by Lindelwa Maseko

For many people, the idea of a hair transplant is not as uncomfortable as it might have been some years ago as many improvements have been taken to improve the technique. A benefit of current procedures is that you can not always tell when someone has undergone one because their bad hair plugs are not obvious. Even today, however, there are many things that people do not comprehend about this process.

For men over 50, baldness is a serious issue. There are many options for men who must deal with this type of severe hair loss and one such option is the avenue that many men take - complete shaving of the head. Others take the exact opposite route and have hair transplant surgery. Though those that accept their baldness may have a healthy outlook, they are out of step with what the rest of society is doing to combat hair loss.

The procedure is permanent: If you decide you do not like the results, it is not as simple as taking off a wig to change your hair. Not only will your head may never look the same, you will require a number of surgical treatments. Thus, once a person gets one hair graft, they are committed to the hair transplant so you should never agree to any doctor’s proposal that promises to “let you see how you like it”.

You might think that because the surgery is so easy to bear that you can just jump back into your activities, but the truth is, you’ll need plenty of rest after hair transplant surgery. The scalp is just as important to take care of as any major or bone after surgery. You’ll have a head full of tiny wounds that absolutely must be protected after surgery.

The time commitment for hair transplant surgery is often immense with treatments lasting one or two years. Sometimes you can opt to have a marathon session to try to reduce the number of grafts you have performed. However, the length of these sessions is often grueling and requires commitment.

Normal treatment is not always available to everyone and some people do not have enough hair to undergo hair transplant surgery. Also, there are other procedures that can be done to help stimulate hair growth along with the main treatment. The difference is that these procedures are generally more painful.

Though there are few surgeons that will tell you, you should be aware that the grafts you have in hair transplant surgery may not all survive. Surgeon’s hope that more grafts will survive than will be lost, making the result a positive one. Unfortunately, many grafts do not survive, despite all concentrated efforts.

You can expect to pay around 12,000 dollars for hair transplant surgery, though this is not as expensive as you might believe. If the average person has the procedure done at 30 and dies at 70, then they will have spent 25 dollars per month, or 300 dollars per year on the treatment. Many “low cost” treatments for hair loss cost much more money than per month. You would actually save by getting the surgery done in the first place.

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