This is in response to Why Don’t More Men Get Their Hair Back? —
I believe that for many it is also the fact that the coverage and density you get from a hair transplant is not considered sufficient.
If you look at photos/videos of men having hair transplants, the density is at times not great – i.e. very much see through.
If density + coverage was good (cloning?!), then I believe alot more men would go and get it done even though the price would be fairly high.
The amount of hair that is generally needed to give a man the coverage he wants/needs is upwards of 25% of his original density. As each man is different, the coverage of a single hair (one out of many) reflects:
- The thickness of the hair shaft (coarse hair has up to 5 times the coverage of fine hair)
- The color contrast between hair and skin color (white/blond hair and light skin does better than black hair and light skin)
… so the hair requirements must be tailored to the particular patient. At our Open House events held each month, there are often 2 patients who stop by with black hair/white skin and a medium hair weight, and their results are spectacular. Sports news personality Steve Hartman had it done in one session and he does not have a see-through look, probably because his hair character is very good and wavy.
Generally, I tell patients to visit an Open House event so that questions such as those that you raised can be answered by meeting patients who have already had the procedure done. You are correct, of course, that people with fine hair may not get the fullness (density) they want and need, but such issues are best raised with the transplant surgeon.
I am a little confused. You’ve taken Propecia for 5 years without side effects, and you are now stopping the medication because you’ve recently read about potential side effects (that you don’t have)? If you stop taking Propecia, you will lose all of the results and the hair that has remained with the help of the medication. Rogaine will not keep the hair grown that you saved while you were taking Propecia (and Propecia won’t keep any grown by Rogaine).
For those that aren’t familiar with the “permanent zone” of hair — it is the sides and back, as seen in the remaining hair of a Norwood Class 7 balding person (see image at right). We call it the permanent zone (or “donor area”) because the hair is not effected by male pattern baldness.
This is a new one to me. I enjoy when readers bring products to my attention, and it seems like a new unproven hair loss product is available every day. And just like many of these unproven products, Scalpure claims to be a “natural” and “breakthrough” treatment. The ingredients listed do not seem to be anything breakthrough: various oils and apple cider vinegar, none of which are likely to do anything for treating genetic hair loss. The makers claim that it pulls DHT out of the scalp like a magnet, but offers no proof of this. I don’t want to call it a “con”, but here is what it seems to be offering — buzzwords. What does it lack? Science and proof.
