So What Type Of Hair Transplants Are There?

Hair transplants are surgical procedures where a surgeon redistributes hair from an area where there is thicker hair to an area where there is thinner or no hair. It may seem obvious but hair transplants are not available to anyone who does not have sufficient hair already to support them. Hair transplants do not involve transplanting hair from someone else.

And like other surgery, hair transplants can have side effects, so always talk to your surgeon about this before you undertake any form of hair transplant surgery.

What are the types of hair transplants available?

The form of hair transplants that is probably the most well known is where individual or groups of hairs are transplanted in small plugs into another area of the scalp. For example in frontal hair transplants they are implanted into the top of the forehead where the patient has a receding hairline.

The form of hair transplants that is probably the most well known is where individual or groups of hairs are transplanted in small plugs into another area of the scalp. For example in frontal hair transplants they are implanted into the top of the forehead where the patient has a receding hairline. These plugs are usually taken from an area of thick hair at the back of the head.

What else is there?

There are commonly two other forms of hair transplants that can be considered. Scalp flap surgery is where segments of hair bearing scalp are moved over to cover the affected area. The advantage is the resultant new coverage is immediate, althuogh it is not common to affect a complete result in one operation. And scalp reduction surgery is where amounts of bald scalp are removed to bring the areas of hair closer together until they join up.

All can be very effective when done properly on patients for whom that type of surgery is appropriate.