed off temple corners than most anyway. To do anything to them would be criminal (as would going to Turkey to "save money")!

 

 

Lastly, if you were to proceed with a surgery - which I don't think you should but... if you did - then you need to go to a top surgeon. Someone whose hairline work is incredibly natural because a transplanted hairline will always be second best compared to a native hairline (even with some recession or loss). So you need a surgeon capable of getting pretty damn close to the real thing otherwise you'll end up wishing you still had your actual hairline if the work is anything less than stellar. This is the big risk people take when they opt for a hairline lowering surgery that doesn't address any actual loss. If you've lost a fair amount of hair and you restore it, then provided the work is done to a decent standard it will still represent a positive improvement from the pre-op condition even if the work isn't best in class. However, if you've got a good hairline already then a "decent" HT isn't going to cut the mustard - a 'decent' HT will be inferior to what you currently have and would represent a net loss aesthetically. Tread carefully!

 

Edited 20 hours ago by Berba11

[Matthias]

@macavelli You might want to check out Dr. Bisanga. He's great with blonde hair. He's not cheap but will come at roughly half the price compared to US surgeons.

[Gatsby]

5 hours ago, Berba11 said:

Hi @macavelli

First of all I can't conceive of why you'd want to replace your very nice and full looking hairline with a transplanted one which will have lower density than your native hair, will never quite sit as nice and naturally as your native hair and may be a bit more wiry than your native hair. Surgery should always be a last resort and you really need to have lost enough hair to the point that the aesthetic benefits of having a framed face have gone in order to justify surgery. That's the point at which hairline restoration makes aesthetic sense. In your case, you have so much hair and a good hairline that your face is already framed as well as it could ever be. You can't "frame it more" and any HT you under go would give very diminished returns given the case.

Furthermore, in terms of the design you've presented... I've got no idea why those temple corners have been design like that (highlighted in red below). That's not the shape of a temple corner and you seem have have more naturally closed off temple corners than most anyway. To do anything to them would be criminal (as would going to Turkey to "save money")!

 

 

Lastly, if you were to proceed with a surgery - which I don't think you should but... if you did - then you need to go to a top surgeon. Someone whose hairline work is incredibly natural because a transplanted hairline will always be second best compared to a native hairline (even with some recession or loss). So you need a surgeon capable of getting pretty damn close to the real thing otherwise you'll end up wishing you still had your actual hairline if the work is anything less than stellar. This is the big risk people take when they opt for a hairline lowering surgery that doesn't address any actual loss. If you've lost a fair amount of hair and you restore it, then provided the work is done to a decent standard it will still represent a positive improvement from the pre-op condition even if the work isn't best in class. However, if you've got a good hairline already then a "decent" HT isn't going to cut the mustard - a 'decent' HT will be inferior to what you currently have and would represent a net loss aesthetically. Tread carefully!

 

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[macavelli]

Hey Guys!  Thank you so much for the comments and feedback.  I am 49 years old and have always had a widows peak that has made me insecure.  I thought I could do a small procedure and have no one notice and bring my confidence up.  You guys gave me alot to think about and after reading the above posts I am going to hold off on getting a HT at this time.  I don't want it to be worse than what I have and that is a risk.  I just wish i could get that brad pitt hairline! lol!

[Berba11]

5 minutes ago, macavelli said:

I am 49 years old and have always had a widows peak that has made me insecure.

Actually a lot of guys - and I mean A LOT - on this forum have actively sought to have their hairlines designs with a matured, widows peak. It's very desirable and the fact you have a very nice and intact one at 49 years old is the stuff of envy!