If you are at the point to where you are about to make a decision about your hair loss solution, you definitely want to take the time to get some information. So here you are and you have decided to have hair transplant surgery. In my opinion, this surgery has come a long way and really is not what it is perceived to be.
Generally, when one thinks of a the surgery, they think of seeing some guy in a shopping mall, and embarrassingly, it is obvious. His hair line looks like a doll head of hair and it looks awful. This is unfortunate because the art and technology for hair transplantation has come a long way in the last twenty to twenty five years. Bad hair transplants are rare these days and if you do happen to get a bad hair transplant, it can be corrected by a better surgeon afterward.
Yes, there are bad hair transplants out there. However, there are many, many men out there who have had hair transplantation surgery. These men have had great results, and nobody even knows they had a hair transplant. Why, because a good hair transplant is not identifiable. It looks good, and it looks natural. We only notice the bad hair transplants.
Let’s face it. This is a vain society. Many men have tried the over the counter potions like Rogaine, Regenix, and Propecia, which is an oral medication you take daily. The problem with these methods is that once you discontinue using these products, the benefits are reversed and any hair that was possibly restored or saved will be lost. This obviously is a problem and far from a permanent solution. Some men in recent years have just gone the opposite direction by shaving their entire heads. This approach to hair loss has become quite en vogue in the last twenty years when celebrities like Michael Jordan and Bruce Willis starting sporting a shaved and shiny dome.
But aside from the guys that are shaving their heads, many men really want to find a permanent solutions to hair loss and the answer is surgery. Shaving your head takes a lot of guts and doesn’t look good on just anybody.
I myself have had the surgery. I had it done in 2006, and it was the best thing I ever did. I was 35 years old at the time and I had 1200 grafts done for a total of $5,400. My hairline was receding, but I hadn’t lost the majority of my hair yet. My goal was to combat the progression of the hair loss and get it done while I still had the majority of my hair. This was almost four years ago and my grafts look great and natural. Mind you, my expectations were realistic.
I didn’t end up with a full head of hair like Elvis Presley or Jay Leno. My goal was to have some hair to work with as I got older. Now that I am approaching forty, I am so happy that I did it because as we get older, is it difficult all by itself to stay young looking aside from hair loss. If you are curious to see my results, you can see them on my site. On my website, I have posted some before and after photos. See for yourself the subtle difference that has been quite pleasing to me.
If you want to know more about the whole process of the surgery, I have written a number of articles about Hair Transplantation Surgery. This site gives a breakdown of the steps of the surgery itself, the costs of hair transplantation, how to choose a surgeon, and some celebrity hair transplants so you can view for yourself how common they. The site is a must read! Gone are the days of hair plugs. Hair transplant surgery is here to stay.
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