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I just visit a clinic to do hair transplant for my crown area. He sugeseted I add 2500 grafts using FUSS but the cost looks very expensive. He wants $17,320.00 ….so is this realistic price or what?

I agree that this price would be high for strip excision hair transplantation, which normally ranges from $3 to $6 at the top hair restoration clinics (with price breaks for larger sessions). However, if your proposed surgery (FUSS ?) is different name for FUE (Follicular Unit Extraction) then this higher price may be realistic since the price per graft for FUE is typically double that of strip excision for the same number of grafts due to the tedious time consuming nature of FUE surgery.

You may want to consider doing strip excision surgery to reduce your hair restoration costs. In my opinion the end result is just as good or better. But make sure that quality is your number one consideration. Fortunately the best hair tranpslant clinics also typically offer the most reasonable prices (that’s just one of the reasons they are the good guys).

Best wishes for restoring your hair.

Pat – Publisher of the Hair Transplant Network, the Coalition Hair Loss Learning Center, and the Hair Loss Q & A Blog. To share ideas with other hair loss sufferers visit our Hair Restoration Discussion Forum.

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Hello, I recently got my first hair transplant about 3 – 31/2 weeks ago. Over the last 2 or 3 days I’ve noticed that a lot of my transplanted hairs through-out my hairline have fallen out. However, through-out the top of my head the hairs are still there. Is it normal for my transplanted hairs in my hairline to fall out and will they grow back? I mean, do I need to worry or is this normal? Thanks for your help.

Congratulations on your hair transplant. As a patient I know how exciting it is to go from being a thinning man to a thickening one. In the vast majority of patients the transplanted hairs will shed during the first few weeks leaving behind the transplanted hair follicles. These transplanted follicles will take root and begin growing hair 3 to 4 months or later after the surgery.

A small percentage of patients retain the transplanted hairs and they continue to grow without the transplanted follicles going through the typical 3 to 4 month waiting period. Your situation is perfectly normal. I expect that the transplanted hairs on top will also shed in the coming weeks. Then your head will pretty much look like it did before your hair transplant.

The hard part is waiting for your new hair to grow. It will begin to grow out thin but as the hair continues to grow the diameter of the new hairs will increase. After about one year what you see is what you get.

Short of hair transplants is their anything that anyone can suggest for hair loss and thinning. From a once very full coarse head of hair, I now can see my scalp and have no body whatsoever. I have tried eveything but it still continues to fall out. I am desperate to find someone who can tell me something other than age, heredity, or see a dermatologist, done that results, your hair is falling out. Duh.

There certainly is a hair loss treatment that can typically stop or even reverse hair loss in 70% of men. It’s called propecia. Most reputable hair restoration physicians will give you a prescription for free.

To learn more about  Propecia  scroll down the  blog “Categories” to the Propecia link on the right side of this page. It is by far the most effective hair loss treatment available.

Best wishes for keeping and regrowing your hair.

Publisher of the Hair Transplant Network, the Coalition Hair Loss Learning Center, and the Hair Loss Q & A Blog. To share ideas with other hair loss sufferers visit our Hair Restoration Discussion Forum.

If I want to do a consultation do I have to visit the hair transplant clinic in person first and thus have to make two round-trips for the consultation and the hair transplant? I’ve had a previous hair transplant with Bosley (1 year and 12 days ago) and I’d like to correct the front hair line with my next procedure while adding more density to the top and front hair line.

Now days many patients are traveling out of state and out of country to get top notch hair transplant results. Given that the results will last a life time, traveling to get the very best in hair restoration surgery is smart if the clinics in a person’s area are not truly world class.

Many hair transplant patients first email their photos and then consult with the clinic’s consultant and or hair loss physician to get a preliminary estimate. Their surgical plan is then fine tuned when the patient travels to the clinic for their hair transplantation.
To make this process easier the we provide an online consultation on the Hair Transplant Network.com site so patients can consult online with any of our 50 plus recommended surgeons.

Pat

Publisher of the Hair Transplant Network, the Coalition Hair Loss Learning Center, and the Hair Loss Q & A Blog. To share ideas with other hair loss sufferers visit our Hair Restoration Discussion Forum.

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Hello I was thinking about whether it was possible to have hair replaced in my hairline without seeing scarring. My hairline goes back a bit and makes me feel paranoid. How much would it cost? Thank you, Debbie.

Debbie, It is certainly possible to re-establish a lower hairline with hair transplantation or surgery. Especially for women it is critical to achieve a high density of hair in the hairline since it is not natural for women to have a thinning look in the hairline. Thus if you do hair transplant surgery you will probally need at least two surgical sessions to establish the density and thickness in your new and lower hairline to make it look natural.

An alternative is doing a “forehead reduction” surgery, as shown in the photo in this post. This forehead reduction surgery was performed by Dr. Sheldon Kabaker in Oakland California. For a larger view, click here. You can read more about such a forehead reduction surgery by visiting our forum topic Optimal density in the hairline in only 2 hours.

Best wishes for achieving the hairline you want.

Pat – Publisher of the Hair Transplant Network, the Coalition Hair Loss Learning Center, and the Hair Loss Q & A Blog. To share ideas with other hair loss sufferers visit our Hair Restoration Discussion Forum.

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I have a bald spot in the middle of my head and the temple from pulling my hair tightly in a pony tail and pig tails for several years. I’m extremely concerned and I’m embarrassed by how it looks. I want to know if there’s anything that can be done to stimulate growth and reverse my hair loss in that area. Ive already cut my hair and don’t put my hair up anymore and I see some sign of growth in the temple areas but its taking so long. The bald area in the middle of my head which ive had before the bald areas in my temple hasn’t grown. Is there a possibility of any hair restoration? Please help.

Hair loss caused by pulling or tension is termed “traction alopecia”. Women in particular experience this due to styling their hair in braid, ponytails or other styles that put tension on the hair. In time this constant tension and pressure on the follicles can cause baldness.

Some times a person’s hair will resume growing after several months once the tension or traction is discontinued. However, if after a year the hair does not regrow a hair transplant may be the only hair loss treatment that will restore this lost hair. Many women who have lost their hair due to traction alopecia have successfully restored it using hair transplantation.

To see photos of successful surgical hair restoration visit the hair transplant photo gallery at the Hair Transplant Network.

Hi, going through diferent hair transplant doctors I notice they have different titles as well. What is difference between doctors who do, ” ultra refined follicular “, ” microfollicular ” and ” follicular unit ” hair transplants? Thank you.

It can be confusing trying to differentiate one hair restoration physician/clinic or surgical technique from another. No hair transplant surgeon claims on their website that they do “small sessions of relatively unrefined grafting so that they can avoid having a large staff and so they can get to the golf course by afternoon”.

But as it reads on the home page of the Hair Transplant Network “The skill and technique of hair restoration surgeons vary widely, as do their hair transplant results”. After corresponding with hundreds of hair transplant patients and visiting dozens of hair restoration clinics I know this is true no matter what physicians may claim.

Basically the story of modern hair transplantation is the story of ever evolving refinement from the big round plugs of the dark ages to today’s ultra refined follicular unit hair transplantation in which thousands of carefully trimmed grafts are densly packed into very tiny and minimally invasive incisions. For a presentation on how follicular unit hair transplantation has evolved in recent years into ultra refined follicular unit grafting visit the “Ultimate Hair Transplant” page of the Hair Transplant Network.com

I am 17yrs old and my hair line is in an M shape. The sides are receding too much and it is very embarrassing especially at school… I used to use a hair blower but when i stopped using, even the receding stopped. But i want to know if there is some way to get the hair back on the sides naturally. thanks

At 17 years old you are too young to be considering hair transplantation, especially if you are only experiencing only some limited receding in the temples. Be wary of any hair transplant physician who would agree to do hair transplant surgery on you at this stage. However, you may want to do a free consultation with a hair restoration physician to determine if you should use Propecia to potentially prevent or slow any future hair loss. To find a recommended physician in your area visit the Hair Transplant Network.com. Propecia is a once a day pill works best at preventing hair loss in those who are just beginning to loose their hair or who have hair that is miniaturizing.

Best wishes for halting your hair loss. Pat

Publisher of the Hair Transplant Network, the Coalition Hair Loss Learning Center, and the Hair Loss Q & A Blog. To share ideas with other hair loss sufferers visit our Hair Restoration Discussion Forum.

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I am thinking of having a 2nd hair transplant procedure. I was very happy with the first one and I recommend the procedure to anyone. I am 32 at the moment. If in the distant future I decide to shave off all my hair will the scars in the donor area be too visible to do this? Brian

Brian, I’m glad to hear that you have gotten positive results from your hair transplant procedure. I don’t think a patient should count on being able to shave his head down to a number 1 or 2 clipper setting and have no sign of a donor scar. Some patients do end up with scars that are very hard to spot even when searching for them. But there are no guarantees. Some patients heal better than others and with less visible scarring.You may want to post your question on our Hair Restoration Discussion Forum to get a wider range of opinions. You can also use the “Find” feature to search for “donor scar” to read past posts on this topic.Hair transplant physicians have been taking greater care in minimizing donor scars from strip excision hair transplant surgeries and patients seem to be reporting donor scars that are of no cosmetic concern. Best wishes for a great second hair restoration surgery.Pat

Publisher of the Hair Transplant Network, the Coalition Hair Loss Learning Center, and the Hair Loss Q & A Blog. To share ideas with other hair loss sufferers visit our Hair Restoration Discussion Forum.

After my hair transplant I got a minor swelling. But my doc had told that I will lose all the hair after 2-3 weeks and then after 2 months start
getting permanent hair. But even after 1 month not all transplanted hair have fallen out. In fact they have started growing will this cause any problem that I may loose the transplanted hair.

Some times a hair transplant patient will get some swelling within a day or two after surgery. Most hair transplant surgeons give the patient medication to inhibit swelling and suggest using an ice pack on the forehead to prevent any possible swelling. Fortunately with today’s much more refined and minimally invasive hair transplantation techniques post operative swelling is much less common.

It is normal for your transplanted hairs to shed in the first few weeks after surgery. The transplanted hair follicle remains and typically will resume growing new hair three to four months after surgery. If you’re transplanted hair continues to grow that is completely fine.

Best wishes for growing a bumper crop of new hair in a few more months.

Pat – Publisher of the Hair Transplant Network and Hair Loss Learning Center
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