Hair Restoration
Hair Replacement Therapy
Androgenetic alopecia (male pattern baldness) occurs as the result of shortening of the hair growth cycle gradually shortens. This causes subsequent growing hairs to become miniaturized. As the population of these miniaturized hairs gets greater, your hair becomes noticeably thin. This condition ordinarily is progressive throughout the adult life of the predisposed individual. Many changes and improvements have occurred in the way we can maintain and restore hair for balding in both men and women.
Micrografting
Hair transplants are much improved - no more of the "doll's hair" or "corn row" appearance that were seen in the past. Special techniques and magnification are used to create hair grafts of the smallest possible size that retain the natural characteristics of hair growth.
Propecia and Rogaine
Because of the progressive nature of male-pattern baldness, over the course of time the hair transplant performed on a young man may become surrounded by new bald space. Propecia is often very effective in preventing this and thus preserving the aesthetic results of the surgery.
According to long-term medical studies of people with male pattern baldness, 83% of those who consistently took Propecia had no further baldness. This compares to 28% for those who took a placebo. Additionally, Propecia was shown to regrow some hair in approximately 66 percent of men who used it continuously
It is important to begin Propecia therapy sooner rather than later. It is far easier to keep the hair on your head than it is to replace it after it's lost. It takes about three months for it to begin to slow your hair loss rate down and a minimum of six months to see regrowth. This is a long-term medication. It should be used for as long as you wish to keep your hair.
Other procedures including scalp reductions and scalp expansion are helpful in certain patients. Follicular unit hair transplants are often helpful in conjunction with facelift procedures that are done to rejuvenate the cheeks and neck. In these patients, hair grafts are prepared from that portion of the scalp which is cut out - and ordinarily discarded - in facelift procedures and are placed into recipient slots in the bald area.
