Can a Person with No Hair Loss Get Hair Transplant?

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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?

Jon E. Mendelsohn, MD, FACS · Answer

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.

Tim Neavin, MD · Answer

A man or woman can improve follicle density with the addition of hair follicles via hair transplant.  The hairs transplanted will retain the quality of the donor site.

Jae Pak, MD · Answer

You need a good donor hair for hair transplant surgery.  If you have thin hair all around, hair transplant may not be an option.  Scalp MicroPigmentation may be an option.  You can see examples in the VIDEO

Jeff Rapaport, MD · Answer

With thinning hair an exam by a hair expert would be prudent to rule out many possible causes. This usually includes a good history,exam, pull test, and possibly blood work. There is a new Rogaine 5% foam for female pattern hair loss that is very effective.PRP injections also have been reported to be effective.  Hope this helps.

Sanusi Umar, MD · Answer

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.

	So hair follicles from other regions are inserted into these bald areas. But if you have thin hair all over, there would be no point in transferring these hair follicles to other regions if you are aiming for a fuller and thicker end result.

Toby Mayer, MD · Answer

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.

Earl Stephenson, Jr., MD, DDS, MBA · Answer

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.

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Grant Stevens, MD · Answer

Hair transplant won't change the quality of the hair itself, it is really just moving hair from one area of the scalp to another.  If you lack density in the front or in the crown and have good density in the back, some of the hair follicles can be moved (transplanted) to the areas that you feel are too thin. There is no surgical method for actually adding hair to the scalp or giving you the appearance of thicker hair like extensions or hair pieces.

Jeffrey W. Hall, MD · Answer

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.

Jack Fisher, MD · Answer

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.

Can a Person with No Hair Loss Get Hair Transplant?

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