Hairloss Option: Hair Transplantation

Hair transplants involve surgically moving hair from the back of the head, where it does not fall out due to baldness, to the top of the head to give you the appearance of having more hair on top. It is a minor surgical procedure but not with out it's advantages and disadvantages. The advantages of hair transplantation are that it moves your own, permanent hair. No continual treatment is needed to keep it there. The disadvantages are the high cost (multiple transplants are usually needed to get the desired look or amount of hair), risk of scarring, limited amounts of movable hair, and variable abilities of different doctors and clinics. A scar is left where the hair is removed from the back of the scalp, but this is covered by the hair around it. However, the hair has to be long enough to cover the scar so you can not buzz your hair to a short length and still cover the scar once you have had a procedure. If you like your hair extremely short you should not have a transplant. (Costs can vary tremendously. An estimate would be $2,500-10,000 per session, $10,000 - 40,000 total)

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