DHT Problems – Have a Frontal Hair Transplant

The front of the head is the most common area that people loose hair. The hormone DHT makes the follicles in front of the head to shrink resulting in stalled hair growth. This form of hair loss is common in men.

The surgery involves the removal of hair follicles from the back of the head and placing them in the front where baldness has occurred. The hair follicles at the back of the head and sides are usually not affected by the DHT hormone and continue to grow after transplantation.

This form of transplantation may be expensive and one requires more than one session to have the hair restored. It could take to a year to have your hair restored after surgery.

The surgery

The doctor will remove the hair follicles from the back part of your head and suture the area back together. The scaring will be minimal and the stitches can be removed after a week. The scalp with the hair is split into grafts. Using a powerful microscope the grafts will be dissected to follicular units.

Later the front of the head is prepared for implantation through tiny incisions of where the hair grafts will be placed. A lot of care is needed as the incisions are made to ensure that you also retain the hair line so that it looks as natural as possible. To allow blood flow for each, ample space should be left between the apertures. Once the doctor is through they will advice you on how to care for the transplanted hair.

Results of frontal hair transplant.

Day one: The frontal grafts are clean of blood and the donor area is usually sore, numb and tight.

Three days later: There could be swelling in the forehead and the scabbing is gone. You may also experience some bit of redness. Soreness in the donor area reduces though numbness is still present

One week : This is the time to make the first post operation visit to check on progress. The redness is usually almost non existent in the front of the scalp. From the donor area you may still experience some numbness.

Two – Eight weeks: The hair that was transplanted falls off and the ends of the sutures in the donor area fall off too.

Two – four months: You may experience shedding of the original hair in the front part. The donor area is usually almost healed at this time.

Five – one year: Hair that was lost begins to grow and by one year the patient is evaluated for a second procedure.