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How long will the surgically implanted hair last? Does it need to be cut?
Hair loss is a common and distressing problem. Many people seek treatment for hair loss, and there are several different types of treatment that vary in effectiveness. The effectiveness may depend on a person's expectations and the cause of hair loss. Medical hair replacement, or hair restoration surgery, has grown by leaps and bounds over the years as different procedures have become more successful and less involved.
Even with the advancement of hair replacement surgery, many of those who are balding are still quite wary of surgery. Much of this uncertainty comes from old information that was derived from outdated methods of hair replacement. One of the most common questions people have when contemplating hair replacement surgery is how long the new hair will last, and does it need to be cut? These questions stem from a time when hair "plugs" were the dominant way to counteract baldness. Wary patients often describe worrying about the replacement looking unnatural, where the hair that was replaced stays on the top of their head, but eventually other hair falls out, creating a mini "island" of replaced hair amidst a sea of baldness. These days, many of the newest hair replacement procedures take healthy hair and move it to bald parts of the scalp, where the hair continues to grow and thrive. Using these techniques, the replanted hair is intended to last as long as it would have on the side or back of the scalp, from where it was probably taken. It should also grow at the same rate as it would have before replacement, and will eventually need to be cut.
Posted on May 30, 2004 at 04:52 PM
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