What Does Hair Transplant Procedure Do To Existing Hair?

October 13th, 2011

Q: What does the hair transplantation process do to your existing hair?

A: When we perform hair transplant surgery, we transplant into an area that is either bald or has some existing hair. The hair that is existing is undergoing a process called miniaturization. What this means is that the hairs are continuing to decrease in size – both in diameter and in length. When we perform a hair transplant, we don’t transplant around the existing miniaturized hair on your scalp, we transplant through it. And the reason why we do that is because the miniaturized hair, the fine hair that is being affected by DHT, is eventually going to disappear, so you don’t want there to be any gaps.

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Can Shock from Hair Transplant Make One Lose Healthy Hair?

November 1st, 2005

Q: Will the shock of a hair transplant make me lose my existing healthy hair and is it permanent? A: In general, only miniaturized hair (the hair that is affected by androgens and that has begun to decrease in diameter) is shed after a transplant. This hair would be lost in the near term anyway. [...]




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What is Effect of Multiple Hair Transplant Procedures on Scalp?

October 12th, 2005

Q: I have had 4 hair transplants with strips taken out for a total of 2600 grafts over 15 years. The last one was 1,650 grafts. My doc says my donor site is good for a few more but I think it has been probably stretched to its max. Is it believable that the skin [...]




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What is "Shock Fall Out" After Hair Transplant?

September 8th, 2005

Q: What is “shock fall out”? A: Shedding after a hair transplant is also referred to by the very ominous sounding term “shock fall out.” The correct medical term is “effluvium” which literally means shedding. It is usually the miniaturized hair (i.e. the hair that is at the end of its lifespan due to genetic [...]




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