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As this is a cosmetic procedure,I am not aware of any insurance companies that will cover the costs of the procedure. We have tried at our clinic and have had no luck with the insurance companies.
Hair transplant surgery is a cosmetic procedure. FUE is just a way of harvesting the hairs for a hair transplant procedure. A cosmetic procedure is not covered by health insurance.
Generally the answer is no. The consider it a cosmetic procedure and not a medical necessity.If you have hair loss due to a medical condition or scarring you may be able to get reimbursed by some insurances. You need to get pre-qualification from your insurance before doing the procedure. We have had it. It is challenging but doable.
In my entire career of over 15,000 surgeries, I have had insurance cover less than a dozen patients. A few had scars from an accident and it was covered as part of the reconstruction and people who had injuries from car accidents often can claim insurance if there was disgnificant damage require cosmetic surgery.
Thanks for the question. There is no specific age for a hair transplantation. But people under the age group of 18 years to 80 years usually options for hair transplantation as the symptoms of balding and spot balding occur within this span of life. I wish you all the best.
Doctors in the hair transplant field initially failed to perform the FUE procedure with good results, consistency, efficiency and with minimal transection damage to the grafts, so results were generally poor despite proclamations by many doctors to the contrary in the years prior to 2009. The...
In regards to typical recovery, patients will vary in terms of how long it takes them to recover from their hair transplant procedures. In general, most people need three to four days in order to heal. After that, they may get on with their lives and resume their typical daily activities. After...