For both sexes, finding hair loss 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. It 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 replacement 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 transplant surgeon, preferably prescreened. 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).