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BHR Clinic Patient Advisor
Like most clinics, we get our fair share of patients who wish for surgery at a relatively young age. Often the loss is minimal but devastating and the first thing they want to do is fix it and regain what was lost and hope to carry on as before the loss was evident.
Wisdom often comes with age but not always, and we as a clinic will try to educate the patient on the future loss that is likely and that they are probably at the beginning of their hair loss journey that will continue for years and to varying degrees also.
Nowadays there are options open that were not there in previous years and medication for some is the best option or at least for a good few years before committing to surgery. If the patient is against medication per se then they can also look into natural or supplemental options for DHT blocking also but whatever the method it is important not to jump into surgery just because it is possible, they need to look at if it is right for them with their loss and age and circumstances they have.
Some say to me that they don t care about future loss or even how they will look when they hit 40, they just want to look good and enjoy youth in the now. I have hit that age and a good while ago and I still care how I look, so the perception is often very wrong that at middle age we stop caring.
A responsible clinic will not just do what is asked but seek to guide the patient to what is best for them and take into account the longevity of any work done. I certainly am glad I never had surgery at the first signs of loss but had the insight to wait and see where my loss was going and if I had enough to get to where I wanted.
A picture often tells a thousand words and the below will give a visual display of how a young man can age to middle and old age and how a transplant at a young age with limited loss would have affected him in later life were he to become an advanced loss sufferer.
Wisdom often comes with age but not always, and we as a clinic will try to educate the patient on the future loss that is likely and that they are probably at the beginning of their hair loss journey that will continue for years and to varying degrees also.
Nowadays there are options open that were not there in previous years and medication for some is the best option or at least for a good few years before committing to surgery. If the patient is against medication per se then they can also look into natural or supplemental options for DHT blocking also but whatever the method it is important not to jump into surgery just because it is possible, they need to look at if it is right for them with their loss and age and circumstances they have.
Some say to me that they don t care about future loss or even how they will look when they hit 40, they just want to look good and enjoy youth in the now. I have hit that age and a good while ago and I still care how I look, so the perception is often very wrong that at middle age we stop caring.
A responsible clinic will not just do what is asked but seek to guide the patient to what is best for them and take into account the longevity of any work done. I certainly am glad I never had surgery at the first signs of loss but had the insight to wait and see where my loss was going and if I had enough to get to where I wanted.
A picture often tells a thousand words and the below will give a visual display of how a young man can age to middle and old age and how a transplant at a young age with limited loss would have affected him in later life were he to become an advanced loss sufferer.
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