Hair Transplants - How do they work?

When hair transplants were first offered as a solution to hair loss, many men thought their prayers had been answered. In the early days of hair transplants, a natural look was pretty much out of the question. Even with this, men still clamored for the chance to have some coverage, even if it was at the expense of natural looking hair. Most men figured some hair was better than no hair.

In the early years of hair transplants, coverage was the ultimate goal. Most of the transplants consisted of hair plugs removed from parts of the scalp that still had some hair coverage. Unless your surgeon was extremely skilled in transplants, more often than not, the plugs were obvious and easily recognized as something other than a natural head of hair. It was only with time and the advancements of medical technology that hair transplants began to look and feel more natural.

When I say natural, however, it doesn’t mean your hair is restored to its original thickness and luster. You do need to be realistic in your expectations. Hair for hair replacement is not possible. It is possible, however, to accomplish the goal of most of the scalp area being covered by some hair. The transplant can restore your natural hairline and frame your face in an effort to recapture your previous look. Your surgeon should take into consideration just what your hairline looked like before and make every effort to work with your particular pattern.

Even though hair transplants have come a long way, there are still some surgeons that perform the old style of transplants and you need to be aware of these techniques so that you can avoid them at all costs. Round or square transplants are the original method of transplants that can leave your hairline looking more like a doll’s head of hair rather than your natural head of hair. Line grafts should also be avoided. This procedure simply takes a strip of hair from another part of your head and replaces it, in strip form, to the balding areas of your scalp. Obviously, this would not result in anything resembling a natural look. Next is the flap technique. Its name pretty much says it all. The surgeon removes a flap of skin from an area of the scalp that has hair and stitches it onto an area that doesn’t. Not only does it look completely unnatural, but also excessive scarring and infection are common side effects. Scalp reduction should also be avoided. The surgeon cuts away the skin on the scalp that is bald and simply pulls the ends together and stitches them up. Again, this can lead to terrible scarring and a high risk of infection.

If you’re interested in having a hair transplant, do your research. If done correctly and by a qualified surgeon, your results can be life changing. If not, your hair transplant will be life changing all right, just not in the way you hoped for.

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