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why am I losing hair after hair transplantation there is a common misconception that hair
transplant surgery is a solution for genetic pattern hair loss what hair transplant surgery
actually does is move hair from the back of the head to areas where there is permanent hair loss
after you have hair transplant surgery your hair will still continue to progressively thin
again hair transplant does not treat hair thinning this is clearly Illustrated when you
see a man who's looked looks pluggy or described as having bad plugs this unfortunate situation
often occurs after he continued to lose hair long after the transplant the phrase losing
hair after the transplant can also be applied to shedding that occurs soon after surgery
shedding is often a combination of transplanted hair from what's commonly referred to as shock
loss in addition you also often shed native hair temporarily referred to as telogen effluvium
something that's not often discussed is that hair shedding that's permanent can occur after hair
transplant this is referred to as collateral hair loss which means that the trauma of transplant
surgery damages a percentage of your existing native air to the point that the hair is unable
to grow one last but important cause for hair loss after transplant is related to the way the hair is
transplanted the technique that appears to be the most popular hair transplant surgery currently is
called FUE or follicular unit extraction this procedure involves cutting out individual hairs
with narrow round shaped blades Studies have shown that about 30 percent of grafts are transplanted
without the root of the hair because of the natural angle of the follicle follicle anatomy
this is like moving a plant and cutting off the root the plants simply can't continue to grow
in addition it's generally understood that the yield or survival of FUE grafts
is lower in comparison to prior methods such as FUT also known as strip surgery
in 2011 we were trying to improve the hair graft survival for our surgeries using a wound healing
material called extracellular matrix by ACell a year after surgery we observed that in addition
to seeing the hair grafts healing well and growing well but we also saw that areas of the scalp that
where hair was not transplanted had more hair coverage this observation inspired me to explore
the possibility of using acellular matrix and PRP in a consistent and predictable way to help people
with hair loss without surgery I eventually developed a system of customized treatments
specific to your hair loss profile for men and women which we call TrichoStem Hair Regeneration
since 2011 we've helped our patients improve their scalp coverage by reactivating hair that is not
growing and thickening hair that's been thinning typical results for our patients have sustained
for three to five years or longer with only one or two treatment sessions that are 18 months apart
many of our patients who come for consultation are also considering a hair transplant
they come to realize that they can restore a significant area of scalp coverage
without surgery and then see if they could benefit from a hair transplant
we also see a lot of people who've recently had hair transplant surgery to help improve
their transplanted hair healing and growth and another group of people we help are people
who've had hairs transplanted many years ago it appears that even transplanted hair
remains can be viable but is in a prolonged resting stage performing TrichoStem Hair
Regeneration often results in a significant number of transplanted hair to regrow this is
often a relief since many of these patients have already had as many hair transplants as they could
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