How a Hair Transplant Works

While it’s never the first choice when you begin to lose your hair sometimes the only viable alternative to treating excessive hair loss in men is a hair transplant.

NOTE: Before you decide to go for a hair transplant because of the cost and risks associated many sites suggest that you try a hair loss regimen for at least a year or two and gage the results. Using a shampoo for hair loss combined with a DHT inhibitor can help slow the process and even grow new hair pending the stage of hair loss you’re currently at.

How Does a Hair Transplant Work?

Just as it sounds the procedure involves a doctor taking some of the viable hair follicles from back of your neck and lower part of your head and moving them to the front and top areas of the scalp.

Most men do not go completely bald. The concentration of hair loss and thinning is generally at the top and front. Because of this there are still some viable hair follicles that reside at the back of the neck that can be grafted and relocated to grow more hair.

There can be more then one procedure required to achieve the results some men would like. Since there is a limited amount of skin available approximately 2500 grafts is the maximum that can be moved at one time.

While a hair transplant does allow new hair to grow in the area the grafts are placed any follicles that existed before the transplant will still continue to lose hair unless you opt to use a DHT inhibitor.

Consider an oral treatment to inhibit DHT from being created in the body or possibly a topical external treatment to block DHT from binding to hair follicles and affecting new hair growth.

Learning More about Hair Transplants

There are several national companies that handle hair loss transplants along with smaller companies in most urban centers. It’s standard practice for a potential candidate to make an appointment to sit down with a representative from a company to learn about the potential risks of a hair transplant, the costs associated with the procedure and to find out if it’s a viable option for you.

If you’re seriously considering this as an treatment for your hair loss I’d suggest contacting a local company providing hair loss transplants in your area. Either the doctor or a representative from that company should be happy to sit down with you to discuss the procedure.