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The Limitations of Hair Transplants
Hair transplants are the most used type of male cosmetic . It is the only way to permanently promote the growth of hair in areas of the scalp that are thinning or bald. It is therefore no wonder that men are lining up to get their transplant treatment. It is however, important to understand that getting a perfect result may not be entirely possible.
Techniques and technology in this area have been rapidly improving over the last fifty years. Only now are the treatments managing to get the cosmetic appearance of the transplants just like natural hair. This needs the skills of the surgeon as well as the technology used. Today's micro graft methods can produce a result that looks extremely natural indeed. In actuality it should be virtually impossible to identify that a man has had a transplant at all, if the hair professional does a good job. The end result can entirely change the appearance of the person involved and added to this are the psychological improvements which can come with the greater confidence of looking great.
Men going in for this sort of hair treatment therefore have very high expectations for the end result of hair transplantation. The problem here is that there are limitations to the actual treatment. For a start, men only have a certain number of hair follicles that can be taken. They have to be the ones that occur in the back and sides of the scalp. Just look at men with major baldness. They always have a horse shoe shaped area of hair at the back and sides. It is just the hair follicles in these regions that are genetically determined to last a life time. Ultimately this means that that this is the amount of hair that can be successfully transplanted. It is easy to see that there will never be enough to give the thick full hair that the person once had as a youngster. In fact the best you could achieve is either thick hair in a limited number of regions or a regular thickening of thinning hair across the head.
Hair transplants are not suitable for everyone. They are rarely done on young adults even though some may already be showing a fair amount of balding. The reason for this is that in the beginning stages it is not possible to recognise the actual pattern of hair loss and the degree to which it will occur. This makes it very difficult for a specialist to plan treatments. Even when the pattern is apparent there can still be problems. For example a person with thinning hair could have hair transplants to make it look thicker. This will look fine for a while but as more of the natural hair is lost through time the thinness will eventuallyreappear. This means that more transplants will be needed to restore the original thickness. The patient should be aware of this and plan for it.
As can be seen people going to have hair transplant surgery could have expectations that are not realistic. This means that in the end they will be disappointed with the results of their transplants. It is important to realize that there are only a certain number of hair follicles that can be transplanted and that they can only be redistributed over the scalp in a limited number of ways. If you keep this in mind then it is likely that you will be happy with the transplant you get in the end.
About the Author Hair transplants are really popular amongst men, but do people really know what to expect?. Only with all of the facts at hand can people be expected to weigh up the advantages and disadvantages without having to just accept sales hype. Further information on the alternatives for people looking into hair replacement and hair treatment can be found on T J Vincent's web site Hair Transplants
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