Hair Implants Can Fill In Your Bald Spot

If you want to treat your baldness there are only a few techniques that have truly been shown to give good results. The US FDA has accepted on two medications for hair regrowth no matter what claims you have heard. But the success rate for each of this is less than spectacular. One is about 50% effective and the other one is less than 75%. The only treatment that offers anywhere near a full success rate is hair implants or hair restoration.

This is a surgical procedure that actually removes hair from the part of the scalp that is not bald and inserts those follicles into the bald patches. Hair implants look natural and offer a great solution to hair loss no matter how large the bald spot. This method works as long as you have sections of your scalp with hair still growing. This is a problem with hair implants for women because they tend to have thinning hair. This is opposed to men who usually have male pattern baldness or bald spots.

Most people suffering from male pattern baldness have hair loss at the top front of the scalp and the crown area of the scalp. Hair loss on the back of the head is very rare with male pattern baldness. This usually means a portion of the scalp has enough hair to be used as donor follicles. In the implant procedure a surgeon or members of his or her staff remove sections of scalp from this hair covered portion. This usually is accomplished with narrow slits being removed which are easily sown together. The hair follicles are next prepared for reinsertion.

The surgeon makes small incisions or holes in the bald section and then inserts the follicles in groups of one to three. This mimics the look of the natural hair. The skilled surgeon can also insert the hair in a way that allows it to lay in the direction of the natural growing hair for a look that is not noticeable. In fact, when performed by a trained physician, the implants are very difficult to detect.

Hair implants, or hair plugs as they are also known, are becoming the method of choice for treating baldness. If you have a bald spot they are quick and long lasting. The cost of hair plugs is really not that great when you consider there is very little after procedure cost. Also, there is no fear of the hair falling off like a toupee'. There are very few side effects unlike drugs. Treating pattern baldness with hair plugs is a great solution.