Is Hair Transplant the Solution For You?

A Hair transplant is often the route many people take when they have thinning hair or have begun losing their hair. Fortunately, the methods of hair transplantation have greatly improved over the years and increased the possibility of regaining your beautiful hair. Of course hair transplants are quite costly and are most often considered to be a cosmetic surgery procedure. Therefore your health plan may not cover the hair transplant cost, so you have to consider your budget.

As long as you have some hair remaining on your scalp, the doctor can do a transplant. The introduction of hair follicular unit transplants in the 1990's helped make the dream of having a full head of hair a real possibility and lessened the cost drastically.

Steps Involved in Hair Restoration

It is important that you see a doctor that specializes in doing transplantation of hair follicles. The doctor will then access the hair you have to determine whether or not this is something that will be successful for you. First of all, the doctor will help you to understand the reasons for your condition (medical, heredity, etc.) so you can be realistic about your expectations for hair regrowth. Then the procedure for the follicular hair transplantation starts. This typically includes:

• Blood tests to rule out any medical reasons for your hair loss
• You will have to go to sleep or receive a mild anaesthetic for the doctor to extract hair follicles through minor surgery.
• The process of actual hair replacement
• Post operative care

You may have to take some pain medication to help you recover but usually only for a short period of time. For most people who do take the step of having a transplant, the results they hoped for can often be instantaneous. For many people, hair loss is a traumatic experience but with the hair replacement techniques available today they can now feel much better about their appearance.