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Can You Change Your Hair Texture with Surgery?
asked 1 year ago by Go-ton 2011 in Portland, Oregon
Latest answer by Manu Gujrati, MD
Question viewed 1,824 times
Tags: options, texture
I have rough dry hair and i was hoping if there was a surgery anywhere that can change it permanently, Are there any surgery at all that can change this rough hair of mine?
10 answers to Can You Change Your Hair Texture with Surgery?
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Texture does not change
In hair transplantation, the "donor" hairs harvested from the back of the scalp pretty much maintain their same characteristics when they are moved and transplanted to the new grafted areas of the scalp. Their texture, thickness, color or lack their of, and rate of growth are all determined by the genes in the hair follicles. Those do not change.
Manu Gujrati, MD
San Jose Facial Plastic Surgeon
San Jose Facial Plastic Surgeon
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Changing Hair Texture with Transplantation
The only texture change that can happen with a transplant is that which results from the hairs in the back of the head now growing in an area of the front or other area.
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Changing the hair texture with surgery.
Changing the hair texture with surgery cannot be done. We can add hair by grafts or flaps, but not the quality of the hair.
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Texture is not affected by transplants
Texture will not be affected by your transplant. The transplanted hair texture will move from the donor to the recipient site.
D.J. Verret, MD
Dallas Facial Plastic Surgeon
Dallas Facial Plastic Surgeon
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Hair texture
The texture and quality of your hair will depend on your donor site. Most donor sites are at the back of the head, so you will have hair that is similiar in quality and texture of what is at the back of your head.
Adil Ceydeli, MD
Panama City Plastic Surgeon
Panama City Plastic Surgeon
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Surgery to Change Hair Texture
Surgery will not imprve dryness or hair texture. Even if there was a procedure to improve hair quality, appropriate hair care products will take care of your problem without the risks of surgery.
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Hair transplantation is not a good treatment for hair texture
Hair transplantation is often an excellent procedure for restoring hair to a bald or thinning area but simply moves hair from the donor site (usually back of scalp) to the area to be treated. The hair grows in the new place as it did in the old. Sometimes the new growth is a bit finer or "frizzier" than it was in its original location but this usually reverts to normal with time. Hair roughness or dryness would not be expected to change.
Daniel Berg, MD
Seattle Dermatologic Surgeon
Seattle Dermatologic Surgeon
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Hair texture changes
Sometimes coarse straight hair will grow in with a frizzy texture after transplantation. This usually changes to the original texture after a year or two. There really is no known way to permanently change your hair quality.
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Hair Transplant Won't Work in This Case
If you are talking about hair transplantation, then probably not. I do not know of any genetic methods of hair manipulation either. Unfortunately, as a hair transplant surgeon, I do not have good answers for you.
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sam lam
Samuel Lam, MD
Dallas Facial Plastic Surgeon
Dallas Facial Plastic Surgeon
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No surgery to change hair texture
Hair on different parts of your scalp may have different textures and tends to grow that way when transferred to another area, but there is no way to surgically change the hair you currently have.
Kevin Ende, MD
Manhattan Facial Plastic Surgeon
Manhattan Facial Plastic Surgeon
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