Active Hair Loss

Everyone is optimistic whenever they go into surgery, whether it is serious or just cosmetic. In the case of hair loss surgery it is not uncommon for things to go wrong resulting in bad hair transplants, meaning that the patient has to find somewhere to have it fixed. So before you get into that situation, make sure you research who your surgeon is and the reputation of the clinic.

The main reason why a hair transplant goes wrong is it was improperly done by the surgeon who did it. One example is having a large graft, where the graft of the hair is too large for the density of the hair it is being intertwined with. This will create an unnatural look in the hair. Another problem is a low or broad hairline, where the surgeon restores the hairline to near the upper brow crease. This can distort how the person’s face will look. Sometimes a bad transplant is hair placed in the wrong direction or scarring in the hair line. The latter can be quite painful but could have been avoided with an FUE hair transplant which is less invasive.

Many of these problems can be corrected even if a bad hair transplant has happened. Finding the correct hair density for the graft is very important and should be done before the surgery even takes place. You need to see how much hair is needed just in case a new implantation has to happen. A variety of techniques will be used to fix a surgery gone bad. Things like scar revision, removal and re-transplantation of a bad graft, scalp reduction or laser skin resurfacing can be used to fix the problem.

Before you find yourself having the worst bad hair day ever, research the reputation of the surgeon who will be doing your work. This will keep you from ever having to experience a surgery gone bad, even if it is only cosmetic.

Have you ever wondered how some actors seem to mysteriously grow hair on their head between one movie and the next?  You see them on the big screen and it is obvious they have a receding hair line or a bald spot on the crown of their head.  Then you see them in another movie a year later and their head is covered in hair.  For years the only answer to this dilemma was they had purchased a toupee or hair piece.  In fact, for years this is exactly what happened.  Some of the most famous actors in history wore toupees and they swore everyone around them to secrecy.

Now there is a much better solution to hair loss in men.  Actually, for about 95% of the men who suffer balding or hair thinning problems, the cause is Androgenic Alopecia. Hair plugs have proven themselves to be the most effective treatment for this genetic condition.  When a man experiences the effects of this medical condition he will lose hair at the hair line above the forehead and at the crown of the head.  You will rarely, if ever, see hair loss at the back of the head.  This means there is good hair growth in this posterior sections which lends itself to transplantation.

Hair plugs for men are also called hair grafts.  The hair restoration surgeon will remove hair follicles (hair roots) with their support structures and then implant them into the balding area.  These transplanted follicles will then grow new hair shafts for years to come.  Since these follicles were immune to Androgenic alopecia they will not stop growing like the natural hair follicles in the bald area did.

If you want to replace the hair you lost, then hair plugs or hair grafts should be high up on your list of possible solutions.  They are expensive but you never have to worry about hair growth remedies and treatments again.

Hair plugs is a term that is not used much anymore.  Generally, you will hear the term hair implants or hair transplants when people describe this hair restoration procedure.  Hair plugs was actually an apt term when this medical technique was first used for two reasons.  Now, the procedures doctors used are so far removed from the idea of a plug that it is really a misnomer to use this term.

In the 1950’s, when hair transplants were first being used in this country, the surgeon would actually remove a round plug of scalp which still had good hair growth.  This was taken from the posterior area of the head because men suffering from male pattern baldness do not generally lose their hair here.  This plug would contain between ten and fifteen hairs which were still growing.  The surgeon would next make an incision in the bald area of the scalp and insert this plug.  He (surgeons at this time were almost always men) would then sew the plug in.  It was a bloody, messy procedure which required quite a bit of recuperation time and left scaring.  Also, the resulting hair growth did look like the tufts of hair that are plugged into a cheap doll’s head.  Thus the two reasons this name stuck.

Fast forward fifty years and we now have a procedure that is cleaner, neater, and leaves no scarring.  Direct hair implantation allows the surgeon to remove individual hair follicles, or natural grouping of two to three, and implant them into the bald area with no incision.  A specially designed medical instrument is used which allows this manipulation.  The surgeon now has complete control over the directional growth of the implanted hair which allows for a very natural look.  Although the name is really a misnomer now, hair plugs do give a man suffering from male pattern baldness his hair back.

Are you a man who is tired of waking up every day to a bald spot on your head that keeps growing larger and larger? Maybe you are a woman who wants to do something about the overall thinning of your hair. Hair implants are a great way to fight both of these problems and to give your head back the hair that it used to have. If you have been considering getting implants then there are a few things that you may want to know and consider before you make your final decision.

If you are someone who has a condition that is common to your gender such as male pattern baldness or females who have overall thinning hair then you are a great candidate for hair implant surgery. Someone who has trouble with losing hair in various parts all over their body may not make a very good candidate.

Hair implant surgery involves taking portions of hair bearing skin and spreading them out throughout your head to give you a natural look. It will take several sessions before you will be able to get the results that you are looking for, so you may have to endure a little bit of pain in order to have a full head of hair again.

There are some side effects that you will want to be aware of if you are interested in getting hair implants. Some of the side effects include swelling of the scalp and bruising around the eyes. This is because of the cutting and stretching that has to be done to your head throughout the procedure. You can expect for all of the side effects to last in their most severe state for about a week or two while the overall pain in the scalp may last for a couple of months, but it will not be very severe.

If you miss your hair and want to have a permanent solution to having a full head again then hair implants will make a great solution for you. You will want to find the best doctor to perform the hair implant procedure on you so that you will not have to worry about any painful permanent mistakes being made. Be sure that you do research and read reviews on this type of surgery before you decide if it is the best route for you to take.

I have just one question. Why is it that men have several different ways to treat their balding problems but for women about the only alternative is to buy a wig or wear a hat. This doesn’t seem fair as hair loss in women is a real and growing problem. In fact, fully 40% of the cases of balding and hair thinning that are reported to physicians are by women and not men. I appears that finally the hair restoration community is taking notice of this problem and moving in the direction of new and powerful ways to treat female hair loss.

One method that has been very successful for men is hair implant surgery. This procedure for scalp baldness was originally developed in the 1950’s with mixed results. But over the years the hair transplantation techniques have been perfected to the point that the hair which is transplanted looks completely natural. Historically, women have not been candidates for this procedure because of the way their hair loss is patterned. For men the lose is usually at the top of the scalp which leaves good hair growth in the back of the head to be used as a donor site. Women, on the other hand, tend to have thinning hair problems over their entire scalp which means there is not an area of good hair growth to be used for donation hair follicles. This fact put a stop to using hair implantation to treat female baldness.

A new medical procedure now makes hair implants for women a reality since it allows for the manipulation of body hair to be removed and then inserted into the balding or thinning areas. This hair is not of the exact texture of scalp hair but that does not seem to be a problem when using the hairs as filler around natural hair. Finally, there is starting to be equality of the sexes around hair loss treatments.