Originally Posted by lunchbox

Propecia can be much cheaper if you buy proscar and cut it into 5ths.

Propecia = Proscar = finasteride
Except proscar is 5mg and proecia is 1mg. So if you tell your doctor your strapped for cash, and tell him you want proscar instead, you can get a prescription for proscar and will just cut it into 5ths, you can stop your hairloss much cheaper.

The better doctors these days use "Tricolosure" or something like that. The scar is much less visible, even when shaved to a number 2 its almost undetectable. Thats why a good doc is key for these procedures. You get what you pay for.

Also, they are working on HM (hair manipulation), whereby they inject cells into yer scalp, or something like that, meaning they have an infinite supply of hair to work with and can give you a full head of hair. That is at best 5 years away, probably more. At the moment they cant control the direction of the hair growth with the HM procedure.

For those who only need about 1000 grafts, theres a procedure where they dont need to slice the back of your head. Its scarless, called FUE. Its more expensive but good for smaller jobs.