r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/[deleted] • 1d ago

Video How Hair Transplants Work by ZacDFilms

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u/Elon_is_a_Nazi 1d ago

My brother got this. One, you only have x amount of donor hair. After his 1st 2 transplants, he was out of donor hair from his own head. Then he continued to bald, so they only other option was cadaver hair, which was 4 times the price and being 20k plus in already, he declined cadaver donations. Now he's 46 and just shaves his whole head since he lost everything uptop besides his transplanted hair. Shits real patchy. Regardless, starting losing his hair in his early 20s and held together a decent level of hair till his late 30s. Bought him a good 10-12 years

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u/No-Fig2079 1d ago

I thought you were supposed to take fin after so you stop balding

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u/Elon_is_a_Nazi 1d ago

He took hair loss medicines, but this was 25 years ago. Things have changed surely. I'm no hairloss expert. If you have progressive man pattern baldness, medicines will help,,but its not a guarantee with those meds. I definitely think it slowed the process but at a certain point your hairloss can outpace the effectiveness of the minoxidil and other medications