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Procedures to Make Hair Grow Straighter or Curlier?

asked 2 years ago by curlyq in ny, ny
Latest answer by Jack Fisher, MD
Question viewed 950 times
Tags: curly, hair, straighten

Are there any procedures to make hair grow straighter or curlier? Is there anyway to affect this? Would getting laser hair removal and then a hair transplant of straighter hair work?

5 answers to Procedures to Make Hair Grow Straighter or Curlier?

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Treatments to make curly hair straighter

Most people who have curly hair, would have it in all areas of the scalp, so that hair transplants would not be successful to straighten the hair, unless donor areas of straight hair were found and used. It has to come from you, not a different person. It is not unusual that fine hair transplanted from a donor site in the scalp to the recipient sites grows slightly wavy after transplantation. The technique is available that can uncurl hair by changing the hair follicles.
Ronald Shelton, MD

Manhattan Dermatologist
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Hair Transplant to make hair straight or curly

Whether hair is straight or curly depends entirely on inheritance. A straight hair shaft on cross section is round and a curly hair on cross section is oval. There really is no direct way to control this.
Jack Fisher, MD

Nashville Plastic Surgeon

www.fisherhaircenter.com

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Making the hair straighter or curlier.

Making the hair straighter or curlier is not done with surgery but rather with a skilled hair stylist who can do this quite well.
Toby Mayer, MD

Beverly Hills Facial Plastic Surgeon
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Changing Hair Curl

Changing the curl or straightness of your hair does not require surgery. A good cosmetologist can treat the hair to effectively make these changes -- it is a relatively simple treatment. 
Richard W. Fleming, MD

Beverly Hills Facial Plastic Surgeon
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Hair straight or Curly

A hair transplant takes your hair and moves it around. If it is curly it remains curly. I have found that the Brazilian keratin treatment works very well to make curly hair straight for several months. Laser hair removal removes hair but does not affect the curliness or straightness of hair.
Janet M. Neigel, MD

West Orange Oculoplastic Surgeon

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