Hair Restoration and Replacement

When you are looking for hair restoration clinics there are several variables you need to consider before choosing which one is correct for your procedure. Price is usually high on the list of what people look for but it shouldn’t be the only thing that is important to you. In reality, a hair restoration procedure that looks terrible is not worth any amount of money even it was a good bargain.

This is what happened to a lot of people when the hair implantation procedures were first being used. The micro-surgical techniques were just not available to perform the type of transplants that would give a good looking head of hair. At this time, the only option for a hair loss clinic and surgeon was to work with transplants of fairly large areas of scalp. A patch of skin from the back of the head was removed and then this chunk was transplanted into the bald area. This left little islets of hair sticking up in every which direction and the nickname of the procedure became “hair plugs”. It really did look like the hair had been plugged into the bald areas like on a cheap doll’s head. Most people agreed that the results looked a lot worse than if the person would have just stayed bald. This problem has now been remedied by quality hair transplant clinics and cosmetic surgeons but you don’t want to get caught with a job that looks ridiculous

So how do you tell if the hair clinic and the particular hair loss surgeon does good work? The best way is to ask to look at their book of before and after pictures. All cosmetic clinics keep great records of the results of their work and they should be happy to show them to you because the results are what is important. When you are viewing the results pictures don’t for get ask to see the ones done specifically by the surgeon who will do your work. There can be doctors with different skill levels and you want to be sure to view the work of the one who will do your procedure.

Another thing you should do when considering a hair implant clinic is to check with the local better business bureau and more importantly state medical boards to see if there have been any complaints against the doctor or hair clinic. You can check with both the state medical board for physicians in general and the state cosmetic surgery board to see if there are any problems and also to make sure they are certified and accredited. You usually can’t find out a lot but if there is gross negligence you want to know.

You can also ask to talk to satisfied customers of the hair restoration surgery performed at that hair transplantation clinic. Sometimes this is possible and sometimes not as most people who have this type of procedure done really don’t want to broadcast the fact to the world. Sometime, though, a very happy customer will be more than happy to talk to people about their results. Another possibility that is becoming more common is a video testimonial. Often times a satisfied cosmetic surgery patient will be more than happy to do a short message about their experiences at the clinic.

A sure give away of a poorly run hair graft clinic is the staff. Are they friendly and courteous? Do they go out of their way to treat you well and make your visit comfortable of does it seem like your visit is interrupting their day? You can tell a lot about the professionalism of a place by how you are greeted and treated. Cosmetic surgery in particular is about image and if the clinic doesn’t care about he image of its staff it may not care as much about the image or your procedure.

Lastly, when checking out a clinic, be sure it clean and sanitized. This is a surgical procedure you are going to have and it is important the facility is treated like any other medical procedure place. Ask to look at the room where the procedure will be performed and talk to the staff or doctor about how the items and actual surgical areas are kept sanitized. This should be a big selling point since the hair implantation surgery is actually an outpatient procedure.

When choosing a good hair restoration clinic it is important that you go beyond just price. You also want to know the results of previous hair transplant surgeries and you want to know about the staff and facilities. This procedure is not cheap and it would be a shame to spend all that money of a sub-par result.