Can HT improve density of areas with thin hair? If yes, by how much? I would like to have the density improved vastly. By vastly I mean to the extent that it returns to the stage where I had "dense think chunks" of hair running through combs & the scalp had zero visibility even when hair was wet. I'm referring to the density of follicles per square unit area. Is this kind of "intense" density achievable through transplants? (My sides & back donor sites have dense hair). (Pic: desired density)
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August 5, 2015
Answer: You cannot achieve "intense" density with a hair transplant surgery.
Jae Pak, MDHair Restoration Surgeon, Board Certified in Emergency Medicine
Propecia is actually a hair medication for treatment of weak or damaged follicles, while hair transplant is the surgical approach to amend damaged hair follicles to restructure the growth of hair to favorable conditions and presentable appearances. Scientifically, both are highly recommended to...
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