The truth about hair loss...
Baldness is often blamed on poor circulation to the scalp, vitamin deficiencies, dandruff, and even on wearing hats excessively. All of these theories have been disproved. It's also untrue that hair loss can be determined by looking at your maternal grandfather or that 40-year-old men who haven't lost their hair will never lose it. The truth is that individual hair follicles are preprogrammed at conception to stay in or fall out. What hair replacement does is to put "good" follicles in place of "bad" follicles. This usually provides a permanent result.

The best candidates for hair replacement...
Hair replacement surgery can enhance your appearance and your self confidence, but the results won't necessarily match your ideal. Before you decide to have surgery, think carefully about your expectations and discuss them with your surgeon. The best candidates are those people who have distinct concerns and enough hair from the back of their heads to donate.

It's important to understand that all hair replacement techniques use your existing hair. The goal of surgery is to find the most efficient uses of existing hair and to provide the best, longest-lasting results.

Hair replacement candidates must have healthy hair growth at the back and sides of the head to serve as donor areas. Donor areas are the places on the head from which grafts are taken. Other factors, such as hair color, texture, and waviness or curliness, may also affect the cosmetic result. There are a number of techniques used in hair replacement surgery. The technique that we generally prefer is individual follicle transplantation.

Flaps, tissue-expansion, and scalp-reduction are alternative procedures that can leave a person with unsightly scars. This is especially important for someone who is still thinning to consider.

Hair loss in women...
Some doctors estimate that one in five women will experience some degree of hair loss. Female hair loss is usually caused by aging, illness, or hormonal changes after menopause. Women tend to experience a subtle thinning all over the scalp rather than losing hair in patches as is common in men. To correct the problem, some women choose to wear a wig or hair extensions. Others have had some success using topical prescription drugs. The effectiveness of such drugs varies among patients and simply prevents further hair loss without stimulating appreciable new growth. Hair replacement surgery may be the answer for those who feel uncomfortable with these options.

 

Hair transplantation involves removing small pieces of hair-bearing scalp from a donor site and relocating them to a bald or thinning area. Grafts differ in size and shape. Using the individual follicle transplant technique, these pieces are cleaved under a microscope into individual follicles. The grafts are then placed into small "pin holes" in the balding areas. Up to 3500 grafts can be performed in a single "mega session." Your entire hair transplantation can be performed in one day with local anesthesia. Does this sound tedious? It is, but the results are terrific and virtually undetectable.

The procedure is typically performed with a few sedative pills (i.e. valium) and local anesthetic. We typically rent your favorite movie videos to watch during the procedure, and we provide you with your lunch of choice. You can expect to return to most jobs the very next day.

First, individual hair follicles are harvested from the donor area and placed in a naturally random pattern. This gives nearly undetectable results. The days of mini-grafts, plugs, and micro-grafts are over. The only benefit those procedures offered was that they were much simpler to perform. But we feel that your results are worth our time.

Individual hair follicle transplantation is state-of-the-art, and for most patients, the results prove it.