Hair Transplant: Q&A
Ask a QuestionCan a Person with No Hair Loss Get Hair Transplant?
If someone (a woman) naturally has thin hair without loss over time, and wants fuller and thicker hair, would she be a good candidate for Hair transplant?
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bingowashernameo
in Kansas City, Missouri
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Transplant for thin hair in women
assuming your scalp is healthy and you have good hormone balance there is no problem with using your own hair to add density in specific areas or even across a large area. This can be done even if you don't suffer from hair loss but just want to thicken things out. Again the limiting factor would be the quality of the donor hair and donor site
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Can a Person with No Hair Loss Get Hair Transplant?
Only a small % of women that I see in my practice are good candidates for hair transplants, due to the fact that it's typically diffused thinning all over.
Another area of concern would be if you have no hair loss, when you make the incisions in the recipient area, you are at risk of damaging the existing hair follicles. Often times you will have a net loss.
We would want to look at the scalp and follicles under magnification to determine if this would be worthwhile for the patient.
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Can a Person with No Hair Loss Get Hair Transplant?
A hair transplant procedure can only increase the number of hairs within a given region of your head. They cannot enhance the thickness of your hair. The thickness/texture of your hair shafts is determined by the DNA in your hair follicles.
The way a hair transplant works is really by transferring hair follicles from one region to another. With women, the only place to get these follicles is from the head itself. Some women develop bald spots due to hair extensions.
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Options for Tranplant with No Hair Loss
Options would include low level laser and strengthening hair products. Hair transplant would not be my recommendation to you. It would only be an option of your donor site (region on back of head) has enough grafts to give to the area where the hair is thinner. The last thing you want to do is create additional, noticeable thinning from one area to correct another.
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Hair Transplant for women with thin hair
Hair transplants occasionally can be used to thicken hair, but the problem is if their natural hair is relatively close together the transplant runs the risk of damaging hair. There must be wide enough gaps between the hairs in order to put the transplant in. Otherwise, you are killing perfectly good hair.
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Thin hair and hair grafting in women
You certainly could be a candidate and if you have the adequate donor sites to not experience a loss from the scalp, you may choose to do it. Thin hair is always an obstacle to having densely appearing recipient areas. You should use your judgement about this, butt there is no contraindication to performing a hair grafting procedure.
Good luck to you.
Frank Rieger M.D. Tampa Plastic Surgeon
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Hair transplant in women.
Hair transplant in women is done when there are small areas of loss, but you have to have a good donor area from where to take the donor hair. This is done after evaluating the hair loss pattern and progression.
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Thicken hair with surgery
Under highly selected situations transplants may thicken the hair in localized areas. There are a number of differing conditions that cause hair loss in women . Thinning hair in females has to be considred on an individual basis if surgery is to be considered. Realistic expectations are a must.
Some women have thick hair and want a lower hairline . They are usually excellent candidates for surgery.
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Hair Transplant in Women
Patients in good health and no identified medical cause for hair loss are good candidates for hair transplant regardless of sex. The usual pattern of hair loss is central thinning as opposed to a frank bald area as seen in men.
Dr. ES
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Hair Transplants to Thicken Hair
If you want to thicken the hair in a small area such as the hairline and front of the scalp, limited improvement can be achieved with transplants. I am assuming you have diffuse loss over the entire scalp. I always recommend women with thin or thinng hair get a good medical evaluation to determine if there is any hormonal imbalance.
These answers are for educational purposes and should not be relied upon as a substitute for medical advice you may receive from your physician. If you have a medical emergency, please call 911. These answers do not constitute or initiate a patient/doctor relationship.
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