A Checklist to Hair Transplant: Things You Should Ask Your Hair Consultant

14 October, 2014 | Hair Transplant | Author : Shveta Virmani

Hair loss is traumatic and frustrating.No matter what remedy you try, all seems to be going in drain with another 100 strands of hair.To worsen the situation, your incompetent hair fall treatment expert/doctor/surgeon seems to be only interested with his fees and keeps blabbing nice words on patience being a virtue.And you finally feel like completely lost and pressed between your pitiful condition and incompetent hair consultant.

In such situation many person accept hair loss as their fate and discontinue treatment. For many, it does save them their hard earned money, if not another strand of hair. However, it is no solution; rather, it is best to approach differently and be careful in choosing your consultant. Below is a checklist that will certainly help you in selecting the best hair transplant expert who will be capable of treating your condition.

Certification

It is even best to verify about the certification of a doctor/consultant well in advance. Why to visit a crook; rather confirm details through friends, colleagues, by calling in the clinic, making online enquiries and verifying them accordingly will save you a lot of time. Further, there are also trend of misleading patients with similar certifications and therefore you should know that a skin specialist with reconstruction surgery is not fit for your hair transplant surgery unless he/she has additional qualification and is certified to carry out the treatment. In any way it is best to keep away from such glitches; it is best only to reputed dermatologist who has proper certification.

Are you a suitable Candidate

You might be pain stricken due to sever hair loss and you just want to go in for hair transplant surgery and get back your hair. As a matter of fact there is no better candidate than you, but this is what you think and it is better to ask your consultant about what he/she thinks about you being a suitable candidate for the process. Sometime people go in for this treatment at a young age and suffer from further hair loss. This is because only DHT resistant hair follicle should be used in transplant procedure and till a certain age or till the time hair fall has almost stopped, it is not possible to predict if hair from back and side of the scalp are DHT resistant. And therefore, it is necessary that doctor/surgeon confirms to your suitability.

Require and availability of donor hair and cost of the process

A transplant surgeon should be quizzed about the number of donor hair which will be required to cover the bald region of the scalp. You should also ask the surgeon if there is enough hair available to carry out the transplant. Further, basis the number of follicles to be transplanted you should discuss the cost of the treatment. Normally the hair transplant cost is calculated on the basis of grafts that are implanted and therefore you too should talk to your surgeon for similar calculation. Additionally, it is also wise to ask your hair transplant consultant about his/her experience and show proofs of prior surgeries. If possible, meet some his/her old clients and be assured that you have chosen the best doctor for your requirement.