What is hair restoration surgery?
Hair restoration surgery is the transplantation of hair, or rather the redistribution of hair. Hair is removed from the dense area of the hair, particularly in male pattern baldness - the dense area being at the back of the head. That area is rarely lost in male pattern baldness. It is removed and transplanted to the top of the head. Having done so, because the hair follicle is also removed and transplanted, the hair will then grow into old age and grow grey and be permanent. It can be done in three forms. It can be micro-transplant surgery where hair is taken from a strip at the back of the head which is stitched and heals so that it is virtually not seen and then transplanted. It can be done with removal at the back of the head in cylindrical pieces of scalp removed and then the hair is transplanted into the top. The other form of hair restoration, which isn't really restoration but is cosmetically very acceptable, is where scarring has taken place on the head and you have got a bald patch, through an injury perhaps. It is possible to take a scalp section, remove a piece of scalp, and tuck in it effectively, so that you can remove the bald area and stitch the hair bearing areas together and effectively do away with the bald patch; but this only happens in small areas where there has been a scar.
