Category: Hair Transplantation

Hi, I was wondering if the hair you add on is real hair, does it grow normally just like normal hair does? How long will the surgery take? How expensive is it? Accroding to your pictures, I’m at stage two of baldness, I’m currently using procerin, but the hair still falls, not as much though, I know the problem will continue and eventually I’ll go bald. I want to add on about an inch of hair down to my forehead all the way to the corners. I want to know what’s the cost of the surgery, your response will be greatly appreciated.

A hair transplant takes hair from the back of your head and moves it to where you need it (hairline, top, or crown). So yes, it grows just like normal hair, because it is normal hair. Pricing varies per doctor, and procedure length is measured in hours (depends on how many grafts you need transplanted). Our pricing can be found here — NHI – Fees and Financing.

Your brief description of hair loss is alarming because you state you have a Norwood class 2 hair pattern. What you may perceive as a hair loss problem may be that you are transitioning to a mature hairline, which is not a sign of balding.

I am in the business world and I must go out to speaking engagements, as I make my living by lecturing. If I have a transplant, I need to be out in public in a week. I have read your newhair.com site and from that I know you need more information. My hair is black, my skin is light brown (I am Indian), my hair is straight and I am a class 3A balding pattern. Am I unreasonable to hope to get this process complete in a week and then go out into the public domain?

This patient had 2,648 grafts 8 days prior to taking these photos. He is much like you’ve described yourself: darker skin, black hair, Norwood Class 3A/4A pattern. Today’s modern technique keeps the wounds very, very small so that they heal faster. Some of the hairs already fell out so the full complement of hairs are not there and will not return until they start to grow (1-4 months). The issue with detectability has more to do with skin color and its contrast with hair color than anything else. Very white skin shows blemishes easily, so what you see here may or many not be the case in other skin colors like mine, which is olive in color and is almost as good as the man in this picture. When you actually look at him, his previous frontal balding now has a short beard in the area where he was bald and he reported that most of the people he met with socially, have not looked at his hair, suggesting that they did not notice anything worth focusing upon. Of course, you know what we are looking for, so the transplant may be evident to the viewer of this blog.

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According to Dr. Bernstein, a hair transplant won’t protect you from getting sunburn. (The following is from a transcript of an open house posted on his website):

Attendee: How thick will my hair be after the hair transplant?

Dr. Bernstein: I like to describe what hair transplants do, by what they don’t do. It doesn’t keep you warm and it doesn’t keep the sun off your head. It doesn’t keep you from getting a sun burn.

I am in occasional disagreement with my very bright friend and colleague Dr. Bernstein. The statement by the patient in the post from the other day corresponds to my own experience as well. I used to get sunburns on my bald crown all of the time, but now since I have had 1600 grafts placed in the crown, I haven’t had a sunburn on my scalp. I do not believe that hair transplants should be done to prevent sunburns. The sun will still penetrate down through the transplanted area, possibly just a bit tuned down.

can transplants be done in the temple areas and also in the area right above the back hairline?

Yes, transplants can be placed in the temples. As for the “back hairline”, I am assuming that you are talking about the area just behind the frontal 1 inch of hair. If that is the case, yes, I have performed such transplants on many people filling in the forelock area for a fuller appearance. If you are referring to the crown (back top of your head), then again, yes this area can be transplanted as well. Look at the photo gallery to find out what you are looking for: Hairline photos

Will hair transplants protect me from getting a sum burn on my bald head?

A patient recently wrote to me about this very point. His answer defines the impact of the elements on balding heads and the benefits of hair transplants, and he has given me permission to repost this part of his email:

“I wanted to thank you for the wonderful, life changing experience you gave me. I used to be conscious about weather and that bothered me more than any single issue I can point to. When it rained, my comb-over fell apart, the wind would also destroy my morning efforts to keep my hair orderly and in the hot Florida sun, my head would burn badly. It seemed like any weather made me aware of my balding head. Now with hair on my head, styling is something I do not focus upon and the freedom it allows me is most responsible for the change in my individual confidence. Although my wife supported me in the hair transplant decision, my balding never bothered her as it did me. “

I see that some hair transplant doctors (like Dr.Bernstein) are actually balding and still don’t have a hair transplant.Do they not trust in this procedure or are there other reasons behind?
Thanks for your time

First, it is important to understand that the decisions to reverse balding reflects a very personal decision for each person. Being bald does not reflect any freakish state, but rather a NORMAL appearance that is the decision of each person to maintain or reverse. Some men do not find being bald as anything wrong, while on the other extreme, some people are obsessed over getting their hair back. I personally find it more extreme to wear wigs, but that is my personal view, and I chose to have hair transplants instead. Doctors who are bald have exactly the same choices. It would be wrong for a bald hair transplant surgeon to have a hair transplant just to prove that it has value to his patients. Many other hair transplant surgeons have made this election for their own personal reasons. I have not declared war on balding, not in the slightest. Bald is beautiful for some people.