If you are thinking about getting a hair implant procedure then there are a few things you need to know about. This is a safe and long lasting way to get hair growing in your bald spot and it has proved to be very beneficial for people who are looking for eyebrow hair implants and facial hair implants as well as implants for bald spots. The procedure is usually done in a doctor’s office and takes less than a day per treatment. Some times if there is a big area to cover there is more than one hair implant procedure required.
One of the nice benefits of hair implants is the way the hair matches the other hair surrounding the bald spot. This makes sense because it comes from the patient’s own body but it still is a real bonus to have hair that is matching in colorization, texture and amount of curl or wave. This ability of hair implant shafts to match the surrounding hair allows the surgeon to concentrate on placing the hair follicles in the direction of the surrounding hairs instead of also worrying about blending colorization.
Originally you only heard about hair implants for men but this has changed now that new techniques are available for transplanting the hair follicles. Hair implants for women really became economical when the follicular unit extraction method was developed in the 1990’s. Women tend to develop thinning hair along with bald spots when they suffer from female pattern baldness. This made it very difficult to find a good donor area full of hair to be transplanted. The FUE method allows individual hair units to be removed from any part of the body and then transplanted into the bald area. Therefore, even if a woman is suffering from thinning hair a surgeon can find enough hair follicles on the scalp and other parts of the body in order to fill in the bald spot.
Most women would not advertise the fact that they had to get implants so you really don’t hear about it much. Hair implants hair loss is not something that people make a big deal about but it is a very big business because a lot of people get it done every year. If you are wondering about the cost of hair implants it varies depending on the location of the clinic, how many units need to be transplanted, and the method of hair transplantation used. The price of hair implants ranges from $3 to $7 per implant with a total number of from 500 to a few thousand implants. These prices can all vary depending on the geographical location of the clinic and the experience and name recognition of the surgeon. The best way to get an idea for hair implant costs is to call around and ask for a free consultation. You can use this time to ask questions about the procedure and find out a good idea of the cost.
A method that was popular for a few years but is not used in the US any more is synthetic hair implants. These were inserted just like natural hair implants but they did not grow and thus you had to be careful of the hair cut. There was no letting your hair grow out if you didn’t like what the barber did.
As I said, the artificial type is not and was not very popular. Especially with the new follicular unit extraction method there is really hardly ever a time when hair for transplanting can’t be found on some part of the body. Getting a hair implant procedure is a great way to get hair growing on your head, or any other part of you body, once again.