Understanding Hair
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A hair transplant, as good and they can be when everything falls into place, is not a miracle cure. The candidate must have a good understanding and education as to the pros and cons of a hair transplant. Understand their own head of hair and appreciate that sometimes their expectations may need changing to complement what is realistically achievable and look natural.
Questions for you to consider:
Making someone a suitable hair transplant candidate
You don´t need the best hair characteristics to be a good hair transplant candidate. Obviously, they help, moreover an important aspect is information and understanding, that make a happy hair transplant patient, one who understands the procedure, will be happy and have no regrets with the result. Those who often feel unhappy can be because they did not want to listen to the education provided, or did not receive the information in the first place.
The donor supply and area of hair loss affect each other. The more advanced the hair loss pattern now, or has the potential to be, directly impacts on the size of the safe donor region. This is harder to determine in the initial stages of hair loss, so any design must be in keeping with the limitations of the donor supply and thinking of the future. Incredibly lucky people have “home run” donor supply, meaning they can treat almost any degree of hair loss, but these candidates are far from average or even particularly good but the exception to the rule. The principal issue is the demand versus the supply, not so much regarding the initial procedure, but overall, with the eye on long-term planning.
What if you can´t be a suitable candidate
A clinic may advise against a hair transplant for an assortment of reasons. For instance, the clinic has a minimum age policy, or your hair loss pattern is minimal or too advanced. The hair loss cause and condition do not lend to a hair transplant. Or the clinic feels the goals and expectations are unrealistic.
Any good hair restoration doctor will consider matters technical and personal; both may influence the decision. Unrealistic requests and expectations are red flags to doctors. What if told you are not a suitable candidate, it will be disappointing. Nothing wrong with getting a second or third opinion, but it´s best to accept the news and move on. It´s not a clever idea to persistently search for a clinic to tell you what you want to hear. Human nature often makes us want what we can´t have, and chasing this dream can lead to disappointment.
Do your research, don´t just take the word of one clinic, and never superimpose the standards and qualities of a clinic on to another. Be honest with yourself, be prepared for your goals to change and be open to suggestion and advice. If you don´t like a plan, don´t kid yourself it will be fine, just don´t do it.
Questions for you to consider:
- What are my goals? Are they compatible with what a hair transplant can technically achieve?
- Do I understand the limitations of any hair transplant technique?
- If my hair loss progresses, will I be open to suggestions of techniques and planning?
- Do I have poor, average, good or great general hair characteristics?
- Am I prepared to undergo multiple hair transplants overtime?
- Would I be open to consider using a hair loss treatment long term?
- Am I prepared to put hair restoration on hold if a doctor advises it´s not the best time?
- Am I rushing into this because of a couple of comments or properly thought it through?
Making someone a suitable hair transplant candidate
You don´t need the best hair characteristics to be a good hair transplant candidate. Obviously, they help, moreover an important aspect is information and understanding, that make a happy hair transplant patient, one who understands the procedure, will be happy and have no regrets with the result. Those who often feel unhappy can be because they did not want to listen to the education provided, or did not receive the information in the first place.
The donor supply and area of hair loss affect each other. The more advanced the hair loss pattern now, or has the potential to be, directly impacts on the size of the safe donor region. This is harder to determine in the initial stages of hair loss, so any design must be in keeping with the limitations of the donor supply and thinking of the future. Incredibly lucky people have “home run” donor supply, meaning they can treat almost any degree of hair loss, but these candidates are far from average or even particularly good but the exception to the rule. The principal issue is the demand versus the supply, not so much regarding the initial procedure, but overall, with the eye on long-term planning.
What if you can´t be a suitable candidate
A clinic may advise against a hair transplant for an assortment of reasons. For instance, the clinic has a minimum age policy, or your hair loss pattern is minimal or too advanced. The hair loss cause and condition do not lend to a hair transplant. Or the clinic feels the goals and expectations are unrealistic.
Any good hair restoration doctor will consider matters technical and personal; both may influence the decision. Unrealistic requests and expectations are red flags to doctors. What if told you are not a suitable candidate, it will be disappointing. Nothing wrong with getting a second or third opinion, but it´s best to accept the news and move on. It´s not a clever idea to persistently search for a clinic to tell you what you want to hear. Human nature often makes us want what we can´t have, and chasing this dream can lead to disappointment.
Do your research, don´t just take the word of one clinic, and never superimpose the standards and qualities of a clinic on to another. Be honest with yourself, be prepared for your goals to change and be open to suggestion and advice. If you don´t like a plan, don´t kid yourself it will be fine, just don´t do it.
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