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Hair Transplant Procedures For Hair Loss Sufferers
- By Dominic Donaldson
- Published 04/7/2009
- Alopecia Research
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Dominic Donaldson
Dominic Donaldson is an expert on hair transplant and contributes to trade publications on the subject.
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The reasons for hair loss are many; hormones, medication, genetics and illnesses. In a world where image is everything, losing hair can be a major blow to the confidence, but improved methods in hair transplant surgery are seeing the procedure become more popular. This article takes a look at some of the treatments available for hair loss.
One of the lesser known causes of hair loss is tension alopecia, a condition whereby the weight of hair can cause hair loss. This is particularly common in people who have had dreadlocks for many years. The weight of the dreads can cause tension on the scalp resulting in thinning on the crown, and ultimately the loss of hair completely.
Hair loss of this sort can be intercepted, and further loss prevented successfully by removal of the dreadlocks. By reducing the weight through cutting the hair, or shaving off the hair completely, hair loss is stabilized. Unfortunately, because dreadlocks are part of a cultural identity, many people suffering from tension alopecia are reluctant to intervene, and by the time the problem is addressed, damage to the growth of hair on the crown is often irreversible.
Hair transplants are one solution for thinning hair on the crown.
Through a series of operations, follicles from a donor area are transplanted to the thinning area. Usually somewhere between 1 and 4 follicles are transplanted at a time; this allows for a more natural looking transplant compared to the procedures available when hair transplant surgery first became popular.
Old techniques used to use strips of donor area, but this produced a 'dolls head' effect, and the treatment was so obvious that the procedure was unpopular with patients. Transplants from donor areas are not restricted to use on the crown; advances in successful transplantation techniques have led to the method being used to treat other areas of the body.
It is now possible to create beards, moustaches, chest hair and even eye brows through hair transplantation. The only catch is that the new hair will grow the same as it did at the donor site. This means that rather than going to get your eyebrows plucked to keep them trim, you are likely to require the services of a hairdresser.
Experts in the field suggest getting a trim every six weeks or so to keep the look natural, and the general verdict is that an eye brow hair transplant is a much more natural effect that alternatives such as tattooing.
One of the lesser known causes of hair loss is tension alopecia, a condition whereby the weight of hair can cause hair loss. This is particularly common in people who have had dreadlocks for many years. The weight of the dreads can cause tension on the scalp resulting in thinning on the crown, and ultimately the loss of hair completely.
Hair loss of this sort can be intercepted, and further loss prevented successfully by removal of the dreadlocks. By reducing the weight through cutting the hair, or shaving off the hair completely, hair loss is stabilized. Unfortunately, because dreadlocks are part of a cultural identity, many people suffering from tension alopecia are reluctant to intervene, and by the time the problem is addressed, damage to the growth of hair on the crown is often irreversible.
Hair transplants are one solution for thinning hair on the crown.
Old techniques used to use strips of donor area, but this produced a 'dolls head' effect, and the treatment was so obvious that the procedure was unpopular with patients. Transplants from donor areas are not restricted to use on the crown; advances in successful transplantation techniques have led to the method being used to treat other areas of the body.
It is now possible to create beards, moustaches, chest hair and even eye brows through hair transplantation. The only catch is that the new hair will grow the same as it did at the donor site. This means that rather than going to get your eyebrows plucked to keep them trim, you are likely to require the services of a hairdresser.
Experts in the field suggest getting a trim every six weeks or so to keep the look natural, and the general verdict is that an eye brow hair transplant is a much more natural effect that alternatives such as tattooing.