Hey guys. Loving the forum and site, the whole idea of MHT is intriguing to say the least. Could be exactly what i'm looking for...
Quick summary of my background:
25 years old, started losing my hair around 17/18, would say im currently an NW3 with major thinning in the front and minor in the back. I also seem to be thinning on the sides and at the nape area (Retrograde Alopecia perhaps). I started using Finasteride, Minoxidil and Nizoral at 19 and have continued to do so until a few months ago (still using, but have swapped Finasteride for Dutasteride). Unfortunately the hair loss hasn't stabilized yet. I've been wet shaving my head for the last 3 years and using the "big 3" in order to hold onto what I have until I can afford an FUE transplant (if it turns out that i'm a good candidate). The thing is, i actually suit the shaved head, but would look so much better with a nice hairline, which is why i'm here I guess. None of my friends or family knows the real extent of my hair loss because i shaved before the real thinning/receding set in and have kept it that way every day since. So if I were to have the treatment, it would just look like i've let my hair grow out a little longer than usual.
I've known about this technique for quite a while, but was originally against the idea of it (uneducated on the process and sceptical of all hair loss treatments i suppose). Having actually researched it quite a bit recently, i now have a more positive view, but still have a lot of questions, so here goes:
1) For people who still have a fair amount of hair, how are the hairier areas of the head dealt with? Is it a case of covering the areas that are completely bald and filling in the gaps elsewhere?
2) If the above is the case, what happens when the areas that still have hair continue to thin out? Wouldn't that leave you with a head covered in different levels of tattooed follicles?
3) Again, if the above is the case and you get the treatment, do you then need to figure out the best length for your hair and avoid ever going shorter? What I mean by that is, if the entire head is not covered in MHT (only specific areas) and it looks realistic when wet shaved with the grain or buzzed with no guard, would it be extremely odd looking if you were to shave against the grain? Leaving loads of 'dots' in random areas across your scalp?
4) If I were to get this done, but 2, 3, 4 years down the line I decided to go ahead with an FUE transplant, does anyone know if the MHT on your scalp would make things tricky for the transplant doctor?
5) I have noticed different types of hair lines in the case studies and galleries on the site. Some I really like and some I don't. I would only want to do this if I could specify exactly the type of hair line I want. For me it would be a softer, less aggressive hair line, at around an NW2 level, similar to these:
Sometimes (and I dont mean any offense by this) i've noticed that some of the results tend to look like a solid, sharp line of hair. This seems to look better on black or asian men, but a bit less realistic on white guys like myself. My question is, are all the practitioners able to give a wide range of hairlines and densities, depending on the patient's aims?
6) In all honesty, in real life, under certain lights, etc, is anyone able to tell that the areas with hair are different from the MHT areas? Has anyone on here that has went for this ever been questioned about it, or had comments like "something looks a bit off on your head". My co-workers and friends are not the types to hold back if they think something looks a bit strange about someone they know...
Thanks to anyone who's taken the time to read this, i'm sure i'll have more queries to annoy you all with at some point, haha!
