Will My Hair Transplant Ever Begin To Thin?

Written by Robert Dorin, DO on June 15, 2010

I’ve noticed that my 72 year old father who has been bald since around the age of 40 is now starting to thin out at the back and sides of his hair. I’m worried about this since I know this is the donor area used for a hair transplan, and I am seriously thinking about having one. I know it’s said that hair transplantation is permanent, but if my back and sides thin like my dad does that mean I will eventually lose my transplanted hair, or is this rare? Thanks!
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With today’s closure, if the donor hair is taken in the mid of the donor zone and not on the fringes, and with the techniques of the trichophytic closure, it’s highly unlikely that the scar would be so pronounced that it would cause an interference with your daily life or routine. We do need to understand that as time goes on, we all, all types of scalps, men and women, will go on to have what is called senile alopecia. There will be some type of thinning and loss of density throughout the whole scalp. So yes, it is possible when you get into the 70s and 80s, that some of the hair that is transplanted may shed and fall [...]

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