Who Is a Candidate For Surgical Hair Restoration?
By Paul Glat | Published on March 29, 2012 | 0 Comments
Virtually anyone suffering from hair loss can be considered a candidate for surgical hair restoration, explains Dr. Paul Glat of Dr. Glat Neograft in Philadelphia. Hair restoration is a medical procedure that can help both men and women feel better about the way they look. Whether or not someone can truly be considered a good candidate for hair restoration in Philadelphia will depend on how much hair the person has and what his or her goals are for the procedure.
The amount of hair that a patient has remaining on his head will play a role in determining whether he is qualified to undergo hair restoration in Philadelphia, because patients do need a certain amount of hair remaining at the donor site to do the transfer. Dr. Glat says he can perform surgical hair restoration on people who are totally bald, however that treatment is a bit challenging from a medical perspective. Dr. Glat goes on to explain, thankfully almost everyone has some donor site that can be used to gather the amount of hair necessary for the transfer.
The second factor that Dr. Glat says must be taken into account is what the patient’s goals are for the procedure. It is important to work with a physician who is skilled and experienced in the art of surgical hair restoration, since working with a lesser-skilled physician can give people a false sense of hope with regard to what the outcome of their procedures will be.
Certain types of balding patterns or hair loss can make surgical hair restoration more challenging on the part of the physician, however Dr. Glat says that doesn’t mean the procedure is impossible. Typically men with male pattern baldness – a condition that is marked by a receding hairline at the temples, as well as a bald spot at the back of the head – do very well with surgical hair restoration.
It can be somewhat more challenging to treat men who have a female pattern of baldness, which is when the hair gets very thin throughout the head. That can be a challenge for the physician because it makes it impossible to focus on one single area – exponentially increasing the scope of the treatment. Additionally, Dr. Glat says it can be difficult to perform hair restoration procedures on patients who have waited too long to come in. This would include men who have hairlines that are very, very far back on their foreheads. Trying to create a normal frontal hairline when there is not one there can be very difficult.
For more information on hair restoration in Philadelphia, Dr. Glat encourages people to contact his office directly.
Bala Cynwyd, PA 19004
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