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 Dr. Bernstein, founder and Chief Surgeon of the Bernstein Medical Center for Hair Restoration, is an Associate Clinical Professor of Dermatology at Columbia Unversity in New York. He is recognized world wide for developing the Follicular Unit Hair Transplantation (FUHT) technique used by the majority of hair transplant surgeons in the world today.
Neena
2006-05-24
Density and shock loss question
In regard to the question that I asked earlier about the triangular shaped thin spot in the front of my scalp...if I were to get a hair transplant in that area, could the transplant make my hair in that area as dense as the rest of my scalp, or would it still look thinner than the rest of my hair? Just to give you a little background, the area is about 2\" long by about 1 1/2\" wide. The thin area is not noticed by others unless I point it out at this point. The rest of my hair is medium-to-thin in density, but I was told by a doctor that it is pretty dense in the back of my head.
Also, because the area is still able to be concealed, are the risks of \"shock loss\" worth taking? And how likely is it that I would permanently lose hair in that area?
You only need about 1/2 the original density for the area to be unnoticable. Shock is uncommon unless there is underlying androgenetic alopeica.
Sincerely,
Dr. Bernstein
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