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

My 26 year old son has been losing his hair since about the age of 18. Hair loss runs on my side of the family so I...

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 co...

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...

My 17 year old daughter was in a car accident about 4 months ago. Thankfully she is recovering well with no permanent injuries, however during the accident...

I am a 59 year old female with female pattern thinning, confined to the top, temples and areas of the crown that need comb overs. Mother...

I am 22 years old and I have a receding hairline. My father started thinning in the front in his early 50′s and has a pretty de...

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The International Alliance of Hair Restoration Surgeons is a consumer organization that selectively screens skilled and ethical hair transplant surgeons. The IAHRS does not offer an open membership policy to doctors practicing hair transplatation, and is the only group that recognizes that all surgeons are not equal in their skill and technique. Its elite membership seeks to represent the best in the discipline, the true leaders in the field of surgical hair restoration.