In our society, having lustrous, thick hair is a sign of youth and virility. As we age, our hair can become thinner. Hair loss can affect the individual’s overall sense of self-esteem due to the pressure in our society to look youthful. Hair transplants can help someone in their confidence about their appearance.

Men, especially, are prone to hair loss as they age. Some women will experience thinning hair as well. We have all heard of “male pattern baldness”, which is the loss of hair on the crown of the head. Genetics is 95% the cause for hair loss in both men and women. Other reasons for hair loss is stress, illness, and trauma to the scalp.

The solution for hair loss is to find a doctor that offers hair transplants. This is a procedure that is performed by a physician. He/she takes hair from other parts of your scalp and transfers it in the balding areas. The field of hair transplants has come a long way over the years. We now have options when it comes to what kind of transplant we want performed.

The two methods that are available are the Follicular Unit Transplantation (FUT) and the Follicular Unit Extraction (FUE). With FUT, a strip of hair from the back of the head is taken and is broken down into separate grafts. These grafts are then placed in the balding areas. FUE uses a teeny tiny machine to extract individual hairs. This can take some time, but is relatively painless after a numbing agent is administered.

NeoGraft™ is a FUE procedure where the physician removes individual hairs and places them in the balding areas. The advantages to this method is that it isn’t as invasive as previously used transplants. Also, the patient feels little, if any, pain. It gives a natural-looking result and does not leave a linear line like the FUT. These features make the NeoGraft™ a desirable hair transplant procedure with men and women alike.

You can find dermatologists in the southwest Florida region who specialize in NeoGraft™ by searching on IPALC.org