Hair Restoration and Replacement

It can be difficult to accurately determine what your hair restoration cost will be, especially if you are not sure whether you will be going for a hair graft or using topical creams or hair replacement shampoos. Even then, once you have decided what you are planning on using, there are still a lot of different factors and even products available, with widely varying prices.

If you decide to have a hair restoration procedure, such as a hair graft, you will need to have a consultation to accurately figure out the costs for having this done. Prices vary greatly from clinic to clinic, and also vary depending on the area you want to have restored, how think you want the new hair to be, and on the availability of the replacement hair. This is commonly thought of as being the most costly method of hair restoration, although as some people have pointed out, it is a one time procedure and may actually end up being cheaper than buying special shampoos or lotions for year after year. You are also often able to find package deals whereby you can pay it off over time, thus spreading out the overall cost and investment.

A popular shampoo used to treat hair loss costs $25 for a 6 ounce bottle, and if used five times per week as the instructions recommend, you would quickly empty that bottle. You could easily end up spending $50 a month on hair restoration shampoos, which quickly adds up to $600 per year. If you calculate the cost based on an average of how many years you will use this shampoo you may find that over time it ends up being more expensive than a one time investment in hair replacement treatments. Medical treatment of hair loss for men typically costs around $40 per month so while the medical hair restoration cost may work out cheaper than using shampoos, it is still quite a lot.

It is important not to rush into any one treatment, but to carefully analzye the total yearly hair restoration costs for any one treatment, then figure out how long you will expect to keep the treatment up. Of course, even though you may figure that over the course of ten years you will spend more on hair restoration products than you would spend on one hair graft, you still may not be able to come up with enough money all at once to have hair restoration by grafting done, and so using medication or applying topical shampoos or lotions may be your only option.

In general most of these treatments and products will work for both men and women. One drug that will not work as a hair restoration for women is Finasteride which is marketed as Propecia. This drug has the potential for birth defects so women who are of child bearing age are not allowed to get the prescriptions.

There are many options to treat your hair loss. A great place to get information and products is on the web. Keep searching and you will find what works for you.