Hair loss treatment options

Hairpiece

Attachments to hair and scalp to cover balding area

1. Quick solution
2. Non-surgical

1. High maintenance
2. Expensive
3. Looks unnatural

Minoxidil

Apply daily to scalp to slow hair loss process

1.Inexpensive
2. Available over the counter

1. Must use daily
2. Regrowth is rare

Standard Punch Graft

Transplant containing 5-20 hairs

1. Most specialists can not find any advantages to this method

1. Give unnatural, "plug" appearance to hair.

Laser Grafting

Graft receptor sites are made with a laser

1. Most specialists can not find any advantages to this method

1. Scars the scalp
2. May scar under the skin as well

Strip Incision

Small strips of hair are transplanted from one area to another

1. Less expensive than follicular unit extraction

1. There some scarring with this method and the effects are less natural than follicular unit extraction

Follicular Unit Extraction

Grafts of 1-4 hairs are placed into the receptor sites

1. Equal distribution
2. Looks natural
3. No scarring on scalp

1. Most specialists can not find any disadvantages to this method

Mini-Micrografting

Larger grafts (1-6 hairs) are placed into receptor sites

1. Inexpensive
2. Completed in less sessions than other procedures

1. Leaves large wound
2. Slow healing time

Scalp Extensions

Two step surgical procedure using an implanted extension device

1. Device does not show

1. Risk of infection
2. May stretch back
3. Uncomfortable
4. Expensive

Scalp Reduction

Surgically remove bald scalp

1. Decreases size of area to be transplanted

1. Leaves a scar
2. May stretch back