Hair Transplant Guide is an online consumer hair transplant and hair loss information website. Our goal is to better educate the prospective hair restoration patient, and to help hair loss consumers gain a better understanding of the hair transplant procedure.

Common Hair Loss Myths

Many patients believe they can tell how bald they will become by looking at their close relatives. In reality, there is no way to obtain an accurate picture of future hair loss by examining a family tree. Furthermore, the hair loss gene does not run only on the female side of the family as is commonly believed. Far too many genetic variables come into play to accurately predict whether someone will develop male pattern baldness, and if he does, how extensive it will be.

Some men are under the impression that wearing hats will constrict the blood flow to the scalp or keep the hair from getting enough oxygen thus leading to hair loss. Fortunately, there is absolutely no truth to this. Learn More

The decision to have a hair transplant must be made intelligently. This depends on developing a thorough understanding of numerous issues.

First and foremost, the person considering a hair transplant must determine whether his expectations are realistic. Most men assume they will be able to have their hair loss filled in entirely. If someone has a few small areas to repair, that is possible, but if someone’s hair loss is advanced, he probably will not have enough hair to donate to fill in all of the areas. It must be remembered that we are rearranging hair, not creating new hair. Learn More

Hair Transplant Basics

No matter which type of graft is utilized, the basics of the hair transplant are the same. I will attempt to describe these basics along with the most commonly used techniques.

In order to understand the hair transplant, it is necessary to understand the concept of donor dominance. A scalp may be divided roughly into two separate areas. One is the area susceptible to hair loss and the other, of course, is the area not. The horseshoe fringe of hair left behind on a bald man’s scalp is the area from which hair can be safely donated. Hair transplanted from this area of the scalp will not be susceptible to hair loss even when it is placed right in the middle of the bald scalp. Learn More

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