Hey guys!  Good to be a new member of the forum.

Some background about myself...

I am 30 years old and I have been balding since the age of 22.  Sadly, like many people here I waited too long before I could save all my hair and I have been maintaining a thick Norwood 3 for the past 4 years or so.

I started out with just minoxidil, then later added a ketoconazole shampoo, Nizoral.  This worked effectively for about a year but then I noticed I was losing ground.  Last year I added finasteride and it has completely stopped my hairloss.

Sadly, the temples remain receded so I have scheduled an appointment with Dr. James Harris of Colorado for an FUE, one of the top rated hair surgeons in the country. 

My appointment is on the 26th of February and I figured I would post some pictures of myself now so you guys can see where I'm at and then post some after pictures once I have the transplant.

It is pricey but I am elated that I am no longer have to wake up every morning in fear that I will have to lose my identity and aesthetics to male pattern baldness.

I really appreciate and admire you guys who have the confidence to shave your heads and I'm glad to know that under worst case scenarios you guys would accept me but I do not feel I have the appropriate facial structure or head shape to pull off the bald look.

Bald men are kind of like women with short hair, some women can pull it off, others cannot.

Another big problem is I cannot grow facial hair.  A bald, clean shaven man looks like an adult baby.

Taking drugs is one thing, mutilating your head is another. I suggest considering what happens in the future when your hairless continues -- and it will continue -- and your scars are prominent and uncover-able.

And very few of us have movie-star looks.

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So, what's your point?
Are you looking for our blessing to go ahead with a pricey, painful and pointless appointment with a "hair surgeon"? By the way, what the f*uck is a "hair surgeon" anyway.

I'm sorry, but as a moderator of this board, your posting here smells of nothing more than a troll trying to sell a pointless & costly superficial procedure.

Your time here is 100% against what Sly Bald Guys stands for.

Sorry, enjoy the graft. Buh Bye.

As much as I hate to think ill of someone, I have to agree with Schro's assessment of  UnemployedCSCS and echo the question of what was his point in making that post. Even before I read Schro's response, I saw too many hot topics in what UnemployedCSCS said.

Besides his hearty endorsement of Minoxidil and Finasteride before announcing he was going to a "hair surgeon" for a Follicle Unit Extraction (i.e. a transplant with fewer grafts), here are some examples of what I saw as his attempts to bait members:

Sadly, like many people here I waited too long before I could save all my hair...

I am elated that I am no longer have to wake up every morning in fear that I will have to lose my identity and aesthetics to male pattern baldness.

Sorry, sir, but that was just too blatant.

The OP's account has been closed....so I think we all need to move on, guys.