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How turkey hacked the hair-transplant industry

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Re: How turkey hacked the hair-transplant industry

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Post by antinomicus »

maxprimes wrote: post #149
olalonde wrote: post #65

Earlier quoted context omitted.

No medications or follow ups required. The transplanted hair follicles are harvested from a region of the scalp (the donor area) that is genetically immune to hair loss, meaning they are permanent. However, you will continue to lose the non-transplanted native hair around them as baldness progresses. So some people choose to take finasteride and/or minoxidil to maintain their existing hair (I personally don't).

How long ago is this? I literally just had one done, believed what you just wrote, and then came across this video randomly yesterday: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RL7J2Mqbhrc I think the finasteride side effects sound too much for me to handle.

The side effects of finasteride are wildly overstated, millions of people take it without any issue, myself included

Re: How turkey hacked the hair-transplant industry

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Post by ebbi »

maxprimes wrote: post #149
olalonde wrote: post #65

Earlier quoted context omitted.

No medications or follow ups required. The transplanted hair follicles are harvested from a region of the scalp (the donor area) that is genetically immune to hair loss, meaning they are permanent. However, you will continue to lose the non-transplanted native hair around them as baldness progresses. So some people choose to take finasteride and/or minoxidil to maintain their existing hair (I personally don't).

How long ago is this? I literally just had one done, believed what you just wrote, and then came across this video randomly yesterday: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RL7J2Mqbhrc I think the finasteride side effects sound too much for me to handle.

> I think the finasteride side effects sound too much for me to handle.

That's the bit that puts me off. I don't mind my baldness - it doesn't impact me in any way. I wouldn't mind being able to have hair again to style it, but not at the expense of the potential side effects of fin.

I'll just continue to enjoy not having to style my hair every morning, and saving on extortionate barber bills nowadays.

Re: How turkey hacked the hair-transplant industry

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Post by atleastoptimal »

asdff wrote: post #145
atleastoptimal wrote: post #143

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> Everyone looks great if they live healthily and groom themselves. Not true for everyone. Simply living healthily and grooming, you are still limited by the ceiling imposed by your body. Sometimes it just doesn't live up to the aesthetic demands of the human psyche, used to a superstimulus of attractiveness as the norm. >Every surgery is risky even medically necessary ones Most cosmetic surgeries carry very little r…

Donald fricking trump is the president of the united states. You don't have to be pretty to get far in life.

An exception isn't the rule. However Donald Trump by NY billionare real estate executive standards is fairly good looking, is very tall and has no major deformities. I doubt Trump would have gotten as far as he did if he were below average height, balding and didn't have expensive veneers.

Re: How turkey hacked the hair-transplant industry

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Post by asdff »

atleastoptimal wrote: post #163
asdff wrote: post #145

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Donald fricking trump is the president of the united states. You don't have to be pretty to get far in life.

An exception isn't the rule. However Donald Trump by NY billionare real estate executive standards is fairly good looking, is very tall and has no major deformities. I doubt Trump would have gotten as far as he did if he were below average height, balding and didn't have expensive veneers.

Sure he would have. Plenty of people at the top of their industry are short, bald, and not conventionally attractive. People only have a good 10-15 years between looking 16 and showing signs of aging, sometimes much less. Such a small percent of one's life. But, people are not rational or logical but highly emotional. They see a grey hair and they feel bad. A wrinkle and they think it is the end for them. Sorry, you are becoming a high mileage car. This is just what happens. You got a lot more in you to go though.

Re: How turkey hacked the hair-transplant industry

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Post by asdff »

keybored wrote: post #144
asdff wrote: post #102

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The irony is that none of this stuff actually works as intended. Plastic surgery is obvious. Lip injections are obvious. Leg lengthening, I mean have you seen the proportions after?? Hair transplants too. If the most wealthy people getting these procedures look botched, what hope does anyone have really. Also, are we acting like steve jobs wasn't still a handsome man with his grey thinning head? It doesn't come from…

Kind of relevant that Steve Jobs looked like Ashton Kutcher to begin with. Edit: Well a prettier version.

Well, if you didn't it isn't like surgery would get you there.

Re: How turkey hacked the hair-transplant industry

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Post by gruntled-worker »

gadders wrote: post #147
triceratops wrote: post #83

Why is "turkey" lowercased? For that matter the country's official name is Türkiye as of 2022.

Turkiye is the endonym, not the exonym.

Not anymore really, at least according to their preference. At a minimum, a capital T will prevent comedic errors like a head full of feathers.

https://www.npr.org/2023/01/08/1147704945/the-state-departme...

Re: How turkey hacked the hair-transplant industry

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Post by toasty228 »

__turbobrew__ wrote: post #82
endemic wrote: post #76

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If it makes someone feel better about themselves, why not?

The question is why do people feel bad about themselves? Everyone gets old, it is part of life. Why can we not accept that?

> Everyone gets old, it is part of life

This forum believe the silicon valley delusional tech executives saying we'll soon extend lifespan to 150+ years thanks to "ai", it's a transhumanist echo chamber, a hair transplant is nothing, they'd sell their parents for a neuralink chip

Re: How turkey hacked the hair-transplant industry

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Post by toasty228 »

atleastoptimal wrote: post #107
asdff wrote: post #102

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The irony is that none of this stuff actually works as intended. Plastic surgery is obvious. Lip injections are obvious. Leg lengthening, I mean have you seen the proportions after?? Hair transplants too. If the most wealthy people getting these procedures look botched, what hope does anyone have really. Also, are we acting like steve jobs wasn't still a handsome man with his grey thinning head? It doesn't come from…

> Plastic surgery is obvious Survivorship bias, you only notice the plastic surgery that isn't good. Most of the time it's invisible, your brain doesn't process the individual change, you just get the sense that the person looks better/less tired/more put together. >Lip injections are obvious Same phenomenon, but even if they are obvious some people like that aesthetic, in the same way that dyed hair/painted nails ar…

> Survivorship bias, you only notice the plastic surgery that isn't good. Most of the time it's invisible, your brain doesn't process the individual change

So you're telling me all these Hollywood stars having infinite money, access to the best surgeons and are literally paid to look good get butchered on purpose?

Re: How turkey hacked the hair-transplant industry

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Post by marky1991 »

triceratops wrote: post #122
marky1991 wrote: post #113

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This sort of language policing is pointless.

I mean it matters here. "turkey" and "Turkey" legitimately have different meanings.

So does 'mark' and 'Mark', that doesn't mean I correct everyone (or myself) every time they/I type my name without using a capital letter.
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