When Transplanting, Do You Plan for Future Hair Loss?

Dear docter, great work on the website

I have a question concerning the long term results of a hair transplant patient and how you look at the long term when you transplant them.

Do you take in account how much balder the patient will be, in other words, if you continue balding after a transplant will it still look like a natural balding progression? Or will it not matter because if the patient is unhappy ten+ years later you know they’ll be coming back for another transplant.

thank you

You asked a very important question. If you have been following this site you would know the importance of the Master Plan when planning for hair transplant surgery. While it is difficult to predict how much hair you will lose, proper examination such as a miniaturization study and careful medical history will clue the doctor into the patient’s possible future hair loss. With that information, the surgeon can plan the surgery accordingly, which includes eventually transplanting into where the hair is miniaturized (planning for the inevitable hair loss) when balding occurs in that area. The patient may choose or need surgery in the future, but these are the things the doctor and the patient must review before the surgery.