A good hair transplant candidate has a stable supply of donor hair AND stabilized hair loss. ​If you are under 25 years old and already have significant (ie noticeable) hair loss, you have already lost 50% of the hair in the area of concern. I highly recommend visiting a hair loss specialist and initiating medical management quickly. A transplant can be planned once your hair loss has stabilized (preferably for at least 6 months). If you proceed with surgery before this happens, the chances for an unnatural and unsatisfactory outcome increases drastically.

If you have close family members with a Norwood 6 or 7 male pattern hair loss, you are most likely genetically programmed for this pattern as well.​ It is important to consider this prior to proceeding with a hair transplant procedure as you will not be able to shave your head in the future without the scars from any procedure (FUE or FUT) being visible.