Why you are losing hair: six causes and how they differ
Transplantation only solves one of them. Diagnosing the other five first is what separates a clinic from a shop.
Androgenetic alopecia
The pattern loss that responds to transplantation: receding temples, thinning crown, stable donor at back and sides. Genetic, progressive, and the only one where surgery is the primary answer.
Telogen effluvium
Diffuse shedding 2-4 months after illness, surgery, childbirth, crash dieting or severe stress. It recovers on its own once the trigger passes, transplanting into it wastes grafts and money.
Nutritional and hormonal causes
Iron deficiency, thyroid dysfunction, vitamin D deficiency and PCOS all cause diffuse loss. A blood panel costs a fraction of a transplant and changes the plan in roughly a third of female cases.
Alopecia areata, traction and scarring alopecias
Autoimmune patches, tension from tight hairstyles, and scarring conditions such as lichen planopilaris each require dermatological treatment. Operating on active scarring alopecia destroys the grafts, which is why diagnosis, not enthusiasm, comes first.
The Ones People Actually Ask.
Do I need blood tests before a transplant?
We ask for them in every female case and in male cases with diffuse or unusual patterns.
More On Hair.
Diffuse shedding two to four months after a new prescription is rarely genetic. It usually reverses on its own, which…
Hair mesotherapy: what is in the cocktail and what it can doVitamins, amino acids and hyaluronic acid injected into the scalp. There is no standard formula, which is why the…
How many grafts per cm²? The density that decides coverageNative scalp carries 70 to 100 follicular units per cm². A transplant that reaches 40 to 45 in the hairline already…
Shock loss after a hair transplant: is your hair coming back?Transplanted hairs shed between weeks two and eight in almost every patient, and some native hairs go with them. Here…
What Stands Behind The Plan.
