Is Hair Transplantation a Permanent Solution?

This insightful information was posted on our hair restoration forum by Dr. Alan Feller of Great Neck, NY who is a member of the Coalition of Independent Hair Restoration Physicians.

Make NO mistake about it. A hair loss sufferer can lose some of his transplanted hair  over the years. It’s not common, but it DOES happen.

What can happen in a few hair transplant patients is that the caliber of the transplanted hairs can actually thin noticeably within 3 years of hair restoration surgery. I have no idea why this happens, but it is a definite phenomenon in few patients. The way to counter this graft thinning is simply to implant more hair in the area.

This happened to a patient of mine who used to post quite frequently. I performed two hair replacement surgeries on him that gave him a thick tuft of hair in the front and top of the head. Then, about 2.5 years later he visited the office because of noticeable hair thinning in the recipient area. We did one more transplant and that did the trick. He has no problem since. He posted a professional portrait of himself and signed off the internet to go on with his life.

Making sure your hair transplant surgery  is done right is just ONE aspect contributing to the final result. YOUR personal physiology plays just as important a role. The body does many seemingly qwirky and weird things and we are FAR from having all the answers.

Fortunately, the overwhelming majority of hair restoration  patients have “average” physiologies that allow for significant cosmetic improvement after surgery.

Dr. Feller

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Bill
Associate Publisher

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