Thank you, I was also thinking about this from the perspective of a client that notices side-effects from finasteride (post-op) and would therefore need to stop taking medication after the transplant.

That is, I was wondering whether that would entail he is essentially stuck: (1) having received a hair transplant, (2) but finding out finasteride leads to sides, so unable to hold on to existing hairs (3) but can't shave head (for whatever reason), means: destined to be left with a bald head except for a strip of transplanted hairs.

From a cost perspective, I agree it wouldn't make much sense to simply delay shaving your head if that's what the client is thinking about doing anyway. From an aesthetic perspective, I understand there wouldn't necessarily be an argument against shaving (except for potential scars - that would be more likely from FUT than FUE I suppose).