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Hair Transplant Aesthetics

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In addition to the technical skill required to perform Hair transplants, an artistic eye is needed. To ensure proper aesthetics, the surgeon and hair technician will focus on:

  1. Proper selection of donor sites
  2. Graft size
  3. Design of the hairline and placement of the recipient sites

Some doctors create the same standard hairline on every patient.  This is less than ideal. Natural hairlines vary from one individual to another.

Few natural hairlines are symmetrical, so your hair transplant team should not focus on creating a symmetrical hair line.

Ethnicity comes into play – there are definitely patterns of hairline structure for groups descending from different areas.

Be active in the discussion about your hair line and ensure that it is not placed too low. The only recourse when the hair line is placed too low is surgically removing the transplanted hair.

Understanding the characteristics of hair in different ethnic groups is an important part of the process.

African hair tends to be very curly. This makes African hair produce some of the best results in hair transplantation.

However it does require precision and extreme care to avoid damage to the curved follicles.

Most Asian hair is black, coarse and straight, making this hair type the most difficult, especially when the skin is fair. Very small grafts seem to work best.

Light/Fair haired Caucasians with a low contrast between hair and skin tones typically see great results.

Using only naturally occurring individual follicular units produces natural results with all hair and skin types.

Your team also has to look at how the hair grows. It grows in different directions in different parts of the scalp. Hair in back of the head grows backward and downward; hair in the front and top grows forward; hair on the sides of the head grows away from the middle of the head. The place where they meet in the crown is reflected in the “cowlick.”

The surgeon will analyze YOUR natural growth patterns and hairstyle preferences to craft the best transplant outcome for you.

The Bottom Line:

Your transplant, whether it is to increase fullness or improve the hairline, is not just about the amount of hair moved or the number of grafts.

The surgical process requires the design of your transplant, factoring in all of the elements:

  1. Current balding pattern
  2. Projected hair loss
  3. Hair density
  4. Hair and skin color
  5. Thickness of each hair shaft
  6. Hair character: straight, wavy, or wiry
  7. Scalp laxity

Some of you are better hair transplant candidates (more hair, better color, thicker hair shafts, wavier hair) than others. Discuss this with your surgeon at your consult.

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