Hair Transplant Surgery

Hair transplant surgery is usually not a person's first choice for dealing with hair loss. However, some people will inevitably find that the process of thinning for them has progressed too far to be stopped by simple chemical ointments and must be treated more aggressively. Hair transplant surgery involves the use of follicular grafts that are moved from donor areas (regions of the scalp that don't shed or thin) to balding areas on the scalp. With this procedure, people often find that themselves recapturing the spiritual youth that their hair loss took away.

Hair transplant surgery is not a simple one-time procedure. To ensure that a graft "takes" and to layer hairs to make them seem more natural, a patient may have to return up to two or three times. In order to take advantage of hair transplant surgery, potential clients must consult with a hair restoration surgeon to discuss his (or her) treatment options. The surgeon will take into account the patient's expectations, his facial characteristics, the texture and curl of his hair, and the client's hair growth rate. Because transplanted hair maintains the growth pattern and density that it had in its donor location, using donor hair with low density will defeat the purpose of the transplant.

Hair loss victims who live in Southern Florida can choose from a variety of hair restoration surgeons. Dr. Bernard Cohen is a hair restoration surgeon at The Hair Loss Center in Miami, Florida. He is a certified dermatologist on top of being a surgeon, and for twenty-four years, he has taught and supervised in-training at the advanced skin surgery clinic at Jackson Memorial Hospital.

Dr. Cohen has recently patented a device called the Quantimeter that can predict balding by detecting changes in hair diameter before they even become visible. While this invention will not eliminate the need for hair transplant surgery in all cases, because it can detect baldness early, in some cases the Trichometer will allow patients a wider range of non-surgical options.

Call today (305) 476-9544 or schedule a free consultation and have your hair loss evaluated by the experts.