Advice on Hair Loss Prevention, Treatments and Hair Restoration

The Techniques Used by a Hair Loss Doctor

Men and women who can’t live with a balding head often visit a hair loss doctor to find out about procedures used for restoring hair. These transplant surgeons usually work in a hair restoration center and perform many different kinds of treatments and surgeries to help prevent further hair loss. There are several different methods of medical hair restoration, including new methods of transplant surgery.

Non-Surgical Restoration

The doctor you visit at the center will undoubtedly discuss many methods of hair restoration with you. Not all of these methods involve surgery. For example, you can undertake a regimen of using Rogaine or Propecia. Using Rogaine does help to prevent further hair loss, but you have to be very diligent and rub this solution into your scalp twice a day. The results of this restoration treatment vary from one patient to another, but almost all do experience regrowth. Propecia is an easy-to-use hair loss product as it comes in pill form and does not require as much effort in order to restore your baldness.

Transplantation Procedures

At the center, the doctor will examine the strands of hair remaining to see whether or not you are a candidate for hair transplantation. In order for this technique to be successful, you do need to have some hair left on your head. In this restoration technique, the doctor will take pieces of skin containing hair from the sides and the back of your head. The doctor will then take the follicles from these pieces and re-insert them into bald places on the front of your head. However, even after you have undergone medical hair restoration at the center, you will need to take a drug such as Propecia to keep your remaining natural hair intact, but you will never lose that which has been transplanted.

Newer Techniques

There is now a new technique available at some centers specializing in hair restoration. This is called the lateral slit technique and it involves restoring hair through a transplant along the sides of the head and the sideburns. These areas were once regarded as too difficult for restoring hair. If you haven’t lost all your hair and still have a significant amount remaining, a doctor can also do a technique called dense packing. This involves preparing the sites on your head so that the follicles removed from other parts of your head will fit perfectly in place.


 

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