What Do We Mean by Hair Restoration?

Do you understand the meaning of surgical hair restoration?

If you are reading this, it may be safe to assume that you are one of the many millions of men and women suffering from severe hair loss. There are many factors that can contribute to loss of hair; whether it be genetic fate, such as Male Pattern Baldness, Alopecia Areata, Female-Pattern Alopecia or even as a result of stress, and surgical hair restoration is a procedure that can rectify this. . However it is imperative that you understand your type of hair loss to know how it can be restored. Hair restoration procedures are undertaken in a hospital and is an operation, so the decision to do this must be taken very seriously.

For both sexes, finding hair restoration solutions can become costly, disheartening and for some of you, painful. So what is hair restoration? Well firstly, if your understanding of hair restoration is in fact hair loss treatments, such as medical pills, do not worry, this is a very common misunderstanding. You can find out further information on these options under non-surgical hair restoration, or hair restoration products. Hair restoration is actually a surgical procedure that relocates hair follicles from donor areas (hair that is genetically resistant to going bald) to your thinning areas. It can also be known as hair replacement or hair transplant. Some are in fact one-day procedures that you can receive as an outpatient, requiring only local anesthetic, but the more technically advanced are more invasive. The lasting results and effects hair restoration grants you, is a lifetime of permanently eliminated baldness.

So, is surgery the right route for you?

Let us start by evaluating your hair loss. Answer yourself honestly, is your hair loss so sever that a surgical hair restoration procedure is your last option? Although they are highly successful surgical techniques, by know means should this decision be carried out lightly.

Hair restoration procedures, or hair transplant surgery can be undergone using a variety of techniques:

• Follicular Unit Extraction (FUE) and Follicular Unit Transplantation (FUT)
• Strip Excision hair transplant surgery
• Microsurgical Free Flaps
• Scalp Surgeries – Flaps, Expansion, Reduction, Lifts, Rotations
• Hair plugs

As you can probably guess, these surgeries are very intricate, costly and time-consuming. For some, especially FUE and FUT, only a handful of surgeons have the skill, precision and attention to perform this procedure. The surgeries may not restore your hair to its original density before your hair loss, but for some, it could be extremely close!

Now, you may read through the different procedures, see photographic results, and decide on the surgery you want, but the first thing you need to do is schedule a consultation with a hair restoration physician, preferably pre-screened. Surgery is not recommended for everyone. Have them talk through the realistic outcomes you can expect to achieve from the surgery and the entire procedure (including any follow-ups). Don’t forget, the results differ from person to person, so what may have worked well for others may not be the same case for you. The rate of success is pre-determined by your area of baldness and the amount of donor hair you can provide.

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