What Makes a Good Female Hair Transplant Candidate?

hi,

i am a 17 year old female and my hair is thinning rapidly- to the point where i and others from a certain distance can see bits of my scalp at the top. I was just wondering about the procedure for hair transplants in female, what makes a good female candidate for a hair transplant, and the minimum age for doing so

thanks

A good female hair transplant patient will have:

1. healthy hair around the back and sides of the head
2. limited area of thinning or balding (example: frontal hair loss)
3. medium or heavier hair
4. good hair densities
5. good medical health without any diseases that cause hair loss
6. no medications taken that cause hair loss
7. tried medical treatments such as minoxidil without results
8. enough maturity to understand a hair loss Master Plan developed with her doctor for her life’s projected hair loss

Most women have generalized thinning which is not a good condition for a hair transplant. Scalp MicroPigmentation (SMP) works well for treating thinning (see our SMP gallery).

All females should have an extensive medical work-up for hair thinning, as there are conditions such as thyroid disease that can cause the loss. First you need to be checked out to make sure that you do not have some identifiable cause of the hair loss (e.g. extreme fluctuations in your weight). Once your doctor determines a possible cause for your loss, then a treatment path can be developed to attack any identifiable cause (e.g. thyroid disease). Hair restoration procedures such as hair transplantation or SMP should really be last options, not first ones for a 17 year old female.