| Let's face it, the idea of hair loss restoration surgery | | | | Many of the facts above you may have known but |
| is not all that appealing but nevertheless it is good to | | | | most people don't realize that it normal for the |
| have options. For many men and women alike having | | | | grafted hair to fall out 6 weeks after surgery. Normal |
| a full head of hair impacts the way their spouses, | | | | hair growth resumes about 5 weeks later and |
| coworkers, relatives and clients perceive them. I'm | | | | progresses at the usual rate of 6 inches per year. |
| sure most of you have seen the advertisements | | | | Other hair loss restoration procedures include flap |
| touting the benefits of hair loss restoration. You have | | | | surgery and certain scalp reduction techniques. These |
| to admit that the guy featured in the photo looks at | | | | radical techniques produce results faster but they are |
| least ten years younger with a full head of hair. | | | | more painful and require a longer recovery period. |
| When we are taking about restoration the primary | | | | Wigs and hair pieces have come a long way in recent |
| form of treatment is hair transplant surgery. This | | | | years and can be custom made to your needs. If |
| type of surgery is performed in the office of the | | | | you select this route, buy a good one and go to a |
| doctor or at an outpatient surgical center. The | | | | professional who is widely experienced in developing |
| number of grafts transplanted in a single day can | | | | unique hair pieces for individual needs. Generally, you |
| vary greatly depending on the type of graft involved. | | | | get what you pay for. |
| With punch grafts the average number is somewhere | | | | For some who have experienced serious balding and |
| around 50. Since micrografts are much smaller, as | | | | thinning the procedures and solutions listed above are |
| many as 1500 can be moved at one time. Due to the | | | | the only reasonable answer. For others whose balding |
| fact that there is a limit on the number of grafts that | | | | and thinning hasn't become too severe hair loss |
| can be transplanted in any procedure, the full hair | | | | restoration may be accomplished through natural |
| transplant process almost always is a series of | | | | alternatives balding treatments specially formulated to |
| surgeries rather than one surgery. The surgery can | | | | open dormant pores, block harmful androgen |
| be repeated at an interval of several months, with | | | | hormones and stimulate hair regrowth. Certainly these |
| the total time taking up to 24 months. Follow up | | | | options should not be ignored particularly with the |
| surgery may be required to smooth out any | | | | cost, pain, and unpredictability of transplant surgery. |
| unevenness, replace failed grafts, or fill in the hairline. | | | | |
