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BHR Clinic Patient Advisor
Is a hair transplant suitable for everyone, why are some people more suited than others, and why are some not suitable at all?
The critical problem technically is the donor resources in relation to the surface area to cover short and long term projection; if you like supply and demand.
The donor supply coupled with the extent of hair loss the candidate is suffering from at the time but also what the potential for hair loss could be in the future must be equated as best as possible.
Obviously this is harder to determine in the early stages of hair loss so any design must be in keeping with the limitations of the donor supply and thinking of the future. Some candidates, a few very lucky people have home run donor supply, meaning they can treat almost any degree of hair loss, but these candidates should not be seen as average or even very good but the exception to the rule.
But besides the technicalities of a hair transplant there is another side to being a better candidate.
Making someone a good hair transplant candidate can be their expectations and goals, short and long term, also the candidates understanding of how a hair transplant works, pros and cons. Hair loss is an emotive issue that touches men of all ages, there is no real boundary, having a hair transplant can also create varying emotions. It is common to go through different emotions during the entire process, choosing your doctor, then deciding to commit, waiting for the big day, wishing now you had decided it would come tomorrow.
Then the big day, normal emotions when having a medical procedure, as well as watching everything that goes on during the day, is everything going well, is the doc in a good mood, is everyone paying attention and working well. This is your big day and obviously you are rightly concerned everything is going well.
Then the post op, what many call the initial ugly duckling stage as the HT is healing, waiting for the redness to go, hoping you are the one that the hair doesn t fall out at the end of the 1st month, invariably it will. Getting over the hair falling out is then the next stage....................will it grow back?
We want to be positive but sometimes we find ourselves becoming so worried about getting the result we want we start to over analyse. After so many ops myself I try to have a balance but the expectations are still there, regardless how much you trust your doc. We look for every hair that grows and every hair that doesn t, we compare to other people's cases and compare time lines. They are dates along the way like milestones, the first month, 3 months mark, 6 months and so on, until the person is happy with his result.
For most of us happiness probably does not come until around the 12 months mark. Some people go through this easier than others, and it can be hard, what has to be understood is we are all different and if we grow faster, slower, mature at different speeds it really doesn t matter until a realistic time line has passed, and in hair transplantation it can be around 12 months or so for most of us.
Obviously as time goes by and you do not feel you are at the stage you should be you ask yourself questions. Did everything go well on the day, what if a mistake was made, and sometimes crazy notions come into our heads that in normal life you would dismiss, but at the time they are real.
A hair transplant is a tough decision to take, some are not right to go ahead, be it age, hair loss stage, goals and expectations. An important aspect is that a hair transplant should be a good thing, something for whatever reason improves how you feel, getting there may not be an easy journey but I am sure going to any quality clinic you will have their backing and full support,
We recommend when possible to have a one to one consultation with a few doctors to assess your situation and gain multiple opinions. If possible also talk to previous patients from these doctors and see their results in person. You will gain an idea how the doctor approaches his surgery and if he is along the same lines as you in terms of results and what is achievable. Becoming hair educated is vital to being a happy hair transplant patient in the long term, especially as it is an emotional issue and sometimes our heart can rule our head when making decisions such as this.
The critical problem technically is the donor resources in relation to the surface area to cover short and long term projection; if you like supply and demand.
The donor supply coupled with the extent of hair loss the candidate is suffering from at the time but also what the potential for hair loss could be in the future must be equated as best as possible.
Obviously this is harder to determine in the early stages of hair loss so any design must be in keeping with the limitations of the donor supply and thinking of the future. Some candidates, a few very lucky people have home run donor supply, meaning they can treat almost any degree of hair loss, but these candidates should not be seen as average or even very good but the exception to the rule.
But besides the technicalities of a hair transplant there is another side to being a better candidate.
Making someone a good hair transplant candidate can be their expectations and goals, short and long term, also the candidates understanding of how a hair transplant works, pros and cons. Hair loss is an emotive issue that touches men of all ages, there is no real boundary, having a hair transplant can also create varying emotions. It is common to go through different emotions during the entire process, choosing your doctor, then deciding to commit, waiting for the big day, wishing now you had decided it would come tomorrow.
Then the big day, normal emotions when having a medical procedure, as well as watching everything that goes on during the day, is everything going well, is the doc in a good mood, is everyone paying attention and working well. This is your big day and obviously you are rightly concerned everything is going well.
Then the post op, what many call the initial ugly duckling stage as the HT is healing, waiting for the redness to go, hoping you are the one that the hair doesn t fall out at the end of the 1st month, invariably it will. Getting over the hair falling out is then the next stage....................will it grow back?
We want to be positive but sometimes we find ourselves becoming so worried about getting the result we want we start to over analyse. After so many ops myself I try to have a balance but the expectations are still there, regardless how much you trust your doc. We look for every hair that grows and every hair that doesn t, we compare to other people's cases and compare time lines. They are dates along the way like milestones, the first month, 3 months mark, 6 months and so on, until the person is happy with his result.
For most of us happiness probably does not come until around the 12 months mark. Some people go through this easier than others, and it can be hard, what has to be understood is we are all different and if we grow faster, slower, mature at different speeds it really doesn t matter until a realistic time line has passed, and in hair transplantation it can be around 12 months or so for most of us.
Obviously as time goes by and you do not feel you are at the stage you should be you ask yourself questions. Did everything go well on the day, what if a mistake was made, and sometimes crazy notions come into our heads that in normal life you would dismiss, but at the time they are real.
A hair transplant is a tough decision to take, some are not right to go ahead, be it age, hair loss stage, goals and expectations. An important aspect is that a hair transplant should be a good thing, something for whatever reason improves how you feel, getting there may not be an easy journey but I am sure going to any quality clinic you will have their backing and full support,
We recommend when possible to have a one to one consultation with a few doctors to assess your situation and gain multiple opinions. If possible also talk to previous patients from these doctors and see their results in person. You will gain an idea how the doctor approaches his surgery and if he is along the same lines as you in terms of results and what is achievable. Becoming hair educated is vital to being a happy hair transplant patient in the long term, especially as it is an emotional issue and sometimes our heart can rule our head when making decisions such as this.