The question has been asked where does the restoration hair come from when a hair restoration treatment is performed. This is an important question because a lot of people don’t really understand how the hair transplantation procedure works. Some people wonder if the medical hair restoration procedure is like other medical transplant procedures in that the hair is donated from some other person and implanted into the scalp of the recipient. This is not the case.

The restoration hair that is transplanted must come from the person who is having the procedure, or maybe an identical twin, because otherwise the hair grafts would be rejected unless anti-rejection drugs were taken probably for the rest of the patient’s life. The hair graft unit is a body part and thus it will act just like any other part of the body that is being transplanted.

When the hair restoration surgery is performed, usually hair graft units are removed from the area of the scalp that does not show signs of hair loss. For men this is usually the sides of the head and the back. For ease of covering up any scarring that may be associated with the removal of the hair the back of the head is the best alternative. For some genetic reason the hair on the sides and back of the head seem to be immune to the build up of DHT which causes a loss of hair growth. When the hair units are removed from the back of the head and inserted into the bald spot these hair follicles do not seem to be affected even though the natural hair at these areas was lost due to male pattern baldness and a build up of DHT.

Hair Restoration For Women

Hair restoration for men actually works very well because of the fact that there usually is a good donor area at the back of the head. Hair restoration for women on the other hand is not such a slam dunk. Women generally suffer from hair thinning along with any patchy baldness. This means they do not have a good donor area even at the back of the head. Sometimes the cosmetic surgeon can remove body hairs to fill in or hair from one area of the head, for example the top or back, can be sacrificed to get a fuller look at the front and around the face.

There are some items on sale that claim to be hair restoration products but the only true hair restoration is done with surgical methods. Natural hair restoration is another term that is bandied around but really doesn’t have much meaning. Once the hair follicles stop growing there is nothing natural that can be done. The patient will have to have some type of hair restoration surgery.

Hair Restoration Costs

The cost of hair restoration procedures really depends on several things. The first of course is the size of the bald area that needs to be treated. There also is the matter of the texture, color, and thickness of the hair itself. If the hair tends to be close to the color of the skin then it takes fewer grafts than if the hair is a different color than the underlying scalp. Also, the texture of the hair can make a big difference. Curly or wavy hair tends to look like it covers the spot better than straight hair because the curl and wave make the hairs turn back on themselves and thus cover more area. Thick hair also requires less hair grafting than thin hair.

The best method to get hair growing once it has fallen out is the hair restoration procedure. The restoration hair almost always is donated from another area of the patient’s head.

]]> http://www.hairrestorationreplacement.com/restoration-hair/feed/ 0 http://www.hairrestorationreplacement.com/natural-hair-restoration/ http://www.hairrestorationreplacement.com/natural-hair-restoration/#comments Wed, 05 Aug 2009 20:48:24 +0000 Albert http://www.hairrestorationreplacement.com/?p=22 There are dozens of treatments and remedies that can be used to treat hair loss and some of the natural hair restoration products work just as well as expensive drugs from the pharmaceutical companies. This has been a known fact for years. I remember several years ago my uncle was in the hospital and he had extreme diarrhea. The doctor ordered a medication for him with a name longer than a piece of paper. My uncle quizzed him about the drug. The reason my uncle was interested is because his grandmother had always had the kids chew on a blackberry root when they had diarrhea. The doctor chuckled and told my uncle the pills he just took were made from the root of blackberries. Sometime the natural remedy is the best.

Hair restoration clinics go out of there way to make everything seem so highly secretive and advanced. There are drugs like Finasteride that doctors can prescribe as part of the hair restoration procedure. This drug is designed to limit the amount of DHT in a person’s body. DHT is short for, dihydrotestosterone, which is a metabolite that results from the metabolism of the male hormone testosterone. DHT has been linked to enlarged prostrate in men and originally this is what the drug finasteride was designed to treat. Several men were in a study of the drug and it was found that not only did the pharmaceutical relieve the prostrate problem it also helped with hair loss restorations. Further studies concluded this drug can help to restore hair to some extent.

The interesting thing about his is a natural remedy already existed for the treatment of this male urinary tract problem. It is called Saw Palmetto and has been used in Europe for years. There is anecdotal evidence that this natural extract can also affect the rate of hair loss in men which would make since Saw Palmetto affects the male urinary tract by reducing the amount of DHT in the blood stream. Men’s hair restoration products also do the same thing.

The most natural surgical hair restoration procedure would have to be hair implants. With these the hair follicles are removed from a part of the head or body that has hair growth and transplanted to a site that needs more hair growth. The hair implants have a fairly large initial cost of hair restoration but in the long run you may not pay as much as with drugs that must be taken on a prolonged basis. A hair restoration transplant can have hair growing in your bald spot almost instantly and it matches perfectly because the hair is your own.

If you are looking for non-surgical hair restoration procedures then you will most likely be looking at a DHT blocker. Either a drub from the pharmaceutical companies or a natural extract like Saw Palmetto. Either way it is comforting to know you will look better without a bald spot than with one.

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