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What are the options ?
Overview
Overview
Surgery is another option which was considered ineffective in terms of aesthetic look twenty years ago.
Nowadays this technique has improved a lot and is one of the most successful ways to eliminate baldness.
The numerous types of surgery can be divided into two main categories: scalp reduction and transplantation.
Transplantation is moving hair from the more densely covered places on the scalp to the bald patches of the head.
Women generally don't have good donor sites since their hair loss is diffuse and thus transplantation is not effective for them.
With the completely new technology of "mini" and "macro" grafts the transplanted hair looks very natural but the only problem is that one needs a lot of hair to achieve the best effect. The greatest problem with prosthetic hair fibers fis that they are forbidden by FDA since implanting them could cause adverse reactions and/or infection.
Scalp reduction
Men with bigger areas with no hair can use the option of the scalp reduction - it includes removing surgically large patches of bald scalp and following placement of elastic devices under the skin. These devices stretch the scalp regions that bear the hair.
The flap technique
You can also consider the option of the flap technique, which is also a surgical method. It includes rotation of the scalp regions that bear the hair and moving them forwards. This technique is the one with greatest risk of complications it terms of infections and scars, but with an experienced surgeon team and advanced technique scar visibility is reduced to a minimum.
