Although hair transplantation is a relatively painless and safe procedure, it is still a surgery. Therefore it makes sense to wonder if there are any complications and risks. The Golden Rule for fewer Complications after a Hair Transplant Before referring to hair transplant and its possible complications, it is important to emphasize that there is a way to minimize risks…
Androgenetic alopecia can present also in women since it is a genetically predisposed condition and may be hereditary to all people. In women hair loss presents in a different pattern since common baldness like that seen in men is not the usual case. The usual pattern involves scalp hair thinning mainly all over the top of the head (zones A…
Surgical restoration of androgenetic alopecia is performed under local anesthesia and lasts about 4 to 7 hours depending on the hair loss grade and the patient’s needs. The procedure is divided into two phases. The first is about going among the original hair at the occipital part of the scalp and taking/extracting skin micrografts containing hair follicles. This process is…
Hair transplantation remains to date the only immediate solution to the problem of androgenetic alopecia/common baldness, which essentially helps maintaining the natural scalp image. The FUE (follicular unit extraction) method is about the extraction of one by one skin micro-implants/grafts which contain a different number of hair follicles each and derive from the rear – occipital part of the scalp.…
Androgenetic alopecia (common baldness) characterizes a very large percentage of men globally. It is about a pathological gradual hair loss from the scalp and final degeneration of the hair follicles which do not produce hair any more. This development leads to permanent hair loss. It is a combination of genital predisposition and effect of androgen hormones (testosterone) on the hair…
The so-called C-zone of androgenetic alopecia concerns the back part of the scalp that actually surrounds the hair vortex. This is the zone that essentially transitions to the occipital region of the scalp from where the hair follicle transplants are taken. The vortex is essentially the natural beginning of hair growth on the scalp, where the hair emerges in an…
Hair transplantation aims either to restore androgenetic alopecia or to aesthetically improve the scalp mainly at the level of the frontal hairline. In any case, the restoration of the frontal hairline is a necessity. The points that need special attention during the restoration are the following: The shape of the hairline The height of the hairline The joining of the…
Τhe beard begins to grow from the pre-adolescent age of about 12-14 years and it is fully developed until about the age of 25 years. That is why beard restoration is safer if done after this age, when its physical configuration is completed. Beard is one of the secondary characteristics of the male sex and its development is due to…