Hair Implants to Treat Baldness
Written by Male Pattern Baldness Writer on December 6th, 2009If you are experiencing hair loss you have good reason to be concerned because statistics prove that you will probably continue to lose hair in the years ahead. male pattern baldness, which is the cause of early hair loss in 95% of men, is a progressive condition. That means it will only get worse and you will continue to develop more hair thinning and bald areas as time goes on. The best way to treat pattern hair loss is to start treatments early, but if that is not possible, that is if you already have bald spots, then a good option is to turn to a hair implantation procedure.
Hair implants have been a popular method of baldness treatment for about 50 years but up until recently the results were really not that great. Originally these were called hair plugs because the surgeons were limited in their abilities to separate the hair follicles. Most of the implants were of the plug type in which a surgical tool was used to remove a round section of scalp containing between 10 and 12 hair follicles. This plug was then inserted into an incision in the bald area. As you can imagine several of this plugs on the top of the head would give a result that was not be very appealing.
Today, with the advent of micro-surgical techniques, this has changed. The current standard procedure is to transplant natural groupings of from one to three follicles. The surgeon can insert these smaller grafts at any angle desired in order to match the directional growth of the surrounding hair. This gives a very natural appearance making the hair implantation unnoticeable except to the trained eye.
If you are concerned about your balding issues then you should make an appointment today at a hair clinic and start growing your hair again. Don’t wait any longer as the hair loss will only get worse.