Transplanting East Indian Men

hello dr.rassman. I am an east indian male, 31 years of age. I have been on proscar for over a decade with decent results. I wanted to know if you or any of your colleagues have had any experience doing surgery on indian men and what has your experience been like? When I mean experience, I mean do they generally require less hair to cover a bald or thinning area, what are the hair characteristics and scalp laxity, hair thickness etc. I know it differs from each patient but there must be a general consensus on what type of hair indian men generally have. I don’t see to many pictures of indian men getting transplants so it is hard to judge.

Mine hair is black and wavy and then generally gets curly when its very long. I guess I am at an advantage because I am assuming I would need less hair to cover up my balding areas because my wavy hair would cover up the areas.

Thank you.

There is no difference to treating men from India than fair haired Caucasians from Minnesota. In fact, Indian men with the darker skin and dark hair have reduced color/contrast between hair and skin, which makes for a better hair transplant. The state of the art for hair transplants in India is not as advanced as in Europe or the US, so perhaps there are less Indian men going for hair transplants in India.

I have done hair transplants on many Indian men and they have done very well, referencing results.