Is transplant surgery becoming more popular?
Yes, I think it is. I think it’s much more acceptable. You literally cannot tell a patient who has had a hair transplant today. Unlike fifteen years ago, [when] you could always tell because they looked like they had a doll’s head or a cornrow on their head. Who makes a good candidate for transplant surgery? There is an issue of supply and demand. If patients have a supply of hair in the wreath, then they can get whatever they want. If they don’t have the supply, then compromises are made. You’ll end up with thinner hair than you would with a full head of hair. But if you’re not balding very greatly, if you’ve only lost the first three inches of hair in the front, for example, that hair could almost always be put back. Unfortunately, because the wreath of hair is not healthy in many women, there is no place to take normal hair from. So a transplant, for many women, just doesn’t really cut it. Of every hundred women who come to my office with hair loss, less than twenty will be candidat
