Shock Loss

Shock loss or effluvium, the shedding of native hair after hair transplant surgery can potentially effect any hair transplant patient, but in most cases is a temporary phenomenon in which the shocked or shed native hair will regrow.

Physician Answered Q & As

I really would like to have a hair transplant, but I’d prefer not to have long scar on the back of my head. My concern is if the back of my hair thins over time that the scar will become visible. Does it make more sense to have FUE as...

Thank you for taking the time to write. You question is astute in that you are trying to take into account future hair loss – something not every patient thinks about. Let me try to answer you as best I can without examining you. If you have thin hair at the ba...

Top Q & As

I’m 43 years old and I have been slowly losing my hair for the past 15 years. I seemed to have retained a pretty good hairline, ev...

I recently read an article and a guy was losing his hair after an illness, and he asked if his insurance would cover him to...

How many hairs can be transplanted during one hair transplant session? Can a person just keep going back for more to fill in bald spots?

Can you provide a list of possible complications associated with undergoing a hair transplant? For instance the likelihood of getting an infection or any other...

First I would like to thank you for this wonderful resource. I am a 52 year man who has always had very thick hair until the...

I had a coronal browlift done 7 years ago and was left with a widened scar on my head. I just went to a facial plastic...

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