| Is Hair Transplant Surgery Right For You? | | | | One issue that surgery seekers may face is not |
| Surgery for hair is a popular hair replenishment | | | | having enough healthy, densely growing hair to |
| option for the most common types of baldness. | | | | harvest. If you are almost completely bald or |
| If you come from a family where the men all | | | | have hair that is very fine and sparse, it may be |
| tend to start losing their hair at around the same | | | | difficult for a surgeon to offer you acceptable |
| age, the cause is almost always genetic. However, | | | | results. Another issue that can affect your long |
| if your hair loss is happening rapidly and is not | | | | term satisfaction with the procedure is future hair |
| typical for other members of your family, it's | | | | loss. Healthy grafts must be taken from an area |
| important to rule out other underlying causes | | | | of your scalp that is unlikely to be affected by |
| before pursuing hair transplant surgery. There are | | | | your spreading bald patch. For many men, the |
| some diseases like diabetes and hypothyroidism, | | | | area on the back of the head above the neckline |
| as well as hormone imbalances, nutrient | | | | has good graft selection potential. A thorough |
| deficiencies, and medications that can cause hair | | | | review of photos showing your hair loss over |
| loss. In these cases, treatments other than | | | | time (and pictures of older male family members) |
| transplantation may be more suitable. | | | | can be of assistance here. If you have grafts |
| Men and women can both be candidates for hair | | | | taken from the wrong area, the follicles will |
| surgery if they are in good health. This is a | | | | eventually die leaving you in need of yet another |
| surgical operation and may be accompanied by | | | | transplant. |
| side effects such as infection, swelling, numbness, | | | | Another important issue to think about when |
| and headaches. Most side effects are manageable | | | | determining if hair transplant surgery is right for |
| and resolve over time. Fortunately, the operation | | | | you is your personal outlook on life. Having more |
| is done as an outpatient procedure under local | | | | hair is not going to solve all your life problems, get |
| anesthesia which reduces the overall risks. | | | | you a date if you don't have a winning personality, |
| Following your doctor's after care instructions | | | | or ensure that you receive a raise at work. It |
| (such as keeping the grafts moist) can further | | | | can, however, give your self-esteem boost if |
| limit the incidence of complications. As with any | | | | balding bothers you. Going into the hair transplant |
| surgical procedure, non-smokers are more likely | | | | surgery with realistic expectations is your best |
| to experience quick and problem-free healing than | | | | bet for a satisfactory outcome. |
| patients who smoke. | | | | |