Shave Head Before Hair Transplant

It is necessary to shave the donor zone (Back of the scalp) before an FUE hair transplant procedure.  However, the rest of the head typically does not need to be shaved especially in the hairline area.  Occasionally I will recommend it to patients with longer hair as sometimes creating recipient sites and placing the grafts is more difficult in patients with longer hair.  However in the hairline I find it not necessary in the majority of cases to shave.

If the procedure you are doing is an FUE, then we shave the area that will be harvested in the back of your head. This is called the "donor" area, and it's the space between both of your ears horizontally.  To place your grafts on the top of your head, it is usually easier to make the sites and place the grafts if that area is shaven or cut short.  However, we can work around longer hair by moving it aside when making the sites.  At Loria Hair Restoration, we give you the option of using the manual technique, or choosing the  State-of-the-Art ARTAS iX Robot.  If you choose the Robot, then the protocol is to have the head completely shaven. 

Hi
We usually shave the all head. But if your transplant area is small (usually hair line) we can just shave the donor area