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I strongly prefer a full head of hair on men and would support hair effective procedures that look very natural rather than the truly natural balding patches or the shaved head look, which is too much effort on a repetitive basis.
I find men with balding Jason Alexander hair (from Seinfeld) and worse, full beards or goatees but a bald head (the "upside down" look) very unappealing:
I would like to but in short, it's highly expensive and I don't know how long lasting it will be. Thinking about doing so eventually though.
The transplanted hairs should last forever, unless they were taken from fragile spots or some medical condition is involved. Not that there's any long-term data, but I think in more than 90% cases, if a transplant fails, it fails in the first year-and-half. I have seen data about lack of growth; usually most (but not 100% of) hair grows in. Blah, blah, blah, because the original hair around the new hair very likely will visibly decline. It probably still will for years look better than it did pre-transplant. And there is one person I would push to get a transplant: LeBron
The transplanted hairs should last forever, unless they were taken from fragile spots or some medical condition is involved. Not that there's any long-term data, but I think in more than 90% cases, if a transplant fails, it fails in the first year-and-half. I have seen data about lack of growth; usually most (but not 100% of) hair grows in. Blah, blah, blah, because the original hair around the new hair very likely will visibly decline. It probably still will for years look better than it did pre-transplant. And there is one person I would push to get a transplant: LeBron
Why the obsession with this. Hair transplants are not always a good option, even for men who want them. Hair loss that will lead to full male pattern baldness often takes years to fully occur. If a man starts early in his hair loss, to keep his look as close to his pre hair loss look, he'll have to get more transplants as more hair falls away. He may run out of donor sites. Many men lose some of the hair from the sides and back of their heads as time goes by (I did) and so if I had had hair transplants starting in my 20s I'd have had to repeat the procedure 6-8 times, would have run out of donor areas, and the early transplants would have continued to thin. That would have been a poor cosmetic result and it would have removed the option of shaving my head or just cutting it short due to the scarring that would be visible.
Why the obsession with this. Hair transplants are not always a good option, even for men who want them. Hair loss that will lead to full male pattern baldness often takes years to fully occur. If a man starts early in his hair loss, to keep his look as close to his pre hair loss look, he'll have to get more transplants as more hair falls away. He may run out of donor sites. Many men lose some of the hair from the sides and back of their heads as time goes by (I did) and so if I had had hair transplants starting in my 20s I'd have had to repeat the procedure 6-8 times, would have run out of donor areas, and the early transplants would have continued to thin. That would have been a poor cosmetic result and it would have removed the option of shaving my head or just cutting it short due to the scarring that would be visible.
Anyway, what is your deal with this?
Bolded -> I know and have said so. However, I disagree with the idea that many men lose hair from the donor area. I've only once noticed someone like that in the wild, and the loss was mild. That is, if we're not talking about very old men, whose hair sometimes gets thin all over. Guys, if that starts happening to you, talk to a doctor.
"Anyway," someone needs to argue on behalf of truth and well-being.
I think it's just the opposite. The "bald" guys shave their heads on a daily or near-daily basis.
As someone who shaves his head, it is way less maintenance now than it ever was when I had hair. So in terms of effort, no contest. Would I prefer to have not started balding? Yeah, sure. But if you're purely talking maintenance, it's less now than it was before.
I started losing my hair in my mid to late 20s.. it was not cool, let me tell you.. and if i had the $ i likely would have opted for a hair transplant.. It was NOT CHEAP back then.. not sure what it is today but i don't really care much now. You get older, you get married, you have kids.. hair just isn't something you stress over.. what i have left is kept very short.. I never go to the barber etc.. i cut it myself... no worries!
As someone who shaves his head, it is way less maintenance now than it ever was when I had hair. So in terms of effort, no contest. Would I prefer to have not started balding? Yeah, sure. But if you're purely talking maintenance, it's less now than it was before.
That's probably true for anyone who is balding and trying to cover it up vs. shaving it regularly. I don't know how maintenance compares for normal styling vs regular head shaving. I've never shaved my head and am guessing some men need to do it more often than others.
Bolded -> I know and have said so. However, I disagree with the idea that many men lose hair from the donor area. I've only once noticed someone like that in the wild, and the loss was mild. That is, if we're not talking about very old men, whose hair sometimes gets thin all over. Guys, if that starts happening to you, talk to a doctor.
"Anyway," someone needs to argue on behalf of truth and well-being.
Of all the things you could get all Quixotic about, you choose this
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