Examine Options
First, you should look at the options available for your condition. If you have thinning hair, then some of the products that rub directly onto the scalp may help to thicken and provide depth and thickness to your hair.

However, if you are truly going bald, then these topical treatments are ineffective, and you’ll need to turn to a different solution, such as hair replacement surgery.

The other solution some consider is a wig or a toupee. These are generally called hairpieces today, and they are of a much higher quality than they were a couple of decades ago.

However, they do need to be attached, they can cause sweating and discomfort.

So you should know that hair transplants are the only way to really “cure” balding, or alopecia.

What is it?
The expert staff at US Hair Replacement will tell you exactly what to expect from hair replacement surgery.

In brief, however, hair replacement surgery means that hair follicles are harvested from places on the head (usually the back and sides not affected by hair loss) and transplanted into the places on the head where hair loss has occurred.

Although in past years, the surgeons transplanted large clumps of follicles leading to unattractive and spotty results, today’s surgical techniques have been refined by doctors such as those that carry out hair replacement surgeries so that they yield natural and undetectable results in most cases.

How are Follicles Harvested
In order to undergo hair replacement surgery, you’ll need to have healthy hair to transplant to the places you’ve experienced hair loss.

Often a small strip on the back of the head is shaved. Then, using a scalpel, the physician removes a narrow strip of the scalp, including hair follicles.

The small incision is sutured together, making the cut less noticeable.

The strip of hair follicles is divided into small, micro grafts. These contain between one and four hair follicles each. Each of these tiny grafts is inserted into tiny incisions in the scalp by an expert surgeon like those you’ll find when you visit hair replacement.

There is a new technology called follicle isolation that removes just one to four follicles at once from the head or any other place on the body that has healthy hair follicles, such as the back, chest or arms.

With follicle isolation, there is no scar to hide, and no sutures to remove. Additionally, the procedure is even less painful to the patient than the typical strip removal. A good surgeon can remove hundreds of follicles in a single session, and can graft those follicles in hundreds at a time.

These procedures that utilize individual follicles or small groups of follicles yield natural looking results that please clients very much.

The Age Factor
Besides checking to be sure you have enough hair, a hair replacement surgeon will also check your age. If your hair loss is fairly recent and you are young (between 18 and 25), then your surgeon will likely tell you that you must wait for any surgery to restore you hair.

There’s just too much of a chance that you’ll lose more hair and leave the area looking foolish.