Effect of hair transplant on native hairs?

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If hair transplantation gets done before MTF hormone therapy, can it damage the native hairs in the area and stop hairs from regrowing after HRT? or even destroying nativ hairs follicle by planting hairs above a already existing hair?

Sait Gokhan Bircan, MD. · Answer

Hi! You can choose DHI method which is allow to transplant to the area of your own hair without damaging them.

Jeff Donovan, MD, PhD · Answer

You’ll want to be sure to meet with an expert to discuss this. Hair does not always improve hormonal therapy in this situation and sometimes worsens. It’s important to understand all the complexities and uncertainties. As far as your question about surgery, you have made a good point. If native hairs are too dense, there absolutely is a risk of damage if new ones are transplanted into an area. The more and more room their is available (lower density) the less the chance of damaging native hairs. Now, there is one more principle that is important to mention: the experience of the surgeon and his or her team matters alot. Some experienced surgeons as masterfully skilled at operating in areas of fairly high density. They use small recipient incisions and trim grafts and find they don’t damage a high proportion of native hairs. Other surgeons use big sites and poor incision making skills and chubby grafts that pop and the whole thing is a nightmare. All in all, a skilled surgeon and wise endocrinologist to guide the hormonal changes together with experienced hair specialist can go a long way to optimizing final results.

Ilhan Serdaroglu, MD · Answer

By autologous follicular stem cell therapy during hair transplantation, we can significantly increase the success and  yield of hair transplantation.
In that autologous follicular stem cell therapy, approximately 150 grafts harvested during hair transplantation are used. These grafts or follicular units are transformed into a super stem cell suspension after a chemical  purifying process by enzymes in approximately 2 hours . That stem cells combined with PRP and injected in scalp in both recipient and  thinned  hair areas  during the operation.
Treatment is done as a single session (no need to repeat 3 sessions like PRP). After the injection, you can see the thickening and revitalization of your existing and thinned hair within a few weeks. With autologous follicular stem cell therapy, you can reduce the “shock loss” or  telogen efflivium that may occur after the operation and increase the amount of hair that will grow by stimulating the dormant hair follicles. With the healing effect of stem cells, existing weak hair follicles are revitalized, hair shaft thicken and thinned hair regain their terminal, stronger, thicker form. Since it is an application obtained from the cells of the person's own hair follicles, there are no side effects or  rejection risk.

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