Women and Hair Transplants - Who Are Candidates?

I am curious to know what qualifies a woman as being a candidate for hair restoration. It seems that there are bunch or opposing views about this floating around on the internet and I just wanted to clear it up for myself. I am confused as to why some doctors state all women, or most women, are candidates even with androgenetic alopecia. Is it not the nature of female pattern hair loss that the thinning is overall, and because of this the donor hair is not stable? I ask on behalf of sister who is seriously considering this as a viable option. I think she stands a chance of being severely disappointed and perhaps in a worse hair loss spot than she is now. Her hair loss has been steadily occurring over the last 10 years and the thinning is equally distributed all over her scalp with perhaps more thinning on the sides. Please help to clarify the women’s hair transplant debate. Thanks.

I believe that hair loss in female patients is a much more complicated issue than it is for male patients. Most often I encounter three basic categories of female hair loss – two that are good candidates for surgical restoration and one that is not. Read more

Body Hair Transplants - Is This Really Possible?

Six years years ago I had two hair transplants that did not go well. I was referred to my hair transplant surgeon by my Dermatologist here in New York, so I thought that I was making an informed decision. After seeing some of the results on your website I can see that I made a big mistake.

The doctor transplanted a total of 900 hair grafts to the front portion of my scalp. It looked OK when I had more hair but now that I’ve lost so much more hair the plugs look very bad. People are always looking at my hair line when I speak to them, it’s made me very self conscious.

I read on the internet that they are now doing body hair transplants. This would be perfect for me since I have way too much chest and back hair. I thought perhaps I could kill two birds with one stone my moving my unwanted body hair to my head where I need it. Is this really possible? And does the transplanted hair look like head hair when it grows in?

Yes, there are people on the internet claiming to perform body hair transplants, but the sad truth is that to date not a single clinic has posted cosmetically consistent results. Not one. Read more

Is It Possible To Have a Hair Transplant To Lower My Hairline?

Is it possible to have a hair transplant just to lower my hairline. I’m a 28 year old woman and have always had a rather high forehead. It would make life much easier for me if I could just move my hairline down by about an inch. I would love to pull my hair back like other women and not have to constantly wear bangs.

It is not uncommon for a woman to have the appearance of a high forehead due to an above than average hairline location. This high hairline location may have always been the case from a younger age or it could have receded as the patient got older or due to external factors such as medications. For whatever cause, this condition can be quite bothersome and stressfull. It certainly limits hairstyling options while trying to hide it. Medications are of limited use, but modern methods of hairtransplant surgery is the most effective form of treatment. Read more