Is hair transplantation suitable for everyone?

Is hair transplantation suitable for everyone with hair loss?

What issues come into play. Not everyone is a good candidate for medical hair augmentation.

• How large is the area to be treated?
• Is there no more hair loss or is the hair still falling out?
• Are there any medical issues that might count as contraindications to hair transplants?
• Is the hair loss not hereditary but due to some disease?
• Are you a man or a woman?
• Are you perhaps expecting too much from a hair transplant? ->

Discuss all these issues with the attending physician. Perhaps another treatment might be better.

Other solutions

With incipient hair loss, prevention can be a solution. For example, there are the drugs Minoxidil and Finasteride (Propecia). The former is a lotion and the latter is a tablet. Both have proven to be able to prevent further hair loss and sometimes give regrowth of hair, but you should not imagine too much of that. Preventing hair loss may already be considered a success. Then there is the Low Level laser. In the form of a laser comb. This requires some discipline to apply it twice a week for 15 / 20 minutes by yourself. But there is also something on that. In the United States you can now buy Low Level Laser mats that you can put in a headgear, in a baseball cap for example.

The cost

Hair transplantation is not an inexpensive solution. But keep in mind that all drugs against further hair loss, according to the latest findings, must be used for life. If you are still young, this can also add up quite a bit. The costs can become even higher if the hair loss is still ongoing. In that case, it is better to apply prevention in addition to hair transplantation, to avoid the need for another hair transplant after a while. Your own hair is worth its weight in gold. An overview of the low cost hair transplantation that we apply can be seen when you click on the link.

Not every doctor can perform a hair transplant

There are clinics that screen with the number of years they have been in existence. Totally unimportant. What is important is the experience the attending physician has.

• Where did this doctor learn hair transplantation?
• How many hair transplants has he/she done?
• Is he/she up to date on the latest developments?
• How does he/she keep up with the latest developments?

Side effects

As with most surgical treatments, side effects are possible.

• A thick forehead with treatment to the forehead. The swelling can turn into some beautiful blue eyes.
• Bleeding may occur.
• Temporary numbness may occur.
• An infection may occur.

All of these issues disappear on their own or can be easily treated but still it is important to be aware of them.

Satisfaction cannot be guaranteed

Remember that you are your own donor. If you have thin limp hair then the result will be the same afterwards.

It is also possible that some of the hairs may not emerge. That too cannot be guaranteed. What can be done is free rehairing of hairs that did not pick up. Most clinics do that. Finally, again the expectations. Be realistic. You won't get any hairs. The existing hairs are only redistributed but now more fairly. So then it makes sense that the hair can never become as full as it was before the hair loss because the remaining hairs are now placed over a larger area.

To do or not to do

If you have realistic expectations and there are no contraindications, hair transplantation can be a great solution. Healthy growing hair for the rest of your life.