About 2/3 of men are bald or have a balding pattern by the time they hit 60(credit:
Permanently Scatterbrained)
Paul Scott is 38, good looking and charismatic. But Paul is extremely conscious about his balding head. He started losing hair when he was in his 20’s and wore a hairpiece for a long time to cover his balding head.
Paul is not the only one who has a bald spot. About 2/3 of men are bald or have a balding pattern by the time they hit 60. Many men feel they are discriminated against for their hair loss. This is where hair transplantation surgery comes in – hair transplant surgery can restore much of the hair you had in your youth. When Paul heard about hair transplant surgery, he was very excited at having a go at it.
Hair transplant surgery transplants hair from the back of the head to bald areas in the front. The surgery is done in stages. Hair transplant surgery takes two to six hours and is carried out under general anesthesia. Before the surgery, the surgeon shaves the hair from the donor area, to facilitate the removal of hair.
Then the surgeon cuts out a flap of the patient’s scalp. After the flap is removed, technicians section the grafts into individual hairs. Those hairs are then plugged into the bald parts of the patients scalp. After the patient has healed, the hair starts growing. The best candidates for hair transplant surgery are middle-aged men with healthy hair growing in the back or sides of the head. Hair transplantation surgery costs between $1,000 and $9,000.