Tuesday, December 2, 2008

I Say Don't Get Hair Transplants

By Gugu Martini

For many people, the idea of a hair transplant is not as uncomfortable as it might have been some years ago as many improvements have been taken to improve the technique. A benefit of current procedures is that you can not always tell when someone has undergone one because their bad hair plugs are not obvious. Even today, however, there are many things that people do not comprehend about this process.

For men over 50, baldness is a serious issue. There are many options for men who must deal with this type of severe hair loss and one such option is the avenue that many men take - complete shaving of the head. Others take the exact opposite route and have hair transplant surgery. Though those that accept their baldness may have a healthy outlook, they are out of step with what the rest of society is doing to combat hair loss.

Many people do not understand the significance or permanence of having a surgical procedure. For the individual that is planning one of these treatments, they should understand that they will change the look of their head forever and they will also require many surgical treatments to get the desired look. You're stuck with the procedure once you begin.

You might think that because the surgery is so easy to bear that you can just jump back into your activities, but the truth is, you'll need plenty of rest after hair transplant surgery. The scalp is just as important to take care of as any major or bone after surgery. You'll have a head full of tiny wounds that absolutely must be protected after surgery.

The time commitment for hair transplant surgery is often immense with treatments lasting one or two years. Sometimes you can opt to have a marathon session to try to reduce the number of grafts you have performed. However, the length of these sessions is often grueling and requires commitment.

Normal treatment is not always available to everyone and some people do not have enough hair to undergo hair transplant surgery. Also, there are other procedures that can be done to help stimulate hair growth along with the main treatment. The difference is that these procedures are generally more painful.

Though there are few surgeons that will tell you, you should be aware that the grafts you have in hair transplant surgery may not all survive. The hope is that only a few will be lost and the overall result will not suffer. In reality, despite all efforts, often grafts simply fail to thrive.

You should realize that hair transplant surgery is not as taxing on your wallet as you might otherwise believe and you can expect to pay about ,000. For example, if you get the procedure done at 30 and die at 70, you have paid 300 dollars per year for 40 years of use and this averages out to about 25 dollars per month. Twenty-five dollars per month is much more than many so-called low cost hair loss treatments cost. Thus, you would actually save money by having the surgery done in the first place. - 16492

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