Are there certain hair types or styles that make transplants look better?
Yes, light hair on light skin has minimal contrast and results in a very natural look. Dark thick hair on light skin is the most surgically challenging. Curly or wavy hair can also give the appearance of greater density. When styling it is better to part the hair to one side. This will create a layering effect and the appearance of greater density. How thick will it be? This is always a difficult question to answer. Density is a function of hair shaft thickness and number of hairs. 1,000 thin hairs do not appear as dense as 1,000 thick hairs. Your surgeon can help you understand this concept. The appearance of thickness or density will depend on how you style your hair, how much existing hair you have, how much hair you continue to lose, and how big the area is that you wish to transplant into. Completely bald patients need to understand that when full, there were 60,000 hairs on the portion of the head into which we usually transplant, and 30,000 hairs when they began to notice they w
