Table of Contents
- Genetic and age are the causes of thinning hair problem and cannot be prevented.
- How can hair transplant help in treating hair loss, thinning hair and baldness from genetic?
- How long can a hair transplant last?
- Do you have keep getting hair transplants? Are hair transplants permanent?
- Will Further Hair Transplantation Be Necessary?
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While hereditary baldness has no definitive cure. However, effective solutions are available. Hair transplantation offers a compelling solution with noticeable, long-lasting results. Why do some individuals require multiple hair transplant procedures while others don't? This article will clear out common questions about hair transplants:
Are they permanent? Will further procedures be necessary? Let's delve into the intricacies of hair restoration together.
Genetic and age are the causes of thinning hair problem and cannot be prevented.
How many people would actually understand the causes of hair loss and know how to keep their hair healthy? If it is caused by external factors such as fungal infection on the scalp or chemical from hair styling products, there is still a way to be completely cured. In the opposite, if it is caused by these 2 reasons: hereditary and age, it cannot be avoided.
- Genetic: It is most common cause of hair loss, thinning hair, and baldness is related to hormones that determine the hair growth cycle. It can occur on both men and women which have different pattern baldness.
- Age: As you age, the hair density and strand thickness will decrease due to the shortening of hair life cycle. In people with old age who have thinning hair from genetic, the hair loss will become even more rapid until the hair growth cycle stops, and new hair is no longer produced.
How can hair transplant help in treating hair loss, thinning hair and baldness from genetic?
For anyone who has hereditary-pattern baldness with no hair follicle left, hair transplant can be used to treat the affected area. However, other factors must be considered as well. “Hair transplant” is a process that transfers hair follicles from the back or side of the scalp that is not affected by Dihydrotestosterone (DHT) hormone to the affected areas by baldness. New hair will block DHT hormone and can be grown and fallen out naturally like normal hair. Hair transplantation is the most sustainable and direct solution to the hereditary baldness. However, the results after hair transplantation depend on many factors as well as the expertise of the physician and self-care. Do not wait for your to be hair thinner or bald spread so wide until it’s difficult to be treated.
How long can a hair transplant last?
Many people mistakenly believe that hair transplant can cure thinning hair and baldness for 100%. Although, hair transplantation can provide permanent results. In spite of that, it requires consistent care, as well. If the patient cannot maintain a proper care. The transplanted hair can still fall out, regardless of hormone sensitivity. Keep in mind that the remaining original hair in the recipient area will respond to DHT hormone and fall out, eventually.
In conclusion, transplanted hair will not fall but the original hair can still fall. Hair transplantation can increase hair density which makes your hair look thicker but it “cannot” stop hair loss.
Do you have keep getting hair transplants? Are hair transplants permanent?
With modern technology and effective techniques in hair transplantation, it provides permanent and natural-looking results. But whether the result is permanent or not, transplanted hair still depends on the hair cycle, meaning if the hair follicle is in the late cycle such as 17th cycle it will fall shortly after because life span of hair follicle is around 15-17 cycles, typically. Even though the result is satisfactory, the transplanted hair still requires constant care for the rest of its remaining cycles. Some may need more than one hair transplant, but some may not. For people who have thin hair and baldness from hereditary problems, this condition will be increased overtime as you age. This results in the need of hair transplant in the future
Will Further Hair Transplantation Be Necessary?
To determine the need for future hair transplants, the patient needs to consider their health condition and consult with a hair restoration specialist to identify the underlying causes of hair loss then schedule a hair transplant operation, if needed. A successful hair restoration journey necessitates a personalized long-term plan to ensure the sufficient among of hair grafts which might be needed in the future hair transplantations. This is because hair grafts are limited resource. As we know, if hair graft is removed from the donor, hair will not grow back in that area again.
If an excessive number of hair graft is removed during the first hair transplantation, the hair on the donor area will be too thin thus it won’t be sufficient for the future hair transplantation. Therefore, the number of grafts and number for each hair transplant session must be limited. In order to achieve good results for a hair transplant, the amount of hair grafts should be used as few as possible which requires the expertise of a hair transplant surgeon.
For patients who still have health hair follicles, other treatment methods can be combined with hair transplantation to help improve hair roots and scalp condition, strengthening the remaining hair, slow down of hair loss and thinning hair from hereditary baldness.
To keep transplanted hair dense and healthy, it is necessary for patient to follow the standard care guideline. If you find yourself experiencing thinning hair due to genetic or excessive hair loss, you should consult a specialized physician earlier. The sooner it is diagnosed and treated; the better the result will be.
