Depend­ing on your hair loss sit­u­a­tion, the cost of a hair trans­plant can vary from per­son to per­son. For some, the cost of a hair trans­plant is a major con­cern. Espe­cially is these times of eco­nomic cri­sis, spend­ing thou­sands of dol­lars on a cos­metic pro­ce­dure may seem a lit­tle extreme.

A piece of advice I would give would be to do some thor­ough research when it comes to hair trans­plant cost. Due to the pop­u­lar­ity of hair trans­plant surgery and the advances in tech­niques of fol­lic­u­lar unit graft tech­nol­ogy, the mar­ket is flooded with spe­cial low prices for hair trans­plant grafts.

Although the cost of a hair trans­plant surgery may seem extreme to many, you have to con­sider the long term invest­ment it will have on your self esteem and the results are for a life­time. If you have suf­fered from hair loss, and you are read­ing this, you know what the feel­ing is like. You may ask your­self, “where do I start?” when decid­ing on hair trans­plant cost. I real­ize cost is an issue, but you have to con­sider that what you pay now will only affect you in the short term. Sure, you want to look for the low­est price, but also keep in mind that your hair trans­plant surgery is per­ma­nent. If you try and save a few bucks and skimp a lit­tle, you may get a ‘not so impres­sive’ out­come. Most hair trans­plants are pretty good these days, so don’t get too scared. The doll-head like result is still seen at times in a town near you, but it is not so com­mon any­more. This type of surgery has really advanced in the last 10 to 15 years. The best hair trans­plant surg­eries are the pro­ce­dures that you never rec­og­nize. You don’t rec­og­nize the trans­plant because its looks so natural.

Now, sev­eral fac­tors can con­tribute to the cost of a hair trans­plant. One fac­tor would be the num­ber of ses­sions you want to have. The sec­ond fac­tor would be the type of pro­ce­dure used. Third, hair trans­plant cost may be deter­mined by where you have the pro­ce­dure. For exam­ple, the cost of a hair trans­plant may be more expen­sive if the surgery is per­formed by a hair restora­tion clinic. These clin­ics carry more of an over­head to run. Con­trar­ily, if you have the pro­ce­dure done by a doc­tor or sur­geon who is in pri­vate prac­tice, it may cost less due to the lower over­head. This will ulti­mately trans­late to a con­sid­er­able sav­ings to the client.

Over­all cost of a hair trans­plant actu­ally varies on each client’s par­tic­u­lar hair loss sit­u­a­tion. This also has to be cou­pled with real­is­tic expec­ta­tions to the client. Keep­ing the real­is­tic expec­ta­tions in mind, the cost can be as lit­tle as $2,500 all the way up to $9,000 price range. Most doc­tors’ will pitch or sell you on price per graft, which will usu­ally run between $3 to $8 price ranges. Remem­ber, each graft can con­tain 1,2,3, or 4 hairs. The aver­age price for most doc­tors is typ­i­cally $5 to $6 per graft.
Let us look at the big pic­ture of hair trans­plant cost. Many men and women spend hun­dreds of dol­lars a year on hair pre­ven­tion prod­ucts such as Rogaine and Prope­cia. These prod­ucts can be effec­tive in some peo­ple, but the results will be lost if you dis­con­tinue tak­ing these prod­ucts. Many peo­ple opt for non-surgical pro­ce­dures such as hair sys­tems, hair weaves, wigs, and other non-surgical solu­tions. The major­ity of the pop­u­la­tion sup­ports the opin­ion that, hair trans­plant surgery is the most attrac­tive option because it was the only per­ma­nent solu­tion, and it looks natural.

With hair loss becom­ing a com­mon cause of con­cern amongst mil­lions of peo­ple across the world, every year a large num­ber of med­ica­tions, herbs, spices, nutri­tional sup­ple­ments, oils, sham­poos etc comes up in the mar­ket each claim­ing itself to be the panacea for hair loss. Each year, men suf­fer­ing from hair loss spend bil­lions of dol­lars in an attempt to treat their hair loss. Unfor­tu­nately, a large per­cent­age of all prod­ucts being mar­keted in the less than eth­i­cal hair loss treat­ment indus­try are com­pletely inef­fec­tive for the major­ity of those who use them.

If you are going bald you should seri­ously con­sider hair loss med­ica­tion treat­ments to halt or even reverse your hair loss. While there is no cure for hair loss drugs can often stop or even reverse alope­cia aer­ate in most peo­ple. Med­ica­tion for treat­ing hair loss slows thin­ning of the hair and increases cov­er­age of the scalp by grow­ing new hair and enlarg­ing exist­ing hairs.

Types of Med­ica­tions for Hair loss Treatment

Today there are two FDA approved med­ica­tions for hair growth – minox­i­dil which is sold over the counter as Rogaine, for both men and women, and Finas­teride, a pre­scrip­tion pill sold as Prope­cia, for men only. Two other drugs have been recently approved for hair growth and include a high-estrogen oral con­tra­cep­tive and Aldac­tone (How­ever, these two med­ica­tions are only for women due to their fem­i­niz­ing side effects.

Both these med­ica­tions slow thin­ning of the hair and increase cov­er­age of the scalp by grow­ing new hair and enlarg­ing exist­ing hairs. How­ever, the effec­tive­ness of finas­teride or minox­i­dil depends on your age and the loca­tion of hair loss. These med­ica­tions do not work for every­one, and you should not expect to re-grow a full head of hair.

Nor­mal hair loss can be char­ac­ter­ized as see­ing hair on your comb after using it. Every one of us loses hair on a daily bases, it is a part of the many renewal processes that are built into our bod­ies sys­tem.  But if you find your­self con­stantly hav­ing to clean your home because of hairs on the floor, it is time to become aware of proper hair care to pre­vent hair loss. The prob­lem could already exist, due to hered­ity rea­sons or hor­mones but it is pos­si­ble to reduce hair loss by sim­ply apply­ing these ben­e­fi­cial tips to your life.

Tips against Hair Loss

Pre­ven­ta­tive hair loss tips that you can apply to your every­day life.

• Comb hair every day gen­tly with­out pulling and break­ing the hair unnecessarily
• Avoid using excess hair gel and hairspray
• Brush hair when dry not when wet
• Con­sume a Healthy Diet
• Reg­u­lar exercise
• Do not ignore wash­ing of your hair every alter­nate day
• Know your hair type and then apply nec­es­sary prod­ucts on your hair
• Always avoid strong chem­i­cal hair products
• Mas­sag­ing the Scalp
• Proper Stress Management

What’s laser hair growth therapy?

Hair­Max Laser Comb is a break­through laser pho­tother­apy device designed for the gen­eral pub­lic. �Laser light ther­apy, also called pho­tother­apy in the sci­en­tific com­mu­nity. �The way it works is a process by which laser energy is deliv­ered to the hair fol­li­cle. While the exact mech­a­nism of action is unknown, it is hypoth­e­sized that the laser Photo Ther­apy stim­u­lates growth fac­tors within the hair follicle.

Patients that have had hair restora­tion should use the Hair­max comb, to help the grafts grow faster. The Hair­Max effec­tively tar­gets the hair fol­li­cle at the cel­lu­lar level and in some way both speeds up the hair growth process while at the same time induc­ing the growth of a thicker(or ter­mi­nal) hair where a thin dying hair may have been in place previously.

Peo­ple with Tri­chotil­lo­ma­nia pull hair out at the root from places like the scalp, eye­brows, eye­lashes or pubic area. There are cases that are so�severe which leave these peo­ple with bald patches on the scalp or eye­brows. It may be hard to under­stand why some­one would pull their own hair or eye­lashes out-or why they wouldn�t just stop. But tri­chotil­lo­ma­nia isn�t just an ordi­nary habit that a per­son can eas­ily stop. It�s a med­ical condition.

It is very much like a com­pul­sive dis­or­der (OCD) . This means that peo­ple with the con­di­tion feel an over­whelm­ing urge to pull their hair. Peo­ple with tri­chotil­lo­ma­nia also may have other com­pul­sive habits, such as nail bit­ing or skin pick­ing. Some peo­ple with tri­chotil­lo­ma­nia also have prob­lems like depres­sion, anx­i­ety, or obsessive-compulsive dis­or­der. Com­pul­sive behav­iors like tri­chotil­l­lo­ma­nia can some­times run in families.

Peo­ple with ��tri­chotil­l­lo­ma­nia have a seri­ous med­ical con­di­tion. Over­com­ing hair pulling urges may involve talk ther­apy, med­ica­tion, or com­bi­na­tion of both. The per­son learns ways to resist the urge so that it even­tu­ally grows weaker and then goes away. A ther­a­pist can also help�a per­son regain con­fi­dence and self-esteem.

1.������ Eat a lot of protein!

Pro­tein con­tains five amino acids in par­tic­u­lar that are very ben­e­fi­cial in pre­vent­ing hair loss. Cys­teine, methio­n­ine, argen­tine, and lysine are the pro­teins that have the great­est effect when it comes to hair gain and hair loss. It is very obvi­ous that pro­tein is a vital part of a healthy diet. If you lack pro­tein, your hair will go into a rest­ing phase and will fall out within months over a course of time. The best sources of pro­teins are meats such as poul­try, fish, �eggs, soy, nuts, dairy prod­ucts, seeds and grains . At least fif­teen per­cent of your diet should come from protein.

2.������ Eat in a way that fists your lifestyle

Its key to make sure you are eat­ing all� the food groups� in mod­er­a­tion. Choose nat­ural foods rather than processed foods and when you are cooking.

3.������ Achieve a bal­ance of dietary fats.

Notice that I did not say do away with fat all together. There are good fats and bad fats, just like every­thing else fats are nec­es­sary for the pro­duc­tion of energy. This type of fat can be found in both plant and ani­mal prod­ucts, so one should be miss­ing out.

A num­ber of things can cause exces­sive hair loss. For exam­ple, about 3 or 4 months after an ill­ness or a major surgery, you may sud­denly lose a large amount of hair. This hair loss is related to the stress of the ill­ness and is temporary.

Hor­monal prob­lems may cause hair loss. If your thy­roid gland is over­ac­tive or under­ac­tive, your hair may fall out. This hair loss usu­ally can be helped by treat­ment thy­roid dis­ease. Hair loss may occur if male or female hor­mones, known as andro­gens and estro­gens, are out of bal­ance. Cor­rect­ing the hor­mone imbal­ance may stop your hair loss.

Many women notice hair loss about 3 months after giv­ing birth. This loss is also related to hor­mones. Dur­ing preg­nancy, high lev­els of cer­tain hor­mones cause the body to keep hair that would nor­mally fall out. When the hor­mones return to pre-pregnancy lev­els, that hair falls out and the nor­mal cycle of growth and loss starts again.

Some med­i­cines can cause hair loss. This type of hair loss improves when you stop tak­ing the med­i­cine. Med­i­cines that can cause hair loss include blood thin­ners (also called anti­co­ag­u­lants), med­i­cines used for gout, med­i­cines used in chemother­apy to treat can­cer, vit­a­min A (if too much is taken), birth con­trol pills and antidepressants.

Cer­tain infec­tions can cause hair loss. Fun­gal infec­tions of the scalp can cause hair loss in chil­dren. The infec­tion is eas­ily treated with anti­fun­gal medicines.

Finally, hair loss may occur as part of an under­ly­ing dis­ease, such as lupus or dia­betes. Since hair loss may be an early sign of a dis­ease, it is impor­tant to find the cause so that it can be treated.

- Are you tired of cov­er­ing up your ever-expanding bald spot?

–Would you like to have the poten­tial to keep the hair you have and pos­si­bly regrow some hair you’ve lost?

–Are you look­ing for a treat­ment that has the con­ve­nience of a once a day pill?

–Are you will­ing to stay with PROPECIA for a year?

If you answered yes to any of these ques­tions, then I advises that PROPECIA may be the right choice for you. For best results, take PROPECIA every day for 12 months. You may need to take PROPECIA daily for 3 months or more before you see a ben­e­fit from tak­ing PROPECIA. If PROPECIA has not worked for you within 12 months, fur­ther treat­ment is unlikely to be of benefit

PROPECIA can only work over the long term if you con­tinue tak­ing it. If you stop tak­ing PROPECIA, you will likely lose any hair you have gained within 12 months of stop­ping treatment.

. A vari­ety of hor­monal prob­lems are known to con­tribute to hair loss. Too much or too lit­tle thy­roid hor­mone is a com­mon cause of gen­er­al­ized thin­ning or loss of scalp hair. This is usu­ally eas­ily diag­nosed with a sim­ple blood test. Ele­vated testos­terone tends to cause loss of scalp hair and pro­mote growth of facial and body hair. High lev­els of insulin, often found in peo­ple with dia­betes, can also cause hair loss. In women with poly­cys­tic ovary syn­drome, there are ele­va­tions of both testos­terone and insulin.

. Sev­eral inflam­ma­tory skin con­di­tions, such as eczema, seb­or­rhea, and pso­ri­a­sis, cause patches of hair loss with red and scaly skin under­neath. Fun­gal scalp infec­tions (also called ring­worm) and bac­te­r­ial infec­tions of the hair roots (fol­li­culi­tis) can also cause sim­i­lar prob­lems. Patches of hair loss with­out under­ly­ing red­ness may be due to an autoim­mune con­di­tion called alope­cia areata.

. Stress, anx­i­ety, and depres­sion are sur­pris­ingly com­mon causes of thin­ning scalp hair, and can be espe­cially dif­fi­cult to rec­og­nize and treat. Many peo­ple don’t real­ize how much stress or anx­i­ety they are actu­ally expe­ri­enc­ing, and so will tend to min­i­mize their level of stress when con­sid­er­ing pos­si­ble causes of hair loss. The anx­i­ety is then com­pounded by the hair loss itself, so the prob­lem becomes even worse.

It appears that hair loss is inher­ited, but we don’t really know how. The fol­low­ing are pos­si­ble ways it could be inherited:

A prob­lem with a sin­gle gene that may or may not affect all men the same
A prob­lem with a pair of genes that are related to sex chro­mo­somes
A prob­lem with mul­ti­ple genes
A per­son who expe­ri­ences hair loss can have a fam­ily his­tory of hair loss on either side of the fam­ily. On the other hand, there may be no fam­ily his­tory of hair loss. The good news is if some­one in your fam­ily suf­fers from hair loss, it does not nec­es­sar­ily imply that you will expe­ri­ence hair loss in your life time as well.

At Bev­erly Hills Hair Restora­tion, Dr.�Payam John Kahen, M.D. �uses the�latest tech­niques such as HairDX genetic test­ing to test for pos­si­ble genetic fac­tor in hair loss.� Bev­erly Hills Hair Restora­tion is�only the�few hair trans­plant surgery clin­ics serv­ing Los Ange­les, Bev­erly Hills and South­ern Cal­i­for­nia which offers such a test to the patients.