The Future Of FUE And Body Hair

[jayam2000]

I know this is effectively an unanswerable question but as a regretful young Ht recipient who has just undergone some repair work I am fearful of the future. Fearful of further recession and what lies ahead.

I understand I still have plenty of donor left for now (I have had a strip of effectively 1000 grafts...2nd one was a scar revision using the tricho closure) and approx 700 FUE. Therefore I would hope I still have considerable donor utilising the FUE method.

But with all the advancements in the Ht arena what can we hope for 5/10 years down the line - if we think about how far you guys have pushed the boat in the past 10 years should we be fairly optimistic about further refinements and improvements to FUE/BHT, even HM as a long shot?

[skiner123]

I completely agree with you that its the fear of not knowing. Having undergone a rash, uninformed procedure that has recently been repaired (hopefully) I'm a tad scared of the future. I just wish I'd stuck with the meds and sat this out for a while. It may seem like its the end of the world losing hair but in putting it into perspective there is a lot worse and it certainly shouldn't hinder your life.

Being a young guy (24) and not knowing where his hair is going, not knowing what the future holds is a scary thought AND especially knowing that I have to tackle this for the rest of my life now.

With the advent of BHT though, I do believe full restoration is effectively here. The issue with cost and how the hair looks is obviously still of concern but to use BHT simply as a filler around scalp FUE's would surely work wonders.

Regarding cost, as instruments develop - as FUE develops I can't see how the cost can do anything but come down. Ok I'm not saying dramatically but these top Docs are doing more and more FUE per day and as the instruments and their skills develop they will be able to more in the same time period and thus theoretically the cost may come down. I mean if Docs go from being able to do 500 per day to 1000 per day then surely the cost would come down. Just a thought.