Is going bald after a hair transplant possible?
Hair loss is a prevalent problem for both men and women. While losing hair every day is typical, losing more than 100 hair strands per day for an extended time may lead to baldness. Many factors may cause hair loss: hormones (either the regular male baldness pattern or hormonal disorder), genetics, medical treatments (chemotherapy), stress, nutrient or vitamin deficiencies.
Most men suffer from androgenic alopecia. This condition is due to male hormones. The only way to stop this hair loss is to block male hormones’ production, which causes severe adverse effects, such as sexual dysfunction or mood swings.
The only effective and non-risky way to get his hair back for a man with androgenic alopecia is to undergo a hair transplant.
This surgical procedure involves extracting hair follicles from a donor area, standardly on the back of the head, then grafting it on the bald spots. Several hair transplant techniques exist: the most common is FUE, and the most efficient is DHI.
Is going bald after a hair transplant procedure possible?
What to expect from a hair transplant?
A hair transplant is the best way to get one’s hair back when suffering from androgenic alopecia. Unlike drug treatment, hair transplant procedures are not harmful to health.
- Hair transplant results are very natural-looking
Modern hair transplants offer excellent results. Once the area has healed, it is impossible to tell between the grafts and the original hair.
- Hair transplant procedures are painless and minimally invasive
Hair transplant surgeries are performed under local anesthesia, so they are painless. Modern hair transplant techniques are non-invasive and do not let any visible scars when the skin has healed.
- The recovery time is rapid
Hair transplant procedures only require minimal recovery time. Most patients need one full day of rest before feeling good enough to go back to work. The surgeon always prescribes painkillers and antibiotics to ensure the patient will be comfortable and won’t develop any infection if his skin is healing.
However, to get the best results, patients should follow the surgeon’s guidelines to a T and avoid the forbidden activities after the surgery. Any activity increasing blood pressure is to avoid after the surgery and those that may hit the grafts.
- Hair transplant results are guaranteed for life!
Hair transplant may seem pricey, but it is a long-term, one-time, healthy procedure. Drug treatments for hair loss are expensive and are harmful to health.
Grafted hair never falls because the surgeon harvests them in an area the hair is genetically resistant to androgenic alopecia.
- Better hair, better self!
Hair loss often crushes the patient’s self-esteem, especially for younger ones. A hair transplant can be the best therapy to feel good and confident again.
Good hair instantly makes someone look young and dynamic, two qualities required in most jobs. After their hair transplant, many patients get new professional and personal opportunities.
Is going bald after a hair transplant procedure possible?
About three weeks after the surgery, the grafted hair falls. However, it does not mean the patient is going bald after a hair transplant surgery. This phenomenon is a normal part of the hair life cycle. The hair follicles enter the rest phase during the surgery, so the hair falls, but the follicles stay under the skin and rest for a few weeks before growing a new hair strand.
The final results of a hair transplant procedure are visible a year after the surgery.
However, patients must be aware that a hair transplant does not stop baldness progression; it simply covers the bald spots with hair that does not fall. In the case of androgenic alopecia, patients doing a hair young, before the age of 30, are most likely to need another session in the following years as they may keep losing their hair. The grafts do not fall, but the hair between the grafts and the hair genetically resistant do androgenic alopecia does. There is no way to know how a patient’s baldness will evolve in the future.
