My father (age 60) is pretty bald (Class 6 balding pattern) but he still had hair on the top of his head. I am also a Class 6 (age 40) person but more balding than my father as my scalp is clean of any hair on the top. I went to a hair transplant doctor […]
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No, a hair transplant should not change the texture of your hair. Sometimes as you get older, the character of your hair may change; it could become thinner, but it is not something I would count on. You could also use chemical treatment to straighten your hair, but you should be very careful not to […]
Scalp hair is the best source for transplanting to the temple area. It should be noted that the temple area is a very difficult area for hair transplant doctors to get “right”. It is an artistic and technical skill to make temple transplants look natural, as the surgeon must fully understand the direction of the […]
African hair requires considerable experience and few doctors have mastered the process. We have had no problem with this type of transplant of African-American hairs that are kinky. After a year, the results from your transplant should be noticeable by now. I hope you didn’t have a transplant failure, but an exam would be able […]
Unless I am getting too old not to notice the continents drift apart, last time I checked India is part of the the Asian continent. In England, they refer to Indians as Asians. There is some debate about whether racial categorizations are medically valid, but if we measure race based upon hair count, we see […]
I have not tested or tried the long hair FUE procedure (mini FUE, mFUE) on the kinky hair character of African-Americans. I do not see any barriers for the technique itself as we have been doing this type of surgery (FUE) on African-Americans for many years. The difficulties of performing FUE on kinky hair should […]
If you have curly, kinky hair and someone is brushing it out, I would think that would be painful. Perhaps this is what your son is experiencing. There may be rare scalp conditions that cause pain, but that would need an examination. You should follow up with your child’s pediatrician.
That is one hell of a story! If that happened to one of my patients, I would want to get a biopsy of his scalp, looking for a disease like alopecia areata that would cause rejection of the hair grafts. Unfortunately, your story is far more common than our profession would care to admit. Doctors […]
Changes in hair texture are somewhat common, though kinky hair occurs less frequently. Usually patients that experience a characteristic change see their straight hair get more of a wave in the transplanted hair. It’s possible that you’ll need to wait out a full hair cycle (2-4 years for the average male) to see if the […]
This is not as far fetched as it seems… I once had a patient come in for a hair transplant. I believe he was a phone consultation with photos sent in beforehand. So on the day of surgery, when I washed his hair before the transplant, his entire frontal hair came off in the […]
Snippet from the study abstract: Read the rest — Hair care practices and their association with scalp and hair disorders in African American girls. 201 surveys were sent out to caregivers of African American girls aged 1 to 15 years to look for links between traction alopecia, ringworm, and seborrheic dermatitis. Almost all of the […]
As I’ve said many times before, the good news about a hair transplant is that it is forever… but if you have a bad hair transplant, then you probably aren’t looking at that news as being too good. Even removing the hairs may still leave a scar and cause an unnatural hairline, as you’re noticing […]
Changes in hair character to curly and occasionally (rarely) to kinky does occur. I tell those that are affected that they should wait to see how it grows in after one hair cycle (about 3 years) has passed. Patience is a virtue, waiting is the hardest part, etc, etc. I know it is easier said […]
This answer is going to be a little long and technical, but hopefully some find interest in this… Donor Area: The donor area is always the rim of hair that is seen in the Norwood Class 7 patient (see art at right). It starts at the occipital prominence of the skull (back of the skull) […]