I would like to restore my hair's thickness again and I am considering synthetic hair implants procedure. I am 23 and female. I know it may be medical reason to my hair loss but also I want instant results without using extensions to damage my hair. Am I a candidate for synthetic hair implants? And roughly, what are the costs?
December 29, 2009
Answer: Don't get synthetic hair implants The last patient that I saw with synthetic hair implants from another country, had 100 cm squared of scalp loss. We placed a balloon expander for 3 months and were able to advance the normal hair 10 cm to cover the defect. The hair needed to be drilled from the skull as it had worked its way into the outer table of bone. As far as I know, these implants are not legal in the USA.
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December 29, 2009
Answer: Don't get synthetic hair implants The last patient that I saw with synthetic hair implants from another country, had 100 cm squared of scalp loss. We placed a balloon expander for 3 months and were able to advance the normal hair 10 cm to cover the defect. The hair needed to be drilled from the skull as it had worked its way into the outer table of bone. As far as I know, these implants are not legal in the USA.
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August 3, 2015
Answer: Synthetic Hair Implants for Female Hair Loss? I imagine the cost is around a dollar per hair fibre. Although banned in the USA, synthetic hair fibres are available for use in the rest of the worldIm sure there are people who are very happy with them, but like other doctors in this thread I have also see many problems of infection and inflammation. Even without this, last I checked around 30% of the hairs break off every year and need replacing. If you insist on doing this, you may want to treat a small area as a test first to see how you react to it.
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August 3, 2015
Answer: Synthetic Hair Implants for Female Hair Loss? I imagine the cost is around a dollar per hair fibre. Although banned in the USA, synthetic hair fibres are available for use in the rest of the worldIm sure there are people who are very happy with them, but like other doctors in this thread I have also see many problems of infection and inflammation. Even without this, last I checked around 30% of the hairs break off every year and need replacing. If you insist on doing this, you may want to treat a small area as a test first to see how you react to it.
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