Many times we come across people who have had transplants, who really shouldn’t have. Often times this is due to the slick sales pitch promising growing hair for life with little or no aftercare. Neither of these claims is accurate so part of our role is informing people of the pitfalls of surgery.
Here are some important questions that really must be answered satisfactorily before you take the plunge :
– what results can I realistically expect and precisely what guarantees are offered by the clinic/surgeon?
– what qualifications does the clinic/surgeon have and can I see examples of their work first hand – not just pictures which can be altered?
– will the person offering the consultation also be the person doing the operation? If not, please be very wary as there are many instances of barely qualified individuals actually doing the work with the consulting surgeon being nowhere to be seen!
– what aftercare is required? Will I need to embark upon lifelong medication with Finasteride or the like to protect the hair post- surgery and prevent further loss elsewhere?
– what would the cost of this aftercare/treatment be and what would happen if it is stopped?
– what happens to the donor site from where the hair is harvested/taken? Am I guaranteed that the scarring post surgery will not be visible?
– what happens if I do lose more hair? How will this effect the end result of the surgery and will further operations be needed? If so is my donor area sufficient for more surgery and what wil the likely cost be?
– how much of the transferred hair is guaranteed to grow and what is the likely eventual cost for the outcome I am expecting?
– on a technical level, will the hairs be extracted and implanted using magnifying scopes? This is vital as freehand surgery carries many risks and often brings very unnatural results.
– do the maths add up? Can the number of hairs being transferred achieve the coverage promised (a person typically has approximately 100,000 hairs so at 30% loss, 3000 hairs would only allow at most 10% coverage)
At Hair Technology International we are different – we are happy to help and certainly don’t recommend surgery if there is any doubt . If you are looking for professional discrete advice, call or email us.