@Ausvaldo
Male checking in here. I'm 45 and planning on having right THR done in the near future. I actually have an appointment to see Dr. Thomas Vail in San Francisco in December. He has a great reputation and is very experienced, so I'm likely going to have the surgery done by him. I live down in Southern California, and I have another surgeon in Santa Monica that I saw earlier this year (who is just as experienced and rated just as highly as Dr. Vail) but I didn't much care for this particular surgeon's attitude and bedside manner. Another surgeon that I considered at USC just retired a few months ago, so that eliminated him.
I originally planned to have surgery at HSS in NYC, but my insurance no longer covers out of state care. So, I started focusing on surgeons closer to home.
And since SF is relatively close, I made an appointment with Dr. Vail after being given his name by a forum member on this site. I hear and read great things about Dr. Vail, so I'm very much looking forward to my consultation with him. He's a very busy guy obviously because I had to wait about 6 months to see him from the day that I called his office to my appointment date.
A bit of background info on my issue: I had an adolescent hip problem (SCFE) which resulted in my having pins placed in both of my hips at age 13. The right hip was pretty bad; the left not so much. After the surgery (and after the pin removal), my hips were never normal, with the right hip being severely deformed and never feeling quite right. Consequently, the right hip slowly wore out over time and now is almost bone-on-bone and fairly stiff. I've contemplated having the hip replaced for the last few years, but I think the time is just about right to do it now. I'm tired of not being able to move and bend and twist and pivot very well.
Luckily for me, however, my pain level are minimal; in truth, I have relatively little hip pain, but I do have considerable pain in my lower leg, knee, and lower back (along with ample hip joint stiffness). My hip biomechanics are compromised enough to where it causes issues in other parts of my body. And I think it's time to fix everything.