Dear forum members and guests,

Though there are many educational and radiant discussions on this forum on a regular basis, collectively, our patient community is working toward creating a frequently asked question and discussions thread. This thread may be helpful to members and guests who are looking for discussions about common concerns regarding hair loss and hair transplant surgery.

Below you will find some of the most common and hot topic hair loss and hair transplant issues with links to actual discussions. All you have to do is click on a topic you find interesting to learn about and contribute on a particular topic. Though this thread can be used as a tool, nothing beats starting your own thread to acquire more feedback about one of your specific questions or concerns.

A special thank you to all forum members who started and/or contributed their favorite threads as yet another way to facilitate education to balding men and women worldwide.

The below list will be continually updated as more members contribute their favorite threads. If you would like to contribute to this list, please feel free to contribute your ideas and links to your favorite threads by clicking here.

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Topic Contributors
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Here I Grow Again
Falceros

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Frequently Asked Questions and Discussions
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About Hair Transplant Surgery

How does Hair Transplant Surgery Work? - Topic started by "Falceros"

What Should I Consider Before Having Hair Transplant Surgery? - Topic started by "Falceros"

Am I Too Young for a Hair Transplant? - Topic started by "Falceros"

Considerations for Restoring Hair and Confidence in Young Guys - Topic started by "Thanatopsis_Awry"

Preparing and Caring for a Hair Transplant (Important Tips) - Topic started by "Spex"

How Many Hair Transplants Will I Need to Meet my Goals? - Topic started by "Spex"

How Long Does it Take for a Hair Transplant to Mature? (Patience) - Topic started by "Spex"

Will a Hair Transplant Cause My Original Hair to Fall Out? (Shock Loss) - Topic started by "Time to do something"

Understanding "Shock Loss" and its Risks - Topic by "Dr. Mejia"

What is the Average Ratio of Hair Counts in Follicular Unit Hair Transplantation? - Topic started by "Hatrick"

Using someone elses donor hair for a hair transplant? - Topic by "Thinman123"

The Role of Hair Characteristics in Hair Transplant Surgery - Topic by "Spex"

Recipient Incision Size: Is Bigger or Smaller Better and Why? - Topic by "Thanatopsis_awry"

To Shave or Not to Shave the Recipient Area for a Hair Transplant - Topic by Asterisk

Causes of Hair Loss

Non-Genetic Hair Loss "Telogen Effluvium" Causes and Hair Transplant Shock Loss Concerns - Topic started by "Dr. Bill Rassman"

Hair Loss Treatments

What are the Risks of Ordering Propecia Online? - Topic started by "JoTronic"

Female Hair Loss

What causes female hair loss and what can be done about it? - Topic started by "Vincehair"

Best wishes,

Bill (Falc)

Do Laser Combs Really work? - Topic started by Dr. Alan Feller

hair transplants are very effective but you have to take medicines to maintain it

HL,
Patients do not HAVE to take medicines to maintain transplants. In fact, most donor follicles do not have DHT receptors, which is what makes them good transplant follicles in the first place.

Medications really have their greatest usefulnes in maintaining what is left of the recipient hair to act as "filler" for transplants.

Here is a good example. The first picture shows what he has left before surgery
The second picture is 7 months after surgery.

Note how the natural recipient hair was blended into the HT hair to maximize density and coverage. The use of medication would be helpful in maintaining those native recipient hairs, but they won't do much of anything for the transplanted hairs.

I've been a lurker for several months now and I want to say that this forum is terrific.

However, I was just hopeful to find out several beginner questions, and I am not quite sure where to post them. For example, the term "FU" - I am not understanding what that means. If it is posted clearly somewhere and I simply missed, please accept my apologies.

On that note, I was wondering if there was a topic somewhere that had the abbreviations that are commonly used on this forum?

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Originally posted by johnd2442:
I've been a lurker for several months now and I want to say that this forum is terrific.

However, I was just hopeful to find out several beginner questions, and I am not quite sure where to post them. For example, the term "FU" - I am not understanding what that means. If it is posted clearly somewhere and I simply missed, please accept my apologies.

On that note, I was wondering if there was a topic somewhere that had the abbreviations that are commonly used on this forum?

oh, i just saw from another thread, "FU" means follecular units. However, can someone tell me what that means? Does that mean actual hairs?

Sorry for the idiotic questions...

Hello Everyone, I have looked into this subject a fair bit and it seems to be very indepth with the surgury. Im not too sure about having to take medication to maintain the surgury. I have noticed people before that i think may have had the surgury to have hair that looks unnatural. Can people notice the difference between this and real hair?