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.

In most cases when women notice increased hair loss and thinning it can be devastating and affects their emotional state of confidence. However women should not despair – hair loss can be prevented and stopped once you know what causes it and what you should do to.

There is a lot of information that may dispel the “myths” of women’s hair loss but some of these so-called “myths” do have a basis for truth. I have examined many of these popular “myths” to facilitate a balanced response.

 Myth Number One: Frequent shampooing contributes to hair loss. It is recommended that extra care should be taken for fragile and thinning hair. These measures include using gentle shampoos; heavily medicated shampoos can affect the scalp. So, it’s not so much how frequently you wash your hair but what you wash your hair with!

Myth Number Two: 100 strokes of the hair brush daily will create healthier hair. Brushing your hair does stimulate the glands on your scalp to produce oil that will keep your hair healthy. However, a hundred brush strokes on thinning and fragile hair will be more devastating than helpful. It is important to look after thinning and fragile hair. Gentle brushing may be sufficient to the condition of your hair as well as separating tangles with your fingers. (Trying to brush out tangles may consequently pull out your hair).

Myth Number Three: Standing on one’s head will cause increased circulation and thereby stimulate hair growth. Although poor blood circulation may cause some hair loss, increasing blood circulation just does not stimulate hair growth either.

Myth Number Four: Shaving one’s head will cause the hair to grow back thicker. This is just not true. In fact, if you are suffering from androgenetiic alopecia, this will actually severely quicken your hair loss.

Myth Number Five: Hair loss does not occur in the late teens or early twenties. Although reasonably rare this is not true. Alopecia or hair loss may happen to anyone regardless of their age.

Dihydrotestosterone (DHT) is a natural metabolite in the human body that is the main cause for hair loss.  The trouble starts once testosterone combines with an enzyme present in the oil glands found in hair follicles. DHT shrinks the hair follicle which causes the hair follicle gets smaller and finer. This is referred to as miniaturization with which the hair ultimately falls off. This is how DHT is responsible for about 95% of hair loss. The men or women who lose more hair are those who are genetically pre-disposed in producing more DHT than others.

2. Miracle Hair Care Products for Baldness?

 There is no miracle hair care product that will stop balding. However, if a product blocked enzyme production in the oil glands and DHT it should result in blocking the hormone that causes balding.

3. FDA Approved Propecia for DHT Hair Loss

 Finasteride is a drug that was used to treat prostate cancer but the FDA has tested this drug and found that it reduces the production of the enzyme 5 alpha thereby reducing DHT levels. Hair loss is prevented when using this drug, however it is only intended for males to use as a preventative hair loss solution.

Folliculitis

Folliculitis is a term for inflammation of hair follicles. It looks like acne with little rings of inflammation surrounding the opening of a hair follicle. In the early stages of a folliculitis, the hair fiber may still be present, but as the folliculitis progresses the hair often falls out. There are non-infectious forms of folliculitis, such as those caused by oils and greases applied to the skin that clog up the hair follicles, but folliculitis is usually due to a bacterial infection. Nonprescription topical antibiotics such as bacitracin, mycitracin, or neomycin can be used to treat minor folliculitis

Piedra

Piedra (trichomycosis nodularis) happens when the hair fibers are infected by a fungus. The visible indicator of a piedra infection is development of hard nodules on hair fibers. Indeed, “piedra” is Spanish for stone. Piedra infection may affect hairs of the scalp, body, and genital areas. Usually the infection is relatively benign. In parts of Malaysia, the nodules of black piedra are considered attractive and traditionally women encouraged its growth by sleeping with their hair buried in the soil. Treatment generally involves shaving off affected areas. Anti-fungals such as ketoconazole or terbinafine are also used.

Demodex folliculorum

Demodex is a little worm-like creature that likes to live on skin and in hair follicles. It feeds on dead skin and oils, so it particularly likes to live in hair follicles where there are lots of both.

Humans are born free of Demodex, but during childhood, through contact with others, the skin can become infected with it. For the most part, we never know they are there. They are benign, if repulsive, little creatures. The most common problem with Demodex is that they may cause irritation, particularly in the eyelashes. If you have itchy eyelashes, Demodex may be the problem.

The Pros and Cons of Follicular Unit Extraction

Pros

·         Follicular unit extraction is the minimally invasive way which follicular unit grafts are removed.

·         There is less trauma to the graft during the extraction process then with the traditional method

·         Patients who have reduced donor densities, due to poor hair quality in the donor area, have a better, healthier selection of grafts.

·         Patients with tight scalps, where traditional strip harvesting can be problematic, are able to receive hair restoration now that this method is being used.

·         There is no visible scar, patients who like to keep a short hair cut would benefit from this

Cons

·         The maximum amount of grafts cannot be harvested

·         Grafts harvested from places other than the donor area will not be permanent

·         The cost is twice as much as the traditional procedure

·         Problems of “capping” (this is when the top of the graft pulls off during the extraction)

·         Multiple sessions are required to equal one strip method procedure

·         Patients with curly or fine hair are generally not good candidates for FUE

Hypothyroidism can cause many problems; one of the most common problems is hair loss. The severity of hair loss varies, it may be as small as the hair thinning, to large chunks of hair falling out, or it could be just a change of texture making it become dry, brittle and coarse. Having hypothyroidism under control is the first step towards preventing hair loss. Luckily it is very easy to treat; there are many medications that restore the thyroid gland function. However, treatment of the hypothyroidism may not always result in re-growth of the hair. Here are a few ways to stop hair loss with hypothyroidism before it happens. Make sure it’s not your thyroid drug. If your are taking lavothyroxin (i.e., Synthrois) as your thyroid hormone replacement, and still losing hair you should talk to your Doctor about alternative medicines if in fact the medication is the cause of your hair loss. Excessive hair loss may be a side effect of Synthroid. Not being at the right TSH or not taking the right drugs can cause hair loss so it is very important to be properly treated. Natural herbs are an alternative to medication that aids in hair loss prevention, the following vitamins are an example of a few.

Arginine

Cysteine

Green Tea

Polysorbate 80

Progesterone

Saw palmetto

Trichosaccaride

Vitamin b6

Zinc

For most men with male pattern baldness, frontal hair loss is the most common. This is characterized by a front to back progression of hair loss. For most men there is generally more limited hair loss in the�crown, even with advanced hair loss, the hair loss moves back until with many it causes baldness from the front to the crown, leaving the sides and back of the head producing a fair amount of hair. Direction of hair growth enables coverage of the area immediately in front of it and to the side to give the most natural appearance.